On Our Terms Report
This new report, produced in collaboration with One Westminster, provides in-depth analysis on Demonstrating Impact in the Voluntary & Community Sector.
Inviting Expressions of Interest for an Expert Partner - Working to use AI for Community Intelligence
KCSC are working with Vibrant & Healthy Communities to design an approach to gather, collate, and analyse community sentiment through the use of digital tools to aid decision-making in our health system.
Join the National Digital Inclusion Network!
Sign up on www.goodthingsfoundation.org/network
Run by the leading national digital inclusion organisation Good Things Foundation. Made up of third sector organisations, libraries, community centres, NHS services, public sector departments and food banks - all working together to support people who are excluded from the online world.
Why Join the National Digital Inclusion Network?
Resources to support residents
Digital Skills & Support
Digital Help in Kensington and Chelsea Libraries & Archives
Brompton
• IT Help Session on Thursdays, weekly, 1-3pm
No booking required. Delivered by volunteers and library staff
Chelsea
• IT Help Session on Tuesdays, weekly, 2-3pm
No booking required. Delivered by volunteers and library staff
• Digital Clinic with Age UK on last Thursday, monthly, 10am-12pm
Digital Inclusion Toolkit
Top FREE resources to help your community get online - A guide to quickly boosting your digital support
Recognising digital exclusion
VCS Assemblies
Bringing all stakeholders together to assess the current picture within Kensington and Chelsea and what it means for residents.
Keep up to date:
VCS Assembly - Adaptive leadership in uncertain times Wednesday 19 November 2025
Thank you to Penny Wilson who facilitated the VCS Assembly titled Adaptive leadership in uncertain times on 19 November.
It was a great learning session and KCSC will be diving into the feedback to help inform future topics and sector development needs.
Some feedback from participants who attended told us what they hoped to get out of the session such as ‘to gather some insights for weathering the forthcoming storm’ and ‘to think about how to lead the board though a new strategy in challenging times’.
A Fairer Place – A Digital Place for All in Kensington and Chelsea Thursday 3 April 2025
The Digital Network Partnership was set up during the Pandemic and meet on a regular basis to discuss digital advancements, opportunities and gaps. Members of the Group are from both the statutory and voluntary sector. On Thursday 3 April 2025, KCSC in collaboration with the Digital Network Partnership held an assembly to focus on developments to support digitally excluded residents since the Pandemic, improvements to digital access for community groups. There was also the opportunity to explore what further support is needed for local organisations.
Read the report and actions agreed below.
A Fairer Place – Connecting with Information and Advice services in Kensington and Chelsea Thursday 28 November 2024
The Kensington and Chelsea Advice Partnership (KCAP) consists of Citizens Advice Kensington and Chelsea (CAKC) and North Kensington Law Centre (NKLC) and will be working together in the coming years to provide a dedicated Information and Advice service for local residents.
On Thursday 28 November we held a VCS assembly which focussed on how we can improve meeting the needs of residents through connecting better together across information, advice and guidance services and wider voluntary and community sector services.
Read the report and actions agreed below.
The Cost of Living Summit was hosted by Kensington & Chelsea Social Council (KCSC) on 9 May 2024 and was attended by 70 people across the voluntary and community sector, statutory sector, NHS and independent housing sector.
Attendees were presented with data and insight from experts within their fields presenting a picture of where the borough stands in relation to poverty and inequality. Followed by a set of workshops covering themes on poverty in later life, foodbanks, children and families and deepening poverty in the borough, throughout the workshops actions to take forward as a commitment were recorded.
Attendees were presented with data and insight from experts within their fields presenting a picture of where the borough stands in relation to poverty and inequality. Followed by a set of workshops covering themes on poverty in later life, foodbanks, children and families and deepening poverty in the borough, throughout the workshops actions to take forward as a commitment were recorded.
Read the report and actions agreed below
Considering a merger?
Introduction
In today’s difficult financial climate mergers (defined as two or more separate organisations coming together to form one organisation) between voluntary organisations are being encouraged by interested parties such as the Charity Commission, government and other funding bodies.
A number of high profile charity mergers have taken place in recent years and debates about the pros and cons of mergers are a recurrent feature in the voluntary sector press.
10 top tips on collaborating for funding
1. Sign a partnership agreement
This is a MUST MUST MUST! A partnership agreement should outline in detail what each partner will do, with deadlines. Be as specific as possible, to avoid disputes later on.
If the bidding process is over a long period, you may want to sign a short initial agreement which states your intention to work together, with a view to making a more detailed agreement if the funding bid is successful.