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Voluntary Networks
Health, Social Care & Well-Being.
The Local Authority and Local Health Board has a responsibility to jointly plan NHS and health-related local authority services, and the Voluntary sector have also been heavily involved in the development and consultation of the strategy.
Health, Social Care & Well-Being
- Health, Social Care & Well-Being Network
- Regional Health, Social Care & Well-Being Network
- Building Strong Bridges
Bridgend
Bridgend Health, Social Care and Well-Being Network
- Are you a Voluntary or Community Organisation in Bridgend?
- Does your organisation have an interest in Health Social Care and Wellbeing?
- Would you like to keep up-to-date with current news?
- Would you like to meet people from similar organisations with similar interests?
- Would you like to influence health and social care policy?
What is the Bridgend Health Social Care and Well-Being Network?
The network is a collective group of voluntary organisations who work in the field of health social care and wellbeing in Bridgend. It provides a voice for voluntary organisations by sharing information, involving organisations in consultations and reviews and encouraging involvement in partnership working.
Network members will have:
- Newsletters and email briefings giving regular news on funding opportunities, training, conferences, good practice and consultations on policy and strategy.
- Invites to events and discussion groups which include networking and presentations on issues of current interest.
- The opportunity to engage in responses to consultations relating to health and social care.
- The opportunity to act as voluntary sector representatives on planning and strategic groups.
- The opportunity to join specialist interest groups, forums and task groups to make recommendations about specific issues.
For further information, or to join the network, please contact Roxane Dacey on 01656 810400 or email roxanedacey@bavo.org.uk
Download the Health Social Care & Well Being Terms of Reference here.
Download the latest minutes here.
Dates of future network meetings are;
- Wednesday 23rd June 2010, 1pm – 4pm - CANCELLED
- Wednesday 22nd September 2010, 1pm – 4pm
Venues to be confirmed.
Regional
Regional Health Social Care & Well Being Network
A Regional Health, Social Care and Wellbeing (HSCWB) network has been created to establish and increase dialogue between the Third Sector in Swansea, Neath Port Talbot and Bridgend and the Abertawe Bro-Morgannwg University (ABMU) Health Board. The vision being to improve the health and wellbeing outcomes for people living in the ABMU Health Board area; reducing health inequalities, promoting social wellbeing within communities, preventing ill-health, aiding recovery and independence.
The Network will meet four times a year and be supported by the three Building Strong Bridges Health, Social Care & Wellbeing Facilitators based at Neath Port Talbot Council for Voluntary Service (NPTCVS), Swansea Council for Voluntary Service (SCVS) and Bridgend Association for Voluntary Organisations (BAVO).
The Regional HSCWB Network will be represented at ABMU Health Board meetings by the current Non-Executive Third Sector Representative. It is envisaged that representatives from the network will be formally nominated by members to sit on the AMBU Health Board’s Stakeholder Reference Group.
Download the terms of reference here.
Download the latest minutes here.
Dates for the next meetings are; Tuesday 7th September 2010, 10am-12pm, Gorseinon Centre, Swansea; Wednesday 1st December 2010 2 - 4pm (NPT).
Exact venues to be confirmed.
Nominations for Third Sector Partnerships on the Stakeholder Reference Group
Download the Stakeholder Reference Group job description here. Download the Stakeholder Reference Group nomination form here. Download the Stakeholder Reference Group terms of reference here.
Abertawe Bro Morgannwg Community Health Council
Quality, Workforce, Financial & Service Framework/ Clinical Strategy/ 5 year plan
Building Strong Bridges
The Welsh Assembly Government recognises that the voluntary sector is a key partner in delivering its health and well being agenda.
The Building Strong Bridges initiative was established in 2003 with its aim: "To strengthen partnership working between the Voluntary Sector and the NHS in Wales".
Under this initiative a Facilitator has been appointed to work in every CVC in Wales. Full details of each of the facilitators is available here.
Role of the Facilitator:
- To support and promote joint working between voluntary organisations and health and social care providers.
- To support voluntary sector and carer members on Local Health Boards.
- To develop and support local Health and Social Care Networks.
- To directly participate in joint planning groups and represent the voluntary sector.
- To promote the role and contribution of the voluntary sector to other health and social care agencies.
- To provide information and training to local voluntary organisations around health and social care issues e.g:
- Briefings and seminars
- Local newsletters
- Facilitate access to training
- Facilitate participation and consultation in policy development locally and nationally
- Assist voluntary organisations to access development support.
New website Launch by British Heart Foundation - Health at Work
Links
Building Strong Bridges - This initiative was established to strengthen partnership working between the Voluntary Sector and the NHS in Wales through the appointment of a Facilitator in each CVC in Wales.
Key Publications – NHS Wales - Key Publications issued in the current year by the Welsh Assembly Government and NHS Wales.
The Welsh NHS Confederation - The Welsh NHS Confederation brings together the full range of organisations that make up the modern NHS in Wales.
Bridgend Community Health Council
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