West Northamptonshire Council has strengthened their commitment towards helping people live their best lives by adopting a fresh approach towards tackling poverty and deprivation. The new Anti-Poverty Strategy sets out how they will work with partners to support people struggling financially, what they will do to stop people falling into poverty and how they will […]
The ICS is now gaining pace and work around Point of Place Delivery is taking shape. Becoming an ICS in Northamptonshire | Voluntary Impact Northampton West Northamptonshire Council are working towards 10 ambitions enshrined in the strap line of Live Your Best Life. North Northamptonshire Council will be following suit. These ambitions can be viewed […]
Janice has been volunteering for Happy at Home Northampton since May 2021. She is one of our valued telephone befriender volunteers. She chats with two of our service users on a regular basis, providing regular conversation for both of them.
Celebrating Refugee Week is an event presented in Partnership with the West Northamptonshire Councils Diversity Forum and seeks to celebrate the importance of Refugees within a multi-cultural society. A full programme will be confirmed by June 6th but if any organisations wish to participate in this event, wish to partake of a stall or simply […]
https://www.northnorthants.gov.uk/community-safety-and-emergencies/northamptonshire-virtual-funding-fair-2022 Are you a community group who requires funding for a project, new activities and play equipment, building repairs or more? This is your chance to attend a virtual session to hear presentations from a range of funders who could help you with your projects. The Northamptonshire Virtual Funding Fair will take place from Tuesday […]
In this weeks bulletin, find out the latest VIN events, Volunteers Week celebrations and funding news.
Live Your Best Life is a strapline for the 10 ambitions which West Northamptonshire Council in conjunction with their Health Counterparts hope to achieve through the Integrated Care System (or ICS) which goes live on the 1st July 2022. North Northamptonshire Council are likely to adopt a similar approach. The ambitions are set out here: Thriving […]
A way in which the ICS and the VCSE may come together? Sitting largely in West Northamptonshire as VIN does, I am watching with interest the many and various developments within the ICS. West Northamptonshire has taken 600 pages of NHS and Government Guidance and kindly distilled these into 10 workable ambitions. The North are […]
The East Midlands Academic Health Science Network (EMAHSN) Public Involvement Fund is open. Up to 15 awards of £2,000 will be offered to successful groups in the East Midlands region. This funding will support patient, carer and public involvement in health and social care research, innovation, and transformation across the East Midlands. In honour of […]
The Integrated Care System or ICS forms on the 1st of July 2022. At its head will be both an Integrated Care Board (or ICB) and an Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) supported by the context of Place and Sub Place across both unitary authorities. The ICS is a complex beast, but the Health and Care […]
