Voluntary Action Lewisham

Please consider nominating yourself as a Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) Rep on Lewisham’s Children and Young People’s Strategic Partnership for 2010!

This is an exciting opportunity to engage in strategic decision making in Lewisham on behalf of our sector.

For detailed information about the Partnership, the Rep’s role and the time commitment you would need to make, please see the attached Guide.

Nominations are open to all individuals who work or volunteer in a VCS organisation in Lewisham. Your organisation MUST be a full or associate member of VAL (for more information on this please see www.valewisham.org.uk).

Partnership Boards

There are fifteen Boards and Panels for which you could stand:

• Children and Young People’s Strategic Partnership Board
• CYP Joint Commissioning Group
• Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB)
• 14-19 Strategy Forum
• Children’s Centres and Extended Services Board
• Integrated Youth Support Services Board
• Child Poverty Working Group
• Disability Multi-Agency Group
• Emotional and Mental Health Working Group
• Healthy Eating/Healthy Lifestyles Working Group
• Family Support and Parenting Board
• Play Partnership Board
• Teenage Pregnancy, Parenthood and Sexual Health Programme Strategic Board
• Youth Crime Management Board
• Children’s Workforce Development Working Group

Each Board/Group has spaces for two VCS Reps, except the LSCB, which only has one.

You may nominate yourself as a Rep on more than one Board. Please complete a separate nomination form for each.

Nomination Procedure

To nominate yourself, please return completed Nomination Forms to Kate English by 23rd November 2009. Reps will be elected by secret ballot at our next CYP Forum meeting on 9th December at the Albany, Deptford.

Please don’t hesitate to contact Kate by phone to discuss this opportunity further, if you wish. Tel: 020 8314 7018.