Cornwall Voluntary Sector Forum » commissioning

Opportunity for Peer Support Memory Group Project

Mark Richardson — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:45:39 +0000

Cornwall Council, in partnership with NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, wishes to commission a Peer Support Memory Group Facilitator to set up Memory Cafes and other appropriate support networks as appropriate across each of the 19 Community Networks in Cornwall. In Year 2 this post will be supported by 2 Project Support Workers.

This is an opportunity to provide a quotation for a Peer Support Memory Group Facilitator to be hosted by a third sector organisation. The closing date is 4pm on the 16th October. The funders apologise for the delay in seeking this quotation, but confirmation of funding has only just been received from the Department of Health.

Further details are attached: LET Peer Support Memory Facilitator

There is also a project specification: PeersupportprojectServicespec

If you require further information, please do not hesitate to contact Julie Green by email julie.green@ciospct.cornwall.nhs.uk or by phone on 01209 886585.

Feedback from the VCS Engage event at St Mellion, 18th Sept

Mark Richardson — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:04:24 +0000

160 people attended the Voluntary and Community Sector ‘Engage’ event at St Mellion to see the launch of a new ‘peninsula’ framework for the commissioning of services for children, young people and families. Diverse groups from Cornwall’s voluntary and community sector were present alongside colleagues from Torbay, Devon and Plymouth to see the document launched and to offer first impresssions of its ‘eight principles for good commissioning.’ At the final plenary session delegates responded by calling for:

A greater consistency of commissioning processes
Better support for small vcs groups, for example through more championing and mentoring from larger charities
The recognition that grants still played a key role alongside tenders
Collaborative approaches between the public and third sectors to managing risk and ‘sharing’ contract management
Good practice champions within commissioning teams
That ‘make or buy’ decisions (i.e. whether to stick with in-house services or to go out to tender) were made on the basis of a full cost model so that proper comparisions could be made, and that these decisions were as transparent as possible.

We were there, and it was great to talk to our colleagues from the Pre-school Learning Alliance, YMCA, YWCA, CN4C, Young People Cornwall, Bishops Forum, Carefree and many more! Here is a link to the document for you to review and comment on. peninsula_third_sector_commissioning_framework1

VCS Engage conference, 18th September

Mark Richardson — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:55:02 +0000

We’re attending the VCS Engage conference at St Mellion Golf Club this Thursday, 18th September. This is an event aimed at voluntary sector organisations who work with children and young people. Maybe we’ll see you there?