Adult Health & Social Care Provider Forum -
2 February 2010 at The Core, lunch provided
The next Provider Forum will be held on 2 February 2010 at 9.30am at The Core, County Way, Barnsley (the agenda/booking form is enclosed; please note that booking is essential). For those of you who have requested more notice of future dates of VAB Participation Team meetings, we thank you for your feedback and hope that the advertisement of this event back in November has helped you to incorporate it into your diaries for 2010. In order to further assist your diary management, we also advertise our meetings and events on the VAB website; see http://www.vabarnsley.org.uk/events.php for details.
Provider Forums are held quarterly and are facilitated by the VAB Participation Team. These events are an excellent way to meet and share information with other people working in the health and social care field, from both the Third and Independent Sectors. By attending, you can also hear guest speakers address the latest topics and take part in consultations in order to get your voice heard and influence decision makers. We want the Provider Forums to be really useful events for everyone in the sector, so if you would like to reserve a slot on the agenda to talk about your work or promote your organisation, please let us know. Alternatively, if you have suggestions for guest speakers, subject areas or consultations that we could include in the agenda of future forums, then we would love to hear from you. For more information or to book your FREE place at the February meeting, please contact Gail on 01226 320106 or email
For general information about the role of VAB Participation Team and how we can help your organisation to have a voice, please see the following page of the VAB website http://www.vabarnsley.org.uk/services/enabling_participation.php
Residential Care Providers Group -
notice of meeting dates for 2010
As advertised in our November bulletin, the Residential Care Providers Group meeting dates for 2010 are 20 January / 21 April / 21 July / 20 October - the group will convene at 2pm on each of these dates at Mount Osborne Business Centre, Oakwell View, Barnsley. Quarterly meetings of this group (which are facilitated by the VAB Participation Team and chaired by Andy Barlow from Carehomes Barnsley) provide an opportunity for Independent Sector providers of Residential Care to meet with other providers in order to share knowledge, good practice, resolve shared issues and have a voice in the planning and commissioning of services in the borough. Information for the January meeting has already been circulated, but if you have any queries or would like to attend, please call James on 01226 320106 or email
Information from Dignified Revolution
We have re-developed our website www.dignifiedrevolution.org.uk which we hope will be of help to people when looking for information. There is also a discussion forum on the site; please feel free to share your views and generate discussion. We would appreciate any feedback you have on the design of the site and your views on how easy it is to navigate. We would also welcome any suggestions and ideas that you might have, particularly in relation to the content of the information (we are aware that we might have missed information that could be of use).
Monica - Dignified Revolution -
01446 774864 /
Funding Update
Sylvia Waddilove Foundation UK
The Sylvia Waddilove Foundation awards grant funding to organisations in England and Wales working in the following areas:
· Education;
· Music composition and performances;
· Herbal medicine;
· Medical research;
· Disability;
· Assistance of the elderly;
· Farming.
Grants of between £1,000 and £10,000 are available, with preference given to small charities that rely on volunteers, will carry out the work themselves and can demonstrate a successful history of projects.
The Foundation welcomes applications from registered charities in England and Wales with an annual turnover of less than £500,000, although other organisations may be considered if they meet the Foundation's eligibility criteria.
Applications can be made at any time.
http://www.pwwsolicitors.co.uk/
Community Action - Health (2008 - 2013)
This programme, in operation for the period 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2013, has the following main objectives:
· Improve citizens' health security;
· Promote health;
· Generate and disseminate health information and knowledge.
It has been announced that the European Commission is planning to publish the Work Plan for 2010 and subsequent Call for Proposals ahead of schedule (in 2009 rather than 2010) with a tentative deadline of early March 2010. Further information will be provided when known.
http://ec.europa.eu/
John Ellerman Foundation
The John Ellerman Foundation annually awards around £5 million in grant funding to organisations working in the following areas of interest:
· Health and Disability;
· Social Welfare;
· Arts;
· Conservation;
· Overseas (in collaboration with the Baring Foundation).
Applications are invited from registered charities with a UK office involved in delivering projects throughout the United Kingdom.
The Foundation is not currently accepting unsolicited applications in its overseas category.
The Foundation is particularly interested in supporting small or medium-sized charities with an annual income of less than £25 million which:
· offer practical benefits rather than work mainly on policy and campaigning;
· involve and attract large numbers of volunteers;
· cooperate closely with other charities working in similar or related fields;
· do innovative work.
Applications can be made at any time, please see http://www.ellerman.org.uk/