A key function of the VCSE Alliance is to facilitate representation at a range of boards, committees and steering groups. Being part of these meetings is an effective mechanism for influencing decisions about services and support for local people and their communities. Representatives from the VCSE take information and intelligence…
We were delighted to be able to welcome nearly fifty attendees to our Online Briefing on Wednesday 18th September, where we heard from Sarah Speck, Director of Worcestershire Place Development. Sarah gave a comprehensive update on the development of the Worcestershire Place Plan, and the opportunities for the VCSE sector…
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust have launched their new Big Quality Conversation survey for 2024-2025 are seeking responses from as many people as possible. This survey will help us understand what the experience is like for people when they come into our hospitals and are in our care. This survey is…
This FREE Research and Development conference, hosted by Herefordshire & Worcestershire Health & Care NHS Trust, is open to EVERYONE (including people outside the NHS) and gives you the chance to hear from national research experts as well as catching up on what’s happening more locally in the research world.…
I am delighted to introduce myself as the new Independent Chair of the Worcestershire VCSE Alliance, a role to lead and champion this vital work within the VCSE sector and as part of the Integrated Care System. I came into this role personally because I believe in the VCSE Alliance…
The Worcestershire VCSE Alliance are asking for Expressions of Interest from organisations working in Redditch and/or Worcester City and/or Wyre Forest and who have experience of working with women from Pakistani and Bangladeshi communities. This programme is particularly focused on helping to reduce Cardiovascular Disease/Hypertension and increase the uptake in…
Herefordshire and Worcestershire ICB have commissioned the licence of the digital social prescribing App ‘Joy’ for 1 year for all practices across Worcestershire. The specific function and feature of Joy is that it integrates with practice clinical systems, EMIS. Joy codes back into EMIS. This allows all social prescribing activity…
A newly formed collective of Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise organisations working together to make health service provision stronger and develop partnerships that benefit Worcestershire communities.