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We are pleased to announce that Connected Voice has been awarded the Volunteer Centre Quality Accreditation (VCQA) for Gateshead Volunteer Centre.



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Below is some important information from Susan Dungworth, Police and Crime Commissioner for Northumbria, dated 7 August 2024:

Following recent events in Sunderland and in other parts of the region I want to update you around the current position.



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The Leader of Newcastle City Council, Cllr Nick Kemp, has released a statement of support for communities living in fear following violent disorder across the country.



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In response to the ongoing rioting and violence taking place across the country, including here in the North East, VONNE (Voluntary Organisations' Network North East) have published a statement which has been co-created and co-signed by Connected Voice and a number of other local infrastructure o



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Following the success of last year's programme, and inspired by Small Charity Week 2024, leading local law firm Muckle LLP once again offered free legal advice clinics to local VCSE organisations via our



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We are pleased to announce that an updated Compact was agreed at Gateshead Health and Wellbeing Board on Friday 26 April. The Compact is an agreement between the VCSE sector and public sector to work together to agreed standards and shared objectives.



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Following the success of last year, and inspired by Small Charity Week 2024, leading local law firm Muckle LLP are once again offering FREE online and face-to-face legal advice clinics to small charities and VCSEs via our Sector Connector progr



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Connected Voice, in collaboration with Volunteer Centre Newcastle, welcomed 26 VCSE organisations from across Newcastle for the first meeting of a new network on Tuesday 16 April.



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We teamed up with our neighbours at Home Group to deliver a fantastic Strawberry Soup event on Thursday 28 March here at One Strawberry Lane. This was the first Strawberry Soup event of the year.



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We are delighted to launch this new report, 'Mental Health Needs of People Seeking Asylum and Refugees', which was developed in partnership with The Comfrey Project, Gateshead Wellbeing Champions, Gateshead Community Bridge Builders, and Connected Voice's Haref team.



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This year, Haref has worked with 11 mosques and Muslim centres across Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Gateshead to create unique calendars for each mosque. Prayer times are calculated using specific mathematics around the position of the sun, local time, longitude and latitude.

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Connected Voice has won the Outstanding Contribution to Equality and Diversity Award at the 2023 National Advocacy Awards, organised by Black Belt Advocacy, an organisation working tirelessly to champion Advocacy across the country.