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The voluntary and community sector is large and diverse. It includes the big household name charities, as well as the smallest, often unregistered, voluntary and community groups. These groups could be described as the ‘microbiome’ of the sector – they are essential to community health and wellbeing, just as the human microbiome is essential to our individual health. However, the voluntary sector microbiome often goes unseen and unrecognised, despite playing an essential role in communities.

The Autumn Budget announcement saw many potential changes and challenges for the voluntary sector and for the communities we work with. In our latest blog post, we highlight some of the key announcements and what they could mean for NAVCA members and their local communities.

“Snowballs and Eels”, our rapid review of national funding for cross-sector partnership building in health and care in England.

This is a moment of rapid change for the whole sector, as the cost-of-living bites and service demands rise.

Last year, we worked with the British Red Cross to distribute £400,000 of funding to our members.