See this link - http://www.scvo.info/victims-fund/  which relates to a £300,000 funding pot to improve victims’ services and maximise the potential of the voluntary and community organisations in the West Midlands Police area that support victims of crime. All the best and please feel free to circulate as you feel appropriate. Kindest regards Edwin    

Wider Impact is delighted to be commissioned to independently evaluate the Big Lottery funded Ynot Aspire Project (see https://ynotaspire.org.uk/). The charity’s vision is ‘To raise the aspirations of young people and inspire them to be all that they can be’. Pictured with Sharon Burch, Chief Officer (left) and Paula Swainston, Project Support Officer (centre), Wider Impact DirectorContinue Reading

During a period of austerity this is surely the last thing we want to read in the Guardian – see link   https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/jun/28/trust-in-charities-at-record-low-after-scandals?CMP=ema-1695&CMP=  My experience is that whilst the vast majority of the charities I come into contact with are well meaning and deliver first class outcomes to the most vulnerable members of our local communities,Continue Reading