Sandwell Council of Voluntary Organisations - SCVO. Supporting the Growth of Community Action in Sandwell.

Within this part of the website you will find details of current consultations, including issues upon which statutory agencies wish to gain the views of  voluntary and community groups.

We  invite and encourage you to respond to consultations of relevance to you and your service users.

VCS Support and Development Needs Survey 2010

The world is changing – and Sandwell with it. Increasing demands are being placed on the Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) at a time when unparalleled spending cuts are expected along with the shift from grant-funding to commissioning and the advent of Personalisation and other initiatives.

SCVO is inviting you to tell us about your organisation’s support and development needs in this new climate. This will help us to plan the services and training you need and better to direct resources.

The information you give to us will be treated in the STRICTEST CONFIDENCE. Figures drawn from this survey will be shared only as a collection of data: no individual information or names of participants will be disclosed to any third party. Outcomes from this will be shared in the next SCVO.INFO newsletter and on this website.

Please complete as much as you can of this survey. If you have any questions relating to it, or you feel SCVO can help you in any way, please contact Mark Triggs, tel: 0121 525 1127, email: markt@scvo.info.

You can complete the survey online or  download a hard copy for you to print off, complete and return.

Thank you in advance for your time and insight.

Living Well in Later Life Strategy Review

This revised strategy will update the previous 2006 – 2010 strategy for people over fifty.  It is important to ensure that all stakeholders and partners have the opportunity to express their views on the priorities for the strategy and expected outcomes.

Please see below a link to the strategy and a feedback form.  Please see your comments to ann-marie.boyle@sandwell-pct.nhs.uk by 19 October 2010.

Living Well in Later Life Strategy

Feedback Form

Independent Review of Poverty and Life Chances

The main aim of the review are to:-
-  Explore how a child’s home environment affects their chances of being     ready to take full advantage of their schooling
-  Generate a broader debate about the nature and extent of poverty in the UK
-  Recommend potential action by government and other institutions to reduce poverty and enhance life chances for the least advantaged, consistent with the Government’s fiscal strategy
-  Examine the case for reforms to the poverty measure, in particular for the inclusion of non-financial elements.
Sandwell is collating a partnership response to this review.  Please see below a consultation briefing paper and a response sheet.  Please use the below response sheet to record any comments you wish to make and return it to Arran Dyde – arran_dyde@sandwell.gov.uk by Friday 21 September 2010.

Poverty Review Briefing

Feedback Sheet

Welfare Reform Consultation – 21st Century Welfare

The Department for Work and Pentions seek views to inform the government’s thinking on reforms to the benefits and Tax Credits system, including the idea of a single integrated Universal Credit.

Sandwell is collating a partnership response to this consultation.  Please see below a briefing paper on the consultation together with a feedback sheet to record any comments you wish to make.  Please return the feedback sheet to Aaran Dyde – aaran_dyde@sandwell.gov.uk by Friday 21 September 2010.

21st Century Welfare Briefing

Feedback Sheet