Wandsworth Care Alliance

WCA Event: Mental Health Wellbeing in our Community – 16 March 2022

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Date: Wednesday 16th March, 10am – 12pm
Online via Zoom
 
The VSCS Voluntary Sector Forum this quarter will be a WCA event on Mental Health.  It will be a joint venture involving the Voluntary Sector Coordination Service, Healthwatch Wandsworth and Voicing Views.

It will focus on key mental health services in Wandsworth including:

  • Community Mental Health Teams
  • The mental health hub at the New Testament Assembly?
  • LGBTQ+ mental health services
  • Sound Minds, supporting people through music, film and art

The aim is to hear from you about the mental health needs in the community and how the community and individuals can help one another to manage mental health wellbeing and prevent more serious mental health situations.

Having voted to postpone the election at the December Voluntary Sector Forum, there will be an opportunity for voluntary and community organisations to let us know if they now wish to go ahead with an election to determine who will be the voluntary sector representative on the Health and Wellbeing Board. 

Book your tickets on Eventbrite here:

Healthwatch Wandsworth & VIEW event: Have Your Say on Health and Social Care Services in Wandsworth – 17 March

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Healthwatch Wandsworth & VIEW event: Have Your Say on Health and Social Care Services in Wandsworth

If you live in Wandsworth and have a visual impairment or are blind, Healthwatch Wandsworth would like to hear about your experiences of accessing and using healthcare and social care services.  Your feedback will help us to understand what support is needed for people living with a visual impairment or blindness. 

Join an online workshop on Thursday 17 March at 5:30 pm to share your views. 

You can also complete our survey using the following link: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/NUMG54/

Take part before the end of March 2022.

This event is organised in partnership with VIEW (Visually Impaired Experience in Wandsworth).   VIEW aims to provide mutual support to people living with a visual impairment in Wandsworth and work in partnership with key stakeholders to improve the lived experience of our members and the wider visually impaired population in the borough. 
 
If you would like to hear more about VIEW’s future meetings and events, please email WandsworthViewGroup@gmail.com

State of the Sector Survey

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WCA has asked International Arts Partnership to research the ‘state of the voluntary sector’ in Wandsworth.

The research is important – for you and WCA’s Voluntary Sector Coordination Service – but the methodology inevitably involves a survey.

International Arts knows how much people dislike answering surveys, so has made this one as easy as possible. You should just be able to go through it and answer the questions without asking anyone else or looking anything up.  They are keen to hear your thoughts so there is plenty of space to give those but it iss equally fine simply to tick boxes and pass on any you find difficult.

It would be very helpful to us if you could complete the survey. Doing it right now is a the best idea; it makes sure you won’t forget.

Thank you very much!  

Directory of Professional Advisors

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We are making a list of locally based professional advisers as a resource for local groups. 

If you have used a local solicitor, accountant, surveyor or other similar professional could you let us have details? 

We wont be offering recommendations or saying who has nominated anybody on the list and it will all come with advice about how to approach them etc – but it would be good to include companies or individuals that others have found useful. 

It would be very helpful if you could say what service they have provided (eg xyz accountant for charity accounts or xyz solicitor for contracts issues). 

Please could you send any suggestions for inclusion to Melanie: melanie@wandcareall.org.uk

Wandsworth Voluntary Sector Partnership (WVSP) Meeting – 1 March

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The WVSP will be meeting on Tuesday 1 March at 10am online.   
The meeting is open to all but please register in advance on Eventbrite.  

The WVSP is intended to provide a forum where the Wandsworth voluntary and community sector can discuss local strategic issues and developments which affect the sector with our statutory sector partners.  

For the March meeting we have invited Mark Creelman from the SW London CCG to discuss the new Integrated Care system arrangements and their implications for our sector.  This is an opportunity to discuss the “big picture” with one of the key people involved in its implementation locally.  

We are also looking to include a discussion on the new Borough Arts and Culture strategy.  

We would like to set up a dedicated WVSP mailing list which would bring you occasional updates on strategic developments locally as well as information about WVSP meetings. This will be an opt in mailing list so please let us know if you would like to be included on it even if you are unable to attend this meeting.  

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