VCS Development

Unionlearn, which has brought benefits to workers and employers across the country for more than a decade, is now looking to take its work into community and non-union workplaces, including the VCS. Over the past 12 years more than 26,000 union learning reps have been trained and 740,000 people have been given training and learning opportunities via their union.

One East Midlands has submitted a response, on behalf of our members, to Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) consultation on the Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme, which closes on 25 May.

Our full response is published below.

Does your organisation currently provide products and services in the support and rehabilitation of ex-offenders? One EM has been SEEM (Social Enterprise East Midlands) to discover if there is any interest amongst you OURmembers and contacts in a tender opportunity to form a contract ready consortia.

As part of the £9million Social Action Fund, Primetimers, which aims to achieve social change through building capacity, has been awarded a grant to replicate its London model in across three new regions, including the Midlands.

Alongside their expansion into South West and Yorkshire and Humberside, Primetimers will now be able to deliver their capacity building support from business and public sector specialists to VCS organisations in the Midlands.