Ready to Thrive? A New Opportunity for Essex Charities to Build Resilience and Leadership
16/01/2026
Ready to Thrive? A New Opportunity for Essex Charities to Build Resilience and Leadership
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16/01/2026
Ready to Thrive? A New Opportunity for Essex Charities to Build Resilience and Leadership
12/01/2026
Your Charity’s Social Media Toolkit
05/01/2026
How to prepare the right Articles of Association for a CIC
30/12/2025
E-Portal Blog Series: Say thank you!
22/12/2025
Employment Rights Bill receives Royal Assent
17/12/2025
Does Santa Really Need a DBS Check?
15/12/2025
E-Portal Blog Series: It’s not always altruism
11/12/2025
Community Energy in Essex: Leading the Way on the Clean Energy Transition
10/12/2025
Do you know the rules about your charity’s governing document?
08/12/2025
E-Portal Blog Series: Volunteers as a strategic asset
01/12/2025
The True Spirit of Giving in Essex This December
27/11/2025
The 4 Essential Digital Skills Every Essex Organisation Needs in 2025-26
25/11/2025
New workplace standard for suicide support
25/11/2025
Fundraising and Small Grants Workshop 3rd December 2025
21/11/2025
Essex Local Government Reorganisation Briefing for VCFSE Sector
18/11/2025
Get Ready for National Safeguarding Adults Week 2025!
18/11/2025
Fundraising and Small Grants Workshop 24th November 2025
18/11/2025
Fundraising and Small Grants Workshop 25th November 2025
14/11/2025
Three tiers of accounting rules confirmed as new Charities SORP published
12/11/2025
Fundraising and Small Grants Workshop 19th November 2025
12/11/2025
Case Study: Vicky Perrin – Building Community from the Ground Up
10/11/2025
Fundraising and Small Grants Workshop 12th November 2025
07/11/2025
Free Webinar: Communicating Effectively with Your Bank – Practical Support for Charities
06/11/2025
Trustee Finance Toolkit
04/11/2025
The Power of Purpose: Celebrating Trustees Week 2025
15/10/2025
Unlock Your Business Potential: Master the Art of Tendering
15/10/2025
Roundtable for VCSE Organisations In partnership with Active Essex
14/10/2025
Introducing the ‘Your Essex Community’ Learning Series
13/10/2025
Navigating the Shift: Microsoft Sunsets Key Non-Profit Grants
09/10/2025
The 2025 Fundraising Code is Coming. Are You Ready?
07/10/2025
What If Everyone Stopped Volunteering?
22/09/2025
National Inclusion Week is an annual event that takes place in September every year.
19/09/2025
From 18 November 2025, significant changes will come into effect under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023.
16/09/2025
The UK Government has announced a significant £600 million funding extension to support disadvantaged children during school holidays through the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme.
08/09/2025
Voluntary and community sector leaders across Essex have said the forthcoming reorganisation of local government is a rare opportunity to unlock the full potential of communities.
02/09/2025
Mark your calendars! Trustees' Week 2025 is coming up from November 3rd to 7th.
26/08/2025
The government is looking for your input on how charities can be better involved in emergency planning.
19/08/2025
The new Charities Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) is on its way.
14/08/2025
So far, we’ve explored using AI Chatbots to write, plan and edit your charity’s communications. But what if you want to go beyond words?
12/08/2025
Against a challenging economic backdrop, there's some good news for the charity sector: public trust remains high.
05/08/2025
Only 6% of trustees find their role through advertisements. So, how do you find new talent for your board?
29/07/2025
Did you know that 8 in 10 trustees are so positive about their experience that they would recommend the role to others?
24/07/2025
Welcome back! So far in this series, we’ve looked at how to get useful, time-saving answers from the E-Portal Essex chatbot.
15/07/2025
A government study has valued formal volunteering in England at £24.7bn a year. The research from 2021-22 highlights the significant economic impact, including the cost of replacing volunteers and the wellbeing benefits for those who participate.
14/07/2025
On 17 April 2025, we held our very first Sharing Day. And honestly, it was a bit of a moment for us. A proper proud day.
01/07/2025
Welcome back! If you’ve read the earlier blogs or already started using the E-Portal Essex chatbot, you’ll know it acts more like a helpful colleague than a search engine.
27/06/2025
It’s Small Charities Week! The perfect time to shine a light on the organisations working quietly and tirelessly behind the scenes to keep our communities thriving.
18/06/2025
Welcome back! This week, we’re tackling a common question: How do I describe my work to a chatbot in a way that’s helpful – without oversharing personal or confidential information?
18/06/2025
The 2025 Spending Review sets out the government’s spending plans to 2029. What do the plans mean for charities?
11/06/2025
Welcome back to the E Portal Essex Chatbot blog series. This week in part 2, we’re looking at the way you talk to a chatbot. It makes a big difference to the responses you get.
03/06/2025
In today's fast-paced working environment, continuous learning and development are essential—not just for personal growth, but for building stronger, more effective teams.
28/05/2025
Welcome to the E Portal Essex Chatbot blog series! If you're part of a charity or community group in Essex, our brilliant website and friendly AI assistant are here to help you.
27/05/2025
A new report has been released by NCVO and ACEVO ahead of the expected Civil Society Covenant launch later in the year. We prompted ChatGTP to provide a summary of the report. Including key findings and areas for action.
15/05/2025
For Carers Week (9 - 15th June), Essex County Council and partners are hosting webinars each day, to highlight the importance of carer identification and the support available to carers.
14/05/2025
The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) has launched a new video for organisations, aiming to raise awareness of the online ‘request a Basic DBS check’ service, and the many benefits it provides.
09/05/2025
In April 2022 the DBS announced some changes to the manual ID evidence checking procedure. The new guidance is a result of a yearlong consultation including trialing by a small number of organisations.
06/05/2025
Learn essential skills for charity trustees with six free training modules from ICAEW, designed for all levels of experience. ICAEW’s online training modules provide an overview of charity trustees’ legal and financial responsibilities and their strategic and operational considerations.
06/05/2025
An independent commission has today (6 May) published its report to improve outcomes for Essex residents after identifying urgent challenges facing health and social care.
15/04/2025
This year’s Spring Statement confirmed major reforms to sickness and disability benefits — and sharpened the direction of travel already signaled by the government.
15/04/2025
The joint SORP-making body has today launched a public consultation on the next version of the charities accounting and reporting framework.
02/04/2025
Guidance from 31 March 2025 for waste collectors and workplaces on separating dry recyclables, food waste and black bin waste.
02/04/2025
Charity Commission warns charities about fraudulent messages recently sent to charities and trustees.
02/04/2025
Members of the House of Lords have voted in favour of exempting smaller charities from the upcoming increase to employer national insurance contributions (NICs).
02/04/2025
The UK government has launched the Greater Essex devolution consultation. The consultation seeks views on a proposal to form a Mayoral Combined County Authority for the local government areas in Essex, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock.
