We are so thankful to those who were able to attend Wandsworth Care Alliance’s (WCA) Annual General Meeting (AGM) on the 29th of September at Tooting Works.
We had over 40 attendees come to hear about the great work we have been doing over the last year.
Our CEO Jason Edgington began proceedings by welcoming attendees before handing over to our Chair Donna Covey. Donna provided some highlights from our 2024-2025 Statement of Impact Report including the 84 newsletters and funding e-bulletins we published, the 1,350 voices we captured to help shape health and care services.
You can read more about all the work we have done here in our full Statement of Impact Report.
Attendees then also heard directly from some of the organisations we have helped support including The Strength Project, Ruils and S.T.O.R.M. We also heard from representatives from the NHS South West London Integrated Care Board and Wandsworth Council about projects WCA has been involved in.
Our Deputy Director Sarah Cook also drew attention to the theme of Power in Partnership speaking about how WCA came into existence and our focus on supporting small organisations to grow and support the communities they serve.
The presentation can be found here
To do this we recognise that we have to work collaboratively and build systems that empower small organisations to drive health, wellbeing and social change.
As a result, we facilitated discussions with our attendees to understand what we need to put in place to ensure collaboration works in Wandsworth. From these discussions we have identified 8 key actions Wandsworth Care Alliance and the voluntary sector can take to enable effective collaboration. These are:
- Create and maintain a shared service directory
- Develop a communications charter and code of conduct
- Facilitate networking opportunities
- Align collaboration at neighbourhood level
- Support inclusive collaboration practices
- Build mechanisms for equity and accountability
- End competition for funding where possible
- Ensure succession planning and sustainability
We look forward to working closely alongside other organisations and the community in order to achieve this and will provide updates as we develop our action plan.
Thank you again to all those who attended and we hope to see you at our other events in the near future! You can stay up to date with our work and be informed of future events by signing up to our newsletter.