Social Value

Connecting Business Ambition with Community Impact

Birmingham’s vibrant voluntary sector is the backbone of our city. A network of thousands of organisations dedicated to building a fairer, healthier, and more inclusive society. At BVSC, we support, represent, and champion these groups, ensuring their local expertise leads the way in creating meaningful Social Value. By placing community impact at the heart of city-wide change, we ensure that every investment made in Birmingham delivers a lasting legacy for its people.

Engaging with the VCFSE Sector

Engage for Good Networks

Our Engage for Good networks look to bring VCFSE organisations, the public sector and businesses together to tackle some of the key challenges across Birmingham City.

If your business would like to work with us to make a difference and 'engage for good' across Birmingham, please contact our Strategic Communications Lead, Elizabeth Goodchild to discuss this further: [email protected]

Communications and Marketing

Through our communication channels, you can reach out to Birmingham's VCFSE sector as well as other key local, regional and national audiences:

Community Investment Bulletin
The quarterly Community Investment Bulletin highlights and celebrates how organisations, businesses and communities are working together to build a fairer, greener and more connected Birmingham. If you would like to receive the Bulletin, sign up here.

E-bulletin
Our weekly e-bulletin is sent out every Friday morning and is a major source of information - news, events, funding, opportunities, volunteering and jobs. If you would like to receive the e-bulletin, sign up here.

Community Noticeboard
A great way to reach out to the VCFSE sector is to submit a post for our Community Noticeboard. It's often used by businesses to advertise free resources (such as spare/excess office supplies, equipment, stock). Use this form to submit content.

News

If your business would like to share news with the VCFSE sector on our News pages, please use this form to submit this.

Events and training courses
If your company or business is running an event or training course which may be of interest to the VCFSE sector, you can advertise it free of charge (as long as there's no entry fee) on our Events page. If there is an entry fee we can still promote this, but there will be a small fee to do this. Use this form to submit an event.
Social Media
Please tag in @BVSC in your social media posts for us to repost:

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Campaigns
If you have a campaign you would like to discuss with us, please contact us at [email protected]

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A new report outlines growing concerns about the rise in racism, hate incidents and a declining sense of safety across Birmingham’s communities - and sets out a series of recommendations to city leaders for tackling these issues. The report gathers the findings of a Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise (VCFSE) Community Cohesion Summit held in February 2026 convened by BVSC and BRIG with support from Birmingham City Council.
Green Village at European Athletics Championships

The European Athletics Championships Birmingham 2026 is more than a world-class athletics event- it is an opportunity to demonstrate how major sporting championships can create meaningful environmental and social impact. We are aiming to offer a dedicated “Green Village”—a high-footfall space within the event designed to engage and inspire spectators around environmental sustainability. We are looking for organisations who can showcase what they are doing while engaging visitors to the event.
Call for proposals: independent evaluation of the Inclusion Health Living Library

The Inclusion Health Living Library initiative is a new programme designed to bring together system leaders, practitioners and voluntary sector partners with people who have direct lived experience of exclusion and inequality. The Living Library is being delivered on behalf of Birmingham City Council’s Public Health division by BVSC, and together we’re seeking proposals from suitably qualified academic or evaluation organisations to independently evaluate it.
Together St Paul’s Wins Prestigious Weston Charity Award

Together St Paul’s named a winner of the Weston Charity Awards 2026 – a national programme that recognises ambitious charities making a difference in their communities. Selected from more than 180 applicants, Together St Paul's is one of just 22 charities across the Midlands, Wales and the North of England to receive this award. For over 50 years, Together St Paul’s has worked alongside the people of Balsall Heath and Birmingham, supporting young people, families and communities to thrive.

Crisis and Resilience Fund

Help for Birmingham households experiencing financial hardship is being developed as part of Birmingham’s Crisis and Resilience Fund (previously known as Household Support Fund/ Hardship Grant Community Fund) programme.
Become a volunteer

Volunteering involves spending time, unpaid, doing something that is of benefit to others or the environment. Find out how you can get involved in volunteering in Birmingham.
The Weather Model

This model uses the weather as a metaphor for different elements of reflective practice.
What we do

BVSC aims to support a vibrant and resilient sector which in turn ensures that people from across the city feel included and engaged and have access to appropriate support from people who understand the issues and challenges they face.
Join BVSC

There are several ways that you can engage with BVSC to stay informed, grow your organisation and connect with others.
Neighbourhood Network Schemes in Birmingham

The aim of Neighbourhood Network Schemes (known as NNS) in Birmingham is to help older adults in Birmingham to lead healthy, happy and independent lives in their own homes and communities.
Funding

Find out how BVSC can help you with fundraising
Compliments, Comments and Complaints Process

At BVSC we strive to provide our customers with the best service possible. We know that some of the best ideas come from people outside of our organisation and we therefore welcome feedback at every level to help us continuously improve what we do. This means that we want to hear from you when things go well, and when things could have gone better.
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