At Our Best for Cared For Children and Care Leavers: a VCSE City Alliance market co-production opportunity Stoke-on-Trent and VAST are working together to offer

Local Youth Transformation Pilot (LYTP) On behalf of Stoke-on-Trent City Council you are invited to express an interest in delivering youth work as set out

VAST Chief Executive Announces Retirement Lisa Healings, Chief Executive of VAST has announced that she will be retiring from the role on 30 September 2026

Level 2 Youth Work qualification Dates have now been confirmed for the Level 2 Youth Work qualification, delivered by Youth Focus West Midlands in partnership with Stoke-on-Trent Youth Collective

An Introduction to Community Organising All the Small Things are inviting people to sign up for a one-day introduction to Community Organising.  This course, on

Better Together launch Trent Vegas verse Better Together launch a poetry and spoken word night at their Community HQ in Trent Vale in March. Trent

Becoming A VAST Trustee Do you work or volunteer in the heart of your community?  Do you want to help drive positive change across Stoke-on-Trent?  Do you have skills,

Hanley’s ‘Hidden Gem’ now an Accredited Museum The Dudson Centre, a former working pottery site with an original bottle kiln at its heart, is a

State of the Sector 2025 Report Launched! VCSE parners, stakeholders and statutory sector agencies came together last week at The Dudson Centre, for the launch

Stoke-on-Trent Food Survey is now live! What do you think are the biggest challenges surrounding food in our city? What are the challenges we need

Take part on the Community Hub training needs Survey Spaces, Places and Belonging is a new UK-wide programme of grants, training and digital tools from

Connecting communities, enabling common ground | a new report by NAVCA At a time when incidents linked to the far right are increasing and communities

Bentilee Big Clean Up is a Big Success! Earlier this month, young people from Bentilee and beyond came out to be part of the beginning

Black History Month: Seeds of Hope Event This year, we had the privilege of hosting a One Stoke Black History Month event – Seeds of Hope

‘Poems, Pies and Pals’ Community Event To kick off our December festivities we recently hosted ‘Pies, Pals and Poems’ for a warm winter gathering, bringing

Local Government Reorganisation and Finance Local Government Reorganisation For those of you in four of the devolution priority areas that are also subject to local

A Fairer Pathway to Settlement – consultation on earned settlement as part of the immigration system The Home Office has published a consultation on the

Budget 2025 – NAVCA Briefing   This week’s Budget contained welcome announcements on abolition of the two child benefit limit and the introduction of VAT

Project 93 Micro-Volunteering Project Volunteering is challenging convention to address growing community need and encourage innovation throughout local Voluntary, Community, and Social Enterprise (VCSE) to

Make a Difference: Join our Board! Do you work or volunteer in the heart of your community? Want to make a difference to the VCSE