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The National Institute for Health Research Applied Research Collaborative Open Funding Competition 2020 is now open
To achieve 'better, fairer health and care at all ages and in all places’, the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Applied Research…
Read ArticleMajor investment will grow region’s social economy to tackle inequality
A multi-million pound investment in our region will tackle inequality by boosting the Tees Valley’s social economy. Organisations in Redcar &…
Read ArticleSafeguarding training
Newcastle Safeguarding Children Partnership and Newcastle Adults Safeguarding Board are offering a number of safeguarding courses. Newcastle…
Read ArticleVONNE CEO joins Board of North East LEP
Carol Botten, VONNE's Chief Executive, has been appointed to the Board of the North East Local Enterprise Partnership (NELEP). Carol is among three…
Read ArticleWe are proud to be Open To All
VONNE is proud to have signed up to Children England's Open To All scheme, which means that we don't require a degree…
Read ArticleOpportunity for community groups to bid for £1.35m Rural Community Energy Fund
Community groups across the region are being urged to take advantage of a £1.35million pot to help deliver clean energy projects in their area. The…
Read ArticleGeneration Homeless - a new report from Shelter
Shelter, the national homeless charity, has published Generation Homeless - a report that looks at the numbers behind their Chrtistmas media…
Read ArticleTender Opportunity - School Facilities
Sport England recently awarded funding to Northumberland Sport and Tyne & Wear Sport to undertake a research project to understand the…
Read ArticleUpdate on VONNE Climate Project
Climate change is the defining issue of our time. In the future we will all be judged personally by how we responded at this time, when the impact of…
Read ArticleAlternative charity governance model proposed
At the NCVO/Bates Wells Trustee Conference, Philip Kirkpatrick, head of charities and social enterprise at Bates Wells, suggested the creation of an…
Read ArticleState of Hunger: A study of poverty and food insecurity in the UK
The Trussell Trust’s recently published report: ‘State of Hunger: A study of poverty and food insecurity in the UK’ cites evidence to show…
Read ArticleCLES manifesto addresses the climate emergency
The Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES) has launched a manifesto for local economies – setting out its vision for how the …
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