Planning and Partnership
Voluntary Action Sheffield’s Planning and Partnership team works to help voluntary and community organisations play a full part in designing, developing and delivering health, housing and social care services in Sheffield.
* Planning and partnership work
* Supporting people user engagement project
* Children and young people's partnership network
* Sheffield Third Sector Assembly
Contacts
- Jane Anslow, Partnership Development Manager, 0114 2536640, j.anslow@vas.org.uk
- Colin Blain, Policy and Engagement Officer (CYP), on 0114 2536646, c.blain@vas.org.uk
- Paul Harvey, Policy and Engagement Officer, 0114 253 6614, p.harvey@vas.org.uk
- Kat Wood, Partnership & Engagement Administrator, on 0114 2536635, k.wood@vas.org.uk
Planning and partnership work
- Promoting and supporting the role of the voluntary and community sector (VCS) in the range of partnership bodies in health & social care services including services for children & young people.
- Channelling information relating to health & social care to VCS organisations
- Facilitating communication between VCS groups and with their statutory partners
- Producing newsletters and bulletins
- Providing support to voluntary supported accommodation projects.
- Supporting the participation of those projects in the planning and delivery of services.
Supporting people user engagement
Supporting People is a working partnership of local government, service users, health, probation and support agencies. It delivers planning, monitoring and funding for housing related support services.
It is a Government requirement of Supporting People that all service users have an opportunity to be involved and consulted about their service.
The documents below give guidance to providers and were produced by the Service User Engagement (SUE) project which has now ended.
Supporting People - User Engagement Project - Report, August 2003
Service User Consultation on Sheffield Supporting People - 5 Year Strategy
Sheffield Supporting People - Service User Involvement Strategy
Children and young people's partnership network
The Children and Young People's Partnership Network is a network of voluntary, community and faith organisations working with children and young people in Sheffield and Voluntary Action Sheffield supports this growing network in a number of ways including:
* representation and consultation on issues of local and national significance
* organising Children and Young People's Network meetings for voluntary, community and faith groups
* providing training
* providing networking and linking opportunities
* regular mailings of relevant information on policy, practice and funding
To find out more visit the Children and Young Peoples' Partnership Network pages
Sheffield Third Sector Assembly
The Assembly is a body that strengthens the Third Sector in Sheffield. It will represent the views of the sector and influence strategic planning and policy decisions. It has been developed in consultation with the sector in Sheffield and has drawn on examples from other cities.
The aims of the Third Sector Assembly are to:
1. Create an independent, strong and influential voice for the Third Sector in Sheffield
2. Provide a mechanism for strategic partners to engage with the sector.
3. Respond collectively to consultations and support individual organisations in their response
4. Enable cross cutting themes to be addressed in a constructive way
5. To recognise the varied and complex environments in which third sector organisations operate and build on existing third sector activity, professionalism and good practice.
Membership of the Assembly is free and only open to third sector organisations. It is for everyone working, volunteering or leading such organisations. Members are required to agree to the Aims and values of the Assembly.
For more information about Sheffield Third Sector Assembly and to apply for membership, visit www.thirdsectorassemblysheffield.org.uk
Downloads
EVENT - Personalisation - Surviving & Thriving in the Voluntary & Community Sector - Wednesday 31 March 2010 - papers from the event are listed below.* Presentation: A local & personal perspective - Barbara Booton
* Presentation : Personalisation: The Voluntary Norfolk experience - Jo Clapham
* Presentation : Personalisation - the national picture - Katy Wing