Welcome to Gloucestershire VCSE Alliance

As we conclude our “Get Ready for 2026” updates, we’re sharing a free, downloadable 2026 calendar fetauring important dates, bank holidays and reminders.

Cyber Security and Artificial Intelligence were hot topics in 2025, with further legislation announcements expected in 2026 and beyond.  In this article, we summarise the latest developments and provide useful resources.

We have a limited number of 20-minute 1-2-1 sessions with fundraising experts at ABL Health to offer to VCSE organisations in Gloucestershire.

These 1-2-1 sessions can be used to troubleshoot an issue you're having, such as:

- Getting feedback on a draft bid

- Help identifying best-fit funders

- Support with demonstrating impact

You can submit an Expression of Interest here: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/quickfixfundraisingEOI/

As part of our December “Get Ready for 2026” Programme, our fourth focus area is Local Government Reorganisation.

You can catch up on recent developments and find out about our upcoming “Local Government Reorganisation Update for VCSE Organisations” webinar, provided by Gloucestershire County Council.

We're looking for three small VCSE organisations to attend a special test session of the "Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Small Charities" webinar on Thursday 15th January from 10am - 1pm.

As part of our December “Get Ready for 2026” Programme, our third focus area is data management.

In June 2025, the Data Use and Access Act 2025 (DUAA) was introduced, phasing amendments to data legislation between June 2025 and June 2026.

The DUAA amends, but does not replace, the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR).  

It’s expected that some key changes will be introduced in January 2026, although no firm dates have yet been provided.

We’ve set out the changes likely to affect the VCSE sector in this article.