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Welcome to the site of Northumberland’s Voluntary and Community Sector Consortium.
Our aim is to provide a voice for the sector to secure a better deal for the huge variety of groups and organisations in the county. We all know that voluntary and community organisations make an enormous contribution to life throughout Northumberland. Our ambition is to ensure that the sector continues to extend its valuable influence and role.
What is the VCS Consortium?
The Consortium is made up of a range of voluntary and community organisations which includes both delivery and support bodies. A number of public agencies are also involved as active observers. The idea is for each VCS member to reflect a particular perspective. That could be a specific group like older people, people with disabilities or children. Or it might be a theme like volunteering, health, sport or equality.
What's in it for us?
By working together in a more co-ordinated way, hundreds of voluntary and community groups in Northumberland are better placed to be:
- better connected
- better informed
- better recognised
Time of Transition
After 6 years of secure funding via the Government's ChangeUp programme, VCS consortia throughout England are facing difficult times. Northumberland County Council has included the services the Consortium provides in its new commissioning arrangement. This will not be finally resolved till late summer 2011 so until then the activity of the Consortium is likely to be reduced.
