Speaking Up Speaking Out calls on supporters nationwide to help secure the future of our vital community services.

Date: 
Tue, 12/09/2025 - 08:29

It’s time to pull out your festive knits, your sparkly sweaters, and your wildest woollies - because we’re joining Christmas Jumper Day (next Thursday), and we’d love for you to join us too!

 

This time last year, CAST released an AI survey designed to gauge sector experiences and needs. The results (as outlined in our AI survey blog) were so valuable in helping us to develop support for the sector, that we’re running a revised survey in order to understand what has changed - and what’s needed right now.

ABOUT THE COVENANT

What is the Covenant?

The Civil Society Covenant will set out the terms of a new relationship through high level principles for an effective long-term partnership between government and civil society. It will aim to reset how government and civil society work together for the benefit of communities and society.

The Covenant aims to:

Is the real issue food poverty. Or is it just poverty?

By Graham Brown CVSCE Food Coordination lead

The Cheshire East Food Alliance (CEFA) is one year old! I’m pleased to report progress... there’s greater cooperation amongst groups leading to food sharing...more projects are benefiting from funding – over £200k in the last round of Cost of Living / Household Support Fund grants alone. But also, from sources including Feeding Britain.   

Mentell are excited to share our OneStep campaign with you. A fundraising campaign that invites all of us to take one simple, powerful step for men who need our support.

Obesity and diet-related disease - a public health emergency

By Graham Brown CVS Operations and Insight lead and Food Coordination lead

Impact and Funding: Why is it important to look at grants this way round?

Deputy Town Clerk
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