1. Lincolnshire Community and Voluntary Service People’s Partnership Update

2. What was the idea behind the People’s Partnership.... To set up Community Engagement for a long term meaningful relationship between the people of Lincolnshire and Lincolnshire County Council. www.lincolnshirecvs.org.uk

3. So the purpose of the People's Partnership is... to find ways to further strengthen representation and influence commissioning plans, strengthening networking and improve information exchange. www.lincolnshirecvs.org.uk

4. How will the People's Partnership work? By providing the forum for communities of interest, Strands, and the commissioners to get together. Funding is available for a Strand Lead to develop each Strand in a manner that suits that Strand’s community, at a strategic and local level. www.lincolnshirecvs.org.uk

5. The pilot project (till March 2016) The initial 7 Strands: 1.Carers 2.Children and Young People 3.Learning Disability 4.Mental Health 5.Older People 6.Physical Disability 7.Sensory Impairment www.lincolnshirecvs.org.uk

6. Expressions of Interest....... EOI’s were gathered through advertising through Involving Lincs, LCVS & VCS. 2 or more were received for each Strand – except Sensory Impairment. Selection was for the EOI with the best plans for developing the Strand www.lincolnshirecvs.org.uk

7. Strand Leads..... www.lincolnshirecvs.org.uk STRANDSTRAND LEAD CarersLincolnshire Carers & Young Carers Partnership Children & Young PeopleChildren’s Links Learning DisabilityVoiceability Mental HealthShine Older PeopleAge UK - Lincoln Physical DisabilityLincolnshire Independent Living Sensory Impairmentt.b.c.

8. Proposed Activity Plans...... Each Strand Lead was invited to put together a plan of how their Strand could be developed to support the work of the People’s Partnership – including requests for support and funds www.lincolnshirecvs.org.uk

9. Differing needs of each Strand...... Support requested ranged from £0 - £11K -some already receive funding from LCC -Strand Leads range from big national organisations already involved in activity across the county to small groups run completely by volunteers www.lincolnshirecvs.org.uk

10. 1st engagement activity...... Non-residential Adult Social Care Contribution Policy www.lincolnshirecvs.org.uk

11. Non-residential Adult Social Care Contribution Policy Learning points – LCC recognises the People’s Partnership were engaged too late to have a real influence Positives 2 week delay easy read documents some improvements in the readability of the documents (3D graphs taken out) www.lincolnshirecvs.org.uk

12. Going forwards..... Meeting with officers from Adult Social Care and they were all very positive about the opportunity for ‘on-going engagement’, rather than just consultation. www.lincolnshirecvs.org.uk

13. How can YOU help..... Rather than promoting the People’s Partnership, to groups or individuals, we are promoting involvement with each Strand Lead. It is the Strand Lead organisation that has the trusted name in the community. www.lincolnshirecvs.org.uk

14. People’s Partnership.... Questions www.lincolnshirecvs.org.uk