July 2010 Choice and Control Newsletter
Please find attached the latest newsletter from the Choice and Control programme. If you have any feedback or queries please email cgough@worcestershire.gov.uk  

5 x Representative Seats on The Funding & Procurement Task & Finish Group
The Representative will ensure that the views and issues of the Voluntary and Community Sector will be taken into account by The Funding & Procurement Task & Finish Group. ...

WAVOCC AGM 2010
The WAVOCC Annual General Meeting was held on Friday, 9th July 2010 at Sight Concern Worcestershire, The Bradbury Centre. Attendees were welcomed by the WAVOCC Chair, Sally Ellison...

Support from the County Council’s Community Leadership Management Team
Worcestershire County Council are currently looking for an VCS organisation that may have a mini-project that would benefit from some support. The County Council’s Community ...

NHS Worcestershire Stakeholder Brief
Please see here for the latest NHS Worcestershire Stakeholder Brief.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust latest news and press releases
Can be found at http://www.wavocc.org.uk/acute_latest_news

Final call to interested social enterprises
If you are based in Herefordshire, Worcestershire or Shropshire and would like to join an inside enterprise support hub then contact Amy at brap to fill one of the last spaces rema...

DH - White Paper - 1st Consultation paper
Please click here to access the first of 5 consultation documents: the closing date for this one is 11th October.

White Paper Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS (NHS Reform consultation)
You will have heard about the government’s plans for a major reform of the NHS in England. The White Paper “Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS” was publish...

Consultation - Worcestershire Local Economic Assessment
The consultation exercise is now underway for the Worcestershire Local Economic Assessment. This is an important document and seeks to identify key issues from the voluntary sector...

Association of Public Health Observatories - Health Profiles for Worcestershire
Please follow this link for current health profiles of each district in Worcestershire. Health Profiles give a snapshot overview of health for each local authority and region in En...

Findings from Capacitybuilders Recent Survey of Local Support Providers
This most recent survey - the third in the series - provides valuable information on the state of the sector during a time of great change; both for frontline civil society groups ...

FREE money up to £5,000 - final year so don’t delay!
Calling all small voluntary and community groups in Worcestershire, if you need funding to help deliver valuable services for the most disadvantaged communities and people in the c...

Community First’s ICT support project
Take part in the 2010 ICT Survey and you might win one of 5 £25 M&S Vouchers Community First’s ICT support project is carrying out this survey which will assess: wh...

June 2010 - Neighbourhood Learning in Deprived Communities Fund
Worcestershire County Council’s Adult and Community Learning Service have been contracted on behalf of the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) to work in partnership to facilitate ac...

User Led Organisation Bulletin Edition 1
In April 2010, service users and service user led voluntary organisations met at a day conference in Worcester to discuss how best to progress with the initiation of a ULO (User Le...

Consult on the COMPACT Code of Conduct and Conciliation Process
Please see the below Compact Documents which are now out for consulation - the Compact Steering Group value your views. Contact Sally Ellison (COMPACT Chair) at sally@wvc.org.uk ...

Have you Experienced NHS Contractual Changes?
On behalf of Regional Voices (LEEDS) and RAWM, WAVOCC have been asked to consult with members concerning any contractual changes with NHS Worcestershire.  Within Leeds, the PC...

Local Cuts in a non-COMPACT-compliant way? Please Comment
We are facing a period of substantial cuts to local funding, but The Compact Voice is concerned that these might be happening in a non-Compact compliant way. Cuts have been announc...

Children and Young People's Plan (CYPP) for Worcestershire 2011-2014
The CYPP is the statutory, strategic plan for all services delivered to children and young people in Worcestershire which is a requirement of the 2004 Children Act. Worcestershire'...

ACEVO’s response to June 2010 budget
Policy: George Osborne delivers emergency budget The Chancellor presented what he called a ‘tough but fair’ Budget aiming to eliminate the structural deficit by the end...

WAVOCC Choice and Control Consultancy Report 2010
Please see below for the Report of WAVOCC's Choice and Control Consultancy which took place in May/June 2010.

WAVOCC News Summer 2010 - Chairs report
Please see below for the Chairs report in full, from the latest edition of the WAVOCC news. CHAIRS REPORT – WAVOCC NEWS – SUMMER 2010. Dear Member By the time you read...

WAVOCC AGM - Friday 9th July
WAVOCC's Annual General Meeting is to be held on Friday, 9th July 2010 at Sight Concern Worcestershire, the Bradbury Centre, 2 Sansome Walk, Worcester (Tel 01905 723245)....

NHS Worcestershire Efficiency Programme
The early indications from new Government are that it will continue to place an emphasis on the importance of public health and prevention, and that it will remain committed to pro...

Worcestershire Partnership Newsletter Summer 2010
Please see below for the Worcestershire Partnership's Summer 2010 Newsletter "Partnership Matters.

Formal expression of interest for stop smoking service tariff based contracts now invited
URGENT NOTIFICATION FROM JULIA NORTH, Health Improvement Specialist Coordinator (Stop Smoking Services) Dear Colleague, The expression of interest for tariff based stop smoking an...

