Brexit - Deal or No Deal - how will it affect you?
We have been asked by Cheshire East, who are putting no deal plans in place, how the sector is planning for a no deal Brexit.
My response was, not sure, lets find out.
So I have put together a short survey to find out what you are doing to prepare for a no deal Brexit.
If your instant response is, it doesn't affect my service you might be right but there are some areas I would encourage you to consider:
Update: 07/02/19
Over the last few months, we have been supporting one of our members around a strategic issue relating to commissioning and from this work, there are a few actions that are now going to happen:
· Cheshire East Council wish to be part of a meeting/event with small and rural VCFS organisations to discuss how we can work together more effectively when it comes to service delivery and ensure that the smaller organisations are able to be part of partnerships or have the chance to bid to deliver services.
Update 04/02/19
The New Homes Bonus applications have all been scored by three panels consiting of Cheshire East Council, Clnicial Commissioning Group, Mid Cheshire NHS Trust and VCFS representatives. The VCFS representatives were myself and Angela Richardson from Cheshire Community Foundation.
Updated 04/02/19
The Early Help Framework closed for new applications and the successful bidders have been notified by Cheshire East Council.
There were two services recently tendered:
Universal Information & Advice service - this closed on 2nd February 2019
Emotionally Healthy Children and Young People's Service - Closes on 12th February 2019
Updated 01/11/18
Update 04/02/19
The ESF TA project ended on 31st October however CVS has still continued to be part of conversations to represent the sector in the development of the ESF bids.
Hello there, to anyone and everyone who may be reading! My name is Natasha; I am a student and a shiny, new volunteer for CVS. What brings me here, you may ask?
Just got to grips with your Twitter and Facebook accounts? Snapchat and Instagram are the places to go according to Thomas Byrne, who has written a blog entry for nfpSynergy about how charitable organisations should be aiming to engage with teenagers online. Click on the below link:
https://nfpsynergy.net/blog/snapchat-instagram-key-charity-engaging-youn...
and then select this blog entry:
by Shelley Metcalfe of Digital Resilience
by Alison Cullen, Interim Executive Officer at CVS Cheshire East.
Thank you to all the attendees of the Chief Officer Network Meeting on 12 July, we’ve had some good feedback from sector leaders welcoming Nichola Glover-Edge’s refreshing approach to working with the Community, Voluntary and Faith Sector.