Welcome to West Yorkshire Voice!
It’s great to have you involved with sharing your experiences and ideas. As a member, you will now receive our quarterly newsletter and regular mail outs around involvement opportunities. We value and appreciate you giving up your time and sharing your experience and we want you to do this in the way that is best for you.
Quote from a West Yorkshire Voice member
“West Yorkshire Voice has been incredibly supportive and enthused about the co-production work being done with the West Yorkshire Neurodiversity Programme. George has introduced me as a co-ordinator to a number of different experts by profession, as well as experts by experience. The relationships built from those partnerships have had a significant impact on the quality and diversity of the work we’ve been doing. West Yorkshire Voice has been able to disseminate and bring back information to and from communities that we may not have otherwise reached. George, West Yorkshire Voice Co-ordinator, in particular has been consistent in their offer of support to reach intersectional groups and workstreams.”
Here are some ways in which you can be involved:
Individual conversations:
- You or your group can have individual conversations with our West Yorkshire Voice Co-ordinator. This can be in an accessible location for you and at a time that suits you.
- You can share your experiences of interacting with health and care services and tell us what is important to you.
Events:
- We host and join events (in person and online) with different ways for you to give your feedback and contribute your ideas.
- You can attend events and share perspectives of your own, people you care for or support.
- You can speak to us before or after an event to share views to be fed into the event and overall topic.
Surveys:
- We will share any surveys and questionnaires to support the work of the West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board, Healthwatch and other partners.
- Complete these based on your own experience as well as anyone you care for or support.
- Share with your family, friends, and networks.
Working groups:
- For some pieces of work there will be ongoing consultations, events and working groups set up.
- We want to encourage ongoing involvement in decision making from those with lived experience.
We would also like West Yorkshire Voice to be a two-way conversation:
We will ask you for your perspectives on topics led by the NHS but also want to hear about what is important to you. Inform our focus:
- Tell us what you think the network should focus on based on your experiences.
- We will do regular engagement with people and groups to see what matters to you. This help us share good practice and raise common challenges people are facing to the Integrated Care Board. You can also get in touch to have a chat about what matters to you.
Resources:
- You can review our recent newsletters here.
- You can view and keep up to date with current ways to feed in your voice to West Yorkshire and local level on our West Yorkshire Voice Noticeboard
- The West Yorkshire Voice Member Pack looks at why West Yorkshire Voice was created and what we would like to achieve with your input. It explains the purpose of West Yorkshire Voice and how you can get involved and have an impact.