VONNE News and Opinion
Devolution in the North East – Grasping the opportunity
At our recent VONNE conference on the theme of Devolution 150 delegates from the VCSE heard the respective Chairs of the 2 emerging combined…
View BlogComprehensive Spending Review - VCS Budget analysis
Big Lottery Fund raid called off The good news for many voluntary organisations is that the expected £300m raid on BLF’s funding didn’t happen.…
View BlogSupporting the Children and Families of Prisoners in the North East of England
Organisations working with offenders and their families are often not seen as a popular cause to gain recognition for their work. I am therefore…
View BlogAuto-enrolment - steps to compliance for the VCSE sector
Guest blog - Mike Rohan, Sage Bio: Mike Rohan is the Business Development Manager for Sage and is co-chair of ‘Friends of Auto Enrolment’ in the…
View BlogLatest Third Sector Trends Data confirms its bad and getting worse
The latest report from the Northern Rock Foundation Third Sector Trends Study provides a digest of findings on the state of the third sector…
View BlogWe asked, you told us. How we're doing at delivering Criminal Justice work in the North East
We recently undertook a survey to measure the impact of our work in the North East around Criminal Justice policy work. The results we received was…
View BlogLocal authorities need to value infrastructure, not try and deliver it
As an ex Chief Officer of Darlington CVS, now Evolution, I was dismayed to hear that Darlington Borough Council have decided not to continue to…
View BlogMy first 40 days at VONNE
Apparently it takes 100 days to get into a new role. I've been in post as the new CEO of VONNE for 40 days and thought it would be a good…
View BlogDoes your website pass the Google mobile-friendly test?
You'll have no doubt noticed that we've has launched a new website recently. I hope you're finding it easier to use and appreciate the new…
View BlogA View from the Bridge
I have just come from a truly inspirational event launching the report Our Lives: Challenging attitudes to poverty in 2015. It was produced by…
View BlogRoss’s election manifesto for health and wellbeing
My latest update from Linkedin (and, yes, congratulations Martin for 10 years working at Newcastle CVS) for some reason reminded me of the exercise I…
View BlogDurham PCC Consults on Priorities
Durham and Darlington Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), Ron Hogg, is keen to improve his engagement with the voluntary sector and has…
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