Connected Voice’s Sector Connector programme offers the chance for VCSEs to benefit from skilled in-kind support from the local business community by seeking out expertise and making connections

We recently met with our friends at the National Lottery to discuss how we can help local VCSE organisations get more funding. They told us that a major problem is the number of applications they receive that don’t follow the guidance and so can’t be funded.

Steven is an elderly man with a learning difficulty who was struggling to cope with many essential tasks and, as a result, his health was deteriorating and he was feeling overwhelmed and out of control of many areas of his life.