The agenda covered Growing Up in North Yorkshire inclusion data, self-advocacy for Health and Adult Services and the importance of allyship.

Useful links:

• presentation from Dr Gill Kelly, Consultant in Public Health, Children and Young People, North Yorkshire Council. Full Growing Up in North Yorkshire 2024 survey results
• presentation from Erin Outram, Involvement Manager, North Yorkshire Council (contact HASEngagement@northyorks.gov.uk)
• presentation from Robert Brennan, Community Development Manager, Diverse Ethnic Background Service, Sefton CVS
• presentation and contact info from Community First Yorkshire.

• meeting notes

Agenda included:

• Active Leisure (presentation)
• Ramblers Association Strategy
• Sport England Inclusion Guidance
• Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Organisation Health Check
• focus on people with sensory loss (presentation)
• Disability Forum development
• Equality and Inclusion Position Statement.

The Agenda included: the future of North Yorkshire’s Disability Forums; Inclusion North support (see this PowerPoint) and resources (Staying Well in Extreme Weather guide); focus on mental health and working together better (see this PowerPoint); increasing inclusivity; Digital Voice switchover programme and stakeholder pack; a PowerPoint from Healthwatch North Yorkshire – Ethnic minorities: accessing adult social care; review of Terms of Reference.

• Meeting notes

North Yorkshire Equality & Inclusion Partnership Meeting Wednesday 10 July 2-4pm 

The agenda included:

• A presentation from North Yorkshire Police about Hate Crime in North Yorkshire
• Discussion of the future of North Yorkshire’s Disability Forums
• Refugees and migration – North Yorkshire Refugee Resettlement update and Employability Highlight report
• Working with health – VCSE Expo showcasing the work of the sector (see pages 4/5) and further update on the Workforce Development Breakthrough programme
• Increasing inclusivity – sharing resources
• Impact of the cost of living crisis – sharing local intelligence and responses.

Here are the meeting notes.

10 April 2024

• Meeting notes

The agenda included:

• presentation about Supported Volunteering in North Yorkshire with this accompanying marketing resource
• Draft North Yorkshire Equality and Inclusion Partnership position statement and presentation
• North Yorkshire Census data on EDI and protected characteristics presentation
• focus on LGBTQ+ people from Healthwatch North Yorkshire (presentation)
• Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Workforce Development
• York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority, Devolution and Adult Skills programme development
• Increasing inclusivity resources
• Impact of the cost of living crisis.

10 January 2024

• Meeting notes

Agenda items discussed included:

• Focus on – North Yorkshire Age Friendly Network – emerging issues, extending the reach and influence. Take a look at the presentation
• Focus on – Gypsy, Roma, Traveller communities and Health Needs Assessment
  North Yorkshire All Age Autism Strategy and consultation – update and for feedback
• Increasing inclusivity – Task and Finish group update and next steps
• Working with health – Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership – information to be shared for update:  input to the Workforce Breakthrough Programme themes; impact of the cost of living crisis – sharing local intelligence and responses. Take a look at the presentation.
• Joint Health & Wellbeing Board Strategy consultation presentation.

11 October 2023

• Meeting notes

Agenda items discussed included:

• North Yorkshire All Age Autism Strategy Workshops messages and update
• Working with health – Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership: Inclusive Health and Care
• Careers and Digital Inclusion Project). View the presentation here
• North Yorkshire Council priorities and health
• ‘Prevent’ support and Community Safety Partnerships
• Impact of the cost of living crisis
• Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership workforce update.

12 July 2023

• Agenda: increasing inclusivity; North Yorkshire All Age Autism Strategy; working with health – Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership Our People Strategy – Year Two Priorities and NY VCSE Assembly; ‘Prevent’ further support and impact of the cost of living crisis
• Meeting minutes.

19 April 2023

• Agenda: Increasing inclusivity project outline; Volunteer Managers Network meetings future topics; Working with health; Current issues and observations; North Yorkshire UK Shared Prosperity Fund; Multiply and Rural Prosperity Fund; Review and Agree Terms of Reference. If you have agenda items please email Caroline O’Neill
• Useful links and supporting information: project brief for Expressions of Interest (EOI) for North Yorkshire Shared Prosperity Funding
• Meeting notes.

