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The next application deadline is 4 May 2021

On 31 March 2021 the Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street and the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities published a news story explaining that the report was launched to conduct a detailed, data-led examination of inequality across the entire population, and to set out a positive agenda for change.

The Skoll World Forum is going virtual from April 13 2021 – April 15, 2021.

A charity set up to support serving and former members of the armed forces has been removed from the register of charities as it ceased to operate, after the charity regulator found its former trustees responsible for misconduct and mismanagement.

Research has shown that older adults with dementia are more likely to experience abuse and neglect than those without a diagnosis. People who are living with dementia are entitled to be free from abuse and neglect and where abuse is experienced, and action should be taken to stop and prevent it.  

World Autism Awareness Week 2021 was during 29 March 2021 – 4 April 2021.

On 31 March 2021 Companies House and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy updated the” being a company director” guidance to include a directors’ toolkit with links to more online guidance.

Throughout the pandemic, VAL has been providing free online training for voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations in Leicester and Leicestershire.

During the pandemic, VAL worked to update and refresh its VAL Volunteering website to improve the experience for volunteers and organisations recruiting volunteers.