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Health and Community Care Forum
Newcastle Health and Community Care Forum (HCCF) aims to promote the voluntary sector voice in social care and related health issues. There are HCCF meetings on issues as they come up, and occasional conferences and workshops - information will be posted on this page. Recent topics have been Alcohol Matters, social care and long term conditions, support for refugees and asylum seekers, involvement in the Newcastle Well-being and Health Partnership and health policy. Members receive the newsletter, On the Hoof, plus occasional briefing papers and reports such as ‘Training Funds for Voluntary Sector Care Services Providers’ and ‘Third Sector Now’. Members are also represented at the Newcastle Well-being Health Partnership.
Free full membership is open to all Newcastle voluntary
organisations and community groups, service users and carers. There is also a
non-voting mailing list, Newcastle HCCF Information Network, for interested
individuals, statutory agencies, groups outside Newcastle and groups who want
additional copies of the mailings. For more information about HCCF, upcoming meetings, or to
join the forum, contact Pam Jobbins on 0191
232 7445 or email
Pam Jobbins. Meeting for HCCF members 9 September 2008 2.00pm to 4.00pm Danny Ruta, Director of Public Health, will talk about the
priorities in Newcastle and the PCT Operational Plan. Colin Williams, Head
of Strategic Projects in Adult Care at Newcastle City Council, will outline the
key challenges of the transformation of care services needed to deliver Putting
People First. Click
here to download a booking form.
Voluntary Sector Support
for Refugees and Asylum Seekers - report of a conference held on 2nd July 2004
(opens in a separate window as a PDF file, 169kb) The Well-being and Health Voluntary Sector Reference Group aims to support the
involvement of the sector in the work of the Local Strategic Partnership,
specifically the Well-being and Health
Delivery Partnership. The Well-being and Health
Delivery Partnership is responsible for delivering on the city's Health
Improvement Strategy. This reference group is a chance to meet your
elected representatives to, and other executive members of, the Partnership, and
to put forward your views on how a healthy, happy Newcastle can be achieved. This voluntary sector reference group usually meets every six
weeks. For further information please email
Sue Kenney. On the Hoof - the HCCF newsletter re:gen - the newsletter for members of the Regen Forum See our Links section for links to other websites The Local Strategic Partnership website
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