Health and Social Care E-Bulletin - Issue 10 Thursday 19th April 2018
Welcome to the GMCVO Health and Social Care newsletter which contains all the latest news relating to the Health and Social Care Devolution agenda in Greater Manchester together with information about related events, reports and surveys which we hope will be of interest. These updates are sent out upon a fortnightly basis. Please feel free to forward this bulletin onto your contacts and networks who can subscribe to receive their own regular copy by clicking here.
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Kat Rado-Barnes, Senior Administrator, Health and Social Care VCSE Engagement
News/Opportunities
Social Eating programme – invitation to bid
Ambition for Ageing is seeking to create partnerships to develop and compare a range of sustainable social eating schemes within a diverse range of communities in Greater Manchester.
Social eating has a number of benefits for the emotional wellbeing of older people. It instils feelings of community, identity and self-worth, provides a sense of structure and routine and establishes a regular event to look forward to. This new programme seeks to increase the number of opportunities for older people to eat together in Greater Manchester, thereby creating a range of social occasions where people feel they belong, can bond with existing friends and make new connections.
The work will be delivered across at least four of the following areas: Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Tameside and Wigan. We are looking for a partnership of organisations who will develop a range of social eating projects in Greater Manchester for people over 50 at risk of social isolation. We also want the partnership to produce a guide on how to deliver these projects.
Contract length and value and deadline for bid submissions
The contract period will run from July 2018 until March 2020. The contract value is £250,000. Final deadline for bid submissions 12 noon, Wednesday 9 May 2018.
To find out more
If you are interested in finding out more about bidding for this work, please register on our bidding portal here
‘Powerful communities, strong economies’ – a new report by Locality
Locality has called on public service commissioners to take heed of the problems of high-profile outsourcing firms, such as Carillion and Capita, and to commission more local organisations, in the findings of a pilot study. The report, which is part of Locality’s Keep it local campaign’ states that current local authority procurement practices “weakens the viability of local community organisations” and “suck money out of the local area” and calls for “fundamental change” in local government procurement systems, with a greater focus on local organisations. Furthermore, the report states that the commissioning environment remains fractured in its attitude to local organisations, with some procurement officers being more risk averse than others, and urges a “joined-up system”. The report says social value is not well embedded in commissioning but remains “the most useful current framework”.
To find out more click here
Take part in a new Social Prescribing Survey
Salford CVS is working with the University of Salford to map social prescribing provision across Greater Manchester. This is an important piece of work as it will help to determine the extent of social prescribing provision as we move forward across GM to develop social prescribing models as part of our Person and Community-Centred Approaches programme.
The aim of this project is to create a 'map' of social prescribing for the whole of GM so that the great work that's already happening can be understood, beacons of good practice identified and shared across GM.
To find out more or to take part in the survey click here.
Research to understand victims’ experiences of Hate Crime
NatCen Social Research would like the GMVCSE sector to help for important research to enhance understanding of victims’ experiences of hate crime. The research seeks to explore people’s direct experiences of hate crime, including motivations for and barriers to reporting, and related interactions with the police and support organisations. Our findings will inform recommendations to improve how hate crime is handled in policy and practice.
NatCen is an independent, not-for-profit organisation with almost 50 years’ experience of producing evidence to inform government, public services, charities, and other organisations working to address society’s challenges. This study was commissioned by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services, who independently assess the effectiveness and efficiency of police, fire and rescue services in England and Wales.
They would like to talk to anyone who has been a victim of any type of hate crime or hate-related incident in Greater Manchester from January 2017 and would really appreciate the VCSE sector’s help to find individuals who might wish to take part in a research interview in the next few weeks. For more information about this research and next steps, please get in touch on Freephone 0808 169 1224 or .
Invitation for expressions of interest to join a group to represent the patient voice in GM
The Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership are looking for enthusiastic volunteers and patients from across the 10 boroughs of Greater Manchester to connect to form a Greater Manchester group to provide the patient voice and make valuable contribution to the work of the General Practice Advisory Group (GPAG) in maintaining and improving health and social care services across the Greater Manchester Health and Social Partnership.
The purpose of the GPAG is to represent General Practice providers, such as GPs, practice nurses etc. ensuring they play an active role in re-shaping the delivery of primary care services, giving and receiving feedback to both the main Greater Manchester Health and Care Board and primary care colleagues. It is intended that the groups will be primarily a digital forum with occasional face to face meetings and with nominated representatives attending and contributing to regular GPAG meetings (which take place at the Partnership offices in Manchester City Centre).
If you would like to become involved please send your expression of interest to stating what you can bring to the role by the 30th April 2018. A welcome meeting will be held mid-May.
At present GMCVO are still trying to establish whether volunteers that are selected to take part in this group will be reimbursed for their out of pocket expenses therefore we recommend that you clarify this with the group leader(s) prior to committing to this project.
Practice placement opportunities within VCSE organisations for Undergraduate students undertaking BSC in Counselling and Psychotherapy (Professional Practice) at the University of Salford
GMCVO have been approached by Helen Millar, Lecturer/Placement coordinator at the University of Salford who is looking to secure practice placements for her students to fulfil their practice requirements. The University is looking to engage with GM VCSE organisations who already have an established counselling service that is able offer support to an undergraduate counselling student. Students are required to complete 100 hours of face to face person centred therapy and are able to offer from 2-6 sessions per week over an 18 month period. If you are interested in finding out more about what is involved in offering practice placements or have any other questions you would like to ask, please contact Helen Millar directly via 0161 295 0720 or email:
At present we are trying to establish whether organisations will be reimbursed for hosting a practice placement student so we strongly recommend you clarify this with Helen prior to committing to this initiative.
