The latest local and national VCSE sector news

Nominate An Unsung Hero in Wakefield District

It’s that time of year again, where we pay homage to the unsung heroes who give their time and passion selflessly to their local communities.

Mar 31, 2025

Plans To Abolish NHS England

What will this mean for VCSE organisations?

Mar 14, 2025

4 Ways To Support Women in Your VCSE Organisation

67% of the VCSE workforce in the UK is female.

Mar 6, 2025

Sport For Good: New Workshops for Sports Clubs and Organisations

Running a sports club isn’t easy, but you don’t have to figure it all out alone. Join other local organisations learning how to adapt and finding practical advice at these free workshops.

Mar 6, 2025

Survey Open: Use Of Research in the Wakefield District VCSE Sector

Share your experience of using research in your work, and what barriers there might be to doing so.

Feb 27, 2025

New workshops and mentoring for grassroots sports organisations launching this Spring

We’re working with partners on Sport For Good West Yorkshire, a free programme of mentoring and workshops on key priorities for sports clubs and organisations. This project is funded by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority.

Feb 27, 2025

Wakefield District VCSE Collaborative Turns 1: Progress and Future Plans

Senior leaders across the VCSE and statutory sectors have met regularly to discuss a common vision for the VCSE sector and take practical steps towards it.

Feb 27, 2025

Opportunity to Join Research Study: Supporting the VCSE Paid Workforce

This new research project is focused on improving professional and wellbeing support for the Voluntary, Community, and Social Enterprise (VCSE) paid workforce.

Feb 19, 2025

Abacus Project Update: Growing Success!

Since its launch in July 2024, the WYCAS Abacus Project has made remarkable progress in connecting skilled individuals with local charities in need of financial management support.

Feb 11, 2025

New Funding Available: Live Well Wakefield Small Grants

Round 16 of Live Well Wakefield Small Grants is here to help you provide low level mental health support for working age adults (ages 26-50).

Feb 3, 2025

Scam Warning: Please Be Aware of People Pretending to Be Nova

We have been notified by members that they have received scam emails.

Jan 30, 2025

Locality Awards 2024 now open!

The Locality Awards are back: celebrating our fantastic network who transform lives in their communities every day.

May 17, 2024

Have Your Say on Ward Boundaries

A consultation on draft recommendations for ward boundaries in Wakefield has begun.

May 15, 2024

Rwanda Guidance and Resources

The situation with detentions and implementation of the Safety of Rwanda Act is very fast moving.

May 10, 2024

Live Well Wakefield Win the 'Partnership Working Excellence' Award

The Live Well Wakefield team have won a SWYPFT Excellence Award for their Waiting Well project!

May 7, 2024

How To: Preparing to Apply for Live Well Small Grants

Applications for Live Well Wakefield Small Grants will open in June, so get ready now!

May 1, 2024

Get Ready for Citizen Coin!

Citizen Coin is an app that recognises and rewards volunteering, and it's coming soon to our district.

Apr 30, 2024

VCSE Organisations join forces to drive Dying Matters campaign

Our members are going out to the community to break down barriers surrounding discussions about death and dying.

Apr 29, 2024

YPO Furniture for Donation

YPO is nearing the end of their office refurbishment and would like to give you the opportunity to collect any items for free.

Apr 29, 2024

How does Live Well Wakefield work with the VCSE sector?

Let us tell you about their new Core20PLU5 social prescribing project...

Apr 24, 2024

We’ve been independently accredited as a “Menopause Friendly Employer”

We are incredibly proud to announce that we've been awarded the Menopause Friendly Workplace Accreditation.

Apr 23, 2024

VCSE Barometer 2024 Survey now live!

This spring, the VCSE Data and Insights National Observatory at Nottingham Trent University is embarking on the sixth wave of the VCSE Barometer Survey, and your participation is crucial.

Apr 22, 2024

Mental Health and Wellbeing Hub for VCSE Colleagues

No matter where you work in health and care or whether you are a staff or volunteer, that you may have to work in extremely challenging circumstances.

Apr 22, 2024

Making Your Case for Unrestricted Funding

The Institute for Voluntary Action Research (IVAR) and Cranfield Trust have come together to create a guide for charities looking or applying for unrestricted funding.

Aug 15, 2023

New digital service to find government grants

Find a Grant is a new, digital service that aims to make applying for government grants easier.

Aug 14, 2023

What is ‘My Charity Commission Account’?

The Charity Commission are introducing a new system for accessing your charity details online.

Aug 14, 2023

Get Your Community Craft Bundles from Crafting4Good

Try something new with our member Crafting4Good's Craft Bundles for Community Groups and Organisations.

Aug 11, 2023

Innovative Entrepreneurs Programme: Do you have a new idea?

Innovative Entrepreneurs, an offering from Enterprise West Yorkshire, could help you to turn your idea into a reality through a 9 month programme of support.

Aug 10, 2023

A guide for charity trustees on how to govern in a crisis

Brexit, Covid, the cost-of living, climate change, for anyone tasked with managing risk and making decisions, the past few years have felt like one crisis after another.

Aug 10, 2023

Results from The Big Conversation are OUT!

In late Spring 2022, more than 100 ‘Conversationalists’ had conversations with over 1300 people living, studying, or working in Wakefield District.

Aug 9, 2023

One to Share: Get Help to Buy Food and Milk

A great scheme to share with any parents, carers and guardians with low income that your organisation is working with!

Aug 8, 2023

Watch Out For Phishing!

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has seen an increase in threat actors conducting phishing activity across the charity sector.

