Networks and Partnerships
There are many networks and partnerships in Leicester and Leicestershire. They are particularly useful for finding out who some of the key contacts are when developing your bid, as well as helping you to understand the strategic context for your project. Through these partnerships, you should also be able to find out if anyone else is running a similar project in your area, along with other potential partners who may be able to support your bid.
In this section is a summary of the networks and partnerships that are led by the CVS Community Partnership (CCP) for Leicester and Leicestershire. Further Information can also be obtained from their website below.
CVS Community Partnership, Leicester and Leicestershire.
A further list of partnerships and forums is available on the Leicestershire Together Website.
Advocacy
Advocacy Training & Support Network
(covers Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland)
Share experience and information, offer mutual support, develop good practice & identify gaps in provision. Promote the positive aspects of advocacy, raise awareness of advocacy support. Develop and co-ordinate a locally based programme of accredited advocacy training.
Contact: Gill Wollerton, Health and Social Care Manager, Tel: 0116 2293028
Children and Young People
Children & Young People’s Services Forum
(covers Leicestershire & Rutland)
To promote and enable the voluntary and community sector (VCS) to effectively engage with health agencies, local authorities and other partners to develop and implement plans for children & young people’s services.
Contact Andy Foskett, Partnership Officer (Children & Young People’s Services), CCP
Tel: 0116 2293103
Extended Services - Childrens's Centres and Extended Schools
Ensures that the VCS is engaged in the planning and delivery of Extended Services, at both a strategic and a local level.
Contact: Sue Harrison, VCS Integrated Services Officer, Tel: 0116 2293048
Health and Social Care
Leicestershire County Voluntary Sector Health & Social Care Forum
Enables the VCS to influence the development of quality health and social care services and strategies
Contact Gill Wollerton, Health and Social Care Manager, Tel: 0116 2293028
Long Term Conditions
(covers Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland)
Enables the VCS to influence the strategic planning and development of services for people with long-term conditions, including diabetes, chronic kidney disease, arthritis and rheumatology, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and chronic heart disease, as well as long term nerological conditions (Leicester City only) and physical disabilities.
Contact Christine Middleton, Partnership Officer (Long Term Conditions), Tel: 0116 2293051
Palliative Care & Cancer Forum (PCCF)
(covers Leicestershire, Northamptonshire & Rutland)
The PCCF enables the VCS to influence the strategic planning & development of cancer & palliative care services.
Contact Gill Wollerton, Tel: 0116 2293028
Voluntary Sector Care Providers Forum
(covers Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland)
Acts as the key interface for VCS providers that are, or will be regulated by the Care Standards Act 2000
Contact Gill Wollerton, Tel: 0116 2293028
Mental Health - Voluntary Sector Partnership
(covers Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland)
Enables the VCS to influence the strategic planning & development of mental health services within the voluntary sector and beyond
Contact Tobias Gould, Partnership Officer (Mental Health), Tel: 0116 2293050
Older People
Contact Liz McGregor, Engagement Officer - Older People, Tel: 0116 2334243
Learning and Skills
Leicester Shire VCS Learning & Skills Consortium
(covers Leicester and Leicestershire)
Forum for VCOs with an interest in Learning & Skills to enable VCOs in Leicester Shire (County + City) to have equal access to information and funding for learning and training. Aims to advocate, capacity build, promote co-operation and collaboration and seek formal recognition as a channel and provider
Contact Mick O'Hara, Learning and Skills Manager, Tel: 0116 233 4243
