Conference notes the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) campaign for contracts and grants from government and public bodies to be uplifted to cover the true cost of delivery. Conference further notes that the voluntary sector delivers over £11 billion worth of public services every year. These are services that are critical to communities, including […]
Conference motions
This branch has found that in many community workplaces since the COVID-19 pandemic, many employees now opt for complete homeworking or hybrid working (coming into the office two days a week) if they have the option to do so. Furthermore, many charities have closed their offices, forcing their workers to become homeworkers. Many community employers […]
Conference notes that the workforce in the community sector especially in the social care sector is overwhelmingly female. The additional pressures on women working in the community sector, especially low paid women have seen almost 3 in 5 of these women experience poor mental health where work is a contributing factor. However, for Black women […]