Networking opportunities
Voluntary Norfolk supports the vital and valuable work carried out by community groups, charities and social enterprises throughout Norfolk and have developed a new Voluntary Norfolk Network to help organisations connect with each other to access and share ideas, skills and resources.
Being part of the network will strengthen an organisation’s relationships with other VCSEs, will help the development of partnerships and enable more effective collaboration between peers.
All local charities, community groups and social enterprises working in Norfolk are invited to join the Voluntary Norfolk Network. Organisations can join for FREE by completing our online form.
Benefits of Joining
- Access to networking & good practice events and training workshops run by Voluntary Norfolk and external partners.
- Information and resources to support your organisation, on issues such as funding, governance, volunteering and legislation.
- Help to connect to other Voluntary Norfolk networks relevant to your type of work
- Help to connect to external networks, relevant to your type of work or geographical location.
- Access to our Padlet board, an online notice board where we share events, training and information. It’s a quick, easy way to connect with your peers and share questions, projects and collaboration opportunities.
For further information about the Voluntary Norfolk Network please contact us.
Further support
Empowering Communities Partnership supports the wider voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector in Norfolk. Voluntary Norfolk and Community Action Norfolk are working together with strategic partners Norfolk Community Advice Network and FUSE Network to support Norfolk’s VCSE organisations as part of the Empowering Communities partnership.
The support includes things like information, advice, training or hands on support. It also includes help with finding funding and applying for grants. There’s also support with both finding and keeping volunteers.
Head to our Empowering Communities website to find out more about what the Empowering Communities partnership does.
The Empowering Communities partnership is funded by Norfolk County Council and replaces the Working Together partnership which ran from 2017-2021.
E-Newsletters
We issue a series of regular, subject specific, e-newsletters for people working and volunteering in the VCSE sector. The newsletters are Partnership News, Jobs News, Volunteering Opportunities and Youth Work Network News. You can subscribe to just one newsletter or as many as you wish and it is easy to unsubscribe at any time.
You can also have a look at some of our previous newsletters.
Voluntary Sector Forum (Children, Young People and Families)
We co-ordinate the Voluntary Sector Forum (Children Young People & Families) which provides a means for two-way engagement between the voluntary community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector and statutory partners. Visit the Empowering Communities website for more information and future meeting dates.
