Charity and Public Sector Partners Meeting
Charity and Public Sector Partners Meeting is held between charities and senior NHS and Council officers. This meeting will replace the old Voluntary Sector Compact. The aims of this meeting are simple, to improve communication and tangible joint working between charities and the public sector.
The first meeting took place in mid-December 2024 and since then we have been working together to create a framework document that outlines how we can best work together and trying to better understand our respective challenges and priorities. Whilst this document is not an end in itself, it is intended to make clear our intentions and the way we will work together in challenging times. The agenda will be set by all, and the chairing will rotate between charity leaders, the Council and NHS to ensure leadership is shared. Please get in touch with me if you would like to attend this meeting (simon@communityactionsutton.org.uk).
Please see meeting summaries and actions below;
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The conversation at the most recent meeting was a challenging one and focused on how we can meaningfully work together, and we agreed that there is a need to now focus on something practical that benefits all. For the next meeting in July, we will be looking at how we can work on some shared prevention projects at a neighbourhood level.
Action: Agreed to a rotating Chair.
Action: Peter Glass of Age UK to Chair next meeting on the subject neighbourhood prevention and to work up agenda with NHS colleagues.
Prior to this meeting a draft partnership framework between the all partners was developed and circulated for comment. This meeting focussed on the review of the partnership agreement slides from the discussion can be found here
The second part of the meeting NHS colleagues gave a brief overview of changes to the Integrated Care Board and NHS England and there was a discussion about possible impacts locally.
Action: Next meeting to agree the partnership agreement.
This meeting focussed on key discussions exploring how we can work together better in partnership. The information from these slides will help us to develop a draft partnership framework for the next meeting. Slides can be downloaded here
Discussions also took place on the Cost of Living Fund and a brief on the Adult Social Care Preventation Strategy.
- Action: Develop a draft partnership framework between the charity and public sector and circulate before the next meeting.
- Action: Disseminate the Cost of Living Fund Criteria and application process to members and the wider charity sector.
Drawing on the conversations about what might replace the Sutton Compact this meeting will bring together key people from Sutton Council, NHS and charities. The meeting gave an early briefing on the findings of the state of the charity and community sector research. There was then a conversation about issues over the last 18 months and how we can work together more effectively as a system to mitigate the challenges the State of the Sector research identifies and take on the opportunities.