Aug 7, 2023

Consumer Duty: What is it and how will VCSE organisations benefit?

New rules on Consumer Duty for banks and financial institutions came into force on Monday 31 July 2023.

Aug 3, 2023

Free Digital Resources to Support Carers in the Workplace

Does your organisation work with or employ any carers? We've got some brilliant resources for you to share and use, bought to you by Carers UK in collaboration with Wakefield Council.

Jul 31, 2023

Member Spotlight: Aphasia Support

Each month we showcase the amazing organisations that make up our membership and the important work they do across the Wakefield District. We hope you enjoy hearing from Aphasia Support!

Jul 26, 2023

New funding available: Mental Health Alliance - Thinking Differently Development Fund

This focused pilot will allow five VCSE sector organisations, considered as ‘Tier 2 or 3’ on Wakefield District's Third Sector Framework, to access funding to develop over a 2 year period.

May 3, 2022

Projects funded by Live Well Wakefield Small Grants

Learn about the amazing projects making a difference within communities across Wakefield District...

Apr 28, 2022

Energy Affordability Helpline

Citizens Advice now have dedicated Energy advisers working as part of a project with Newcastle Citizens Advice and Northern Powergrid to help clients in Leeds, Wakefield, Calderdale, Kirklees and the North East.

Apr 20, 2022

Member Spotlight: Theatre Royal Wakefield

Each month we'll be showcasing the amazing organisations that make up our membership and the important work they do across the Wakefield District. We hope that you enjoy learning more about....

Apr 20, 2022

6 Top Tips for Writing Funding Bids

This #StressAwarenessMonth, we're working with Wakefield & District Health & Community Support to take the stress out of writing funding bids. Read our tips here...

Apr 4, 2022

Projects funded by the Emotional and Mental Wellbeing Grant Fund

Read more about the brilliant projects taking place across Wakefield District...

Mar 28, 2022

VCSE Power Week Long Partnership Event

West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership have launched an online event to celebrate the work of their partners in the voluntary community social enterprise sector (VCSE) from Monday 28 March to the 1 April.

Mar 25, 2022

Member Spotlight: Mindful Movers

Each month we'll be showcasing the amazing organisations that make up our membership and the important work they do across the Wakefield District. We hope that you enjoy learning more about....

Crafting4Good nominated for a Yorkshire Choice Award!

We’d like to congratulate our member Crafting4Good, who have been nominated for a Yorkshire Choice Award in the Independent Business of the Year category.

International Women's Day 2022

The theme of the day was Break the Bias, and we asked women working at Nova how they plan to do this within their roles.

How VCSE organisations can support Ukraine

Happy Social Prescribing Day 2022!

The positive impact social prescribing has on local communities and people is clear to see!

Mar 10, 2022

Member Spotlight: Memory Action Group

Each month we'll be showcasing the amazing organisations that make up our membership and the important work they do across the Wakefield District.

Dec 17, 2021

Member Spotlight: Disability Sport Yorkshire

Each month we'll be showcasing the amazing organisations that make up our membership and the important work they do across the Wakefield District.

Nov 18, 2021

Recipe Club Success

Residents of the Warwick Estate began sharing recipes in lockdown and the food initiative now reaches 70 families, in a programme managed by Warwick Ahead.

Nov 18, 2021

Member Spotlight: Grow Wakefield

Each month we'll be showcasing the amazing organisations that make up our membership and the important work they do across the Wakefield District.

Oct 20, 2021

Additional income for VCSE organisations in Wakefield District

Funding is available for voluntary organisations, non-profits, charities and CICs in the Wakefield District through fundraising website easyfundraising.

Oct 20, 2021

Do you live in the Wakefield District and access government benefits?

The £20 Universal Credit uplift ended at the end of September. Did you know that you could receive additional support and advice around the recent changes to Universal Credit? Find out more here.

Oct 14, 2021

Member Spotlight: Portobello Craft and Camera Group

Each month we'll be showcasing the amazing organisations that make up our membership and the important work they do across the Wakefield District.

Sep 27, 2021

West Yorkshire & Harrogate Health and Care Partnership launch anti-racism movement

The movement is part of an ongoing commitment to tackle structural and institutionalised racism, as well as addressing health and social inequalities across the area.

Sep 1, 2021

Community>Wakefield is live!

Community>Wakefield - the new place for services, activities, opportunities and events across Wakefield District.

Jul 19, 2021

Member Spotlight: Wakefield Hospice

Each month we'll be showcasing the amazing organisations that make up our membership and the important work they do across the Wakefield District. We hope that you enjoy learning more about....

Jun 17, 2021

Volunteers' Week 2021: Nova's roundup of celebrations and opportunities

The Nova team would like to thank volunteers for their inspiring and incredible work to support people and organisations across the Wakefield District.

Jun 3, 2021

Case Studies from the Covid-19 Community Hubs

We have asked community organisations to provide us with information and stories so we can highlight the brilliant work that volunteers are doing throughout Wakefield District during the pandemic.

Jun 1, 2020

Projects funded through the Live Well Wakefield Small Grants – Coronavirus Resilience Fund

13 projects have been awarded funding through the recent Live Well Wakefield Small Grants – Coronavirus Resilience Fund.

May 21, 2020

#CANCon20 - What's Strong not What's Wrong

Our annual Community Anchor Network conference, #CANCon20 took place on 10 March 2020.

Mar 11, 2020

Wakefield District Third Sector Strategy 2020 - 23

The Wakefield District Third Sector Strategy 2020 - 23 has now been published.

Feb 16, 2020