GM Events
SAVE THE DATE!! – Notice of forthcoming VCSE Assembly events
- Greater Manchester VCSE Assembly: Personal Health Budgets, May 2018 Date and venue TBC
- Greater Manchester VCSE Assembly: Carers, Wednesday 20th June 2018 10.00 – 12.30, St Thomas Centre, Ardwick Green North, Ardwick, M12 6FZ
Further information regarding these events including programme content and how to book a place will be made available in due course. Please do not e-mail us for additional information regarding these events as they are not available at present.
Greater Manchester and Manchester BME Network Joint Networking Event, 9:30 - 2:00pm, Friday 11th May 2018 at St Thomas Centre, Ardwick Green North, Ardwick, M12 6FZ
Manchester BME Network and Greater Manchester BME Network will be holding its next joint networking event on Friday 11th May 2018 at St Thomas Centre, Ardwick Green North, M12 6FZ. Please note that this event is FREE to FULL members of the Greater Manchester and the Manchester BME Networks (i.e. BME-led organisations or individuals). For Associate members (i.e. non BME-led) and other organisations the charge will be £20.
For further information or to book your place click here.
Ambition for Ageing Seminar: Best Friends Forever? Friendships in Older Age and Hidden Social Isolation, 13:30-16:00, Wednesday 16th May 2018, St Thomas Centre, Ardwick Green North, M12 6FZ
This is the second seminar in the Spring / Summer series of MICRA seminars delivered as part of the Ambition for Ageing programme. This session will involving the sharing of ongoing research undertaken at the University of Manchester by Natalie Cotterell and Kingsley Purdam. It will look at how social isolation is measured and how we can better understand its impact on peoples' lives. This will include the role friends have played in our lives, how we make new friends and how we deal with the loss of friends as we get older. There will be a chance for delegates to share memories, thoughts, ideas and tips about friendships and how to tackle social isolation in later life.
For further information or to book a place click here.
GM Festival of Ageing 2018 - running 2 to 15 July 2018 - now open for registration!
Funded by Ambition for Ageing, the festival is being co-ordinated by a partnership of five groups, 4CT (a charity in Manchester), HMR Circle (in Rochdale), MMU Age Friendly Team, Persona (in Bury) and Wigan Athletic Community Trust.
The celebratory event will portray a positive view of ageing, as well as encouraging policy-makers to take the action needed to improve the lives of Greater Manchester’s 907,000 older people – a figure set to rise to 1.1million in the next twenty years. The festival will offer a range of activities, fun, music, dancing, hobbies, physical activities, information and lots of opportunities for individuals and communities to join in or create their own festival fringe event.
Groups and individual older people (anyone aged 50+) are all warmly encouraged to get involved. See Ambition for Ageing’s Festival of Ageing web page for more details and how to apply to take part as event host, an attendee or volunteer, or a performer.
‘Making devolution work for women’ event, Friday 27 April, 10.30-2pm, including lunch and refreshments, Manchester Metropolitan University’s Student Union, 21 Higher Cambridge St, Manchester M15 6AD.
It is 100 years since some women first won the vote. But there are still too few women at the top in politics and other positions of power, and our society is still unfair for women. The Fawcett Society is working on a project to make sure that the voices of women from all walks of life are heard in conversations that shape the public services and decisions that affect their lives. The first event will focus on Listening to GM Women’s Voices.
For more information or to book your place click here.
Greater Manchester Food Poverty Alliance Launch event, Tuesday 8th May 2018, 1-4pm, Methodist Central Hall, Oldham Street, Manchester, M1 1JQ
With poverty at disturbingly high levels across Greater Manchester and increasing all the time, many people are struggling to put food on the table, and a healthy, balanced diet may be even further from their reach. Many are also limited by inadequate cooking facilities. The purpose of the launch event is to discuss what action communities and organisations across GM could take to achieve the eventual eradication of food insecurity and thereby create a city region where no-one has to go hungry.
Participants will be coming from across Greater Manchester and will consist of people and organisations from the private, public and social sectors; people with lived experience of food poverty; and leaders who can help to make larger-scale changes. Every organisation that works with people who have lived experience of food poverty, is asked to encourage some of them to attend the meeting. The Alliance, and the Action Plan, will be stronger and have greater integrity if co-produced with people who are ‘experts by experience’.
To find out more or to book your place click here
General information
GM VCSE Devolution Reference Group
The GM VCSE Devolution Reference Group is a small group of people from support organisations and service providers, who are working to strengthen the voice and involvement of the VCSE sector in devolution. They are collaborating closely with GMCVO. For more information on the reference group, please click here.
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Health and Social Care Partnership and VCSE in GM
On 12th May 2017 representatives of the Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership formally signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Greater Manchester Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector.
The MoU was negotiated on behalf of the VCSE sector - comprising almost 15,000 organisations - by Greater Manchester Centre for Voluntary Organisation (GMCVO) and the VCSE Devolution Reference Group. This powerful document is intended to transform the relationship between local VCSE organisations and the statutory sector, and to include all groups involved with health, social care and wellbeing.
To find out more about this agreement and what it means for the VCSE sector in GM click here.
More information of Health and Social Care Devolution
To find out more about the Health and Social Care Devolution agenda in GM and the work of the Health and Social Care Partnership in this arena click here
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