The Leadership 20:20 Commission has published a report outlining recommendations for Civil Society leadership
This edition includes:
► Department of Health Update
► The New Public Health System: summary
► Events/Training
The purpose of this briefing is to:
►Outline the proposals for Local HealthWatch
►Outline the role and functions for Local HealthWatch
►Outline the proposals and function of HealthWatch England
In this edition:
► Listen Value Invest 2012 - prizes up for grabs in our case study competition!
► 2011 VSNW peer evaluation report – role valued highly by the sector
► 2011 policy review including Big Society, health and the environment
Voluntary Sector North West provides an opportunity to meet voluntary organisations and share good ideas from all over the region.
VSNW is a membership organisation, and many of its members are also membership organisations. VSNW is therefore sometimes described as a network of networks.
Voluntary Sector North West
St. Thomas Centre
VSNW is the regional voluntary sector network for the North West. Our purpose is to support a connected and influential voluntary and community sector (VCS).
Besides working for a well represented sector, current areas of work include co-ordinating VCS health and social care networking & policy and supporting increased VCS influence over the Localism policy agenda.
To better understand the implications of the government's developing Big Society agenda for the voluntary and community sector, visit our new informal policy resource at VSNW's Big Society Policy Resource
The Voluntary Sector Cuts website has now been relaunched with additional functionality to enable VCS organisations to records cuts to funding and their effects
VSNW are requesting your views on draft statutory guidance as support for joint strategic needs assessments and health and wellbeing strategies
We are inviting local groups and local or regional infrastructure organisations from across the North West to submit ideas for Listen Value Invest 2012 case studies about their work and how they are adjusting to the new environment
Latest updates on VSNW's work to support VCS and infrastructure groups to engage in the localism policy agenda, including:
An Introduction to Localism;
Localism Resources for groups: 'Getting the Localism Bill RIght: six questions for your MP' plus presentations, briefings and links; and a Focus on Equality
Through Regional Voices, VSNW is a strategic partner of the Department of Health. We support a number of large health-related networks and provide regular briefings, a specific health bulletin and Health News Updates.
Specialist areas of our work include: Personalisation; Social Value; Mental Health and Skills for Care.
Listen Value Invest is a region-wide campaign movement, which is led by VSNW.
Listen Value Invest aims to demonstrate the excellent work carried out by community and voluntary groups across the North West of England, delivering vital services, changing lives and transforming communities. Not only do we support people and communities, but we also deliver enormous economic benefits.
Online website dedicated to better understand the implications and opportunities for the voluntary and community sector of the Government's developing Big Society agenda
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The Improving Representation Project will support and motivate VCS organisations and their representatives in the North West of England to better influence policy-making. It will also work with regional statutory agencies to increase their confidence in the accountability of VCS representatives.
Read more: Improving Representation Project
This VSNW/Parliamentary Outreach Service event will explore the stages that the bill would go through, their relative importance and ways to engage and influence
Following a recent extensive review and evaluation of the Approved College and Training Organisations Register (ACTOR), a new register has been launched
Cumbria CVS has published a report which identifies the role the VCS played in helping communities in Cumbria recover from the November 2009 floods
North West Employers, through the NWIEP Improvement Network, present the spring and summer masterclass series
VSNW’s list of events & training opportunities for VCS groups in the North West
