The Better Together VCS (Voluntary and Community Sector) Forum brings together senior representatives of larger or specialist VCS organisations with a countywide remit to share best practice and look for new opportunities to collaborate.
The forum meets bi-monthly and is chaired by the VCS representative on the County Durham Partnership Board, Jo Laverick, Executive Director of Durham Community Action. Support for the forum is provided by Ian Hunter Smart in the County Durham Partnership Team - telephone 03000 263595 or email ian.huntersmart@durham.gov.uk
Click here to view a list of member organisations
Click here to view the meeting dates and venues for 2021
Chair: Jo Laverick - VCS Representative on the County Durham Partnership Board and Executive Director of Durham Community Action
Email: joanna.laverick@durhamcommunityaction.org.uk
Secretariat/Support: Ian Hunter Smart - Voluntary & Community Sector Officer, County Durham Partnership Team, Durham County Council
Email: ian.huntersmart@durham.gov.uk
Click here to access reports from the Director of Public Health, County Durham Together Partnership, Institute for Voluntary Action Research, ACRE, the County Durham Health Impact Assessment on Health Inequalities in Response to COVID-19, Third Sector Trends in North East England 2020 and other reports tabled at Better Together Forum meetings.
Please click here to view and download agendas, notes and presentations from the bi-monthly meetings
Please click here to view and download information from the bi-annual policy forums
Please click here to read the terms of reference for the forum.
If you are a trustee, volunteer or staff member from a community building in Co. Durham, we would love you to join… https://t.co/ySxZMTXX9m
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