Voluntary sector involvement in local public health commissioning

Please circulate to your networks, as applicable: deadline for the survey is 3rd July.

Are you an employee or a volunteer involved in management/governance within the VCSE sector? If so, a research team led by Durham University, in collaboration with VONNE (the Voluntary Organisations’ Network North East) and the Universities of York and Coventry is seeking your views, through an online survey, of changes in health and wellbeing services since public health responsibilities were transferred to local government in April 2013, and how VCSE organisations are being involved. The research team are interested in a broad range of services designed to improve health and address inequalities, 7 including community development and wellbeing; lifestyle management services; health checks; preventive initiatives as part of services for particular client groups; and involvement in health-related initiatives across local authority directorates (such as environment, leisure, planning).

To read more and take part in the survey, go to: http://www.regionalvoices.org/node/299

If you have any queries please contact: Contact Catherine Taylor at: c.e.taylor@durham.ac.uk