VCSE partners
Voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations are increasingly central to how integrated care is designed and delivered - and their workforce, governance and funding realities are distinctive. We work with VCSE partners who commission, provide or sit within integrated commissioning arrangements.
What we have delivered in this sector
A representative view of recent and characteristic engagements across VCSE partnership work.
- Board and executive development for a health-and-care voluntary sector provider.
- Voluntary board director role on a community interest company delivering learning disability services.
- Strategic advisory on integrated commissioning arrangements involving VCSE partners.
- Workforce and OD input to system-level VCSE alliances in an ICS.
- Interim leadership into a VCSE health charity through executive change.
- Cultural diagnostic and OD plan for a national charity with clinical delivery arms.
Thinking for VCSE leaders
Webinar: Workforce models for integrated neighbourhood teams
Working session on INT workforce architecture - increasingly relevant for VCSE partners in neighbourhood-level integrated delivery.
Register on the AcademyWebinar: Merging teams without losing the work
OD session on team change - relevant to VCSE mergers, alliance formation and service integration.
Register on the AcademyInsight: Why your workforce plan keeps getting rejected by Finance
A practical guide to workforce plans that hold up under funding pressure - relevant across VCSE finance conversations.
Read on the AcademyWhere to look next
A curated set of external sources for VCSE workforce, governance and integration policy.
NCVO
National body for the voluntary sector in England
Visit siteNAVCA
National body for local voluntary infrastructure organisations
Visit siteVCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance
National alliance shaping VCSE input to health policy
Visit siteSocial Enterprise UK
National body for social enterprises
Visit siteCharity Commission guidance for trustees
Governance, safeguarding and reporting for charity leaders
Visit siteThe King's Fund on VCSE
Independent analysis on the voluntary sector in health
Visit siteACEVO
Association of chief executives of voluntary organisations
Visit siteNew Philanthropy Capital (NPC)
Charity strategy and impact think tank
Visit siteBetter Society Capital
Social investment for social enterprises and charities
Visit siteNCVO governance resources
Good governance guidance for charity boards and trustees
Visit siteJoin the VCSE Partners community on our Academy
A collaborative space for VCSE leaders working in and around health and care - discussion, learning, peer Q&A, and shared thinking on integrated commissioning, alliance working, and VCSE workforce strategy. Hosted in the Health Dynamics Academy, free to join.
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