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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

Sector News

Great North VCFSE Exchange: Next steps and shared learning

The first Great North VCFSE Exchange brought together voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) leaders from across the North to explore how relationships with comb...
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New briefing sets out how to embed the VCFSE sector in Neighbourhood Health

We have published a new briefing that sets out why the voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) sector must be treated as a core partner in Neighbourhood Health.
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Blog: The UK is rejoining Erasmus. What does this mean for the VCFSE sector?

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£4,000 funding available to help disabled people and carers engage with research in Cheshire and Merseyside

Voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) organisations in Cheshire and Merseyside are being invited to apply for new funding to support disabled people and carers ...
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Recent publications

VSNW Strategic Plan 2025-2030

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VSNW Impact Review 2025

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Cheshire and Merseyside VCFSE Health and Care Transformation Programme Progress Report (July 2025)

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