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VCSE Power showcase

Welcome to the VCSE Power showcase! Our week-long event to celebrate the positive impact on health outcomes of the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise sector, working in partnership with health and social care organisations in West Yorkshire.

There are an estimated 12,000 registered and unregistered VCSE organisations across West Yorkshire employing around 29,700 full time equivalent staff who work 49 million hours every year. Add to this the 8.7 million hours that the 121,000 residents who volunteer regularly contribute and you get a sense of the scale.

Throughout the VCSE Power week, a wide range of resources from videos, podcasts, blogs, case studies and infographics will be freely available to share and celebrate the diverse and often life changing work of our voluntary and community organisations in West Yorkshire.

Hilary Thompson"We want to recognise the amazing work of our VCSE partners and the contribution they make day in day out to the lives of so many. Please browse, get in touch with the organisations directly and use these free resources to learn new ideas and share widely"

 

  - Hilary Thompson, Senior Responsible Officer for the Partnership’s Harnessing the Power of Communities programme

With a focus on a specific theme with one from each of the five local places which make up West Yorkshire, VSCE Power showcase will cover:

  • Day 1: Our unique selling point, reaching marginalised communities. Place focus: Bradford District and Craven
  • Day 2: Co-designing social prescribing pathways and personalised care. Place focus: Calderdale
  • Day 3: Early help on the ground. Place focus: Kirklees
  • Day 4: Volunteering (a win-win). Place focus: Leeds
  • Day 5: Our long track record and specialist support.: Place focus: Wakefield - register for our live event on Eventbrite

Follow and use the #VCSEpower hashtag on Twitter during the week.

 

Past Skills Future Career in the Voluntary and Community Sector

Have you ever wondered about working for a Voluntary Community organisation but unsure if you have the right experience? Take a look at the short films below. 

Even if you have built your career in another sector you will have transferrable skills that can be brought to the Voluntary Community Sector.

Follow and use the #PastSkillsFutureCareer hashtag on Twitter

Video description: "The rewards are just immense and you have got these transferable skills which really make a difference to peoples' lives and out there in the community" - Anne Glew, The Brunswick Centre Kirklees

Video description: "If you are thinking about joining a charity I would say just do it. It's a great sector to be in and it is more than just a job. It's a rewarding job. - Kieran Hardwick, Yorkshire Air Ambulance

Video description: "You meet people that desperately need your help and you can change their life in a moment really. To work in a charity you get the opportunity to do that." - Dom Furby, Calderdale Smartmove

Video description: "Don't be afraid to take the step" - Voluntary and Community Action Halifax

Video description: "I feel very very blessed that I work with such dedicated hardworking individuals. They put people at the heart of the organisation." Kerri Flanagan, Home Start Kirklees

Video description: "There's a purpose at the end of it. That somebody or a number of people in our area have benefitted from the team delivering what people need" - Helen Beioley, Care and Repair

VCSE Power logoDay 5: our long track record and specialist support

Many VCSE organisations have been working across the region for many years and whilst most offer a range of support at community level there is a significant smaller number which offers highly specialist input as part of a wider multiagency package. These organisations work alongside specialist services within our health and social care partners to provide support at home or the community.

This page features examples from across West Yorkshire.

Enjoy exploring and be inspired!

To get involved on social media, follow and use the #VCSEpower hashtag on Twitter during the week.

Live event: Changes to the Volunteering Landscape and the Impact on Health and Social Care, Friday 1 April, 10am-11am

This session is ideal for staff, volunteers and trustees who want to build skills and understanding of the changes to the volunteering landscape. Register for this event via Eventbrite

changes to the volunteering landscape and the impact on health and social care

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Our Partners

Wakefield Council
Wakefield CCG
Airedale Foundation Trust
NHS Bradford District and Craven CCG
Bradford Council: Home
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
Calderdale Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
North Yorkshire CCG
Healthwatch
Kirklees Council
NHS Kirklees CCG
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Leeds Community Healthcare (LCH)
Leeds Clinical Commissioning Group
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Leeds City Council
NHS England
Health Education England
NHS Improvement
Public Health England
North Yorkshire County Council
South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Yorkshire Ambulance Service
Locala Community Partnerships CIC
Spectrum Community Health CIC

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