Humber and North Yorkshire Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) Collaborative is working in partnership with the University of York to record, understand and evidence who is part of the VCSE sector workforce across our region.

The VCSE sector is a crucial part of Humber and North Yorkshire’s health and social care workforce, providing many services to our communities. However, there is a lack of understanding of what the sector’s contribution consists of, and without the data it is difficult to get system partners to recognise the size and scale of the sector and to understand what we have within Humber and North Yorkshire.

Positioning the VCSE sector as an equal partner

Humber and North Yorkshire VCSE Collaborative‘s mission is to position the VCSE sector as an equal and key partner in the design, planning and delivery of health and social care across our region. To do this, they need to know who powers our VCSE sector; who makes up our workforce, our working patterns and our contribution to health and care across our communities. To collect this data, they need your VCSE organisation to be involved in a workforce mapping exercise.

The data your organisation provides will be collated to create an in-depth picture of our sector. This will feed into the planning of future investment and resource allocation into the sector for the delivery of health and care services across our communities. By completing the survey, here’s how you will be supporting your organisation and the wider VCSE sector across Humber and North Yorkshire:

• Value – if we can show the value provided by our workforce this can evidence the need to invest more into the VCSE sector.
• Diversity and inclusion – the sector is diverse and being able to showcase that and evidence a sector that represents its communities is hugely valuable to health and care system partners.
• Volunteer management – this can evidence the role and value of volunteers that provide significant hours that the sector could not do without.
• Planning – talent retention – knowing the sector means organisations can compare themselves to the rest of the sector and not lose talent to other organisations.
• Data driven – the world is dependent on good data. This survey creates a collective picture which leads to better decision making.
• Impact – understanding the values and strengths of the sector workforce means we can drive real impact and build trust with both communities and system partners.

The survey is open now and will close on 28 February 2025. Before you complete the survey, please read this guidance.

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