Stats and Beautiful Stories
I like stats and I like stories and I like it even better when the two are put together, because that’s where real richness is found.
Commissioning
Invitation to talk about housing with architecture students
"Care & Repair England aims to improve housing & related services so that older people can live independently in their own homes for as long as they choose.
- Our special focus is on older people living in poor or unsuitable private housing
- We work with, and not just for, older people
- We innovate, develop, support and promote practical housing help eg with home repairs, adaptations, or advice about moving home
We seek to improve related policy and practice."
Civil Society Strategy Consultation: Save the Petunias!
"Curiously enough, the only thing that went through the mind of the bowl of petunias as it fell was “Oh no, not again”.
Many people have speculated that if we knew exactly why the bowl of petunias had thought that we would know a lot more about the nature of the Universe than we do now."
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Prize Fund for Innovation in Health & Social Care within the VCSE sector
Does your organisation deliver innovative work in health and social care in Greater Manchester?
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Urgent Invitation: Manchester Provider Board Workshops on The Future of Community Health and Social Care Services in Manchester
The Manchester Provider Board (MPB) is inviting Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise Sector Organisations to attend one of a set of “Future-Search” workshops to discuss the future of community health and social care services in Manchester.
Update on Our Manchester VCS Funding Co-Design
The co-design group met on Feb 21st 2017 to discuss the results of the consultation and work out the implications for the design of the funding programme, identifying a number of issues that needed further work. These included answers to questions such as: what does strength based funding mean and how would it be evidenced?; define what Manchester-based is and how it is measured?; and what is the approach to neighbourhoods where there are not strong organisations? An implementation group was formed and has been meeting weekly to develop the detail of the funding programme.
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Our Manchester VCS Funding Consultation Summary
This document is a summary of the results of consultation carried out by Manchester City Council (MCC), with the support of Macc, concerning proposals for funding for voluntary and community sector organisations (VCSO) in Manchester.
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Rewriting the DNA of Health and Care (Episode IV: A New Hope?)
You know that game where you have to pick the people, living or dead, you’d most like to have round a dinner table? Being a bit of an ideas geek, I have a similar thing about who I’d like to hear speak at my dream conference. I’m lucky that I occasionally get to hear some brilliant speakers from the world of charities and social enterprises.
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VCSE Response to Manchester Local Care Organisation Prospectus Consultation
Macc provided a strongly critical response to the consultation on the Manchester Local Care Organisation Prospectus based on discussion with a small number of voluntary sector organisations and a meeting with a number of key health and social care commissioners in the city.
Some of the main criticisms were:
Our Manchester VCSE Funding Co-Design
The fourth meeting of the co-design group was held on 18th November. Based on the work done in previous sessions, the group designed funding model options and considered the benefits of different approaches. The models suggested have been written up into a consultation document which will be sent out in the new year. There will also be consultation meetings. Further information about the co-designing process can be found here.
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