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Good to see Voluntary Norfolk is already implementing one of the key recommendations from our report, for a 'volunteer passport' to encourage more + wider volunteering in communities

Timely report on building stronger communities in post-pandemic Britain from APPG on Social Integration and chair Peter Gibson. Good to see focus on volunteering, place, business and skills. Huge potential for volunteers and charities to be part of the solution. socialintegrationappg.org.uk/wp-content/upl…

'MPs call for national platform to help sustain pandemic volunteering efforts' - Third Sector reports on our new report today thirdsector.co.uk/mps-call-natio…

The Mail Online reports on our new report on social integration and Covid, which calls for new measures to maintain the huge surge in volunteering during the pandemic dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

In all the #spendingreview excitement, would be easy to miss today's report from the APPG on Social Integration. Highlights importance of social infrastructure to building strong communities, something that will need to be at heart of #LevellingUp White Paper later this year.

Great to see our Catalyst programme mentioned in the APPG on Social Integration report "Building stronger communities in post-pandemic Britain" - the engagement of young people from ethnic minority groups is vital to build more connected and integrated communities. socialintegrationappg.org.uk/wp-content/upl…

"Access to space is so important. You can’t integrate if you can’t come together.” - @ailbhe_mcnabola More in the latest APPG on Social Integration report, for which we highlighted how community businesses are providing shared spaces to add new life to local areas. Read the full report⬇️

Only getting to this at the end of the week - but really good to see APPG on Social Integration and Campaign to End Loneliness share a belief in the importance of high streets and shared spaces and this should be a part of Levelling Up and Towns Funds.

Join us for this webinar tomorrow at lunchtime following on from APPG's report out last week. Looking forward to hearing all your questions.

How can 'Levelling Up' capture the surge in community action & volunteering during Covid? Join APPG on Social Integration today at 1.30 with Catherine Johnstone Royal Voluntary Service, Peter Gibson, Emilia Quist Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) Andrew O'Brien Heather Rolfe Register: tinyurl.com/32y3bh9d

Starting soon: our 'Building stronger communities in post-pandemic Britain' webinar with APPG on Social Integration. We'll post a link to the live stream once the event starts britishfuture.org/event/building…

Watch live: 'Building stronger communities in post-pandemic Britain' webinar with APPG on Social Integration. youtube.com/watch?v=t8r_oJ…

"Volunteering for a common cause helped break down barriers and build relationships" between different groups during Covid, APPG on Social Integration Chair Peter Gibson tells the 'Building stronger communities in post-pandemic Britain' event youtube.com/watch?v=t8r_oJ…

Small businesses were already heavily involved in their local communities even before the pandemic, says Emilia Quist Federation of Small Businesses (FSB). It means they are uniquely suited to be part of place-based solutions to help levelling-up she says. youtube.com/watch?v=t8r_oJ…

“Let’s hope this isn’t a missed opportunity” says Andrew O'Brien of Social Enterprise UK - we need more leadership to put pressure on the whole business community to ensure that efforts to support local communities during the pandemic don’t evaporate as life starts to return to normal.

We need to get over the question of who ‘owns’ the volunteers or whether they even see themselves as traditional volunteers, says Catherine Johnstone Royal Voluntary Service – referring back to a pre-pandemic exhortation to ‘kickstart a volunteering revolution’ youtube.com/watch?v=t8r_oJ…

Volunteering is good for social connection and had a boost during the pandemic, which needs to be sustained (echoing the findings of the recent report from APPG on Social Integration)

Important to have hosted a roundtable yesterday with civil society and business voices on how to ensure a fair welcome for Ukrainians. Watch the meeting in full here, we will be sharing our full report to MPs soon. youtube.com/watch?v=nyyzlR…

How do we get the #HomesForUkraine scheme right, and develop a broader agenda for welcoming? What are the challenges and how do we address them? read the new paper here from an expert group meeting convened by APPG on Social Integration socialintegrationappg.org.uk/2022/03/18/wel…

Please note that an error with parliamentary notices has caused the APPG's roundtable on welcoming Ukrainians to be advertised as taking place tomorrow. The roundtable took place on 15 March and you can watch it here: youtu.be/nyyzlRsdAaw