NHS Stakeholder brief - special edition - changes to out of hours service
Please find attached a Stakeholder Brief  from NHS Worcestershire that outlines changes to the Out of Hours service in Worcestershire.

Round 5 of the VCS Grants is now open!
f you would like to apply please take a look at the grants available below and download the relevant application form to apply. You are strongly advised to read the ...

WAVOCC Intergenerational Network Meeting
Attendees braved plummeting temperatures and snowfall to attend the recent WAVOCC Networking Event – community cohesion and generations together in Worcestershire. Attendees ...

March 2010 - C20 funding
March 2010 - C20 funding Worcestershire Connections Connecting to Opportunities is a programme funded through Advantage West Midlands to address Worklessness and economic exclusion...

Choice and Control Update Feb 2010
Please find attached the an update on the Choice and Control programme along with a feedback form which you can use to raise any queries that you may have. To get in touch with&nbs...

5th Round of County Council Grants launched on 1st March 2010
Whats available in round 5: In round 5 WCC are offering a strategic grant for 3 year activity: Supporting People: Mentoring Support Project for Vulnerable PeopleThis strategic gr...

NHS Worcestershire Stakeholder Brief special edition: Transforming Community Services - update 2
The NHS Worcestershire Board met informally on Wednesday, February 17, to agree some initial draft proposals and ideas regarding the future of community services. This work relates...

Patients for Patient Safety Newsletter
Please click here for the latest edition of the Patients for Patient Safety Project Newsletter.

Worcestershire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust Wants Your Questions!
One of the things people often say is that the NHS measures the wrong things: “you ask the wrong questions, you don’t ask us what we want to know.” Well now they ...

N.A.P.P February 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...

LINKs Survey - how has the weather affected you over the winter period?
Please see here to complete the survey.  The deadline is 19th February 2010.

The Voice Issue 7
Please see below for issue 7 of The Voice.

Help Wanted by Age Concern to make a Film about the Credit Crunch
Age Concern Herefordshire and Worcestershire is launching an appeal for volunteers and interviewees to help make a film about the Credit Crunch! Aspiring film makers and members of...

*UPDATED* Draft Supporting People 2010-2013 strategy
     UPDATE 8th February 2010   The Supporting People draft strategy consultation has been extended to the 12th April.  The Supporting People ...

Latest VCS Unit Newsletter
Please find attached below the 4th edition of the of the VCS Unit Newsletter.

GET YOUR HANDS OFF OUR HOSPITALS” SAYS LUFF
Peter Luff, Member of Parliament for Mid Worcestershire, has issued the following press release in response to the recent NHS Worcestershire Stakeholder Brief special edi...

DH Strategic Partners Programme - seeking six more Partners
Please see the attached information from the Department of Health regarding the Third Sector Strategic Partners programme. The programme is approaching the end of Year 1, and the D...

January 2010 - Choice and Control update
Please see the below attachment for the latest update from WCC Choice and Control Team. Please also see the attached feedback form

NHS Worcestershire Stakeholder Brief special edition - The Future of Community Services
Please see below for the NHS Worcestershire Stakeholder Brief special edition - The Future of Community Services.

Community First Winter Newsline
Please click here for the latest copy of Newsline from Community First.

NHS Worcestershire Stakeholder Brief - January 2010
Please find attached the latest stakeholder brief from NHS Worcestershire.

Worcestershire LINk Carers Survey
What is it like being a carer? Do you care for someone? What support do you have and is it effective? Help Worcestershire LINk assess the experiences of carers by completing this s...

ACEVO: Donations to hospital charities could become part of NHS budget...
and "NHS Preferred Provider" update. ACEVO is currently fighting two important campaigns on Department of Health policy. Firstly, at the end of 2009 ACEVO took a case to...

Volunteering Placements Required
Worcester Volunteer Centre are running a Supported Volunteering Project with the aim of supporting people with disabilities and mental health issues to access volunteer placements....

Funding Opportunity – Personalisation Events
NAVCA would like to offer members and local affiliates up to £2000 to organise and host a learning and networking event on the personalisation of health and social care servi...

Supporting People update
Please see the attachment below for a presentation giving an update on Supporting People. Please also see the Supporting People Matters website here.

N.A.P.P January 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...

January 2010 - Connecting to Opportunities funding programme
Connecting to Opportunities is a programme funded through Advantage West Midlands to address Worklessness and economic inclusion in the region. Partners would be happy to note that...

Community Cohesion in Worcestershire
The Worcestershire Partnership is working with the Institute of Community Cohesion (iCoCo) to develop a Community Cohesion Strategy, action plan and toolkit for Worcestershire. You...

Choice and Control in Supported Housing event - 21st January 2010
Please see here for full details.

Your opinion about council customer service
Worcestershire's VCS and Local residents are being asked for their views about how they access their council services in an online survey. The seven local authorities across Worces...

