Welcome to Gloucestershire VCSE Alliance
We support Gloucestershire’s Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise sector to thrive.
What We Do
Leadership and Advocacy
We convene organisations, voices and communities to influence statutory partners.
We promote the collective strength of the VCSE sector.
Partnerships and Collaboration
We support links with stautory partners and businesses to ensure the sector’s voice is heard.
We create spaces for VCSE organisations to connect and share practice.
Capacity Building Support
We promote learning and resilience to ensure that VCSE organisations stand stronger to continue serving our communities effectively.
Volunteering Support
Through Go Volunteer Glos, we strengthen the volunteer journey - inspiring volunteers to step forward and ensuring volunteering is a valued driver of community welllbeing.
Our Upcoming events
Latest Sector News
Rob Fountain, Head of Strategic Partnerships at Gloucestershire VCSE Alliance, explains how the principles of Keep It Local could make public money go further by keeping it in our communities.
The Data Use and Access Act 2025 (DUAA) became law in June 2025 and aims to make things easier for organisations, while still protecting people and their rights.
The changes are being phased between June 2025 and June 2026.
Last month, the Gloucestershire VCSE sector came together for a landmark event: the EDIB Conference on Building Inclusive Organisational Culture in VCSE organisations.
Cate Hemingway (Head of Learning and Development) shares her key takeaways and reflections…
The Somerset, Wiltshire, Avon and Gloucestershire Cancer Alliance (SWAGCA) require VCFSE representation on two open funding opportunity panel dates - one in November and one in December.
They are hoping partners could please consider supporting the panels.
One Gloucestershire and the University of Gloucestershire are funding a range of half to one day workshops at the University of Gloucestershire’s new Arts, Health and Wellbeing Centre. The workshops start in the autumn 2025 and are free of charge.
Become a member
In becoming a member of Gloucestershire VCSE Alliance, you’re ensuring that your organisation is part of the conversation.
Our members receive:
Discounted booking fees on our training courses
Access to our members-only website area, featuring:
A funding directory providing the latest information about available funding
A discussion forum where you can post jobs, questions, and information to share with our member community
A Classified Ads section
Access to our resources created specially for VCSE organisations in Gloucestershire
A listing for your organisation on our member directory
Up-to-date information about your organisation featured in our Charities Data Dashboard or CIC Dashboard
Join our mailing list
If you’re not able to join us as a member (see above), you can still receive our mailings by signing up here.
You’ll receive:
Weekly News Bulletin
Monthly Funding Bulletin
Quarterly Inclusivity Matters
Additionally, you can sign up for our Volunteering Insight and In Partnership mailings by clicking here:

