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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,...

Please find the attached the flyer and website link for the new ESF grants programme managed by BGU. There is a booking form for attendance at the launch on the 9th January. https://www.bishopg.ac.uk/employmentskillsgrants/. There is also an expression of interest form on the website for any contacts who may be interested in applying for an award. These will be small...

Slides from presentation on rural health and innovation from the National Centre for Rural Health and Care Seminar 12 November 2019

In April 2019 the Voluntary Engagement Team (VET) commissioned the National Centre for Rural Health and Care (NCRHC) to undertake a formative and independent evaluation of its work. The evaluation was carried out between April and September 2019 during the formation of VET. This report presents the process, impact and economic findings of this work.  

Connect to Support has just under 500 organisations – some are statutory bodies but 80% are VC organisations. Some of these are local versions of parent organisations in and outwith Lincolnshire but a reasonable estimate would be 350 independent VCS bodies on this source. The report below identified 223 organisations in 2010. The last thorough look at the sector was...

We welcome the acknowledgement of the key role the VCS can play to the delivery of the Long Term Plan in Lincolnshire. We welcome the description of the sector on the diagram on pp5 of the report. We wonder if an appendix setting out the diversity of the roles of the sector in more detail, which we would be happy...

There are still a few places available for the RHCA East Midlands Regional Seminar on the topic of Technology and Health, taking place on 12.11.19 at the LORIC Centre, Lincoln. Professor Richard Parish CBE, Chair of the National Centre for Rural Health & Care will be chairing this seminar. The speakers confirmed are as follows: Professor Mike Hannay: Medical Technologies...

East Midlands Academic Health Science Network, is sponsoring the first Power of Music in Health and Social Care Conference in October 2018.  This conference is being organised in partnership with Lakeside Arts, Room 217 Foundation, Live Music Now, OPUS Music and Health and the Institute of Mental Health. It is also being supported by the Utley Foundation and the ESRC...