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If you're a Nova member and would like to share your news, please email it over to info@nova-wd.org.uk.
This National Inclusion Week, NCVO's shares some top tips on how charities and voluntary organisations can make it easier for disabled people to volunteer.
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We need your help to advocate for our sector. Opportunities closing on Wednesday 4 October.
This week, we've welcomed Mike Romano to the Nova team!
Free financial wellbeing support is available for everyone working and volunteering in health & social care in Wakefield District.
Our colleagues at Live Well Wakefield have a programme starting in October that may be helpful to you or the people you support.
Looking to level up your social media and make a bigger impact online? Catch up on this quick and useful workshop with Kat from Wordsmiths Unlimited.
Our Year – Wakefield District 2024 is coming, and you can be part of it!
Welcome to Wakefield provides information for those recently arrived or now settled in Wakefield. Find out how you can part of the welcome!
There are multiple opportunities to get involved in representation! These roles are not part of Nova's VCSE Voices project.
West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership have started with a simple question that they want to try to answer: what is their approach to co-production?
The 10th September is World Suicide Prevention Day.
We’re doing things differently for our new funding: giving VCSE organisations the power to decide who and what to fund.
One of our members has forwarded us an email from someone pretending to be Nova.
Researchers at University College London are interviewing stakeholders to understand how access to social prescribing can be improved for people with severe mental illnesses.
South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board have received the independent report of findings from the older people’s mental health inpatient services consultation.
West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership wants an inclusive and fairer West Yorkshire.
New Local are keen to work with you on a case study about community voice in decision-making; focusing on community strengths; or shifting organisational culture.
Now we know the result of the election charities can start influencing work in earnest.
An initiative from Getting on Board specifically aimed at charity trustees to find the services their organisations need.
The Wakefield BID Awards is an annual event recognising the achievements and contributions of members and charities within the Wakefield Business Improvement District (BID) area.
The sun is shining and so is Bless Community Support's new signage at their renovated space in Hemsworth!
Take a look at our new workshops...
Brain in Hand is a hybrid support system for people with anxiety-based mental health challenges.
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!
West Yorkshire Violence Reduction Unit want to hear your thoughts on tackling violence in your local area.
We were delighted to welcome 17 new Third Sector Framework members in May and June.
This is your reminder that Live Well Wakefield have two spaces available for VCSE groups to use!
Find information about adult health across Wakefield District in this new report.
Reach local parents, grandparents and carers by adding your organisation's details to this new app.
Many of you are Nova members, and some of you may also be members of the Third Sector Framework. One question we get asked a lot is: is there a difference between the two? And what is that difference?
Catch up on this helpful workshop with Kat from Wordsmiths Unlimited.
#StandWithTrans is a campaign run by Charity So Straight, who aim to make charity workplaces more LGBTQIA+ friendly and inclusive.
Crisis Tools have created a guide which explores the unique challenges and obstacles young LGBTQIA+ people face when accessing mental health crisis support.
We’re excited to announce a brand new collaboration between Prosper and Nova, aimed at empowering local VCSE organisations through core funding.
You may have heard of the Third Sector Framework and wondered what it is, who’s involved, and how it relates to you and your organisation.
Some VCSE organisations currently based in The Ridings are looking for new premises - can you help?
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 you enjoy hearing from Heavy Metal Therapy!
It was brilliant to see so many of you at our first in-person AGM since 2019! Here are some highlights from the event.
Our teams got together in December for a very important cause - making sure that children in care and their families received gifts over the festive season!
We're pleased to announce we have a new Chair of Trustees, Chris Bann, and a new Vice Chair, Simon Topham.
A new report has been released - Third Sector Trends in England and Wales 2022: employees, volunteers, diversity and investment in people.
It's not long until we wrap up our work for 2022, you can find our closing times here.
We're thrilled to have launched VCSE Voices, an initiative to recruit VCSE Advocates from our sector to attend district-wide decision-making boards to influence policy and create positive change.
An all-new Citizens Advice service has opened its doors in Pinderfields Hospital.
We're really proud of what we achieved in 2021-22, see what you think!
There's a range of information below for you and people that engage with your organisation's activities and services.
Each month we'll be showcasing the amazing organisations that make up our membership and the important work they do across the Wakefield District.
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.
Funding is available for voluntary organisations, non-profits, charities and CICs in the Wakefield District through fundraising website easyfundraising.
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.
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.
Community>Wakefield - the new place for services, activities, opportunities and events across Wakefield District.
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....
The Nova team would like to thank volunteers for their inspiring and incredible work to support people and organisations across the Wakefield District.
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.
13 projects have been awarded funding through the recent Live Well Wakefield Small Grants – Coronavirus Resilience Fund.
Our annual Community Anchor Network conference, #CANCon20 took place on 10 March 2020.
The Wakefield District Third Sector Strategy 2020 - 23 has now been published.