Read the advice from the NHS Board on how the Government’s NHS Listening Exercise is being handled. Comments must be sent in by 31st May. We will post the submission from RAWM following the recent workshop as soon as this is available. Click:-

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Read the main points from the Health & Social Care Bill:-

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Read the main points from the Public Health White Paper:-

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Read the presentations from the Health & Wellbeing Summit on Public Health & Housing:-

Clr Sue Anderson:- BHWP-Smt-CllrAndersonPrstn-11-1

Jim McManus’:- BHWP-Smt-PblcHlth-JMcManusPrsntn-11-1

Jacky Chambers:- BHWP-Smt-JChambersPrstn-11-1

Samar Mukherjee:- BHWP-Smt-MukherjeePrstn-11-1

Sarah Davis:- BHWP-Smt-SDavis-11-1

Elaine Elkington:- BHWP-Smt-Elkington-11-1

Peter Hay:- BHWP-Smit-PHay-11-1

Catch up with GP Consortia and the Transition. Click:-

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View the BVSC Report 0n Community Cohesion. Click:-

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Read the Community Development Foundation Update. Click:-

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View the City Housing Partnership Cohesion Report. Click:-

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Read about Equality Delivery System.

Summary Proposals:- EDS Summary Proposals

Notes of RAWM meeting:-NHS-WstMdlnds-EDS-CnslttnNts-11-2

Powerpoint presentation:- NHS-EDC-DlvrySytm-Pwrpnt-11-2

Powerpoint presentation:- NHSEqltyDlvrySystm-pwrpnt-11-2

W. Mids implementation plan:- NHS-WMdlnds-EDS-ImplmntnPln-10-12

Objectives & Outcomes:- EqltyDlvrySystm-CmsnrsObjctvs&Outcms-11-2

Read Presentation on Public Law & the Cuts. Click:-

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Respond to the City Council’s Consultation on Legal Entitlement Advice Services by 30th March. Click:-

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Read BVSC Big Society Briefing:-

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Read the Munro Review on Child Protection. Click:-

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Apply for the Daily Telegraph, in partnership with the Royal Bank of Scotland new grants programme to support community and amateur sports clubs across the country. Applications until 30 Nov 2011. Click:-

Amateur Sports Clubs Grants

Apply for a grant from Children in Need. Applications by 11 April. Click:-

BBC Children in Need

Apply for a Comic Relief grant. Click:-

Comic Relief UK Grants Programme

The Yapp Charitable Trust makes small grants, for running costs and salaries, to small registered charities in England and Wales to help sustain their existing work. For more information click:-

The Yapp Charitable Trust

Download the JDC (Jubilee Debt Campaign) Newsletter:-

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View Councillor Alan Rudge’s Speech on what makes communities work. Delivered at Aston University on 8th December 2010. Click:-

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If you are by confused by the use of acronyms and jargon, you may find these acronym and jargon busters helpful. Just click:-

Acronym Buster

Jargon Buster

Read all about the ‘Big Society’ in the Decentralisation and Localism Bill. Click:-

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There are many changes occurring in health and social care. Read the Health and Social Care Bill currently being discussed in Parliament and the timeline for implementation. Click:-

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NHS Reform (JAN2011)10 Time line

Read about the Goverment’s Public Health proposals. Presentation from Dr Jacky Chambers, Director of Public Health, HoB PCT. Click:-

BHW Summit – Jacky Chambers

Read about Public Health and Commissioning from Dr Jim McManus, Joint Director of Public Health, BCC. Click:-

BHW Summit – Jim McManus

Read about the GPs role in commissioning public health from Dr Samar Mukherjee,Newtown GP. Click:-

BHW Summit – Dr Samar Mukherjee

Read the presentaion on the relationship between public health and housing from Sarah Davis, Senior Policy and Practice Officer, Chartered Institute of Housing. Click:-

BHW Summit – Sarah Davis

Read about the current programme of the Birmingham Health & Wellbeing Summit from Peter Hay, Strategic Director, Adults & Community Services. Click:-

BHW Summit – Peter Hay

Leaflet and Letter about Phoenix Futures – and organisation to help people affected by substance misuse:-

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The Ben Kinsella Fund to assist young people in running anti-knife crime activities:-

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Consultation on Information Technology in the Health Service:-

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Read the latest information on Joint Strategic Needs Assessment:-

FINAL Spatial Planning for Health – A guide to embedding the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment in spatial planning

Read the latest circular on the proposed Healthwatch to replace LINK:-

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Read the latest consultation on BME health:-

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See the Inequalities in Health diagram:-

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Read the new Public Health briefing:-

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Read about the latest Grassroots Grants:-

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General Briefings

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Faith-based charities

Faith-based charities form a significant part of the charitable sector. The beneficiaries of these charities can be counted in their millions, and they make a huge contribution to communities across England and Wales.

