VONNE Directory 2016 Contents North East VCSE Networks 3 Local Infrastructure Organisations and Volunteer Centres 6 Key North East funders 9 Local authorities and their VCSE leads 13 Key public sector contacts 15 North East MPs and MEPs 19 Health and Wellbeing Landscape 22 NHS England 22 Public Health England 23 Directors of Public Health 24 Health and Wellbeing Boards 25 Clinical Commissioning Groups 28 Local Authority Adult Social Care Services 30 North East Care Act Leads 31 Healthwatch 32 North East Joint Strategic Needs Assessments 33 Care Quality Commission 35 Clinical Networks and Senate 36 Sustainability and Transformation Plans 39 North East Health Scrutiny Bodies 40 Criminal Justice System in the North East 41 Directory Welcome to our annual directory of key contacts for the VCSE in the North East. From major funders, public sector agencies, to MPs, health and criminal justice contacts, it’s the must have publication to have on your desk for the coming year. We hope you find it useful and welcome your feedback on it. 2 North East VCSE Networks This is a list of VCSE focused networks and forums that operate across the North East. Some are multi- agency networks, but have been included as they are significant for the VCSE. This list is by no means exhaustive, and if you know of a regional VCSE network that should be included please let us know. We’ll be keeping an up-to-date list of these networks on our website at www.vonne.org.uk/directories. Network Remit Contact Criminal Justice Forum allowing a two way stream of information North East Criminal sharing with regards to national policy change [email protected] Justice Policy Forum and regional responses. Subgroup of the North East Regional North East Housing for Homelessness Forum (NERHF) tackling specific [email protected] Offenders Group challenges around housing for those that have experience with the Criminal Justice System. To gather information about what is happening Northern Local Offender across the region in prisons and in the [email protected] Partnership community to support offenders. PORSCH is a network of researchers and service practitioners based in the North East of England. Prison and Offender It is dedicated to enhancing the contribution of Research in Social Care research and development to the improvement [email protected] and Health (PORSCH) of the health of offenders, the well-being of Network the communities in which they live and the reduction of offending behaviours. Homeless/Housing Network of front line practitioners working to Be The Change Network Improve the skills of homelessness profession as [email protected] well as services for the homeless. To promote proactive, peer-to-peer learning to North East Housing help create fertile ground for community-led [email protected] Community Led housing initiatives and to help to deliver growth Development Network [email protected] in the sector. Comprises of academics, researchers, policy officers and aims to inform and influence North East Homelessness youthhomelessnortheast.org.uk/nehtt/ policies affecting homeless client groups through Think Tank research, campaigning and other collaborative [email protected] activities. Forum with multi-sector involvement looking at key issues from a regional perspective to North East Regional Improve services for homeless. Encouraging www.homeless.org.uk Homelessness Group communications between homelessness sector and local authority to share learning /best practice. Helps people who live or care for someone with Northern Neurological a neurological condition. Working with partners [email protected] Alliance to deliver information, events, opportunity and choice. Youth Homeless North Provides a regional focus to address youth www.youthhomelessnortheast.org.uk East homelessness through policy and strategy. [email protected] 3 North East VCSE Networks Network Remit Contact Health and Wellbeing Health and Race Equality Forum is a network of organisations, community groups and HAREF (Health and Race individuals who work in health and community www.haref.org.uk Equality Forum) settings focused on reducing health inequalities experienced by people in Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities. A consortium organisation, aims to support VCOs whose work involves mental health. Promotes Mental Health North East joint working and partnership across the not for [email protected] profit mental health sector in the North East of England. An informal collaboration of individuals and Pam Lawrence, Project Manager groups working to implement the national North East Autism autism strategy in local areas. NEAC works [email protected] Consortium strategically to influence commissioning www.northeastautismconsortium.co.uk decisions in health and social care. Partnership of key organisations and individuals [email protected] North East Dementia concerned with the effective development Alliance and implementation of the National Dementia www.ncl.ac.uk/ageing/innovation/ Strategy in the North East. engagement/neda.htm Works in partnership with groups to influence North East Special Needs service provision and the development of www.nsnn.org.uk Network services. MHNE’s Young People and Mental Health Reach Out North East [email protected] Project. Infrastructure The aim of CNE is to see growth in North Co-operatives North East East England's co-operative sector across www.cooperatives-ne.coop Northumberland, Tyne and Wear and Durham To share information and discussion common North East Local issues, priorities and opportunities across local Carol Botten, Deputy CEO of VONNE Infrastructure infrastructure organisations. Meets regionally Organisations Network twice a year and more frequently at combined [email protected] local authority level. Employability and economy NECA area VCSE Skills To bring together VCSE organisations working in skills employability to share knowledge, Co-ordinated by VONNE. & Employability Focus experience, opportunities and to work together Group [email protected] more effectively. The group exists to act as a coherent voice for Tees Valley VCSE the VCSE sector in Tees Valley and support the Co-ordinated by VONNE. Economic Growth & VCSE sector to be an equal & integral partner Inclusion Working Group within the Tees Valley economic growth and [email protected] social inclusion agenda. 4 Network Remit Contact Other networks A cross sector equality network ran by Equality Connecting for Change www.equality-ne.co.uk North East. ELNN is space for aspiring NE voluntary sector Emerging Leaders leaders to learn from and about each other in a emergingleadersnorth.wordpress.com Network North supportive environment. Multiple Needs and Multi-sector partnership to share good practice [email protected] Exclusion Forum and learning across the North East. [email protected] The group meets quarterly across the North North East Child Poverty East region to discuss key policy and impact on www.northern-consortium.org.uk/ Network poverty, and to share approaches. event/north-east-child-poverty- network-2/ This forum is for organisations with an interest in North East Combined sustainable transport in all its forms to develop www.facebook.com/groups/nectar. Transport Activists a co-ordinated view on contemporary transport transport Roundtable issues. Multi-sector partnership which aims to build on foundations laid through the North East’s North East Culture cultural regeneration to harness the power of case4culture.org.uk Partnership culture to promote health and well-being and to forge a dynamic and successful economy. To enable funders to be better networked, better North East Funders informed and work together more effectively to VONNE - Chair/ coordinator Network improve and maximise their support to North www.vonne.org.uk/fine East communities Multi-sector network for leaders interested in North East Social Leaders www.ncl.ac.uk/kite/socialrenewal / social change. Hosts events, working groups and Network netogether.htm coaching. Sue Robson Encourages and supports collaboration between North East Women’s women’s VCOs and building partnerships and [email protected] Network alliances with other sectors. www.newwomens.net Independent membership organisation of the North East region’s Refugee-led Community Regional Refugee Forum www.refugeevoices.org.uk Organisations, enabling their collective voice to North East be heard by decision makers to influence policy [email protected] and services. Provides strategic leadership, co-ordination and The North East Migration advisory function for migration in the North East [email protected] Partnership VCS forum Region. As part of their support to young people's voice and participation Youth Focus: North East facilitate the North East ‘You're Welcome’ Youth Focus North East Health & Participation Leads Network. This www.youthfocusne.org.uk network involves members from Statutory and VCS organisations within health and the youth/ community sector. 5 Local Infrastructure Organisations Tyne and Wear Northumberland Newcastle Council for Voluntary Service Community Action Northumberland Chief Executive: Sally Young Chief Executive: Andy Dean Higham House, Higham Place, UNIUN Enterprise Centre, Front Street, Pegswood, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, NE1 8AF Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 6RG 0191 232 7445 01670 517 178 [email protected] [email protected]