It feels very much as though we are about to embark on a new era, with a renewed understanding of the important role of connections and relationships."
Sandra Meadows MBE, NAVCA Chair (2024)
Download and read our annual report and accounts below.
Throughout 2023/24, we continued to champion the role of local infrastructure to support communities, including:
Running over 50 events with over 800 attendees;
Holding our Annual Conference online, with over 170 attendees;
Distributing £400,000 to 36 NAVCA members, to support activities for Ukrainian refugees;
Continuing to promote Quality Accreditation, with over 20 members achieving accreditation;
Securing funding from The National Lottery Community Fund to run our development programme;
Building capacity in our member networks, such as the Anti-Racist Group and the Barking Owl communications network;
Curating our 'Embedding VCSE in ICS' resources collection, to support VCSE engagement in health systems;
Developing our work around the Four Functions of Infrastructure.
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