The Charity Commission has produced interesting guidance on the governance issues facing faith organisations called “Faith in good governance”. Organisations of most faiths can register a place of worship with the Registrar General. This is normally done through the Registrar’s office of the local authority and such registered places of worship are excepted from the need to register with the Charity Commission. What is widely misunderstood is that this exception from registration is very narrow and many normal parts of a church’s activity fall outside the exemption from registration and will need to be registered as a charity. So, for example, trust funds held for the maintenance of the building or for the payment of a minister’s salary will trigger a need for separate registration as a charity once annual income goes over £5,000 a year.

This section introduces guidance and other resources for faith-based charities.

Faith in Good Governance – our guidance on those aspects of charity law and good practice framework which are most likely to be of relevance to faith-based charities
Registering as a faith-based charity – guidance (in various languages) which explains the benefits of registering as a charity
Listening to faith-based charities – our background research, workshops and consultation
Survey of mosques – an independent survey we commissioned which provides useful insights into mosques and their activities, and identifies areas for further research and exploration.
Faith in Focus – our newsletter for faith-based charities
About the Faith and Social Cohesion Unit – why it was set up and how to contact us

Would you benefit from 16-17 year olds contributing to activities within your organisation?The Challenge is a youth and community summer programme for 16 year olds working to connect and inspire young people across Britain to strengthen their communities. For more information, please see www.the-challenge.org

Our offer to you:

We believe the best way to pursue our ultimate aims is to connect our Challenge alumni with ways to stay engaged and continue their contribution to the community beyond the programme. ‘The Challenge with Distinction’ is our newly developed award and incentive for Challenge graduates to contribute 50 hours within 6-9 months with a community organisation or programme. It aims to aid the continued development of Challenge graduates, whilst providing new capacity to organisations whose efforts would benefit from increased young person participation.

If you would benefit from 16-17 year olds contributing to your organisation in a voluntary or participatory capacity and you have activities running in the South-west district of Birmingham, we are interested in hearing from you. It is not necessary that you have an existing programme readily available to this age group.

Please get in touch by either:

1) Emailing alumni@the-challenge.org, or
2) Visiting http://www.the-challenge.org/be-a-partner/challenge-with-distinction-partners/

15 Mar

Events

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Attend a free training event for people working with young people:-

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Attend an event to find out about Birmingham City Council’s approach to grant funding:-

Grant funding for services that support vulnerable adults

Attend an event to discuss the future of devolution and localisation:-

Future of Localisation & Devolution

Attend an event find out more about services for people who are disabled:-

Penderels Trust Open Day

Attend an event to hear about excellence in public health:-

West Midlands Excellence in Public Health Conference 2012

29 Oct

Jubilee Debt Campaign

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Jubilee Debt Campaign

Newsletters:-

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JDC (Jubilee Debt Campaign) Newsletter

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27 Oct

NHS White Paper

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Health White Paper, ‘Equity and Excellence: liberating the NHS’

The White Paper represents possibly the most radical restructuring of the NHS since its inception. It would transform how health care is commissioned, with around £80 billion pounds being transferred to new GP consortia.

To read the briefing paper click:- NHS White Paper-10-7

The policy agenda is far reaching and the timetable for implementation extremely ambitious – given the scale of change and the context of increasing financial pressures facing the service.

There are now 5 additional consultation papers on the NHS proposals. Click to view:-

Consultation 1 – Outcomes Framework

Consultation 2 – Local democratic legitimacy in health

Consultation 3 – Commissioning for Patients

Consultation 4 – regulating healthcare providers

Consultation 5 – HealthWatch Engagement Document – final

Read the local responses to the NHS White paper consultation:–

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Health White Paper Assembly response

Read 2 further consultation papers:-

1. The Effects of the Information Revolution

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2. Greater Choice & Control for Consumers

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26 Jan

3rd Sector Assembly

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3rd Sector Assembly Annual Conference

Click to see powerpoints of the presentations from Jackie Mould on future Be Birmingham programmes and Ann Blackmore of NCVO on the voluntary sector and the new political landscape.

