Free new digital platform to help charities recruit the next generation of volunteers 

To help grow volunteer participation and mobilise the next generation of volunteers, Royal Voluntary Service has secured £5 million pounds of funding from players of People’s Postcode Lottery to develop a major new digital volunteering platform.  

From Durham University:

"After another long period of ups and downs and twists and turns in the voluntary sector, Third Sector Trends is back to find out what’s going on.  We’d really like you to take part so that we can build a better picture of what is happening in London.

Many of you will have helped with this research before and if you’re a new organisation, Durham University are just as keen to see what you do, how things are going and what you’re achieving.

Drive change at the Council by joining a new Independent Advisory Panel

The Council has made 45 commitments in response to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry. These include an external review of Council culture, a full review of the complaints process, and ensuring residents’ perspectives shape improvements to services.

Woman’s Trust are delighted to share information about specialist services for young women aged 16-25 years, including their next block of workshops scheduled to start this May.

Services include:

This new programme from Chelsea FC Foundation will start on Thursday 24 April. It is aimed at children aged 12-16, who would benefit from taking part in inclusive football in a supported environment, with or without a disability or additional needs.  

Taking place indoors at Little Venice Sports Centre, W2 1ND.
 

City Bridge Foundation have announced a new 10 year funding policy, Standing with Londoners, accompanied by a report of the same name. The strategy will focus on "changing the systems that keep people marginalised, while also addressing the issues communities face right now".

The organisation, London's largest independent charitable funder, revealed that the new policy, coming into effect in Autumn 2025, will develop funding programmes around 4 main areas; 

A new programme of support has been launched for the next four years for the immediate community near Grenfell Tower. 

The support is specifically for residents who live within 500m of the Tower, or moved out since the tragedy.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC), in partnership with National Voices and the Point of Care Foundation, has developed a self-assessment and improvement framework.

The aim of the framework is to support integrated care systems (ICSs) to improve how they tackle health inequalities through honest conversations, gathering insights and developing practical actions through engagement linked to people and community strategies. The project was supported by funding from the Regulators’ Pioneer Fund (RPF).

Press release from CAST: