Network members invited to Partnership Development Workshop

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As part of our work to build on our vision for the Age Friendly Network, we are holding a Partnership Development Workshop on 8 February in Northallerton and would like to invite Network members to attend.

We are keen to engage with members who are passionate about improving the physical and social environments of our North Yorkshire communities and want to identify and understand the challenges faced by an ageing population. This means listening and responding to current needs and opportunities across all areas from transport, communication and social participation to health and social care, housing, outdoor spaces and employment.

Your insights, ideas and lived experience will help shape the future of this initiative and the development of the network partnership group.  The workshop will be a face-to-face event, however video access via a zoom link will also be available.

When is the event?

Date:     Thursday 8 February 2024, 1pm- 3pm
Venue:  The Cottage Meeting Rooms, Northallerton Methodist Church, High Street, Northallerton, DL7 8EG

The venue is fully accessible and refreshments will be provided.

Parking: There is on street parking directly in the front of the building and additional parking close by at The Northallerton Forum.

Please let us know if you plan to attend

Please confirm your attendance by emailing Jeanette Hague or call 07825 380052.

We very much look forward to seeing you.

Ask questions of the Director of Health & Adult Services in North Yorkshire

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Submit your questions for Richard Webb, Director of Health and Adult Services in North Yorkshire Council

Three times a year, Richard Webb, Director of Health and Adult Services at North Yorkshire Council, meets for a Q&A about public health and social care with representatives from citizen voice groups, including the ageing well network.

The next meeting is coming up on 8 February and you are invited to submit questions about public health and social care topics which you would like your ageing well network representative to ask. If you are interested in representing the network at this meeting in future please contact Jeanette Hague, the Age Friendly Network Coordinator at Community First Yorkshire.

If you would like to send in questions, please contact Claire, Helen and Liz from the council’s Health and Adult Participation and Engagement team at HASengagement@northyorks.gov.uk or call 07929 873638 by Thursday 25 January. If you are sending more than one question, please indicate which is your most important question. Sometimes the council receive too many questions to cover in the time and this will help them prioritise the most important ones.

After the meeting the council will share an update about what was discussed at the meeting so you can find out what questions were asked and the responses given.

Children’s mental health in 2024

Children & Young People Now, issued an article highlighting how the cost-of-living crisis is affecting children’s mental health, and how we can find ways to improve their wellbeing. Read more.

Start Well forum

The Children and Young People’s Health Alliance held a forum last month, highlighting how children from impoverished areas are more likely to be impacted by the wider detriments of health, such as poverty. If you’re interested in attending future workshops, or would like to know more, email: hnyicb-voy.hnycyptransformation@nhs.net. 

Member invite to our AGM: join in the celebration

Our AGM is an important point in our year – a time when we celebrate our achievements and look ahead to how we can make the following year even more successful.

As a Community First Yorkshire member, we’d love you to be part of the celebration and help shape the future for the organisation. This year’s AGM will be a chance not only to run through the normal business of the AGM, including the election of trustees but a chance to look at the vital role that volunteering has to play in the year ahead through the Vision for Volunteering.

Date: Tuesday 6 February, 4-5pm (via Zoom).

Benefit from our Vision for Volunteering session

Community First Yorkshire is excited to be involved in the Vision for Volunteering: a national, 10-year programme developed by a partnership of five organisations – NAVCA, NCVO, The Association of Volunteer Managers, Volunteering Matters and Sport England.

The Vision for Volunteering aims to create a diverse, innovative, ambitious, equitable and person-centred future for volunteering. Community First Yorkshire will be implementing this vision as part of their refreshed volunteering strategy for 2024.

Following the formal business of the AGM, we will hear more about this programme from our Community Support North Yorkshire team, who will introduce the five key themes and what these mean for volunteers and the VCSE sector.

As a Community First Yorkshire member, this is your chance to ask questions and feed into the development of our work to support our volunteer related activities.

Vacancies on our trustee board

We do currently have vacancies on our trustee board. Our trustees are vital in shaping both how we support our member organisations and how we further raise the profile of the sector, and the issues, challenges and opportunities it is facing, to key stakeholders and policy makers. If you would like to be a part of shaping our future do please complete the Trustee Nomination Form. If you would like to speak to someone before applying, do contact jill.wynne@communityfirstyorkshire.org.uk.

You can find the AGM agenda here.

To reserve your place please book here or call the office on 01904 704177 for further information. Bookings will close at 08:00 am on Tuesday 30 January.

Your vote matters

If you are unable to attend, please ensure you complete the Proxy Voting Form. You can either do this by filling in our online Google form or, downloading this word version and returning it to us at info@communityfirstyorkshire.org.uk.

The link to the Zoom meeting will be sent out to all those registered one week before the meeting.

Please call the office on 01904 704177 if you have any questions, or if you have not used Zoom previously and would appreciate some assistance prior to the AGM.

Yours sincerely,

Jane Colthup

Chief Executive

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