LBRuT Draft Priorities: Generic Voluntary Sector Infrastructure and Capacity Building Your name: Email: Organisation: Community Plan Priority Tackling disadvantage Key Targets Building capacity in the local voluntary and community sector Working together to tackle the multiple causes and impact of disadvantage and ensure that all our communities are able to access quality services National Indicator 6 – Participation in Regular Volunteering National Indicator 7 – Environment for a Thriving Third Sector Service Description A professional support, development and promotion service for the voluntary and community sector, to enable it to become more sustainable, effective and strategically engaged with local agendas. Outcomes and activities will include: Giving a voice to the local voluntary sector, and strategic representation and negotiation on behalf of the voluntary sector Effective engagement and consultation with local voluntary agencies Participate in the local strategic partnership and associated thematic partnerships at an appropriate level Develop and facilitate the LSP Voluntary Sector Forum Ensure representation and strategic involvement of sector specific lead agencies in local planning and decision making process Dissemination of information from statutory partners to the voluntary sector Lead in establishing clear roles and process for community and voluntary sector involvement at a strategic level. Ensuring effective voluntary sector engagement and representation in health agenda’s, including o Develop the capacity of the voluntary sector to respond to the Expert Patient programme o Develop the capacity of the voluntary sector to respond to community engagement and ensuring local communities are able to contribute to shaping local health priorities and service delivery models o Ensure voluntary sector engagement and representation in the development of emerging health strategies Share and use best practice to enable the further development and growth of the local voluntary and community sector The Compact is adopted and implemented by voluntary and statutory agencies Achieve NAVCA Quality Mark or equivalent Facilitate clusters/ mergers and partnerships between voluntary agencies in the Borough Develop the physical and virtual infrastructure required to support the Borough’s vibrant and diverse voluntary and community sector Facilitate an IT and Information Hub for the local voluntary sector Participation in voluntary sector property strategy Develop the sector’s skills base and resources and build trust and confidence in its capacity to deliver high quality services Deliver a Funding and Sustainability Advice Service offering the following advice and support services:o o o o o o o o One-to-One funding advice Sustainability, business planning Loans Social enterprise Grant funding Income generation Commissioning and contracts Self directed support and individualised budgets Accountancy Advice service Governance and Business Planning advice Quality assurance advice Training and information on outcomes, monitoring and evaluation Increase awareness amongst statutory partners on voluntary sector activity and issues Contribute to the LSP's aim of tackling disadvantage by reducing the gap between the most disadvantaged residents and the borough average by focusing on the five areas where disadvantage is concentrated. Information dissemination and signposting service for the public and voluntary agencies Maintain database on local voluntary agencies Provide a welcoming and accessible open door service to voluntary sector organisations and public to access information about voluntary sector and volunteering. Promote a vibrant and diverse volunteer marketplace that adds value to the local community Do you agree with the service description outlined above? Are there any other services that you think should be included in the above description? Please include any additional comments or feedback you may have regarding the above service description Performance Indicators Regular attendance at strategic partnership meetings and forums (Year One) A representative Voluntary Sector Forum meets quarterly and a biannual sector wide forum event Compact Working Group to meet 4 times a year Annual consultation with the voluntary sector on local needs and issues affecting the local voluntary sector and their beneficiaries. Minimum of 50 representative organisations participating. Publish in accessible formats a leaflet(s) that clearly describes the role of the various voluntary sector and service user forums, consultation bodies, LINks, Joint Consultative Groups etc. and how they relate to each other. It should be targeted at users, carers and voluntary agencies. Increased capacity/activity for organisations working with marginalised communities, including the 5 areas of relative deprivation Participation in the Community Development Executive and Advisory Groups. Support the establishment and development of Working Together Groups in each area. Develop specific voluntary sector projects in the 5 areas as required. Encourage and monitor funded voluntary organisations contribution to tackling disadvantage in the 5 areas Additional resources of £450,000 levered into the borough through funding and sustainability advice service 30 organisations per annum supported to develop good governance and/or business plans 10 organisation per annum have robust sustainability plans in place 10 organisations per annum adopt an appropriate quality assurance framework 15 organisations per annum attend training on outcomes and/or monitoring and evaluation Monthly information updates to the sector including funding, quality assurance, governance, national and local statutory agendas sent to a minimum of 300 voluntary agencies Up-to-date online and had copy database of local voluntary agencies publicly available (minimum 300 organisations). A breakdown of numbers of equalities groups (organisations and individuals) reflected in all the above indicators 2 clusters/ mergers facilitated between voluntary organisations per annum Customer care plan in place Achieve NAVCA Quality Mark or equivalent Manage a Volunteer Centre Increased number of volunteers by 5% 50 organisations to register on the Volunteer Centre recruitment database Annual satisfaction survey of volunteers placed through the Volunteer Centre Event held exploring the impact of self directed support and individualised budgets on the voluntary sector Bi-annual input into the JSNA Do you agree with the performance indicators identified or are there others that you think should be included? Please include any additional comments or feedback you may have regarding the above performance indicators