Be a voice for the sector!

Elections of voluntary sector reps

The election of voluntary sector reps will take place at our next Forum meeting at:

The meeting will be a special joint meeting of the Health and Social Care Forum and the Children and Young People’s Forum.

This joint forum is open to all, but please ensure that your VAL membership is up to date - as nominations and voting are only open to VAL members (associate and full members).

Nominations

Nomination forms are also available below.

If you have any queries, please contact:

• Mark Drinkwater, or
• Jonathan Slater.

If you wish to nominate yourself for one of the voluntary sector representative positions, please fill out the form below.

For more information on the role of being a rep and of the Partnership Boards please click onto this link: http://www.valewisham.org.uk/content/meeting-potential-and-existing-voluntary-sector-reps

Dear Colleagues

You are formally invited to:

Preparing for the Future’ – a good practice event
which will be held jointly by Voluntary Action Lewisham’s Children and Young People’s Forum and Lewisham Council’s Children and Young People’s Directorate, that will be taking place on
Wednesday 16th March
9.30 – 12.30pm,
at the Albany, Main theatre, Douglas Way, London SE8 4AG.

Please click on the link below for a map showing the location:
www.streetmap.co.uk

Warwick Tomsett – Head Commissioning & Christine Grice – Head of Access and Support will be formally launching the consultation on the Early Intervention Service and highlighting the commissioning opportunities for the Voluntary and Community Sector who work with children and young people in Lewisham. There will also be 4 workshops on the day that will discuss this in more detail as well as cover how VCS groups can evidence outcomes better, coming together more as consortiums, and finally building relationships with the private sector. Breakfast and Lunch will be included.

Please find attached at the bottom a copy of the agenda:

If you wish to book a place then please contact me, Jonathan Slater, VAL's Strategic Development Officer for Children and Young People by
emailing me at jonathan@valewisham.org.uk

or register online

I look forward to seeing you there

All the best

Jonathan Slater
Strategic Development Officer - Children and Young People
 
Voluntary Action Lewisham
120 Rushey Green
Catford
London
SE6 4HQ
Tel: 020 8314 7018
Fax: 020 8314 1315

'Creating an offer for young people in Lewisham '

Voluntary Action Lewisham's next Children and Young People's Forum will be taking place on
Monday 28th February, 1.30-5pm at the
Executive Suite of Millwall Football Club
The Den, Zampa Road, London, SE16 3LN.

Please click on the link below for a map showing the location:

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=535416&y=178214&z=0&sv=SE16+3LN&st=...

Warwick Tomsett (Head of Commissioning) and Christine Grice (Head of Access and Support) will be giving an update on funding from Lewisham’s CYP Directorate following the Spending Review settlement, as well as Sandra Jones (Head of the Community Sector Unit) on opportunities to apply to Lewisham’s new grants programme. We will also be hearing from the Challenge on the rolling out the National Citizenship Service in Lewisham and the London Consortium for Learning on opportunities and support for the VCS to offer apprenticeships. Finally there will advice from UNISON’s Community & Voluntary Organisations Branch on the benefits of joining a Trade Union.

There will also be 3 workshops on the day that will discuss these themes in more detail as well as an opportunity to discuss how to support Lewisham's Child Poverty reduction strategy.

Please click on the links at the bottom of the page for a copy of the agenda and the notes from the previous CYP Forum

If you wish to book a place then please contact me, Jonathan Slater, VAL's Strategic Development Officer for Children and Young People by

• emailing me at jonathan@valewisham.org.uk
• or registering online

I look forward to seeing you there

Jonathan

'Future Opportunities'

VAL's next Children and Young People's Forum will be taking place on Tuesday 30th November, from 9.30am-12.15pm at the Lewisham Methodist Church Hall, Albion Way, SE13 6BT.

Please click on the following link to show the location of the meeting:http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X=538359&Y=175413&A=Y&Z=110

Cllr Joan Millbank (Lead Member for the Third Sector) and Cllr Helen Klier (Lead Member for Children and Young People) will be giving a presentation on the implications of the spending review for the Children and Young People VCS in Lewisham in terms of funding and future opportunities that include consortium bidding and using Council premises that are no longer in use.

There will also be 3 workshops on the day that will discuss these themes in more detail as well as an opportunity to feed into Lewisham's Child Poverty reduction strategy.

If you wish to book a place then please contact Jonathan Slater, VAL's Strategic Development Officer for Children and Young People by

• phoning him on 020 8314 7018 
• by emailing him on jonathan@valewisham.org.uk
• registering online

You are warmly invited to our next Health and Social Care Forum

Changes in Health and Social Care

Monday 11 October
2.00 to 4.30pm (Registration from 1.45pm
at Leemore Central Community Hub*, Bonfield Road, Lewisham, SE13 5EU

Agenda Items:

• Personalisation and Transformation - an update
• Changes to NHS Lewisham, the local PCT
• Representation on thematic partnerships

Booking a place

Click here to book a place with Mark Drinkwater, the Health Inequalities and Social Care Officer or ring 020 8314 9841.

The current pace and volume of change in both the health and social care sectors is unprecedented. This makes the role of the Health and Social Care Officer a vital component in keeping voluntary organisations up to date and help them get involved in influencing these changes. To keep up to date, please ensure you book a place at the next Community Health and Social Care Forum.

*Entrances to Leemore on both Gilmore Road and Bonfield Road.
N.B. No parking available at the venue - except Blue Badge holders who arrange space in advance.

We’re pleased to invite you to our next CYP Forum meeting

Support from the Start

6 – 9pm, Tuesday 2nd March 2010
Leemore Centre Community Hub, Clarendon Rise, London, SE13 5ES

Click here for a location map

As ever, the meeting will be packed with updates on key developments in Lewisham, and offers excellent networking opportunities with both VCS and statutory colleagues.

• Focus on early intervention and preventative work supporting children, young people and families
• Updates and discussion with colleagues from Lewisham’s Integrated Youth Support Service (IYSS), Children’s Centres, Extended Services, Play and Recreation, and Youth Offending Service
• Meet your new VCS Reps on Lewisham’s CYP Strategic Partnership – get feedback and feed in to local decision making
• Share opportunities, information and ideas in the Open Mic session

Hope to see you there! Best wishes,
Kate

To register

To register, please:

• email Kate;
• phone 020 8314 7018; or
• register online

We will need your name, organisation and contact details.

Work on this issue continues.  Unfortunately, the second of the two consultation meetings had to be cancelled. However, a further meeting has now been arranged for Monday 18th May, 7.00-9.00pm at the Civic Suite (Room 4).

This will not now be a repeat of the first event, as originally planned. ... read more.