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C&M VCFSE Alliance

We support the Cheshire & Merseyside (C&M) VCFSE Alliance, which is made up of three forums – C&M VCFSE Health and Care Leaders Group and the infrastructure partnership for Cheshire and Warrington, called CWIP and VS6 in Liverpool City Region.

The C&M VCFSE Alliance works with a range of statutory partners like the NHS and local authorities to improve health and wellbeing and reduce inequalities for all our communities. It works towards ensuring the sector can play its fullest role as an equal partner in our health and care system, reflecting a collective voice and influencing and inputting into decision making whenever possible.

 

An introduction to the sector

Our Work in Cheshire and Merseyside

VS6 Partnership

VS6 Partnership

We provide policy and secretariat support to VS6, Liverpool City Region’s partnership of infrastructure organisations working with 11,500 VCFSE groups.

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  • Infrastructure Partnership
  • Cheshire and Merseyside
Cheshire and Merseyside VCFSE Health and Care Leaders Group

Cheshire and Merseyside VCFSE Health and Care Leaders Group

The Cheshire and Merseyside VCFSE Health and Care Leaders Group works together to champion the vital role our sector does and could play in the future of health and care across Cheshire and Merseyside

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  • Health & Social Care Initiative
  • Cheshire and Merseyside
Cheshire and Warrington Infrastructure Partnership (CWIP)

Cheshire and Warrington Infrastructure Partnership (CWIP)

We provide secretariat support for CWIP, a partnership of infrastructure organisations owned by and supporting the voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise sector in Cheshire and Warrington.

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  • Infrastructure Partnership
  • Cheshire and Merseyside
BRIDGE Research Network

BRIDGE Research Network

BRIDGE connects communities, researchers, and health professionals to create research that tackles health inequalities and increases diversity among research participants.

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  • Health & Social Care Initiative
  • Cheshire and Merseyside, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire

Latest news

VSNW News

New report explores VCFSE and combined authority partnership working across the North

We have published Our North, a new report capturing the state of collaboration between the voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) sector and combined authorities...
Blog

Blog: Cooking Up Sustainable Community Engagement in Research

In this blog, Francesca McIntosh, our Senior Research Engagement Coordinator, reflects on a vibrant North West gathering that brought together research engagement partners to explo...
Sector News

NHS and VCFSEs in Cheshire and Merseyside to co-design new collaboration agreement

Work is underway across Cheshire and Merseyside to develop a new collaboration agreement between the NHS and the VCFSE sector, marking a step forward in building stronger, more equ...
Sector News

New assurance framework to strengthen VCFSE involvement in neighbourhood health

What does good VCFSE involvement in neighbourhood health actually look like? This new assurance framework helps systems test, evidence and improve it.
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Recent publications

Our North

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North West VCFSE Manifestos

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VSNW Strategic Plan 2025-2030

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