In September, CCB joined a coalition of front-line charities working across the Thames Valley to improve the provision of support during emergencies

The Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) Emergencies Partnership exists to respond to requests for help with preparing for, responding to and recovering from emergencies. If local support structures such as councils for voluntary service, local resilience forums and local authority hubs cannot provide the support a local community or organisation needs, requests for help that can’t be addressed locally can be escalated and the VCS Emergencies Partnership can step in to facilitate provision of that support. Further information on this initiative will be made available in the coming weeks. In the meantime, please visit the RVA website here: http://rva.org.uk/article/what-is-the-vcs-emergencies-partnership/ or the VCS Emergencies Partnership website: https://vcsep.org.uk/