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Message circulated on behalf of Graham Metcalfe DWP. The processes for making a UC claim are much changed & more user friendly being aimed towards vastly reducing & ultimately removing the need to attend Jobcentres. Details will be taken on trust from customers for the foreseeable period with no Fail to Attend actions or Sanctions being actioned. Please refer to the link...

Lincolnshire Resilience Forum (LRF) Communities and Volunteer Coordination Cell within the County Emergency Centre will be operational from 8am to 4pm Tuesday 17th March 2020 until further notice. The cell will be active Monday to Friday. Currently the cell has been tasked by the LRF to gather information about local activity only and not to mobilise, task or deploy any...

Guidance for home care and supported living. COVID-19 guidance on home care provision COVID-19 guidance on residential care provision 1 joint nm letter 12 march 2020 Social care provider resilience during COVID-19 guide to commissioners COVID-19 guidance for support living provision

The information in this resource is for any group or organisation in the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector, including umbrella bodies and networks. It explains a new way in which health and care services are being organised locally across all of England: primary care networks (PCNs). https://bit.ly/2VB4fqj

Does your organisation support people with their wellbeing, or provide services helping people with their health and care in Lincolnshire? We want to hear your views on the challenges and opportunities facing your group or organisation moving forward. Please complete our survey, which could take you around 15 minutes, to help us map the state of the sector in Lincolnshire....

Here is a slide pack setting out the background and nature of VET as an initiative.

In December 2018, Royal Society for Public Health in partnership with Locality were commissioned by the Health Foundation to develop and test a framework and indicators to understand and measure community spirit. This document is the testing prototype of our framework and it draws on existing literature, experts and the views of the public to better understand the factors which...

Working in partnership, The King’s Fund and The National Lottery Community Fund will support up to six local areas for up to four years, helping to develop more effective partnerships between voluntary and community sector (VCS) organisations and the NHS and local authorities in their area. The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest funder of community activity in the United...

This best practice report just published by NHS England and NCVO sets out good practice and references our work as VET in section 1: https://publications.ncvo.org.uk/creating-partnerships-success/?_cldee=aXZhbi5hbm5pYmFsQHJvc2VyZWdlbmVyYXRpb24uY28udWs%3d&recipientid=contact-44fffbb2d79ce911a96b000d3ab6d5d9-2470df2744484b6fa9c403b3c17238c5&esid=4bb883de-8c78-4be0-bb0e-b5737b91a095

Lincolnshire Voluntary Engagement Team Annual Conference Thursday 19th March 2020 9.00 – 16:00 New Life Conference Centre 25 Mareham Ln, Sleaford NG34 7JP Reserve your ticket at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lincolnshire-voluntary-engagement-team-annual-conference-tickets-89673047499 9.00 – 9.30 Arrival  – tea/coffee   9.30– 9.45 Welcome Chris Wheway – Chair VET and CEO St Barnabas Hospice 9.45 – 10.15 Guest Speaker and Conference Chair Professor Richard Parish, Chair,...