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Simply Connect have been commissioned by the Mayor of London to be the new Home for Team London https://simplyvolunteerlondon.uk Not just another Volunteering Platform Our and GLA’s vision to build on and strengthen what already exists locally rather than introduce yet another stand-alone Volunteering website. Over the past 12 months we have worked with Greater…
Partnership Announcement Simply Connect have partnered with Content Guru – a leader in cloud communications solutions, part of the Redwood Technologies Group. Together we have been awarded a place on the 2021 NHS England Health Systems Support Framework (HSSF) for digital social prescribing. The partnership will see the two companies working…
We’re excited to be involved once again in the Social Prescribing Network Awards – a leading event to celebrate innovative social prescribing throughout the UK, and internationally. This year we’re thrilled to sponsor the important category of Best Social Prescribing Link Worker of the Year – recognising the brilliant work of Link Workers…
We’ve launched a new monthly meeting for our VCSE customers to come together & learn from one another. ‘Simply Chat’ is an informal meeting designed to support our network of VCSE customers all around the country, by bringing people together to share information, resources and experiences. Each month there is a slightly different focus,…
Over the past six months we’ve been working with our customer network to make some improvements to our volunteering platform. The past 12 months has seen lots of changes for volunteering, and we wanted our volunteer recruitment and matching platform to reflect these. After speaking with our customers we identified a series of changes,…
Volunteers Week is an opportunity to celebrate the work of volunteers across the country. This year it’s especially important to take a moment to recognise and thank the millions of volunteers who have played an essential role in supporting people during the pandemic. We want to say a huge THANK YOU to the…
Our Founder, Sirinda Bhandal, was invited by Centric Media to chat about her favourite subject – social prescribing! Sirinda talks to Douglas Hamandishe from Centric Media, and takes us back to when she first started working for Voluntary Action Sheffield more than 25 years ago. As a charity we helped people access community…
We’re supporting the NHS, Volunteer Centres and Local Authorities to co-ordinate the recruitment of volunteers to help with the roll-out of the new COVID-19 vaccination programme. Are you co-ordinating volunteers to support the vaccination programme? We’ve quickly developed new tools to help organisations to quickly recruit local volunteers, and to co-ordinate and manage…
We’re thrilled to sponsor the Children and Young People’s award at this year’s Social Prescribing Network awards – which is now open to applications. Having families ourselves, we’re well aware of the importance of looking after and supporting young people’s wellbeing. This year, children and young people have really struggled whilst dealing with the…
We’re excited to open new offices in Thame, Oxfordshire – in addition to our existing Sheffield office – and we’re also expanding our Simply Connect team! Welcome to David Cummings who joins us as our new Chief Technical Officer, and will be leading on product developments. Simply Connect, a ‘Tech for Good’ company,…