VONNE News and Opinion
Careers in the VCSE sector: the future is bright
Recently, our Marketing and Communications Manager Jule Wilson has been privileged to represent VONNE as part of…
View BlogFive tips for making your website more accessible
VONNE is part of Better ConNEcted, a regional campaign for digital inclusion. As part of that, we're taking steps to improve our own accessibility,…
View BlogJoining the VCSE sector's ranks for the first time
Nathan Choat joined us last week as our new Communications and Events Support Assistant, but he had come across VONNE…
View BlogImmersed in digital: my first few months at VONNE
I started working for VONNE as a Partnerships and Projects Support Officer in January and the main word…
View BlogDigital Pathfinders: Launching our collaboration to break down barriers in digital
Together with a group of leading North East sector organisations, we're excited to launch the £2m Digital…
View BlogGuest blog post: Same storm, different boat – the devastating impact of Covid-19 on the disabled community
As part of VONNE's work on equity, diversity and inclusion, we've been speaking to a number of individuals and organisations about making the VCSE…
View BlogGuest blog: How can the VCSE community tackle digital poverty? More lessons from the North East
Last year, VONNE worked with Not Equal research centre and Newcastle University's Open Lab on a series of workshops for the region's…
View BlogCatalysing Innovation – we’re all innovators now
For the past three years, VONNE has received funding to encourage and support innovation in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) among the VCSE…
View BlogEquity Diversity and Inclusion at VONNE
Over recent years there have been high-profile reports of safeguarding failures in the VCSE sector nationally. Discriminatory behaviours, in…
View BlogTackling digital poverty in the North East: Lessons learned from the region's VCSE community
Throughout much of last year, as we all began what would turn out to be 12 months and counting of living our professional and personal lives online,…
View BlogThe VONNE Climate Action Alliance - background and launch of website and engagement events
The VONNE Climate Action Alliance exists to help the VCSE sector of the North East of England respond…
View BlogMore from the 2021 Budget – two key regional funding programmes
Last week we saw a plethora of communications on high profile budget announcements, including the extension of the Job Retention Scheme,…
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