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Over the past 11 weeks, we’ve hosted peer support sessions for over 180 VCSE leaders across the UK. We’re publishing regular briefings about the challenges they are facing; we’ve also heard much about how these are being overcome. In celebration of Small Charity Week, we wanted to share six ways in which VCSE leaders are adapting.
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A group of Cumbria Funders supporting community-led emergency response work share their deliberations over what a sustained response to Covid-19 might look like.
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Two young volunteers at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust give their perspectives on volunteering during the Coronavirus pandemic.
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We have learned much over the last two decades about what makes a merger successful. How much can be applied in the current circumstances?
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This blog shares four perspectives of practitioners who have led merger processes. We asked Laurie Rackind, Joanna Holmes, Ben Hughes and Leah Swain to share their reflections for other leaders contemplating merger in the current context.
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In the midst of a pandemic, what are we learning as a group of funders (Comic Relief’s UK Intermediary Funders initiative) that we can hold onto as we move into recovery and renewal? Through this blog, we wanted to share some of the questions we’ve been discussing amongst our five funding organisations.
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We've just run a survey of how charities, social enterprises and grassroots groups have been affected by Covid-19. We're anticipating a future problem caused by the complexity in the funding landscape and the short-term focus on Covid-19.
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VCSE organisations are wondering - are funders thinking about the future? This blog gives a snapshot of a small funder's experiences during the first weeks of the UK Covid-19 crisis.
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