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The VCSE Alliance

The Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board (ICB) has been working closely with the voluntary and community sector about establishing a new way of working, involving people in decisions about designing and providing services.
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NAVCA – State of the Social Sector Survey

Can you help complete a short survey to help the Government understand what charities, community groups and voluntary organisations are experiencing right now?  
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#AskVAL Volunteering Network & Learn Coalville

VAL is working with North West Leicestershire District Council to bring together local Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) organisations working with volunteers in Coalville and the surrounding area to look at how you are working with volunteers, what is working well and what are the current challenges being faced.
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Hinckley & Bosworth BC Free Trees Scheme

This year the council is giving away 27000 trees as part of our declared climate emergency. These trees will absorb over 10,000 tonnes of carbon over the next 40 years (assuming they all survive).
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Being a trustee – I wanted to be able to give something back to that community which I am so proud to be from

Mohamed Esat, VAL's Treasurer, writes about his experience of being a trustee and what made him decide to become a trustee.
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Community Impact Programme

The Embark CSR and Leicester Business Festival Community Impact Programme (CIP) is a new initiative being launched as an integral part of the Leicester Business Festival in 2022.
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Contemporary Issues in Sentencing

- De Montfort University, 20 October 2022
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easyfundraising – Exclusive £1,000 giveaway for the third sector

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Leicester Giving Day – New for 2022

Leicester Giving Day aims to encourage companies in Leicester and Leicestershire to actively engage with their local communities and local charities, to create partnerships through the offer of treasure, talent or time. It also aims shine a spotlight on the important work of charities and community organisations in the city and county.
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