It’s Small Charity Week this week (19 – 23 June) and as well as sharing all the national events and resources with you, we’re also going to share what support is available locally for your Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) organisation.
As the first day of Small Charity Week is Celebration Day, we’re encouraging you to celebrate everything you do for York’s communities throughout the week and beyond.
“As a sector, we’re so busy doing the doing that we often don’t have capacity to reflect and share all the incredible work we do in York, individually and collectively! This Small Charity Week, on behalf of everyone at York CVS, we’d like to recognise and celebrate York’s VCSE sector for everything you do for our city!
Alison Semmence, Chief Executive, York CVS
Celebrate your organisation by sharing your story
In York we have over *800 VCSE organisations, and of these organisations over 80% are classed as small charities (defined by Small Charity Week as organisations with an income of under £1m). Together with our VCSE sector colleagues across Humber and North Yorkshire our employees deliver around 38 million hours of work annually, and our volunteers (around 128,000 of them!) provide the equivalent of 9 million hours of work!
These are really impressive stats but what really shows our impact as a sector is our stories. Here’s some resources that might help you share yours…
- Download the Small Charity Week socials resources and use the following hashtags to share your Small Charity’s story: #SmallCharityWeekYork #SmallCharitiesTogether
- Book a place on the ‘How to create effective video content using your phone workshop’ on Wednesday 21 June at 12pm – 1pm
- Read CharityComms’ ‘How to find people to tell your charity’s stories’ article
- Watch/listen to this ‘How to communicate your organisations impact’ video from Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership’s VCSE Collaborative communications webinar
- Watch/listen to Charity Digital’s ‘The essentials of effective online communication’ podcast
*The Contribution of the VCSE Sector to Health and Wellbeing in Humber and North Yorkshire – Report Findings 2022 – Durham University. Excludes micro organisations with an income of below £10,000.
