We are constantly monitoring the many consultations and policy debates that happen regularly within the voluntary and community sector at local, regional and national level.

We alert groups to any that we think are particularly relevant or important, summarising the main details of the consultations and highlighting the deadlines for response.  For the most significant consultations, Voluntary Action Maidstone is more proactive and will draft a suggested response for consideration and comment by groups.  A co-ordinated response will sometimes have more impact than ten or twenty individual ones, and will also reduce groups' workloads.

Details of current consultations, funding opportunities and policy issues are included in our regular VAM News -

Click here to see our latest edition of VAM News .