Gloucestershire VCSE
Strategic Partnership
The Gloucestershire VCSE Strategic Partnership provides the overall direction and governance of VCSE engagement with the public sector organisations that make up One Gloucestershire Integrated Care System (ICS).
The Gloucestershire VCSE Strategic Partnership is hosted, facilitated and chaired by Gloucestershire VCSE Alliance. Its members are elected by and work within the VCSE sector in Gloucestershire and aim to act as catalysts and connectors, promoting the role and involvement of VCSE organisations in tackling long-term health inequalities in the county.
Memorandum of Understanding
The work of the VCSE sector with One Gloucestershire ICS is underpinned by a set of shared values and commitments laid out in a Memorandum of Understanding. This is about more than deliverables; it is a commitment to a long-term partnership. It describes how both sectors will collaborate to make Gloucestershire a better and healthier place to live and work by listening to communities and each other, making smarter use of data to inform decisions, and planning and designing services together.
The members
Nicole Hastie: Cheltenham and Gloucester Sling Library, Gaming Together (Cheltenham), Active Impact and Gloucestershire Parent Carer Forum
Lisa Wilson: GL11 Community Hub
Sarah Bourne: The Churn Project
Maggie Grady: Mindsong
Michelle Vaughan: The Spring Centre and Gay Glos
Jason Dunsford: Gloucestershire Gateway Trust
Tom Beasley: Active Gloucestershire
Chris Brown: Forest Voluntary Action Forum
Matt Lennard: Gloucestershire VCSE Alliance
Vicci Livingstone-Thompson: Inclusion Gloucestershire
Lucy Moriarty: Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust (co-opted member)
Get involved
The members of the Gloucestershire VCSE Strategic Partnership work alongside VCSE representatives who speak for the sector at boards, in partnership meetings and through their involvement in public sector workstreams.The VCSE sector has two places for representatives on each Integrated Locality Partnership (ILP) which plan for and develop services at a local level.Representatives are active in local forums, Know Your Patch and other groups, enabling them to reflect multiple perspectives and articulate shared messages from the VCSE sector.
Opportunities arise periodically to represent the sector at locality level or in specific workstreams. These opportunities are advertised in our News Bulletin and In Partnership Newsletter.
Useful links
Gloucestershire VCSE Strategic Partnership information site - this is the Partnership's dedicated website where you can meet the members and download meeting minutes.
Integrated Locality Partnerships page - our webpage has more information about Integrated Locality Partnerships and your local representatives.
One Gloucestershire website - this website that contains information about the One Gloucestershire Integrated Care System.
Know Your Patch Networks - this website has information about work of Know Your Patch Networks in Gloucestershire and how to contact them.
Contact the Gloucestershire VCSE Strategic Partnership
If you'd like to get in contact with us about the work of the Gloucestershire VCSE Strategic Partnership, please email our team.
