VONNE News and Opinion
Auto-enrolment - steps to compliance for the VCSE sector
Guest blog - Mike Rohan, Sage Bio: Mike Rohan is the Business Development Manager for Sage and is co-chair of ‘Friends of Auto Enrolment’ in the…
View BlogLatest Third Sector Trends Data confirms its bad and getting worse
The latest report from the Northern Rock Foundation Third Sector Trends Study provides a digest of findings on the state of the third sector…
View BlogWe asked, you told us. How we're doing at delivering Criminal Justice work in the North East
We recently undertook a survey to measure the impact of our work in the North East around Criminal Justice policy work. The results we received was…
View BlogLocal authorities need to value infrastructure, not try and deliver it
As an ex Chief Officer of Darlington CVS, now Evolution, I was dismayed to hear that Darlington Borough Council have decided not to continue to…
View BlogMy first 40 days at VONNE
Apparently it takes 100 days to get into a new role. I've been in post as the new CEO of VONNE for 40 days and thought it would be a good…
View BlogDoes your website pass the Google mobile-friendly test?
You'll have no doubt noticed that we've has launched a new website recently. I hope you're finding it easier to use and appreciate the new…
View BlogA View from the Bridge
I have just come from a truly inspirational event launching the report Our Lives: Challenging attitudes to poverty in 2015. It was produced by…
View BlogRoss’s election manifesto for health and wellbeing
My latest update from Linkedin (and, yes, congratulations Martin for 10 years working at Newcastle CVS) for some reason reminded me of the exercise I…
View BlogDurham PCC Consults on Priorities
Durham and Darlington Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), Ron Hogg, is keen to improve his engagement with the voluntary sector and has…
View BlogBest charity social media campaigns
I feel that 2014 was the year that social media really took off for charities. Hardly a week went by without people jumping on the latest bandwagon…
View BlogChristmas comes early for North East charities
VONNE are pleased that last week, the Chancellor announced £4m of Government funding for the Virgin Money Foundation to support charitable projects…
View BlogGuest post: 2D carrying on in a different way
In the new year 2D will be absorbed by Groundwork NE & Cumbria, following the decision of directors and trustees of 2D (read their press release…
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