3rd Sector Assembly

Read the Latest 3rd Sector Assembly News. Click links for further information:-

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Jackie Mould Presentation – 3rd Sector Assembly June 2010

The Third Sector and the Funding Cuts

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Community Assets Transfer For information related to the City Council Scheme for transferring Community Assets to 3rd Sector Organisations click the following 5 documents:-

Community builders_birmingham fund – Powerpoint Presentation

COMMUNITY ASSETS INFORMATION SHEET

Community Asset Powerpoint Presentation – 23-3-10

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Visible Communities Powerpoint Presentation

Total Place Pilot Project

The 3rd Sector Assembly summit on 15th Jan 10 discussed the Total Place Pilot Project to take place in Birmingham. The purpose of the summit was to:-

1)   Create awareness of the Birmingham Total Place pilot amongst the third sector
2)   Determine what Total Place might mean for the third sector and how the sector can contribute to Total Place outcomes
3)   Establish how the statutory sector engages with the third sector throughout the process

Total Place is an ambitious and challenging programme. By mapping the total public expenditure in an area the programme aims to identify significant efficiencies and savings and answer the simple question: “can we do better for less?” Total Place aims to achieve three things:

1.    To create service transformations that can improve the experience of local residents and deliver better value
2.    To deliver early efficiencies to validate the work
3.    To develop a body of knowledge about how more effective cross agency working delivers the above

Birmingham has been named as a Total Place Pilot area and the initial areas of focus around service delivery are:
•    Services for people with learning difficulties
•    Services for people with mental health
•    Early intervention (children and young people)
•    Drugs and alcohol misuse (including the impact on families)
•    Guns and gangs
•    Poolway: A demonstration project designed to deliver a whole community approach

Access reports of the presentations by clicking:-

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TSA Total Place Report

3rd Sector Organisations Governance and Legal Structures

To read the powerpoint presentation prepared by Rachel Gwynne and Emma Fitzgerald of Anthony Collins, Solicitors click:-

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17 Jan

Regional 3rd Sector Strategic Forum

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Regional 3rd Sector Strategic Forum

The results of the election to Forum were announced on 18th March 2010. We are please to note that Jane Gallagher, who is a member of the BCF Executive was among the 17 successful candidates listed below.

Susan Barter, Chair & Vicar
St Pauls Community Project (Crossover 619)

Steve Blick, Regional Manager – West Midlands
Age Concern and Help the Aged

Eddie Currall, European Project Advisor
West Midlands European Network

Ian Darch, Chief Executive
Wolverhampton Voluntary Sector Council

Yvonne Davies, Chief Executive
Birmingham Citizens Advice Bureau Service

Jane Gallagher, P/T Development Manager
West Midlands Faiths Forum

Sajid Hashmi, Chief Executive
Voluntary Action Stoke-on-Trent

Caroline Leighton, Operations Director – Staffordshire, Warwickshire & West Midlands, British Red Cross

Jennifer McNeil, Company Director
Mentoring for Educational Achievement

Yvonne Palmer, Operations Director
Birmingham Community Foundation

Christine Parkinson, Trustee and Director
Bethel Health & Healing Network

Lesley Pattenson, Chair/Committee Member
Northfield Stroke Club, Friends of Manor Farm Park, Pink Sou’westers, Rainbow Voices and 4wards community newspaper

Dave Pinwell, CEO
SUSTAiN Consortium Solihull

Liz Reynolds, Development Manager
Stafford District Voluntary Services

Paul Tolley, Chief Executive
Warwickshire Community and Voluntary Action

Amrick Singh Ubhi, Director
Nishkam Centre

Rose Vakis, Director
Lichfield and District Community & Voluntary Sector Support

1 Jan

PIAG (Public Involvment Action Group (Primary Health Care

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In common with other PCTs (Primary Care Trusts) South Birmingham PCT have separated their commissioning function from their provider function (health visitors, district nurses, etc) . This powerpoint presentation describes the process tpwards establishing the Community Health Trust as a Foundation Trust.

SBCH NHS Trust Status Presentation to PIAG

on the 18th June

The following document reports on issues related to patient safety:-

Patient safety June 2010

The following document reports on a range of issues related to thhe provision of services to patients:-

Patient Exp report final version Q4 09 10

Read the Customer Care Standards for the Birmingham Community Health Trust:-PCT-CustomerCareStandards-10-10You are hereHome / Briefings / Outcomes

3 Dec

Birmingham Voluntary Services Council

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BVSC (Birmingham Voluntary Services Council) is one of the largest voluntary sector support organisations in the UK, which works to:-

Provide people with opportunities to make a positive difference to their communities
Provide voluntary and community organisations with the resources to help them achieve their goals
Champion the voluntary sector as an influential force for positive change.

