Better Together Policy Forum Alliance Contracting

Friday 16th October 2020 held online via Microsoft Teams

This is the fourth policy forum, led by the Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS). They are planned to address policy themes which affect our communities and the ways we work as a sector. According to the theme, relevant public sector partners and commissioners will be invited to participate with our colleagues from the VCS.

The theme of this forum was ‘Alliance contracting: a model for County Durham?’

We had an update from commissioners about how plans for Alliance based commissioning are developing around Mental Health and Wellbeing. There was an opportunity for VCS providers to share insights with commissioners and discuss how we might move forward with the development of a VCS Alliance specifically for Mental Health and Wellbeing but also more widely for future commissioning intentions as they arise.