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The Hull Community Fund is now open for applications. Small voluntary and community groups in Hull (under £150,000 turnover) can apply for funding to address the needs of local people in their communities

On Monday 20th May 2024, Hull CVS are pleased to announce the launch of a bespoke Volunteer Academy Programme to support the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) Sector in Hull. The Hull CVS Volunteer Academy Programme runs until March 2025 and has been designed to work around any existing organisational or role based training, providing free one-day core training to volunteers.

From today, 2nd April 2024, the two early years childcare settings, Rainbow Nursery and Rainbow Preschool, both based in the Avenues area of Hull, will… Read More »Child Dynamix Acquires Rainbow Nursery from Hull CVS

Hull City Council are inviting expressions of interest from voluntary, community and social enterprise sector organisations who are interested in taking on the management of… Read More »Mitchell Community Centre Hull – Expressions of Interest

Forum CIO, Hull CVS and the HEY Smile Foundation are working in partnership with Hull City Council and East Riding of Yorkshire Council to highlight… Read More »Hull & East Riding Devolution Information Event

TALKING TABLES – TACKLING LONELINESS ONE GOOD CHAT AT A TIME Hull CVS are relaunching the Hull Talking Table Scheme that encourages café customers to… Read More »Talking Tables Relaunch

A proposed devolution deal for Hull and East Yorkshire was announced, as part of the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement, on 22 November 2023. Under the proposed… Read More »Hull and East Yorkshire (HEY) Devolution Public Consultation

Hull CVS are teaming up with partners across the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector to shine a light on loneliness at the Be Connected Loneliness Conference on Friday 10th November 2023.

On the 18th September Hull City Council are launching a new and enhanced version of the Hull 4 Funding Portal. Please don’t worry as this… Read More »Briefing session on the new and enhanced Hull 4 Funding service

Edinburgh Street Community Centre are holding an ‘End Digital Poverty Day’ event between 11am – 2pm on Tuesday 12th September as they and other organisations… Read More »End Digital Poverty Day

VoiceAbility supports people to have their say in decisions about their health, care and wellbeing. Could you give a few hours a week to help… Read More »Volunteer to make a difference with VoiceAbility

The Hull International Carnival returns in 2023 (HIC 2023) to the City of Hull on Sunday 6th August 2023. 

Over the past few months, we have been evaluating these results to shape how our communications should look and feel moving forwards. Today, we’re launching the first stage of this process; our new website.

Hull CVS are looking to create a volunteers forum to provide the opportunity for volunteers to come together to share views and experiences and increase engagement with our volunteers throughout the sector.

All of the following activities and events at Pearson Park in August are FREE so come along and get involved!

Setting up a bank account for your organisation may be a new venture and not you are not sure where to start. Charity bank accounts are open to a range of organisations, as long as they’re not-for-profit.

Alongside the training which we can provide at Hull CVS, Bitesize Good Governance for Trustees, provides a starter training session for new and existing trustees, the charity commission also have some fantastic resources. These enable you to understand your roles as charity trustees in the form of a trustee welcome pack.

In June, the Charity Commission has updated its requirements for charities looking to sell, lease or otherwise dispose of charity land. Charities must comply with… Read More »Selling, leasing or otherwise disposing of charity land

In June, Hull CVS attended a loneliness conference organised by MyBabble, in order to bring together professionals across different sectors, including voluntary sector, NHS services and international organisations.

Becoming a Trustee is a great way to use and develop skills and give something back to the local community, helping to make the charity sector stronger and more resilient.

The funding is expected to provide an estimated 1,000 new defibrillators in community spaces across England. This could include town halls, community centres, local shops, post offices and local parks, to ensure that defibrillators are evenly spread throughout communities and easily accessible if someone is experiencing an unexpected cardiac arrest.

One of the easiest ways to raise unrestricted funding is through food shopping. The leading supermarkets, Tesco, Morrisons, ASDA, Waitrose, Sainsbury’s, Iceland, and Ocado partner… Read More »The supermarkets offering free unrestricted funding

A new Time2Volunteer promotional film funded by the Matthew Good Foundation has been launched today. The film showcases benefits of the Hull and East Riding Volunteering Platform… Read More »Time2Volunteer Promotional Video launched with help from Matthew Good Foundation

Yorkshire Energy Park Community Fund Launched to Support South West Holderness Community Tomorrow (Thursday 30th March) Yorkshire Energy Park (YEP) will launch a new £20,000 per… Read More »Yorkshire Energy Park Community Fund Launched to Support South West Holderness Community

Hull CVS is delighted to be one of the first five organisations nationally to have successfully achieved reaccreditation of the new Volunteer Centre Quality Accreditation.… Read More »Hull CVS awarded Volunteer Centre Quality Accreditation