News

2025 Update

Our Neighbourhood Coordiantor Charlene is continuing to work hard within the community of Briar Hill. The coffee morning remains popular with the residents with people taking their crafts along and a sing-a-long element proving to be a hit! Charelene has...

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VIN organises a Community Fun Day in Briar Hill

As part of our Inclusion work at Briar Hill, VIN organised a Community Fun Day on the 27th of July 2024. Our Neighbourhood Coordinator Charlene took the lead and brought 130 local people from all walks of life together for 2...

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Watch out for VIN’s Community Fun Day

VIN is organising a Community Fun Day in Briar Hill in July of 2024. This day is free and gives a perfect opportunity for residents to enjoy a day out with their children. Activities will include Facepainting and crafts –...

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Why the General Election should be fought on the frontier of Poverty

Gregg Barradale, writing on behalf of the Big Issue (online on the 26th of May 2024) argues that Rishi Sunak and Kier Starmer could be ignoring an untapped pool of voters by having no clear policies on the prevention of...

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VIN working in Briar Hill

Voluntary Impact Northamptonshire is delighted to be working with West Northamptonshire Council and their Well Northants Team in Briar Hill. VIN has a Neighbourhood Coordinator working 18 hours Per Week, running a coffee morning every Monday between 10 and 12...

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West Northamptonshire’s Anti-Poverty Strategy (Latest)

West Northamptonshire’s latest update on the Anti-Poverty Strategy can be viewed here: West Northamptonshire Council (moderngov.co.uk) The Cabinet Paper evidences the purpose of the Strategy and its context within West Northamptonshire, particularly given the current cost of living cries which...

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DPH Report

The Director of Public Health for West Northamptonshire has recently published her new Annual Report, which can be viewed through the attached letter here. The letter also passports into several case study presentations about Public Health Inequality in West Northamptonshire...

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Health Determinants Research Funding (HRDC)

West Northants Council (WNC) have an exciting opportunity to bid for £5 million pounds to host one of a small number of Health Determinants Research Collaborations. Winning this money would help them to tackle the issues that have the biggest...

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Financial and practical Cost-of-Living help for households

West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) has worked with partners across the authority to offer a package of financial and practical support to help residents with rising costs of food, fuel, and essential daily items over the winter months. Today they are...

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Warm Spaces

West Northamptonshire Council’s Anti-Poverty Strategy sets out they will work with partners to support people struggling financially, what they will do to stop people falling into poverty and how they will work to get the best deal for the people...

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