City & Hackney Health & Social Care Forum and Hackney LINk - The Future of Health in Hackney Event: The implications of the NHS White paper & bill for services in Hackney

Friday, 28 January 2011: 9am - 1.30pm

Venue: TBC

Info: http://www.hscf.org.uk/index.php?page=38&event=147#news_7308

Please come along to the rearranged The Future of Health in Hackney meeting with

• Paul Haigh - Chief Executive East London Integrated Care  
• Jacqui Harvey - Chief Executive City & Hackney Primary Care Trust
• Lesley Mountford - Director Public Health
• Yvonne Faulks (tbc)

We will be discussing:

What does the NHS Bill & Public Health White Paper mean for Hackney?

How will  GP Consortia led Commissioning work?

What will the implications of the PCT merger be?

How will the cuts to the Local Authority & NHS budget affect Hackney & how can we assess the impact?

How can we use Olympics to raise the profile of wellbeing & preventative activities in Hackney?

The meeting will be 9am - 1.30pm

Booking Essential  please email if you would like to attend: hscf@hcvs.org.uk

Do you deliver training, back-to-work support, wellbeing training, volunteering programs, enterprise development?

Any program which helps Hackney residents to be nearer employment has the potential to be funded through the government’s Work Program – the Economic Development Network is helping local groups promote their programs to potential subcontractors. If you register the details with the EDN directory here http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Y9S5R3B.  If you have any questions or have difficulty with making the link work, please contact Judy judy@hcvs.or.uk and you will be contacted to help you through the process.

Safer Young Hackney meet with Baroness Newlove

The Safer Young Hackney Network gained an audience with Baroness Newlove last week. The Baroness visited Hackney CVS in Dalston as part of a nationwide tour, meeting with and talking to young people and Voluntary and Community projects up and down the country about what works and how.

The Baroness heard powerful testimony from young people whose lives had been changed by the intervention from Hackney providers. She saw how young people have developed emotional resilience and ways forward, which saw them walk away from risky behaviour and often dangerous activity into productive and rewarding lifestyles. Safer Young Hackney have also launched a newsletter, to recieve your copy or more info on the Network email: Gary@hcvs.org.uk

Stop Press….London Councils Funding cuts– campaigners secure a partial victory

The BME Advice Network have been coordinating opposition to the cuts to London Councils Grants. Last Thursday they held a lobby outside London Councils offices. News reaches us that London Councils have decided on a managed approach to transition. Regionally and locally the funding of services will be looked at individually by relevance and all will have funding continued until June 2011.

*Click here*  for report from London Voluntary Sector Forum.