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Best Start Family Hubs Community Fund Launched for 26/27
Best Start Family Hubs Community Fund Launched for 26/27

The Best Start Family Hubs Community Fund (via Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council) aims to strengthen and sustain an inclusive Rotherham Best Start Family Hub Network by supporting community partners to work

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Pathways to Work Trailblazer Programme Fund
Pathways to Work Trailblazer Programme Fund

Pathways to Work – Employment support projects for economically inactive and socially excluded unemployed residents of Rotherham. Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council are seeking to appoint partner organisations from the voluntary and community sector, to work with us in the delivery of innovative personalised support/engagement activities for economically inactive residents as the first step towards re-entering the workplace. This will be funded through the Economic Inactivity Trailblazer....

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Rotherham VCS Adult Health & Care Networking Event
Rotherham VCS Adult Health & Care Networking Event

We had a fantastic turnout for the Rotherham VCS Adult Health & Care Networking Event, hosted at Liberty Church by our very own Nicola Evans.

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VAR AGM | Proxy Voting
VAR AGM | Proxy Voting



If you are a member of VAR, and cannot attend this years' AGM, we have now set up on an online form so you can vote by proxy.

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Building Recovery Communities in Rotherham Grant Scheme | 2025
Building Recovery Communities in Rotherham Grant Scheme | 2025

We are now opening the third round of grant funding for applications from voluntary and community sector groups and organisations.

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Paid opportunity for Young Artists in Rotherham
Paid opportunity for Young Artists in Rotherham

We are looking for a piece of art that really captures what it is like to be a young person living in Rotherham today. We are looking for something that works well in print format, as it will become part of a physical, printed zine.  

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Pathways to Work
Pathways to Work

The new deadline for applications is: Monday 18th August 2025 at 12:00pm Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council have just launched the...

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Celebrating Bringing Communities Together
Celebrating Bringing Communities Together

Bringing Communities Together is about creating stronger, safer, more connected communities in Rotherham - where everyone feels they belong.

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Speak up for your Neighbourhood!
Speak up for your Neighbourhood!

The government is investing £20million worth of investment into specific wards in Rotherham over the next ten years; we need you to help decide what the money should be spent on.

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Community Achievement Awards 2025 Nominations Open!!
Community Achievement Awards 2025 Nominations Open!!

Do you know a volunteer who works hard in their community and deserves a community achievement? Do you know a local project or charity...

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Community Achievement Awards 2024
Community Achievement Awards 2024

Last Friday the 29th November 2024 was the annual Rotherham Together Partnership - Community Achievement Awards 2024. The event was a great

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AGM: Trustee Booklet, Minutes, Accounts
AGM: Trustee Booklet, Minutes, Accounts

Our Annual General Meeting of VAR will be on Friday 22nd November 2024 at 10am. As a current member of Voluntary Action Rotherham, you...

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