Cath Witherington, CEO Introduction Yesterday I attended a South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority Community Engagement Event.  It was opened by our South Yorkshire Mayor Oliver Coppard who delivered a very personal and impassioned address.  The event was an...

Hello and welcome to our latest edition of the Diverse Doncaster September 2023 newsletter! Inside this issue: Football is helping people and communities; Doncaster Ukrainian Community visit Stamford Bridge; VAD's Microgrant helped Rossington FC to help others;...

Newsletter and Update No. 82 - 21 July 2023 Cath Witherington, CEO Introduction Well despite the weather, Sandall Park’s Multicultural Festival went ahead and true to the billing - was a family funday and well attended.  Dryer weather may have brought more people out...

After a long break I am pleased to say Diverse Doncaster is back! Here is our Diverse Doncaster August 2023 issue! Featured in this edition are some great photos of the multi-cultural festival recently held at Sandall Park.

Cath Witherington, CEO Introduction As the school term ends for summer many families will be thinking about what to do to keep the children fed, happy and occupied during the school holidays!  Despite the weather forecast being very wet over this weekend, we are...

Cath Witherington, CEO Introduction We have recently had our AGM and I’m delighted to say that we now have a newly elected Board.  I’ve added the details later in this newsletter.   Last week I was proud to be part of the VCSE Alliance event. The feedback confirms...

Newsletter and Update No. 80 - 26 May 2023 Introduction, Cath Witherington (CEO) This week I had the pleasure of attending the Heart for Turkey’ fundraising Event hosted by BME United at the Merciful Centre. It was certainly an uplifting event all to raise funds for...

Cath Witherington, CEO Introduction Last weekend was certainly an historic occasion for us nationally with the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla.  I know that the typical rainy Bank Holiday weekend did not dampen the spirits of those who chose to...

Newsletter and Update No. 78 - 14 April 2023 Cath Witherington, CEO Introduction As I hope most of you will know, City of Doncaster Council held their VCFS and Fairness and Inclusion Soft Marketing Event on April 12th.  It was a really interesting session - so for...

  Cath Witherington, CEO Introduction Today (31 March) is the International Transgender Day of Visibility which seeks to recognise the accomplishments and achievements of transgender and non-conforming people. The Trans Student Educational Resources website...

Cath Witherington, CEO Introduction This week sees the launch of the Integrated Care Partnership Strategy  (you can read more about this later in this newsletter).  So our online VCSE Alliance Event this Tuesday was very timely.  We looked at:  Our continuing journey...

Newsletter and Update No. 75 - 3 March 2023   Cath Witherington, CEO Introduction   Local communities rely heavily on the support and local heroes who freely give their time and energy to make a difference.  Of course people volunteer for all sorts of...