N.A.P.P June E-Bulletin now online
Patient Participation Groups make an important contribution to the well-being of their communities. Their activities include health promotion, information provision, service delive...

Spring 2010 Issue of Community First Newsline
Please find a link to the latest issue of Community First's Newsline below http://www.comfirst.org.uk/files/newsline_spring_10_web.pdf

NHS reconfiguration outlined in BBC report
The BBC are running a story that the NHS in England is to be reorganised and the Strategic Health Authorities downgraded. For the BBC Link please see here.

NHS Stakeholder Brief June 2010
The latest Stakeholder Brief from NHS Worcestershire can be found here.

NHS Worcestershire’s Cancer Strategy 2010 – 2014
Email sent on behalf of Sonia Spurr, Community Engagement Manager – NHS Worcestershire We are consulting on NHS Worcestershire’s Cancer Strategy 2010 – 2014. It e...

Have your Say! Comment on the Support for the VCS in the County
Please take note of this survey; we would like to inform the Council on WAVOCC/WIC support to the sector. Worcestershire County Council values the work of voluntary and community o...

Personalisation through Person Centred Planning
Please see below for the attached Department of Health PDF, Personalisation through Person Centred Planning.

NHS Stakeholder Brief May 2010
The latest Stakeholder Brief from NHS Worcestershire can be found here.

Worcestershire's Forum Against Domestic Abuse draft Strategy 2010-2013
On behalf of Worcestershire Forum Against Domestic Abuse I am pleased to present the draft Strategy 2010 -2013 to you. All comments to be returned please by Friday July 16th and se...

Closing the Gap Funding
The Health Foundation is currently looking for partnerships to be part of this year’s Closing the Gap - the award scheme dedicated to bridging the gap between current pr...

May 2010 Choice and Control Newsletter
Please find attached the latest issue of the Choice and Control newsletter. To get in touch, with any queries or comments, please use the links within this document to contact the ...

WAVOCC Choice and Control Consultancy 2010
We are attempting to obtain feedback from WAVOCC members on the current position of the Choice and Control Programme. All responses will be kept completely anonymous, compiled into...

Representation Opportunity - NHS Worcestershire - End of life Commissioning Executive
The commissioning executive would need advice from a representative who is not involved in the direct delivery of end of life and palliative care services to avoid conflicts of int...

May 2010 - News on the Big Lottery and Adjustments for the VCS
Please see the below note from Worcestershire Partnerships Funding and Resources Manager: Following the attendance of the Lottery Officers Forum last week BIG Lottery are making so...

May 2010 - Funding Update
Funding Opportunities Update - May 2010 The Worcestershire Partnership is here to help and advice on bid submissions for external funding. If you are planning a project and need ...

N.A.P.P May E-Bulletin now online
Patient Participation Groups make an important contribution to the well-being of their communities. Their activities include health promotion, information provision, service delive...

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Foundation Trust Status update
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust  write to inform you that they have today been advised by Monitor that their application for Foundation Trust status has bee...

May 2010 - Representation Opportunity - The Integrated Youth Support Steering Group
The Representative will ensure that the views and issues of the Voluntary and Community Sector will be taken into account by The Integrated Youth Support Steering Group. He/she wil...

The Voice issue 8
Please find attached the latest issue of The Voice.

Carewise Launch
Wise up to Carewise! A new social care website, which will be a central source of care and well-being information throughout Worcestershire has been launched today (Thursday 29 Apr...

A Glass Half Full: how an asset approach can improve community health and well being
Please see here for the full document.

Worcestershire County Council Adult Protection Quarterly Newsletter - April 2010
Please see the attachment below for the April 2010 edition of Worcestershire County Council's Adult Protection Quarterly Newsletter.

Accessing ESF for the Third Sector: Tender Brief
Tender Brief Accessing ESF for the Third Sector Through Capacity Building Technical Assistance funding is available through priority 3 of the ESF Operation Plan 2007. This funding ...

N.A.P.P April E-Bulletin now online
Patient Participation Groups make an important contribution to the well-being of their communities. Their activities include health promotion, information provision, service delive...

Worcestershire LINk Spring Newsletter
Please see below for the latest newsletter from Worcestershire LINk.

Age UK
Please see the attached documents below for details of Age UK, the new force combining the national organisation of Age Concern and Help the Aged.  One year on from the merger...

Children and Young People's Strategic Partnership Newsletter
Please find attached final newsletter for the Children and Young People's Strategic Partnership. From 1st April the CYPSP will be known as the Children's Trust (CT). This will be g...

ELECTION - VCS representative on the Strategic Partnership Choice and Control Panel
Deadline: Monday 26th April 2010 5pm Please note that WIC are undertaking an election for the VCS representative on the Strategic Partnership Choice and Control Panel. There is one...

Representation Opportunity - NHS Worcestershire’s ‘Partners in Care Group’
The Representative will ensure that the views and issues of the Voluntary and Community Sector will be taken into account by NHS Worcestershire’s ‘Partners in Care Grou...