The Children’s and Young Peoples Voluntary Sector Reference was formed to enhance the lives of families, children and young people in Cumbria through collaboration between 200 networked organisations. Meeting up to six times a year to share information to ensure the voices of families, children and young people are heard and included in service planning and commissioning.
To ensure the best outcomes for all, especially children and young people, the third sector in Cumbria recognises that it needs to be proactively engaged with the public authorities. The CYPVSRG was set up to drive this engagement and its remit has been:- To involve the children’s voluntary and community sector in the development and implementation of children’s services in Cumbria at a strategic level
- To facilitate information sharing To equip the voluntary and community to deliver services that children, young people and families need
- To provide a balanced voluntary and community services perspective
- To demonstrate and articulate the diversity of the sector
- Ensure prevention is embedded in all planning, commissioning and delivery
- To contribute to positive change for children in Cumbria
- Ensure all children, young people, and families, are included
We bring together key speakers from the statutory and third sector to share information on new services and potential opportunities for joint working and to provide information for the wider third sector so as to inform planning and provision here in Cumbria. We meet up to six times a year; meetings are either virtual or in person shared between Westmorland and Furness and Cumberland. The dates of forthcoming meetings can be found at CYPVRSG Meetings page. All are welcome to attend. Our Chair and Co-Chair are Becky Wolstenholme and Lisa Handley. |