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Welcome to the VCS Matters website!

At a time of great change in services for children and young people, VCS Matters supports Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) organisations to work within the Every Child Matters framework in Birmingham.

For more information and to get on our circulation list just send us an email. We look forward to hearing from you.

VCS Matters Team

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For latest news please check the News Feed box on the left, the direct news feeds on children, young people, funding & related tags, and our local news section.  Key developments include:

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Safeguarding children  -  Stop it now! and VCS Matters are running a free half-day training course on 'Safeguarding children from sexual abuse in the real and digital world' on Thursday 11 December.  Birmingham Safeguarding Children Board has published the new multi-agency child protection training brochure with the full range of free training available between October and February.

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Grassroots Grants  -  Birmingham Community Foundation are keen to receive applications for Grassroots Grants from small voluntary/community organisations that are able to demonstrate that their project will build their capacity and bring benefit to the local community.

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Small Groups InfoHub  -  The next of these free drop-in sessions on working with children and young people for volunteer groups and small community organisations will be held on Saturday 15 November at APNA in Aston.

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How do you find out about services and activities?  -  The team at Ineed2know (Birmingham's Children's Services Directory) is undertaking a questionnaire survey about where people in Birmingham go to find information.


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