From the BVSC HQ in Digbeth the following services are provided: Click the links to find out more.

Resource Centre – ‘First stop shop’ for new volunteers and voluntary and community groups.

Sector Development – Advice, support and resources for organisations

Policy and Communications – Information and communication services to the third sector and public sector partners

Volunteer Centre Birmingham – Citywide volunteering opportunities for individuals; placement service for organisations

Corporate services – Back office services: Payroll Bureau, Accountancy and HR Advice

Conferences – Extensive facilities for meetings, events and conferences with special rates for the voluntary sector.

Arts for Change – Gallery exhibiting work with a social message

Further details are available on the website :- http://www.bvsc.org

Click for:- BVSC Membership Leaflet

Click to read:- BVSC- Code of Conduct for Trustees

Click for:-BVSC Annual Report and Audited Accounts for the Year Ending March 2009

Click to see:- BVSC Strategic Plan

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Public Service Funding Cuts
Many of us are in the process of dealing with recent decisions around public service funding cuts. You may find the information in the attached communication from Brian Carr, Chief Executive of BVSC, useful:-BVSC-PbicSrvcFndngCuts-10-7

BVSCRead the Latest BVSC News. Click links for further information:-

NAVCA DH SP Survey draft 8

NAVCA Topic guide SPP

Birmingham CompactLatest edition incorporating amendments:-pdf-Plain English-Consultation_all_responses-Refresh_of_BIRMINGHAMCOMPACT2010

Digital Switchover – BBC Seeking Help to inform hard-to-reach groupsDigital Switchover-help neededImpact of Department for Communities and Local Government Public Spending Cuts

Following the announcement of the £6.2 billion public spending cuts announced by the Chancellor on 24th May, it has been identified that the Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG) will be cut by £1.166billion.

CLG have announced in detail where the cuts would fall; the announcement can be found here: http://www.communities.gov.uk/news/newsroom/1611369

There are significant cuts to a number of programmes that will impact on third sector organisations either directly or indirectly, including Area Based Grants programmes such as Supporting People, Working Neighbourhoods Fund and Cohesion funding.

CLG have also produced details of grant reductions to individual local authorities.

SHARED CARE NETWORK: Shared Care Network, founded by short break scheme organisers who felt a need for a co-ordinating national body to share information and promote good practice, represents around 180 services UKwide providing short break services to support disabled children and their families.For more: http://www.sharedcarenetwork.org.uk/index.jspRead 2 further papers on Health & Social Care development:-

1. Progress on Personalisation

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Read the Endorsement of the Birmingham Compact:-

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Big Society News:-Read the latest documents:-

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Comprehensive Spending Review – Read about the effects on the voluntary sector:-

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1 Dec

Birmingham LINk (Local Involvement Network)

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The Birmingham LINk was established to replace the Commission for Patient & Public Involvement in Health (CPPIH) and Patient & Public Involvement Forums (PPIFs).

Click BIRMINGHAM LINk to read the purpose, vision, mission and values of the Birmingham LINk. The full strategy will be posted when it has been agreed with the Core Group.

The overall management of Birmingham LINk is the responsibility of the Core Group. Click Birmingham LINk Core Group Members

(updated 04.12.2009) to see the list of Core Group members

Read the annual report on the website of Birmingham LINK by clicking:- http://www.birminghamlink.org

2. Plans to establish Healthwatch to replace LINk

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30 Nov

Birmingham Health and Well being Summit

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The Birmingham Health and Wellbeing Summit occurs quarterly and includes statutory organisations and 3rd sector organisations involved in health and social care.

Health and Employment

Respond to the consultation on Birmingham’s Health and Wellbering Strategy:-

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See the Summit presentations, click BHWP-EmplymntSmt-10-7

Fair Society, Healthy Lives (Marmot Review)This report explores the link between socioeconomic status and health and recommends a number of policy changes to reduce inequalities in health. Click:- FairSocietyHealthyLives

To read the October 2009 report click Birmingham Health and Wellbeing Summit October 2009, which includes information on Health Inequalities; JSNA (Joint Strategic Needs Assessment; Joint Commissioning; Personalisation; Be Birmingham Partnership; and Core Cities.

The latest summit was held on 14^th January 2010 at which the following topics were covered:-

These reports cane be read by clicking :- http://www.bhwp.nhs.uk/summit.

Birmingham Health and Wellbeing Summit

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