social care

Capital grants for social enterprises in health or social care

Social Enterprises offering services in either health or social care are being offered capital grants of between £50,000 and £450,000 from the Social Enterprise Investment Fund until 1st November 2010.

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ICT funding for Adult Social Care Providers

Voluntary Sector providers of Adult Social Care who are involved in the personalisation agenda may find the following Grant Scheme useful. Get Connected offers up to £20,000 for suitable organisations to improve access to ICT for users, carers, staff and visitors. Examples provided by SCIE of the sort of projects they would like to fund include:

  • Enabling residents to keep in touch with friends and family by using ICT
  • Using ICT to enable staff to keep up to date and engage in training
  • Enabling service users to keep in touch with each other

Organisations will need to be registered with Companies House or the Charity Commission.

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Invitation to Quote - Support Planning Service (Pilot)

Support Planning Service (Pilot)

The London Borough of Lewisham invites expressions of interest from suitably experienced providers, with extensive knowledge of the borough who wish to provide a proposal for a pilot to deliver Support Planning as part of  Lewisham’s Self Directed Support (SDS) trial for citizens.... read more.

Forum

Community Health and Social Care Forum

The Community Health and Social Care Forum (CHSCF) is a quarterly forum that brings together voluntary and community organisations with an interest in health and social care. The aims of the forum are to:

  • ImagePromote good practice, expertise and raise awareness of issues
  • Consult with the sector about changes to health and social care services
  • Give voluntary organisations the chance to respond to issues with a united voice
  • Enable staff from voluntary and statutory agencies to network
  • Provide opportunities for collaborative working
  • Ensure accountability and openness in planning of services.

What do our members think? One member said of the last forum:

"The event was great on Monday - I have worked in a few boroughs and have never attended such an informative H&SC Forum!"

The next forum will be held on Wednesday 21 March 2012.

To book a place, contact  020 8314 9841 or email Mark.

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Mark Drinkwater

Health and Social Care

Health and Social Care Forum

With constant changes in the health and social care sector the role of the Health Inequalities and Social Care Forum is vitally important in keeping local voluntary organisations up-to-date with news about funding, and helping them get involved in local decision-making.

Our next Forum is on:

    Wednesday 21 March 2012

To book a place, please contact Mark  on 020 8314 9841.

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For more information contact: 
Mark Drinkwater
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