VS6 is a partnership of 11 support organisations working with the 8,600 voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) groups operating across our Liverpool City Region (LCR).
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What do we do?
We work together to champion the vital role our sector does and could play in the future of the City Region, while seeking to shape local policy and implementation for the benefit of our communities.
How do we do this?
In 2015, the VS6 Partnership was launched with the aim of providing a voice, platform and action model for VCFSE across the Liverpool City region.
VS6 are focused on driving positive change by connecting the VCFSE sector with our developing city region. VS6 has links to over 8,600 organisations across the six boroughs, supporting these groups – many integral to our communities – to collectively influence decision making by:
Offering solutions to some of the most challenging economic issues facing our City Region
Driving community-centred approaches to transforming health and well-being
Providing a single point of contact for the city’s VCFSE sector
VCFSE in LCR:
Source: Measuring the size and scope of the VCS in Liverpool City Region (Liverpool John Moores University: 2015)
““Together we’re developing
a new culture of partnership
and collaboration across the
City Region, ensuring a future
that has communities at the
heart of our City Region.”
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Contact details
A policy and secretariat support function is provided by VSNW. Key contacts:
Warren Escadale
Chief Executive
warren.escadale@vsnw.org.uk
07753 147664
Laura Tilston
Research & Policy Officer VS6
laura.tilston@vsnw.org.uk
Our work:
Since it’s formation, VS6 has been committed to supporting the VCFSE sector across Liverpool City Region and have been working closely with our public and private sector colleagues to ensure that the needs of our communities are heard and understood. VS6 also work closely with Liverpool City Region Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram, with our Independent Chair also assigned the specialist VCFSE Advisor to the Metro Mayor and the Combined Authority.
VS6 provide VCFSE representation on various City Region boards and strategic groups such as:
LCR Local Enterprise Partnership
Social and Solidarity Economy Reference Panel
Fairness and Social Justice Board
Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership
VS6 representation across these strategic discussions is crucial to ensuring that the needs of the sector and of our communities are fully represented, and that the important function of the VCFSE sector is understood and preserved.
We conduct regular engagement with the VCFSE sector across the City Region through a variety of methods including assembly and consultation events, roundtables and surveys that informs not only the work that we do but the insights we develop and pass on to the Combined Authority, NHS, funders and more.
““Bringing together a diverse group of interests into a single grouping…is extremely significant for the betterment of the lives and wellbeing of our communities. The work that VS6 does has never been more valuable for those communities, sectors and bodies that it represents.” ”
Key VS6 documents
Build Back Better with the VCFSE sector in LCR – Recommendations and actions following four assembly events
Rev Canon Dr Ellen Loudon
Independent VS6 Chair
Ellen.loudon@liverpoolanglican.org
0151 705 2113
