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On Friday 5 February 2021 the government confirmed that the range of polls scheduled for 6 May 2021, including council and mayoral elections in England, and the Police and Crime Commissioner elections in England and Wales, will go ahead as planned.

On 11 February 2021 the Cabinet Office and Department of Health and Social Care updated its policy paper on community testing

On 11 February 2021 the Department of Health and Social Care and The Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP published an oral statement to Parliament setting out the government's white paper on the future of health and care.

As part of VAL’s request for support case work we have come across a number of organisations that are struggling to open bank accounts since the pandemic started.

Leicester City Council has created a new Social Care & Education Provider Hub for existing and potential providers of adult social care and children and young people’s services in Leicester.

Organisations who support victims of domestic abuse and sexual violence across Leicestershire are being invited to apply for funding from the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) through funding made available from the Ministry of Justice (MOJ).

The fund is being delivered by Rosa and Smallwood Trust

The Institute for Voluntary Action Research (IVAR) are calling for funders to adopt more open and trusting practices that make life easier for those they fund, in light of the ongoing uncertainty caused by Covid-19.