11 January 2023

• Agenda: North Yorkshire Health and Care Place Board; development of a North Yorkshire VCSE Sector Health and Care Assembly and Humber and North Yorkshire Digital Inclusion Strategy; discussion of the Rockwood Frailty Scale; North Yorkshire Shared Prosperity Fund Investment Plan; impact of the cost of living crisis; discussion on the Equality & Inclusion Partnership Terms of Reference.
• Useful links and supporting information: Meeting presentation – Rockwood Frailty Scale update.
• Meeting notes.

12 October 2022

• Agenda: Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership (HNY HCP) structures and development of a North Yorkshire VCSE Assembly – engaging and responding to diverse communities. An overview of the context and plan to establish the North Yorkshire VCSE Sector Health and Care Assembly was presented at an event on 21 June.  Links to the recording, the transcript and the presentation are here; UK Shared Prosperity Fund North Yorkshire Investment Plan; a presentation on the Multiply Funding adult numeracy programme and meeting the needs and challenges of reaching people from Protected Characteristic Groups and a supporting evidence paper; a paper on the impact of the cost of living crisis – its impact and the support available; sharing local responses and learning from NYCC Wider Partnership conference (30 September): ‘Working together to support our communities through the cost of living crisis’.
• Useful links and supporting information: Preventing Radicalisation Home Office Funding; A Warm Welcome: setting up a warm space in your community.
• Meeting notes.

13 July 2022

• Agenda includes: Working with health – development of North Yorkshire VCSE Assembly; connecting people to health appointments – transport/access models emerging from a project exploring this in three areas across the county; NHS: Co-designing a Patient and Public Participation Framework – Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership area; UK Shared Prosperity Fund North Yorkshire Investment Plan; sharing local intelligence – new and changing community needs, staff and volunteer recruitment and wellbeing, changing demands on the voluntary sector, new opportunities to collaborate.
• Meeting notes.

6 April 2022

• Agenda: Developing a Family Hub Network; Migration Yorkshire refugee integration strategy and supporting people from Ukraine; Local Safeguarding Partnerships and Safeguarding Week 2022; Sharing intelligence; Making on-line meetings work for everyone.
• Meeting notes
• Useful links and supporting information: Homes for Ukraine – Government guidance; holding inclusive online meetings; regional refugee strategy and forum update; digital engagement during Covid; update from the Local Safeguarding Partnerships.

12 January 2022

• Agenda: North Yorkshire Rural Commission Report; Wider Impacts of Covid-19; Reaching people in particular communities and people feeling isolated; Confronting racism; Local Safeguarding Partnerships.
• Meeting notes
• Useful links and supporting information: Rural Commission report and action plan; North Yorkshire Safeguarding Adults (NYSAB) Local Safeguarding Partnerships presentation; Wider Impacts of Covid presentation.

13 October 2021

• Agenda: Inclusive Communities and Ethnic Diversity across North and East Yorkshire, York and the Humber; Refugee Integration Strategy; Economic and social impact of VCSE organisations; Recruiting from a wider workforce; Tackling Loneliness–Stronger Together: Toolkit.
• Meeting Notes
• Useful links and supporting information: our Stronger Together toolkit; advice on what modern slavery is and how to spot the signs with North Yorkshire Police; measuring the impact of VCSE organisations.

14 July 2021

• Agenda: working with refugees; Inclusive language; Working with the NHS; Local Resilience Forum; Recovery Planning.
• Meeting Notes
• Useful links and supporting information: advice on what modern slavery is and how to spot the signs with North Yorkshire Police.

14 April 2021

• Agenda: working with the health sector, structures and priorities; ethnic diversity across North and East Yorkshire, York and the Humber; Inclusive Economic Growth.
• Meeting Notes
• Useful links and supporting information: York & North Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (YNYLEP) website.