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Alliance Learning Events

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Worcestershire VCSE Alliance – VCSE Support for Veterans – 23rd September 2025

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Worcestershire County Council’s Grant Finder Information Session – 22nd July 2025

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Helping Shape Worcestershire’s Get Working Plan – 14th July 2025

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Social Value Engine – 23rd June 2025

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Unlocking Tender Opportunities: Maximise your knowledge about Worcestershire County Council’s tender opportunities – 18th June 2025

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VCSE Supplier Briefing: Understanding the New Procurement Act 2023

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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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Strategies

All Age Carers Strategy | Worcestershire County Council

Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2022 – 2032

Good Health and Wellbeing for Everyone Integrated Care Strategy 2023-2033

Learning Disability Strategy

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

Understanding and Strengthening the Sector

Worcestershire VCSE Sector Sector Overview

Perspective of the Worcestershire sector on the local VCSE landscape – 5 themes

Reports

REACH (Research Engagement and Community Health) – final report

Worcestershire Joint Strategic Needs Assessment Annual Summary 2024 – 5 JSNA.pdf (moderngov.co.uk)

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

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 2023/2024

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

HWICS Think Pharmacy First Download

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