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Funder Spotlight - NLCF Partnership Call Outs

As part of their strategy, the National Lottery Community Fund (NLCF) are looking for partners for the development stages of three new approaches.…

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Health and Wellbeing

Developing HAY (How Are You?) – a personalised care and assessment tool for social prescribers

In this spotlight we take a look at the work of Edberts House – a charity with four community houses in areas of Gateshead experiencing challenges…

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Health and Wellbeing

VCSE Partnership Programme celebrates £75k grant to support and strengthen collaboration across health and care

The VCSE Partnership Programme, hosted by VONNE in collaboration with Cumbria CVS, has secured a £75k grant from The Assura Community Fund,…

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Funding and support

Funder’s Spotlight: Mayor's Opportunity Fund

 We were delighted to be joined by North East Mayor, Kim McGuinness who kicked off VONNE’s conference by announcing the first round of the…

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Funding and support

Funder’s Spotlight: The Shears Foundation

The Shears Foundation place a great deal of emphasis in supporting organisations whose work is in the Tyne & Wear and Northumberland …

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Health and Wellbeing

Teesside Mind’s success as a link worker host organisation in Teesside

In this spotlight we delve into the extensive social prescribing work Teesside Mind undertakes, working in direct partnership with Primary Care. They…

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Funding and support

Funding Spotlight: Community Foundation - North East Endowment for Musical Traditions

The North East Endowment for Musical Traditions fund has always had a particular focus on engaging the next generation of participants, performers…

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Health and Wellbeing

Our People, Our Culture event brings together the Integrated Care Board and VCSE sector to explore workforce and culture

In September VONNE hosted an event at One Strawberry Lane, Newcastle, for network members and stakeholders of the Healthy Communities and Social…

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Health and Wellbeing

Thriving Together’s online social prescribing platform boosts referrals across Northumberland

Thriving Together provides support to Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) organisations on behalf of Northumberland County Council.…

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Funding and support

The CLA Charitable Trust

The CLA Charitable Trust is an independent grant-making trust that is funded almost entirely by CLA members' donations. It was founded in 1980 by…

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Health and Wellbeing

Have your say in the development of the North East Ambulance Strategy - Funded opportunity

The North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) is creating its new organisational strategy. It would like to gather information from a wide range of people…

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VONNE News and Opinion

Finalists announced for North East Charity Awards 2024

Finalists have been announced for this year’s North East Charity Awards.The awards, which are now in their tenth year, are a great opportunity to…

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