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Gloucestershire VCSE Alliance

Supporting Gloucestershire’s Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise sector to thrive

Nominations Open for the Gloucestershire Volunteer Awards 2026!

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Nominations Open for the Gloucestershire Volunteer Awards 2026! Click here to nominate your volunteer, group or organisation today!

Our Work

Leadership & Advocacy

We convene organisations, voices and communities to influence statutory partners.

We promote the collective strength of the VCSE sector.

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Partnerships & Collaboration

We support links with statutory partners and businesses to ensure the sector’s voice is heard.

We create spaces for VCSE organisations to connect and share practice.

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Capacity Building Support

We promote learning and resilience to ensure that VCSE organisations stand stronger to continue serving our communities effectively.

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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.

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Upcoming Events

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Resilient Leadership
Jan 20
Resilient Leadership
Bid Writing Workshop
Jan 21
Bid Writing Workshop
New Trustee Training
Jan 21
New Trustee Training
Motivational Interviewing for Challenging Conversations
Jan 23
Motivational Interviewing for Challenging Conversations
AI for Everyone
Jan 27
AI for Everyone
Local Government Reorganisation Update for VCSE Organisations
Jan 28
Local Government Reorganisation Update for VCSE Organisations
Inclusive Leadership
Feb 4
Inclusive Leadership
EDIB Essentials - A Beginners' Guide
Feb 10
EDIB Essentials - A Beginners' Guide
Charity Treasurer Training
Feb 10
Charity Treasurer Training
Leading People
Feb 11
Leading People
AI and Fundraising
Feb 24
AI and Fundraising
Strategic Social Media Usage
Feb 25
Strategic Social Media Usage
Local Insight Platform Information Session
Mar 3
Local Insight Platform Information Session
AI and Risk
Mar 3
AI and Risk
Inclusion Allies Programme
Mar 5
Inclusion Allies Programme
Age of Misinformation, Using AI, and Retaining Authenticity
Mar 11
Age of Misinformation, Using AI, and Retaining Authenticity
Inclusive Decision Making
Mar 18
Inclusive Decision Making
Chairing your Charity Board
Mar 18
Chairing your Charity Board
Leading Change
Mar 24
Leading Change
Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging: Setting EDIB as a Strategic Priority for Trustees
Apr 21
Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging: Setting EDIB as a Strategic Priority for Trustees
Building an Effective CEO - Chair Partnership
May 12
Building an Effective CEO - Chair Partnership

What We Do

We facilitate accountable representation in Gloucestershire

We facilitate accountable representation in Gloucestershire

Our team provides information, advice and guidance

Our team provides information, advice and guidance

We celebrate and promote VCSE organisations through our communications

We celebrate and promote VCSE organisations through our communications

We facilitate partnerships for the benefit of our communities

We facilitate partnerships for the benefit of our communities

We provide data and insights about Gloucestershire's VCSE sector

We provide data and insights about Gloucestershire's VCSE sector

Through Go Volunteer Glos, we support volunteer management

Through Go Volunteer Glos, we support volunteer management

We host the annual Gloucestershire Volunteer Awards

We host the annual Gloucestershire Volunteer Awards

We promote and support Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging in Gloucestershire

We promote and support Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging in Gloucestershire

We provide networking events for employees and volunteers

We provide networking events for employees and volunteers

We provide research and commentary on national and local policy

We provide research and commentary on national and local policy

Latest Sector News

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Building inclusion from the inside out
Building inclusion from the inside out

Jo McMeechan, Founder and Director, SENStory Group Inclusion Consultant and Trainer, explains why intersectionality and allyship are essential tools for VCSE organisations

In the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector, we come from a culture of care and change making. We talk a lot about equity, belonging and community support. But real inclusion, the kind that changes outcomes, begins with ourselves. It asks us to practise allyship in action, not just intention. It asks us to recognise that our perspective is never the whole picture, and that some identities face barriers we will never personally experience.

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EDI and social justice at Barnwood
EDI and social justice at Barnwood

Barnwood Trust is a charitable foundation and agent of social change in Gloucestershire. In this blog, Jess Waterman, Head of Engagement at Barnwood Trust shares their EDI journey and the importance of this work with honest reflections about the challenges of doing it well

Equity, diversity, inclusion and social justice are a crucial and central part of making positive lasting changes in and through our work at Barnwood. We have been on a learning journey for over five years and we still have a way to go, but, with expertise and support from The Better Org, things are moving forward.

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Changing the Culture: Building Inclusive Practice Across Gloucestershire’s VCSE Sector

Cate Hemingway, Head of Learning and Development at Gloucestershire VCSE Alliance, on changing the culture and building inclusive practice across Gloucestershire’s VCSE sector

Happy New Year and welcome to the first edition of the Inclusion Newsletter for 2026 from the team at Gloucestershire VCSE Alliance, which you can subscribe to here.

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Systemic: How Racism Harms Health – and What We Can Do About It by Layal Liverpool
Systemic: How Racism Harms Health – and What We Can Do About It by Layal Liverpool

Jill Parker, our Head of Operations at Gloucestershire VCSE Alliance, reviews Systemic.

In Systemic, Layal Liverpool investigates how deeply rooted racism impacts on health. Through accessible science and powerful personal stories, she exposes both the scale of the problem and its human cost.

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Important Member Announcement
Important Member Announcement

We’re thrilled to announce that our new Members’ Area is ready!

This section of our website is available only to our members, and includes:

  • Access to the Local Insight data platform - a powerful tool to support your work and empower your team

  • Our Funding Finder AI Tool - this tool searches our approved list of funders for funding suitable for your project

  • Member Discussion Board - a space for members to share news, offer things for sale (or for free!) and much more.

This is in addition to our existing member benefits - our amazing mailings, free bookings for our training and events, and a listing on our website.

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Become a member

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In becoming a member of Gloucestershire VCSE Alliance, you’re ensuring that your organisation is part of the conversation.

Our members receive:

  • Free booking fees on our training courses and events

  • Our mailings (including our News Bulletin, Funding Bulletin and Inclusivity Matters)

  • Access to our members-only website area, featuring:

    • Our Funding Finder AI Tool

    • Access to our Member Discussion Forum

    • Access to Data Insights (including Local Insight)

  • A listing on our Member Directory

Become a Member

Join our mailing list

If you’re not able to join us as a member, you can still receive our mailings by signing up here:

You’ll receive:

  • Weekly News Bulletin

  • Monthly Funding Bulletin

  • Quarterly Inclusivity Matters

Sign me up for mailings

You can also sign up for our Volunteering Insight and In Partnership mailings by clicking here:

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Our Funders

Gloucestershire County Council

One Gloucestershire

CHK Foundation