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Climate change for charity leaders outside the environmental sector
Jake Hayman, CEO of Ten Years’ Time, urges civil society leaders to respond to the climate crisis and shares actionable ideas to join the fight…
View BlogAspire reflects on Inspiring Successes
A guest post from VONNE Silver Membership+ supporters Aspire. As the sun finally arrives and term ends for the long summer break it has been a chance…
View BlogClimate change is the defining issue of our time
All of us today who are in leadership positions will be held to account in the future as to what we did to help combat climate change. This is…
View BlogSharing stories of growth and resilience
Following our series of Hear from a Peer: Growth and Resilience events which invited organisations who had experience with social investment…
View BlogThird Sector Trends 2019 in North East England
Third Sector Trends is the longest running study of the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector in the UK. The…
View BlogSocial Tech NE
In partnership with Consult and Design we've been hosting a series of events which aim to bring the social sector together with the tech…
View BlogHow social investment could help you be more sustainable
In this blog Carol Botten explains why it's worth finding out if social investment could work for you. It first appeared on the…
View BlogA North East Gathering on Climate Emergency
A guest blog from Peter Stark. Climate Change is an existential challenge to humanity. The UN – informed by an unprecedented level of co-ordinated…
View BlogNew frontiers: reflections on civil society and Brexit
Jane Thomas from the Brexit Civil Society Alliance shares her reflections on the recent event New Frontiers: the social sector in post-…
View BlogWhat the North of Tyne Mayor means for our sector
We now know that our new Elected Mayor for the North of Tyne Combined Authority area is Labour’s Jamie Driscoll. Here I offer a few reflections about…
View BlogA new tool in the funding box
This blog first appeared on the Community Impact Partnership website. It is reproduced here with kind permission. Social investment can be…
View BlogMainstreaming of Social Prescribing in the NHS: opportunity or challenge for the sector
The NHS defines social prescribing as: ‘enabling all local agencies to refer people to a ‘social prescribing link worker’ to connect them into…
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