Voluntary Sector representation on strategic boards

The question of how voluntary sector representatives for strategic boards are chosen is an ongoing issue. This page brings together some of the strands to this debate.

Representation

Be a voice for the sector!

Elections of voluntary sector reps

The election of voluntary sector reps will take place at our next Forum meeting at:

The St Laurence Centre on
Wednesday 7 December, registration from 9.30am.

 




The meeting will be a special joint meeting of the Health and Social Care Forum and the Children and Young People’s Forum.

This joint forum is open to all, but please ensure that your VAL membership is up to date - as nominations and voting are only open to VAL members (associate and full members).

Nominations

Deadline for Nominations

Completed nomination forms must be received by:

12 noon on Wednesday 30 November.

Nomination forms are also available below.

If you have any queries, please contact:

If you wish to nominate yourself for one of the voluntary sector representative positions, please fill out the form below.

 

For more information on the role of being a rep and of the Partnership Boards please click onto this link: http://www.valewisham.org.uk/content/meeting-potential-and-existing-voluntary-sector-reps

 

VCS Election Results

Voting for the LSP elections closed at midday on Tuesday. Joel Hartfield from the LSP team supervised the ballot count.

As a result of the ballot, the 5 organisations with the most votes were:

... read more.

Feedback from the Representation Meeting

Feedback from the meeting held in the Civic Suite on April 20th 2009 to discuss voluntary sector representation on strategic boards. See below for a copy of Kevin Sheehan's presentation and for details of who currently sits on which strategic boards.

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VCS representation on LSP and Partnership Boards - new meeting

Work on this issue continues.  Unfortunately, the second of the two consultation meetings had to be cancelled. However, a further meeting has now been arranged for Monday 18th May, 7.00-9.00pm at the Civic Suite (Room 4).

This will not now be a repeat of the first event, as originally planned. ... read more.

UPDATE 2: Open Meetings to discuss sector representation

UPDATE The event due to take place on Tuesday 21st April has been cancelled, but the event on Monday 20th April will still be going ahead.

Agenda

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Voluntary & community sector representation

For some time a number of us in the voluntary & community sector have been concerned about our representation on Lewisham’s partnership boards.

Lewisham values partnership highly and we are fortunate to be in a borough where this is the case. Lewisham Council, and the other bodies that make up the Local Strategic Partnership (LSP), have always recognised our sector and valued our involvement.

However, the widely varying nature of our sector, with its many different organisations, means that it is not easy for individuals to fully represent the sector as a whole. In addition, we do not have a well-developed infrastructure to support our representatives and the work they do.... read more.

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