VCSEP Evaluation: from COVID-19 response to emergency preparedness
This report concludes a process evaluation of the Voluntary and Community Sector Emergencies Partnership’s (VCSEP) work from July 2021 to March 2022. It explores the lessons learnt throughout the VCSEP’s transition from being primarily focussed on supporting the voluntary and community sector response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic to supporting the voluntary and community sector develop their emergency preparedness approaches and skills.
The VCSEP is a collection of voluntary and community sector organisations. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) funded the VCSEP to coordinate the voluntary and community sector response.
The VCSEP is receiving further funding from April 2022 to March 2025 to build capability and share insight across the voluntary and community sector in order to help people and organisations prepare for, respond to and recover from emergencies.