Good Governance is critical, both in registered charities where the board is made up of trustees, and in other voluntary and community organisations, where a volunteer committee steers the course. VANEL works to support groups to improve their approach to governance, and this article discusses support and ideas that boards, committees and management might find […]
The VANEL Annual General Meeting (AGM) took place in September at the Parkway Cinema in Cleethorpes. A very different venue and an opportunity for us to try a different approach to our annual event. We’ve already reported back from that event and the “Valuing Volunteers” short film that we showcased at the event can be […]
For over 15 years, Voluntary Action North East Lincolnshire (VANEL) has worked tirelessly to promote volunteering opportunities, and provide support to volunteers and their host organisations. The quality of work we carry out is such that we are NCVO Quality Accredited and have received the NAVCA Quality Award. Over the past few months VANEL has […]
Earlier this year, VANEL successfully applied for funding from The Big Lottery’s ‘Reaching Communities’ Fund, for a three year Community Development Programme, which is now known as IGNITE. IGNITE aims to inspire, motivate and support young people between the ages of 16 and 30 to become leaders within their communities by giving them the opportunity […]
At VANEL, we pride ourselves on being able to provide our Members, Friends and Local Organisations with up-to-date information regarding funding opportunities that both they, and their communities, can benefit from. Over the last month we have been supporting stage one funding applications for community-based projects, from organisations and communities of interest, to the People’s […]