Due to a clash of dates with other events, we are postponing the VIO Network from 6 July to Thursday 13 July also from 11 – 12.30.
Please could you rebook on event brite? We look forward to seeing you there.
Are you involved with recruiting and managing volunteers within your organisations?
Then please register to attend the next VIO network meeting on Thursday 13th July 2023.
The meeting will be held at Tooting Works
89 Bickersteth Road, Tooting, SW17 9SH
Thank you to everyone that came out to the voluntary sector forum at Balham Library.
We heard from WCA’s new Volunteering and Relationship Project Officer Jummy Olaleye, Battersea Volunteers, Akesh Khosla from Link UP London and Su Swage from Vision for Volunteering.
Please find everyone’s presentations below.
The presentations:
http://www.wandsworthcarealliance.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Battersea-Vols-presentation-WCA.pdf
http://www.wandsworthcarealliance.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Vision-For-Volunteering-VSF-slides.pdf
The election has now concluded – the successful candidate was Abi Carter, CEO of Share Community, who will be representing the voluntary and community sector at the Board from its next meeting on 22 June.
Congratulations Abi!
Please sign up to our next Voluntary Sector Forum on 7 June, see invitation below, to meet Abi and to thank Jason for his part in promoting the views and concerns of the voluntary and community sector at the Board for the past three years.
Book your free tickets for the Voluntary Sector Forum at Balham Library here.
This week is Mental Health Awareness and it focuses on Anxiety.
Anxiety is a natural response to a threat to our existence and the environment around us.
A major factor leading to increased Anxiety is the Cost of Living crisis where it’s been reported more than a third of adults feel anxious about their financial situation.
You may feel anxious but we want your finances to be healthy.
Visit the link below for services that are available to support you:
https://www.worryingaboutmoney.co.uk/wandsworth
If you want to share with us how the Cost of Living Crisis is impacting you, please click this link to fill in a short survey from Healthwatch Wandsworth:
Local health and care champion, Healthwatch Wandsworth, which is delivered by WCA, marks the difference the public have made to improve NHS and social care services.
In 2013, Healthwatch Wandsworth was launched with one simple aim, to make sure NHS leaders and other decision-makers hear the care experiences of people in Wandsworth and use your feedback to improve support. Healthwatch Wandsworth also helps people to find reliable and trustworthy information and advice.
Over the last decade, over 10,000 stories have been shared by people in Wandsworth, good and bad, with Healthwatch Wandsworth. They’ve been telling us what’s working and what isn’t regarding health and social care. With the help of local people, Healthwatch Wandsworth has been able to help improve health and social care services in Wandsworth.
To mark this important milestone, we are celebrating the contribution of our Healthwatch Heroes – our volunteers, the members of the public who have spoken up about their care and the health and social care professionals who have acted on this feedback.
The difference people in Wandsworth have made
The evidence provided by local people’s experiences has helped improve NHS and social care services nationally and locally.
Last year the Healthwatch network supported more than two million people to have their say on care and get the right advice.
Here are just some of the ways people helped make a difference in 2021-22:
More people urged to get involved
Commenting on the anniversary, Stephen Hickey, chair of Healthwatch Wandsworth said:
“Over the last ten years, we’ve been able to help improve health and social care services for people in Wandsworth. But nothing would have changed if local people had not spoken up about their care and services had not listened. So thank you to all our volunteers, and everyone else who has played their part.
“However, we can’t stop here. With NHS and social care services facing such big challenges, your feedback is more critical than ever. By sharing your experience, you can help professionals to put themselves in your shoes, to understand your reality and the issues that need tackling to improve care.
“So next time you use a health or care service, take a moment to share your experience. It won’t take long and could make a real difference in making care better for you and your community.”