Voscur are working on behalf of Bristol City Council to consult VCS organisations and other interested parties to find out what they think about their new approach to grant funding.

To prepare you for this half-day event, please see the links below for more details.

Voscur are working on behalf of Bristol City Council to consult VCS organisations and other interested parties to find out what they think about their new approach to grant funding.

To prepare you for this half-day event, please see the following links for more details:

At this meeting we will: 

1. Discuss the findings from our workshop in September – should this be the basis for a city wide vision for Social Prescribing? Can we, as a group, agree some broad principles? Is the VCSE best placed to start that conversation?

2. Mapping. Voscur will undertake a survey that will get more into the detail of what VCSE activity actually is – surgeries connected with, what really are those connections in terms of referrals? Exactly what sort of SP are VCSE organisations practicing? What evaluation tools are used?

A Children and Young People's network event:

At the recent Children and Young People’s Network meeting, we heard about the role of the Bristol Children and Families Partnership Board, and its work priorities around early intervention services for children, young people and families.

Social Prescribing – a Voscur perspective, August 2015

It is important to note that there are multiple definitions and interpretations of the term ‘social prescribing’. For clarity, the definition used here is:

Voscur, New Start and the New Economics Foundation (with support from the Festival of Ideas), invite you to this unique event to discuss how to support, develop and sustain community-led prosperity in our neighbourhoods.

Voscur is holding a 45 minute briefing of The Care Act 2014, designed to give an overview of the Act, looking at how the new and significant piece of legislation may impact on VCS organisations.

Lindsay Winterton, Care Act Lead at Bristol City Council will give the presentation, with time for questions.

The session is repeated across three dates, so please only book onto one of the sessions.

Places are limited to no more than two people per VCS organisation.

Voscur has developed a comprehensive half-day agenda for this year’s Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise Sector (VCSE) Assembly, which offers a chance to engage and input on key policy discussions, understand new funding opportunities, develop your skills, and ensure key topics that you think the sector needs to tackle are raised through an open space approach.

Most importantly you will have ample opportunity to network over a buffet lunch.