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Resources

Alliance Learning Events

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What is Social Value? Webinar

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Introduction to Theory of Change Webinar

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Co-production Webinar

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Covid-19

Free Seasonal COVID-19 Vaccination – The last date you will be able to get your vaccine is 31 January 2024

JCVI advises the following groups be offered a COVID-19 booster vaccine in autumn 2023:

·        residents in a care home for older adults

·        all adults aged 65 years and over

·        persons aged 6 months to 64 years in a clinical risk group, as laid out in the Immunisation Green Book, COVID-19 chapter (Green Book)

·        frontline health and social care workers

·        persons aged 12 to 64 years who are household contacts (as defined in the Green Book) of people with immunosuppression

·        persons aged 16 to 64 years who are carers (as defined in the Green Book) and staff working in care homes for older adults.

Updates on eligibility here : Getting a COVID-19 vaccine

Strategies

All Age Carers Strategy | Worcestershire County Council

Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2022 – 2032

Working with People and Communities in Herefordshire and Worcestershire – Engagement Strategy

Learning Disability Strategy

Worcestershire’s Children and Young People Plan 2022 – 2024Download

Reports

HEALTH AND WELL-BEING BOARD, 14 NOVEMBER 2023. JOINT STRATEGIC NEEDS ASSESSMENT ANNUAL SUMMARY 2023 – 5 JSNA.pdf (moderngov.co.uk)

VCSE Alliance and Worcestershire Association of Carers : VCSE Mental Health Provision Research September 2023 Phase OneDownload

Being Well in Worcestershire, the story so far

National Institute for Health and Care Research – Improving Engagement_VCFSE_Full ReportDownload
National Institute for Health and Care Research – Improving Engagement_VCFSE_Summary ReportDownload

The Hewitt Review: an independent review of integrated care systems

Going Further Together : the role of VCSE organisations in neighbourhood health ecosystems

Actions to support partnership: Addressing barriers to working with the VCSE sector in integrated care systems

Census 2021 and JSNA report. Part 1

Census 2021 and JSNA report. Part 2

Exploring opportunities to improve VCSE involvement in local social prescribing

Healthwatch Worcestershire Annual Report 2022/2023

Tackling Loneliness in Worcestershire

Health and Care Workers – Ethnographic Study – Worcestershire County Council and Britain ThinksDownload

Guides

NHS England » Core20PLUS5 (adults) – An approach to reducing healthcare inequalities

NHS England » Core20PLUS5 – An approach to reducing health inequalities for children and young people

Public Health Insights Worcestershire

Joint Strategic Needs Assessment | Worcestershire County Council

Working with Community Groups – Guidance for Agencies from Local Trust Download

Next steps for integrating primary care: Fuller stocktake report


Working in partnership with people and communities: Statutory guidance – NHS England

Creating partnerships for success | NCVO

ICS implementation guidance on partnerships with the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector – Building Strong Integrated Care Systems Everywhere Download
A guide to developing Integrated Statutory and Voluntary Sector Mental Health Services – A Working PartnershipDownload

Social Prescribing and Community-Based Support – NHS England and NHS Improvement

The Community Paradigm – Why public services need radical change and how it can be achieved. Report by New Local

Integration at place. From ambition to deliveryDownload

Oxfam Inclusive Language Guide

National Voices – Coalition of Health and Social Care Charities in England

National Academy for Social Prescribing

Here2Help Community Services Directory

Care and Support Jargon Buster

Adult Social Care Jargon Buster

Community projects and funding | Worcestershire County Council

Community Services Directory in Worcestershire: SearchForHelp

What Are Health Inequalities? | The King’s Fund (kingsfund.org.uk)

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

SW Healthcare

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Worcestershire County Council

Worcestershire Health Champions Newsletter

Wellbeing in Partnership eBulletin from Bromsgrove and Redditch

Bromsgrove and Redditch Network B.A.R.N

Evesham Volunteer Centre

Droitwich CVS

Community Action Malvern

Pershore Plus Volunteer Centre

Worcester Community Action

Worcestershire Community Action Network (WeCAN)

Community First