Voluntary Sector North West
St. Thomas Centre
VSNW's role is to support greater voluntary and community sector influence both regionally and nationally.
Our activities include not only information sharing with the sector, but working closely with Government Office North West, the North West Development Agency and other public and voluntary sector partners to raise awareness of the sector.
VSNW’s work centres around identifying opportunities for the VCS to be involved in the design, implementation, governance and support structures of European projects.
Key to this is VSNW's work to:
One of VSNW's roles as the regional network is to provide a voice for the voluntary and community sector at a regional level. One of the ways It does this is through representation, and below are some of the national and regional bodies that VSNW staff currently sit on.
We have three key aims:
Following the end of the regional assembly and the beginning of 4NW, VSNW is currently linking in with key voluntary and community sector representatives with seats on the new regional governance groups.
The White Paper on Health has the potential to create one of the biggest changes to the structure and function of the NHS since its creation in 1948. Within the White Paper there are 5 consultations which are all open until early October. Although the ‘what’ in the White Paper has largely been decided, the ‘how’ is very much still being shaped.
Skills-Third Sector has carried out an extensive consultation with a wide range of organisations to determine the needs of the voluntary and community sector around apprenticeships, and will be developing new apprenticeship frameworks as a result.
Latest updates for the departmental structural reform plans available
A document outlining the agreed strategic priorities of the North West based on the Regional Strategy consultation work over the last two years is now open for consultation until 8 October 2010.
VSNW’s list of events & training opportunities for VCS groups in the North West
Skills-Third Sector has carried out an extensive consultation with a wide range of organisations to determine the needs of the voluntary and community sector around apprenticeships, and will be developing new apprenticeship frameworks as a result.
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport have proposed a potential £750m reduction in Big Lottery Funding to VCS groups over the next five years
