ACEVO recommends is a monthly blog that curates noteworthy resources, content, and events pertinent to sector leaders.
Creating Nature Towns and Cities conference
Access to green space at the heart of plans for towns and cities will improve life for the millions of people who live in urban neighbourhoods. Making this happen will require transformational, systemic change.
This one-day online conference on 5 June, organised by the Nature Towns and Cities programme, is for people and organisations with ambitions to lead this change in towns and cities across the UK. Suitable for people from across a range of organisations and roles, sessions will focus on leadership and how to influence change. Plus, case studies, interactive networking spaces to meet like-minded changemakers and more. Book your place.
Your voice is important : participate in the VCSE Barometer Survey
The VCSE Data and Insights Observatory has launched its latest VCSE Barometer Survey, with a new focus on workplace wellbeing — and your insight is essential.
This is the largest survey of its kind in the UK focused on the voluntary, community, and social enterprise sector. It’s quick to complete and designed to deliver timely, actionable insights.
Why participate?
✅ Help capture the real challenges and opportunities facing the sector
✅ Feed into reports, tools, and interactive seminars that inform policy and practice
✅ Access a dynamic, user-friendly dashboard of results
✅ Contribute to a sector-wide ‘temperature check’ on key issues
Whether you’re a frontline organisation or a local infrastructure organisation, your voice adds power to the data. Take part today: bit.ly/3EaKdf3
Open until midnight, Wednesday 21 May
Read The Road Ahead 2025 report
The Road Ahead 2025 has arrived to help guide your charity’s decisions over the next year. This year’s report highlights major challenges ahead, with 2025 set to be one of the toughest financial years since the pandemic. Yet, it also presents opportunities for innovation and collaboration. Read the report.
Visualising climate-linked migration
Climate Visuals has launched new guidelines for engaging, accurate and ethical visual storytelling of climate-linked migration. The guidance is designed to be a practical resource for anyone looking to use photography to tell stories of climate-linked migration – from commissioning new visual reporting, to working with existing archival imagery, and across the media, NGO, campaigning, educational sectors and beyond.
Divided into 10 key principles it contains prompts and considerations for working with photography that tells climate-linked migration stories engagingly, accurately and ethically. View the guidance.
The Inspiring Communicator Awards 2025
Celebrate charity communicators with your Inspiring Communicator Award nominations
The nomination portal is now open for the CharityComms Inspiring Communicators Awards 2025!
Whether you’re marking your milestones, recognising the commitment of a peer or championing collaborations, celebrate the comms talent working in and with the sector with your nomination: https://bit.ly/3YmucJR. Free for all to enter. Criteria and eligibility applies.