There's still time to apply to 1 million pound health improvement fund
Health chiefs are urging local organisations not to miss the boat by putting in their bids to a £1million scheme to improve the health of Worcestershire people by the end of ...

WAVOCC Networking Event
Community Cohesion and ‘Generations Together’ in Worcestershire Perdiswell Young People’s Leisure Club, Droitwich Road, Worcester, WR3 7SN Thursday 18th February...

WAVOCC Consultation on Contractual Efficiencies
We are carrying out some consultation on contractual efficiencies. Worcestershire County Council are currently undertaking the BOLD initiative which aims to identify £45m of ...

Centre for Intergenerational Practice - Newsletter January 2010
Please see here for the latest newsletter from the Centre for Intergenerational Practice.

Worcestershire LINk Healthcare Check 2010
Worcestershire LINks need your views to tell the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the new regulator for NHS Services, what is and isn’t working well...

Challenge to NHS rules on competition
Please see here for a link to a recent Financial Times article noting the that recently the private and third sectors have combined to challenge the declared policy of Andy Burnham...

Jan 09: Grants for social enterprises working in health and social care
Please see this link to the webpages of Social Investment Business who have recently released a grant round. It has a very tight deadline of 15th January, it is for pure grant app...

2009 Articles
News articles published on the WAVOCC website during 2009 27 Oct 2009 - Briefing on ISA (Independent Safeguarding Authority) 27 Oct 2009 - Compact Consultation 20 Oct 2009 - Su...

January 2010 - Choice and Control update
Please see the below attachment for the latest update from WCC Choice and Control Team.

NHS Worcestershire Patient and Public Involvement Newsletter
Please see below for the attached December 2009 "Having Your Say" newsletter.

Christmas Message from Worcestershire County Council VCS Unit
To all in the VCS, We hope you have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! All the best from Suzy and Steph, VCS Unit, County Hall

Have your say on the new rights proposed for the NHS Constitution
NHS Worcestershire are conducting the consultation on the new rights proposed for the NHS Constitution. We would be really grateful if you would take a few minutes to complete the ...

December 2009: News from NCVO - Charities to lag in recession recovery
The voluntary sector will lag behind as the rest of the country recovers from the recession, with the full impact of funding cuts yet to hit, according to our latest survey of char...

Volunteer/Trustee available
Worcester Volunteer Centre have recently interviewed a volunteer who has a tremendous amount of IT experience, most recently at Senior Management level, who would like to offe...

N.A.P.P December 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...

St Richard's Hospice - Meeting Room and Conference Facilities 2010
St Richard’s Hospice is a purpose built hospice in Worcester. It is easily accessible by road and bus and is a short taxi ride from railway stations. Free parking is availabl...

Age Concern Herefordshire & Worcestershire look for Intergenerational Volunteers
Tales from a Credit Crunch Overview An intergenerational project aiming to give a cinematic forum for Worcestershire’s older and younger people discussing the impact of econo...

WAVOCC Networking Event
Community Cohesion and ‘Generations Together’ in Worcestershire Thursday 18th February 2010, 1.30pm – 4.00pm (Venue to be confirmed - further details to be anno...

PCT Grant Making Powers to Commission Long Term Conditions Self Care Support from Third Sector
Please see below for the attached PCT Grant Making Powers to Commission Long Term Conditions Self Care Support from Third Sector Organisations document from the Department of Healt...

Request to Patients for Patient Safety Wider Network Members
Do you have experience of harm in primary care? Would you be interested in telling your story if you have experience of primary care? Peter Walsh, Chief Executive of AvMA, is curre...

Are you aware of the Vetting and Barring Scheme?
Are you aware of the Vetting and Barring Scheme? Peter Horner, NAVCA’s Policy and Communications Officer, outlines the new Vetting and Barring Scheme and how it will affect...

Community First Autumn Newsline
Please click here for the latest copy of Newsline from Community First.

Worcestershire Association of Carers AGM
Please see below for the Big Care Debate discussion notes and AGM Notes Summary from the recent Worcestershire Association of Carers AGM, held on 16th October 2009.

Survey - 'The Credit Crunch and Worcestershire's VCS'
Autumn/Winter 2009 Please follow the link below to respond to WIC's second economic downturn survey during 2009 - 'The VCS and the Credit Crunch.' We wish to compare the intial res...

WAVOCC Consultation - NHS Contracts
Please see here for the recent report on WAVOCC member response regarding NHS Contracts.

N.A.P.P Autumn Newsletter
Please see below for the Autumn Newsletter of the National Association of Patient Participation.

NHS Worcestershire Stakeholder Brief November 2009
Please see the attachment below for the latest NHS Worcestershire Stakeholder Brief.

RM Governance and Leadership NSS update
Please see below for the November 2009 RM Governance and Leadership NSS update.

Volunteer available
Worcester Volunteer Centre have recently interviewed a volunteer who is interested in helping with an organisation’s bookkeeping. He is at present taking an accountancy ...