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,...

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...