Join our new VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance steering group!

Hi there,

Locality, in partnership with Power to Change, has recently joined the VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance (HW Alliance), an initiative of the Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England and NHS Improvement, and Public Health England.

The HW Alliance exists to connect the VCSE sector with the health and care system to improve health and wellbeing for all communities.

Over the next three years, we’ll be working with the HW Alliance to amplify the voices of our members and community businesses. We'll feed into national policy and help shape the creation of effective community-based health and care services.

Get involved!

We’ll be creating a new steering group to help us represent the views of our health and wellbeing membership in the HW Alliance. Steering group members will also need to be part of Locality’s existing wider Health and Wellbeing specialist group - if you’re not already, you can join using the form below.

Members of the steering group will:

• Provide representation and expertise on health and wellbeing issues affecting Locality members and community businesses.
• Attend a quarterly steering group meeting.
• Provide rapid feedback to Locality on policies, priorities, and engagement approaches.
• Provide some early feedback directly to the system partners.

We’re looking for a diverse range of steering group members, with representation from all English regions, as well as user-led organisations and those who are tackling inequality. Members will receive a small grant to cover their involvement in the group.

If you’re interested, please fill out this expression of interest form by 5pm on Friday 13 August. We'll get back to you in due course with more information about applying to join.

About the Health and Wellbeing specialist group

Members of our wider Health and Wellbeing specialist group will also be able to engage with the initiative through events, discussions, webinars, regular interactive newsletters, digital forums and social media.

Over the past five years, Locality has worked alongside and supported our members involved in health and wellbeing services through the specialist group.

Our meetings are a chance for members to learn from each other, discuss current issues, and hear about the work Locality members are carrying out.

As with all of Locality’s specialist groups, the discussion is led by our members. Locality staff facilitate discussion, share information, and offer advice, but the group is a chance for you to discuss what’s important to the communities you serve.

Recent meetings have covered the crisis in adult social care as well as sharing tools, reports and findings from work with national partners such as Public Health England and the What Works Centre for Wellbeing.

We look forward to hearing from you!

If you have any questions, please contact me via email: sam.hepher@locality.org.uk