12:30 – 13:00 Arrival, Registration Refreshments
13:00
– 13:10
Welcome and Chair
Brian Carr, Chief Executive, BVSC
13:10 – 13:25 Importance of Dialogue and Partnership Working
Vicky Reading
– Compact Voice
13:25 – 13:40 Health Watch Update
Ian Angus, Business & Enterprise Programmes Manager,
BVSC
13:40 – 14:20 Birmingham’s Budget 2013 presentation
Peter Hay, Strategic Director, Adults and Communities, BCC
14:20: 14:45
Followed by questions
Lunch and Networking
Birmingham University , Opportunity to sign up for a focus group on Tuesday 18 th December, at BVSC, from 4:30 until
6:00pm - Whose speaking for whom? Third sector leadership, legitimacy and leverage. Facilitated by Heather Buckingham,
Associate Fellow at the Third Sector Research Centre, University of Birmingham
BVSC AGM
14.45 – 16:30 Workshops
Health and Social Care
–
Cath Gilliver, CEO, Sifa Fireside -
Budget Cut Discussion, Guest Maria Gavin, Assistant Director,
(Commissioning) Adults and communities , BCC. Network meeting,
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16:30
Volunteering, Enterprise and Training & Arts and Culture
–
Deirdre Figueiredo, Craftspace & Nora Darby, BVSC - Budget
Cut Discussion, Guest , Alison Jarrett, Assistant Director
(Finance) Development, BCC. Network Meeting.
Children Young People & Families Workshop – Caroline
Anson, BVSC
– Budget Cut Discussion, Guest, Tony Phillips-
Jones, Commissioning & Brokerage Manager, BCC. Network
Meeting.
Local Services - Housing and Regeneration – Jean
Templeton, St. Basil’s,
Community Safety
–
Maureen Connolly,
CEO,
Birmingham and Solihull Women’s’ Aid, Budget Cut
Discussion, Guest, Sukvinder Kalsi, Assistant Director ( Finance)
Local Services, BCC. Network Meeting.
Environment – Phil Beardmore, Localise West Midlands, Budget
Cut Discussion, Guest – Jean Robb - Assistant Director (Shared services ) Corporate Resources , BCC. Network meeting –
Getting to know each other.
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