Voluntary Organisations' Network North East

Our Mission

Voluntary Organisations’ Network North East’s (VONNE) mission is to support the development and sustainability of a strong, effective and well governed VCSE and promote engagement, involvement and collaboration with the sector as a valued partner.

VONNE’s strategic aims
1. To be the expert source of knowledge and intelligence on the sector in the North East.
2. To be a source of information to the sector on issues and opportunities that impact on it.
3. To raise the North East sector profile and be a leading voice for it.
4. To support external stakeholders to effectively engage and collaborate with the sector.
5. To support the sector to be effective, ambitious and enterprising.

How we do it

VONNE is the regional support body for the North East Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) Sector. We represent over 1000 member charities, voluntary organisations, community groups, networks and social enterprises from across the region with further reach through our many networks. Our mission is to support the development and sustainability of a strong, effective and well governed VCSE and promote engagement, involvement and collaboration with the sector as a valued partner. We provide regular information to the sector (for example funding bulletins, regular briefings and updates about issues affecting the sector), we facilitate engagement with the sector for funders, public bodies, the private sector etc. as appropriate, and we manage networks which support and inform the sector - including Local Infrastructure Organisations networks, the North East Funders Network, and networks focusing on particular policy areas including criminal justice and health.

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