Contact Us

Voluntary Sector North West
St. Thomas Centre

Ardwick Green North
Manchester
M12 6FZ
Tel: 0161 276 9300
Fax: 0161 276 9301
Email: info@vsnw.org.uk

Programme

Full Programme

9.15am                 Refreshments and Registration 
 

10am                    Introduction by Chair and Launch of the Big Society, Equalities and Localism research 
 
 
10.30am               Morning Workshops 1

  • Big Society and Equalities (following on from launch of research)
  • Public Health Reform and the VCS
  • LEPs and the VCS
  • The Future of Volunteering
  • Open Public Services White Paper
 
11.30am               Break

11.45am               Morning Workshops 2
  • Big Society: Lessons from the Vanguards
  • Clinical Commissioning and the VCS
  • European Social Fund
  • Where next for VCS Infrastructure?
 
12.45pm              Lunch and VSNW AGM 

1.45pm                 Keynote speaker: Roberta Blackman-Woods MP, Shadow Civil Society Minister
 
2.15pm                 Afternoon Workshops

  • Community Organisers
  • Health & Wellbeing Boards and Healthwatch
  • Work Programme
  • Chief Executives’ Policy Group
 
3.15pm                 The Future Role of the VCS
Panel session with Kevin Curley (Chief Executve of NAVCA), Richard Caulfield (Chief Executive of VSNW), Roberta Blackman-Woods MP (Shadow Civil Society Minister) and Debra Allcock Tyler (Chief Executive of the Directory of Social Change)
 
4.30pm                       Round up and finish

Featured News

22 May 2012

National Citizens Service

 

 

 

 

Latest news on NCS

read more
22 May 2012

Views requested by Department of Health on Local Healthwatch

The DH Healthwatch Team are running a period of engagement on the issues relating to secondary legislation on the regulations for local Healthwatch

read more
15 May 2012

Managing, Monitoring, Value for Money and the Work Programme

The Public Accounts Committee have reported on the 'Introduction of the Work Programme'

read more
8 May 2012

Liverpool City Region Local Nature Partnership

survey logo here

Find out more about the plans for a potential Liverpool City Region LNP

read more
2 May 2012

Councils request Treasury rethink to save Regional EU Funds

Local Government Association press release (30 April 2012): Treasury move over EU billions could hit jobs and growth

read more

Contact Us

Voluntary Sector North West
St. Thomas Centre
Ardwick Green North
Manchester
M12 6FZ
Tel: 0161 276 9300
Fax: 0161 276 9301
Email: info@vsnw.org.uk