1. How Can 3 rd Sector Infrastructure Organisations Help Overcome Barriers to Commissioning? John Butler Development Worker Mental Health

2. Manchester Large Vibrant diverse and well organised Voluntary sector Ahead of the game in hot housing new ideas but Operating in a commissioning & a political vacuum Beginning to re-establish old and create new connections with new commissioners

3. How can we broaden what is meant and understood by the term commissioning to: Embrace the full range of activity undertaken by the VCS? How can collaboration enable smaller local organisations to compete ? Who needs to be in the room? Asking Questions Bringing People Together Providing Leadership Building Capacity

4. Has anybody seen the commissioning road to effective service delivery?

6. Meanwhile on Planet Earth No Relationship with New PCT A Dearth of Commissioning Capacity & Capability

7. Emergency Reconfiguration & Transitions Fund

8. Upstream What is the impact or value of a sustainable/stable independent value driven VCS on the wellbeing of the whole population?