• Meeting notes

Useful resources:

• Safeguarding adults update
• North  Yorkshire VCS Leaders Group Terms of Reference
• VCSE Leadership Hub steering group Terms of Reference
• North Yorkshire Council Cultural Strategy Development presentation
• NHS National Conversation: shaping the Government’s 10 Year Health Plan
• North Yorkshire Thriving Communities Partnership meeting notes (7 Nov 24) and presentation.

North Yorkshire VCSE Leaders Group meeting Thursday 29 August 2-4pm

Voluntary groups and charity leaders are invited to share views and contribute to developments. At the meeting we will discuss and share views on the following draft agenda items: Connecting with the VCSE Reuse Network, North Yorkshire Thriving Communities Partnership, York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority priorities and  Skills Strategy, New Government priorities and discussion of VCSE sector asks and opportunities, Adult Safeguarding.

• Agenda
• Useful supporting notes from the Thriving Communities Partnership meeting on 26 June
• Meeting notes.

The agenda includes:

• Adult Safeguarding and wider concerns about children and young people’s safety – update and actions to note; take a look at this accompanying presentation
• Prevent Partnership Board action plans and discussion of issues across North Yorkshire
• Apprenticeships – overview and discussion of recruiting Apprentices, working with providers and use of large organisations’ levy underspend
• North Yorkshire Thriving Communities Partnership meeting in April – update and discussion of Participatory Grant Making
• North Yorkshire VCSE and public sector Compact redraft discussion (meeting notes of the previous discussion)
• Open discussion of sector and community issues.

• Meeting notes

The agenda included:

• North Yorkshire and York Combined Authority and Devolution presentation
• Workforce Transformation Breakthrough Programme Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership (HNY HCP) – meeting presentation
• HNY HCP Placement programme presentation
• North Yorkshire Leadership Development and Mentoring programme
• an open discussion of the impact of cost of living pressures
•  Adult Safeguarding
• and Terms of Reference review.

30 November 2023

• Meeting notes
• VCSE climate change update (presentation)
• NYSPF People and Skills presentation
• Adult Safeguarding and wider concerns about children and young people’s safety – update and actions to note
• Breakthrough progress update from the Workforce Board
• North Yorkshire Volunteering Strategy
• Focus on Climate Change – strategies and plans: York and North Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership and North Yorkshire Council plans and taking feedback on the way forward, challenges and sharing insights; North Yorkshire Recycling Network and creating wider connections, toolkits, resources, policies and development opportunities
• North Yorkshire UK Shared Prosperity Fund 2022/25 – overview and discussion of the People and Skills Programme launched in September
• Working with health – Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership Our People Strategy and Humber and North Yorkshire workforce transformation Breakthrough Programme 23/24; North Yorkshire VCSE Health and Care Assembly update and messages to share
• Cost of living impact on organisations and people the sector is working with Thriving Communities Partnership October meeting update, including further steps for revising the North Yorkshire VCSE/Public Sector Compact

31 August 2023

• Meeting notes
• North Yorkshire VCSE/Public Sector Compact refresh
• Working with health – Our People Strategy and Breakthrough workforce transformation programme
• North Yorkshire Thriving Communities Partnership Meeting update
• North Yorkshire cost of living paper
• The North Yorkshire Compact

25 May 2023

• Agenda: adult safeguarding and areas of risk; cost of living pressures; Prevent; North Yorkshire UK Shared Prosperity Fund 2022/25; working with health.
• Useful links and supporting information: North Yorkshire UK Shared Prosperity Fund 2022/25 Prospectus
• Local Skills Improvement Plan presentation
• Meeting notes

23 February 2023

• Agenda: adult safeguarding update and areas of significant risk; cost of living crisis discussion of the current impact; Community First Yorkshire VCSE and Partner Survey discussion – developing further support for: collaboration/partnership working; climate change/reducing carbon footprint; defining, measuring and reporting on outcomes and impact; workforce health and wellbeing; succession planning, developing young talent, and leadership and management also being discussed and taken forward by the VCSE Leadership Hub Steering Group; North Yorkshire UK Shared Prosperity Fund 2022/25 and project overviews; working with health, Place Planning and engagement in health system structures.
• Meeting notes
• Useful links and supporting information: North Yorkshire UK Shared Prosperity Fund 2022/25 Prospectus

17 November 2022

• Agenda: impact of the cost of living crisis and support available in North Yorkshire; adult safeguarding update; development of a North Yorkshire VCSE Health and Care Assembly; North Yorkshire Thriving Communities Partnership; North Yorkshire UK Shared Prosperity Fund 2022/23 and 2023/25.
• Meeting notes

18 August 2022

• Agenda: adult safeguarding and VCSE Safeguarding Checklist; team wellbeing, organisational challenges and approaches to mitigate the impact of the cost-of-living increases for staff and volunteers; Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership structures and North Yorkshire VCSE Assembly development.
• Meeting notes

19 May 2022

• Agenda: sharing approaches to managing the continued Covid threat; cost pressures; Local Government Review; NHS and public health structures; plans for a VCSE Assembly; reshaping the VCSE Leaders Group.
• Meeting notes
• Useful links and supporting information: meeting notes from the Thriving Communities Partnership meeting (7 March), Public Health Framework presentation, Thriving Communities presentation plus a presentation about the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF).

17 February 2022

• Agenda: Local Government reorganisations; intelligence sharing; health update; procurement planning; North Yorkshire Thriving Communities; adult safeguarding.
• Meeting notes
• Useful links and supporting information: North Yorkshire Thriving Communities Partnership December 21 meeting notes; update on a new council for North Yorkshire; health update for VCSE leaders; North Yorkshire Safeguarding Adults Board sub-committees report; NCVO ‘The Road Ahead‘, context paper on co-production from the Thriving Communities Partnership.

18 November 2021

• Agenda: workforce issues and pressures; North Yorkshire County Council recommissioning model for the delivery of day services; Yorkshire Funding Ecology Report; Climate Change – future proofing organisations; Safeguarding update; Local intelligence sharing; Local Government Reorganisation and NHS Integrated Care Group structure changes.
• Meeting Notes
• Useful links and supporting information: a presentation about the Yorkshire Funding Ecology Report; West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership resilience hub

19 August 2021

• Agenda: NYCC Health and Adult Services Transformation; Leadership and Workforce Wellbeing; York and North Yorkshire LEP – Skills and communities project ideas NY Safeguarding Adults Board and Sub-groups; Local intelligence sharing.
• Meeting Notes
• Useful links and supporting information: Humber, Coast & Vale Health Care Partnership resilience hub; West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership resilience hub; Humber Local Enterprise Partnership Employment and Skills Strategy

20 May 2021

• Agenda: Population Health and Health Inequalities; Working with NHS; Community safety; Local intelligence sharing; Representation updates.
• Meeting Notes
• Useful links and supporting information: VCSE Health and Social Care briefing

24 February 2021

• Agenda: York & North Yorkshire Local Resilience Forum; Place Based VCSE Leaders Groups; West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health Care Partnership and Humber Coast and Vale Health Care Partnership.
• Meeting Notes
• Useful links and supporting information: North Yorkshire Resilience Forum; Community First Yorkshire’s response to the NHS Integrated Care Next Steps consultation