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Dear readers,

In challenging economic times, few things can be more important than getting the right support at the right time. This is at the core of what we do; supporting and developing the local voluntary and community sector so that it can grow, become sustainable and have a voice, and it's been a busy few months.

We're now halfway through the year and we wanted to share the headlines of this work. In the financial year to date we have:

Being CEO of 3VA is a real privilege. So many of the activities we support make such a real difference to local communities. The diversity and commitment of project and groups bring real interest to my role all of the time.

Recently, I've learned a couple of very important lessons that I wanted to share with you all. It just so happens that I've been to two far-flung conferences of late - one in Coventry and one in Canada - and I'm grateful to Sussex Police and the University of Brighton for enabling these exciting opportunities.

We have just completed our end-of-year monitoring and we wanted to share some of the headlines with you..