Conferences at BVSC offers affordable venue hire right in the heart of Birmingham
Conferencing at BVSC enjoyed another busy year in 2018/19. We were pleased to welcome many repeat customers who tell us they value the central location which is so convenient for mainline stations - Moor...
Neighbourhood Networks Schemes and Third Sector Grants
The Neighbourhood Networks Schemes came about against a backdrop of declining resources, an ageing population, rising pressures on Adult Social Care and Health Services, a growing need to improve integration and partnership working between...
Talent Match leaves a legacy for Birmingham & Solihull
More than five years ago BVSC together with Solihull Sustain and other local partners, developed a Talent Match programme for Birmingham and Solihull.
The programme, funded by Big Lottery (now the National Lottery Community Fund),...
Providing housing as a first priority for city’s most vulnerable
Providing housing as a first priority has proven an effective way of breaking the ‘revolving door’ cycle that many clients described being trapped in. It provides a safe space to address issues that can’t...
Birmingham Gangs and Violence Commission – Supporting Community Development and Access to Funding
BVSC is one of the partners working in response to the Birmingham Gangs and Violence Commission set up by David Jamieson, the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner.
Funding from the Commission has enabled BVSC...
Systems Change for people with multiple and complex needs in Birmingham
The Birmingham Changing Futures Together (BCFT) programme is funded by National Lottery Community Fund’s Fulfilling Lives initiative and is led locally by BVSC.
The programme works with service users and organisations to shape how services...
Improving the lives of over 50s in Birmingham by addressing social isolation and loneliness
Ageing Better in Birmingham takes a strengths based approach to addressing isolation and loneliness by supporting unconstituted groups to improve connectivity in our communities, whilst also focusing on prevention.
More than 400 Ageing Better groups...
Looking Back, Looking Forward: An Annual Review
Welcome to the first in a series of blog posts in which I and my colleagues will be reviewing the work BVSC has been doing in the business year 2018/19 and looking forward to...
Cranfield Trust: celebrating 30 years of building successful charities
This year, we are celebrating our 30th anniversary as a charity, an important milestone in our history. It also coincides with a period of great change for Cranfield Trust, as we are in the...
Birmingham school children raise more than £14,000 for local charity
On Tuesday 21 May, schoolchildren from across Birmingham, Solihull and surrounding areas presented more than £14,000 they had raised to a charity helping local people in need.
Children from 42 schools across the city gathered...