VCSE Voices Network: Keep It Local and Employment & Skills Insights

The VCSE Voices Network is an open space for VCSE colleagues to share information about district wide strategic decision-making and how it connects to the work of our sector.

Our VCSE Advocates attend different board meetings across the Local Authority and Health and Care Partnership to provide a voice and representation for the VCSE sector. Network meetings are a chance for you to benefit and connect with this work, and there’s lots for you to gain.

Why attend?

1. Learn about current priorities, challenges and plans that could affect your work
2. Be part of the wider VCSE voice and influence key decisions by sharing your feedback, ideas and information with Advocates to take back to board meetings
3. Help build more collaborative services that priorities the needs of residents and communities, covering areas such as children, safety and housing

What’s on in February?

This meeting is open to all volunteers and staff at VCSE organisations in Wakefield District, and will be split between:

• A discussion about the West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership's Keep It Local approach, focused on how the NHS works with its partners to prioritise supporting, partnering with and commissioning local VCSE sector partners. With guest speaker Arfan Hussain who'll explain what this means for your organisation.
• A discussion about the insights from the recent Employment and Skills survey, which asked local VCSE organisations about their employment and skills offer and their role in signposting employment and skills initiatives. Your input and views on this work really helps advocates to make sure your voice is heard when discussing improvements to local services.

We hope to see you there so we can continue to strengthen connections within the local VCSE sector!