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Voluntary Action Autumn 2021 Update to Members and Subscribers

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Autumn 2021 Update to Members and Subscribers

3rd December 2021
 

Meet our New CEO

VAC is very pleased to welcome Keith Morgan as the new CEO of Voluntary Action Camden.  He brings extensive leadership experience in the voluntary and community sector, as both a Trustee and Chief Executive.   You will all know Keith already as the CEO of  Young Camden Foundation. He has a background in youth work and has also worked in Strategy and Change at Camden Council.  Keith has considerable  knowledge of the local sector and leadership experience.
The next Voluntary Action Forum on 15th December will be an opportunity to meet Keith and ask him questions.  Don’t miss it!
 

Meet Keith at our next Voluntary Action Forum on 15th December at 11am.
This forum will continue the work on creating a VCS Manifesto that we started back in May.  This is a chance to finalise Manifesto in time for 2022.  Come and let us know what you think the VCS should be demanding.  Book here.


Camden Health and Wellbeing Board

VAC made a presentation to the Health and Wellbeing Board’s October meeting on the Camden Care Navigation and Social Prescribing system.  You can view the presentation here


Policy Updates


Rents and Leases Review

Negotiations between the council and the sector have resumed.  We have had draft Heads of Terms of the proposed new lease and a group of VCS leaders (including Hopscotch, Women+Health, the Winch, QCCA and HCA) have engaged Peter Korn of Interface to give us legal support.
Discussions on a social value framework have also taken place but there are no concrete proposals to share yet.


Health

Development of the new Integrated Care Systems continues ready for the 1st April start.  The Camden Local Care Partnership Board and Health and Wellbeing Board are working on borough level strategies.  The Community Connectedness strategy (first covered in the VAC Spring Quarterly Update and then updated in Summer Update ) and Neighbourhood strategy (see next item below) may be brought together to aid efficiency and avoid duplication as there are many overlaps.
NCL’s new Community Partnership Forum (a body to involve residents and the community) has now met twice.
The Health and Wellbeing Board is consulting on a new Health and Wellbeing strategy.  VAC recently held a consultation event for the VCS. You can view the event here.  There’s still time to have you say (before 13 December).  Email your comments to Donna Turnbull or share your thoughts on our wall (below).
 
 

Neighbourhoods Development

There are now working groups in 5 neighbourhoods taking forward the Neighbourhoods strategy work.  The neighbourhoods are:
  • NW3
  • NW5
  • Central (around Somers Town)
  • South (Bloomsbury)
  • West Hampstead
If you work in any of those areas and would like to get involved please contact VAC (info@vac.org.uk) and we will put you in touch with the relevant steering group.
 
Hang on!  If this is all looking like an alphabet soup of acronyms then take a moment to look at our short presentation explaining what the new NHS structures mean and what they are trying to achieve.  View it here.


…and finally

If you’ve attended any of our events recently you will know that we are trying to make all of our events  blended, hopefully getting the best of both worlds with a small group in a meeting room and many still joining remotely by zoom.  It’s an important step on the road back to normal.  Our plan is to share what we’ve learned and support you to make the move to blended meetings as well.

Don’t forget – we are now based at the Greenwood Centre:
Greenwood Centre, Greenwood Place, London
NW5 1LB
Phones and emails remain the same

 
Kevin & the VAC team: Alex, Dianne, Donna, Hasel, John, Mandira, Manuella, Nasrin, Ricky and Zubair and all the Trustees and Volunteers.



 
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