This strategy has been written and co-designed by colleagues from across the statutory and VCFSE sectors in Herts and West Essex. Before drafting this document with the VCFSE Alliance during November 2022, engagement happened organically in a range of forums over many months:
- Initial presentations to Hertfordshire and West Essex ICS Partnership Board, April and June 2021
- Ongoing discussions of principles with Volunteer and Personal Assistance Cell (VPAC) Response Group in Herts and other VCFSE forums across the ICS
- Specific work with carers’ organisations and carers on the Carers’ Vision (draft) with final session with West Essex on 31 May 2022
- Presentations at ‘place’ throughout the period to mixed audiences
- Paper to ICS Partnership Board, leading to request for formal strategy, January 2022
- Presentations to 6 sessions with developing Alliance, November 2021 to May 2022
- Two task and finish groups, April and May 2021
- After formation of the VCFSE Alliance in June, virtual drop-in and one to one engagement exercises with Committee members & other stakeholders through August.
The strategy is a direction of travel document, to help all parts and levels of the ICS to build on the excellent partnership working prior to, but especially during, the Covid pandemic and to ensure that the importance of the work the VCFSE sector does is factored in and acknowledged across the system.
The development of the strategy was then signed off in January 2023 focusing on 10 themes.
- No Wrong Door
- Integrating the Wellbeing Offer
- Commissioning
- Data
- ABCD
- Health Inequalities
- Unpaid Family Carers
- Volunteering
- Culture and Co-production
- Annual reporting
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