Jo Whaley
Regions Health Project Manager
I am on maternity leave.
I manage the Stronger Connections for Better Health project which links all nine regional networks in England, including Involve Yorkshire & Humber. (I job share with Emma Easton). Together as Regional Voices, the networks are one of 18 Strategic Partners to the Department of Health, helping to disseminate information about health policy and taking any current issues affecting the voluntary and community sector around health or social care back to the Department of Health.
I work closely with Ruth, who coordinates the project within Yorkshire and Humber. My daily work involves liaising with colleagues in each of the regional networks and connecting their work with national policy-making in the Department of Health. My usual working days are Monday and Tuesday. In the other half of my week I run NETS(work)- the North East Third Sector learning disability network at Voluntary Organisations' Network North East (VONNE).
I started working on the Stronger Connections project in June 2009, managing the North East region's Third Sector Health and Social Care Forum, based at Voluntary Organisations' Network North East (VONNE) where I also managed NETS (work), the North East Third Sector learning disability provider network.
Before working at VONNE I lived and worked in Cambodia as a Mangement Adviser with Voluntary Service Overseas.
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Jo Whaley
Regions Health Project Manager
Currently on maternity leave
