February 2024 news update from the Gloucestershire VCSE Strategic Partnership

Our February 'In Partnership' email update contains updates about:

• Our 2023 Annual Review and our priorities for 2024

• The launch of our new ‘Sector Swap’ initiative

• What’s new in Clinical Programme Groups

• Free Systems Leadership workshops

• Integrated Locality Partnerships

• Know Your Patch Networks

We also introduced VCSE Strategic Partnership member Nicky Simpson who is also Head of Engagement for Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust.

You can view this mailing in your browser by clicking on the link below:

🆕 In Partnership Newsletter - February 2024 (mailchi.mp)

If you would like to download our November 2023 edition, you can do that by clicking on the link below:

In Partnership Newsletter Nov 2023

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November VCSE Strategic Partnership Meeting Update

Members met at The Friendship Cafe in November. They were joined by Hannah Gorf, from NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board, who discussed the recommissioning of the Community Wellbeing Service in the county.

The group also discussed issues affecting the sector and the launch of their new In Partnership newsletter.

The full meeting minutes are now available to view on our What We Do page. The December meeting was held on 4 December 2023 and minutes will be uploaded to this website shortly.

Are you our next VCSE Representative on the Tewkesbury Integrated Locality Partnership (ILP)?

Are your from a VCSE sector group or organisation in Tewkesbury Borough? Would you like to help make Tewkesbury a better place for people to live and work in? Apply now to join Tracy Clark, CEO of Young Gloucestershire, as joint Rep on the Integrated Locality Partnership.

I’m Tracy Clark, CEO of Young Gloucestershire and Infobuzz, and the VCSE Representative (Rep) for Tewkesbury Borough Integrated Locality Partnership (ILP). ILPs are a way of joining up VCSE and public sector services to improve local people’s health & wellbeing.

Tewkesbury ILP is a vibrant meeting where we grapple with the challenges our community faces and seek opportunities to positively impact the community. Whether that’s understanding the facts and figures, influencing decision making, distribution of funding or seeking ways to hear the voice of our community. In addition, as a Rep we seek to bring the VCSE sector in Tewkesbury Borough together (this is a work in progress) to ensure that we can represent the wider voice of the VCSE sector at the ILP.

I’m looking for someone from a VCSE sector group or organisation who would like to share this role with me and make a real difference in Tewkesbury. We would work and learn together to ensure the VCSE sector is heard. The main tasks are:

• Gathering views from and providing feedback to the local VCSE sector

• Attending the ILP meetings and being a strong voice for the sector

• Encouraging VCSE sector groups & organisations to take part in ILP work programmes and initiatives

The time commitment is approx. 4 -6 hours per month and my organisation gets paid a contribution for my time.

A copy of the role description is here. Please apply via our webform. For an informal discussion about the role, please email jill.parker@glosvcsalliance.org.uk or tracy.clark@youngglos.org.uk.The deadline for applications is 14 February 2024.