Sign up for the first Devon, Plymouth & Torbay VCSE Assembly Mental Health Hub!
We are pleased to announce that the first meeting of the Devon, Plymouth & Torbay VCSE Assembly Mental Health Hub is now open for signups. The VCSE Assembly is a new, open collective bringing together independent charities and community-led organisations across the county. The Mental Health Hub will serve as a forum for everyone involved in promoting mental wellbeing across the county. Details of the first meeting are available below:
Devon VCSE Assembly Mental Health Hub
Wednesday 17 May 2023 from 10:00am — 1:30pm
Mercure Exeter Rougemont Hotel, Queen Street, Exeter EX4 3SP
Free to attend — please sign up to book your place
Lunch will be provided — requests for dietary requirements will be sent to confirmed attendees beforehand.
We're delighted to welcome Jacquie Mowbray-Gould, Director for the Mental Health, Learning Disability and Neurodiversity (MHLDN) Provider Collaborative, as one of our speakers at the first Mental Health Hub, reflecting the commitment of statutory colleagues to work more effectively with VCSE partners as we move forward together.
If you've got any questions or agenda items you'd like raised, please email tom@devonmind.com.
About the Mental Health Hub
We know that there are lots of great networks already up and running, so the Devon VCSE Assembly Mental Health Hub is not intended to cut across any existing activity. Rather, it will be a collaborative conversation space to meet colleagues from across the VCSE and statutory services with the intention of sharing challenges, best practices and thinking, in the hope that this will organically enable opportunities to improve outcomes for the people we support.
The VCSE Assembly’s Mental Health Hub will meet on a quarterly basis, reporting into the overarching One Devon governance structure to share feedback and recommendations for system change. Whether you’re a grassroots delivery organisation or already work at a more strategic level, everyone is welcome to attend. We recognise the strength and insight that will be gained through the participation of a wide variety of people.
A more detailed agenda will be shared a couple of weeks before the meeting, but the core theme for this session will be a review of the Community Mental Health Framework (CMHF) implementation and impact. The CMHF proposes a new model of working, with a focus on building stronger links between community and statutory services. This will be a chance to explore progress both as a community of VCSE providers and with key statutory staff — and if you haven't heard of the Framework at all, that's a perfectly legitimate position and something that needs to be unpacked!
About the Devon, Plymouth and Torbay VCSE Assembly
The Devon, Plymouth and Torbay VCSE Assembly is a ‘community anchor’ bringing together independent charities and community-led organisations across the county. Together, we are multi-purpose and aim to provide holistic solutions to local problems and challenges. At a local level, our members are often the driving force in community renewal. We aim to support, complement, and add value to local VCSE networks and partnerships, including Local Care Partnerships.
The Assembly is not a membership organisation — anyone who wants to be involved can be. Instead, we are a space where people, communities, and organisations can contribute and engage in improving how important services are designed and delivered in Devon. For more information, visit the Devon Communities Together website.
If you haven’t already signed up to be a part of the Assembly and receive regular communications, please complete this form. If you have any queries or would like to get involved, please email dptvcseassembly@gmail.com.