Comments for Involve Y&H Blog http://www.involveyorkshirehumber.org.uk/blog Opinion on the VCS in Yorkshire Wed, 12 Aug 2015 15:36:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.3.3 Comment on On closer inspection: two big opportunities for the voluntary sector by What can the voluntary sector expect from the new Government? | Involve Y&H Blog http://www.involveyorkshirehumber.org.uk/blog/on-closer-inspection-two-big-opportunities-for-the-voluntary-sector/#comment-6660 Wed, 12 Aug 2015 15:36:39 +0000 http://www.involveyorkshirehumber.org.uk/blog/?p=517#comment-6660 […] devolution is high on the policy agenda. Health and social care delivery is also under review, with opportunities for the voluntary sector to influence and be part of the […]

]]> Comment on What next for devolution and civil society in the North? by On closer inspection: two big opportunities for the voluntary sector | Involve Y&H Blog http://www.involveyorkshirehumber.org.uk/blog/what-next-for-devolution-and-civil-society-in-the-north/#comment-6530 Thu, 16 Jul 2015 13:43:55 +0000 http://www.involveyorkshirehumber.org.uk/blog/?p=501#comment-6530 […] take our thinking forward, we’re working with Dr Alex Schafran and Zac Taylor from the Geography Department at the University of Leeds to check out what the sector knows and […]

]]> Comment on What does the North want? by What next for devolution and civil society in the North? | Involve Y&H Blog http://www.involveyorkshirehumber.org.uk/blog/what-does-the-north-want/#comment-6398 Tue, 16 Jun 2015 09:13:18 +0000 http://www.involveyorkshirehumber.org.uk/blog/?p=494#comment-6398 […] ← What does the North want? […]

]]> Comment on It’s not going to be easy… by Neil Bshop http://www.involveyorkshirehumber.org.uk/blog/its-not-going-to-be-easy/#comment-6341 Wed, 03 Jun 2015 19:48:28 +0000 http://www.involveyorkshirehumber.org.uk/blog/?p=490#comment-6341 Does the Northern Powerhouse point to one way forward, especially if cities, or city regions and even coalitions of county councils, are going to be given much greater budgets and control of local services in an English answer to devo-max? They will be controlling a diminishing pot of money and they will need to work with the local voluntary sector to get best value for money. Could you provide the commissioning guidance and advice they will need to get local solutions to local problems? ‘Local’ in this context might sometimes be sub-regional, of course.

]]> Comment on Post election blues by Veronique Raingeval http://www.involveyorkshirehumber.org.uk/blog/post-election-blues/#comment-6322 Fri, 29 May 2015 14:52:06 +0000 http://www.involveyorkshirehumber.org.uk/blog/?p=481#comment-6322 After the election, somehow the thought came to me that the British public in its wisdom might have thought it would be easier for the Conservatives to become more compassionate than for Labour to become better economists…

]]> Comment on Post election blues by Fiona Cooper http://www.involveyorkshirehumber.org.uk/blog/post-election-blues/#comment-6273 Fri, 15 May 2015 10:12:44 +0000 http://www.involveyorkshirehumber.org.uk/blog/?p=481#comment-6273 Great blog Judy, one of the best post-mortems of the election that I’ve read. I’m struck by your comment at the end:

“Can the VCS create alliances and collaborations? Julia Unwin, CEO of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation talks about finding surprising friends, in her lecture ‘A Recipe for Social Change’. To do this we have to put aside differences and work together.”

I couldn’t agree more. I’m struck that my Facebook feed is full of friends saying “who are these people who voted UKIP/Tory? I don’t know any of them.” This just highlights the divisions we’ve set up…… and we might be very surprised about who voted UIKP anyway. We need to break down the barriers and talk to people who are not like us….. we all have a lot to learn.

In addition, as the election was looming I spoke to a few friends who were willing to admit that some of the messages on UKIP flyers actually resonated with them – perhaps these were the same messages that resonated with those who voted for them! We are maybe not as far apart as we imagine or like to think.

]]> Comment on Creating our own future: what opportunities for the voluntary sector in 2015? by Post Election Blues | Involve Y&H Blog http://www.involveyorkshirehumber.org.uk/blog/creating-our-own-future-what-opportunities-for-the-voluntary-sector-in-2015/#comment-6267 Thu, 14 May 2015 13:38:22 +0000 http://www.involveyorkshirehumber.org.uk/blog/?p=464#comment-6267 […] Jane Hustwit, Acting CEO of Involve, said in her recent blog that we’ll need to be nimble, fast, brave and radical: I couldn’t put it better myself! […]

]]> Comment on Not-for-profit = Not on LinkedIn? Why many third sector professionals are missing out by leaving LinkedIn to languish by Using LinkedIn for effective relationship management and business development | : JRC http://www.involveyorkshirehumber.org.uk/blog/not-for-profit-not-on-linkedin-why-many-third-sector-professionals-are-missing-out-by-leaving-linkedin-to-languish/#comment-6265 Wed, 13 May 2015 08:02:11 +0000 http://www.involveyorkshirehumber.org.uk/blog/?p=440#comment-6265 […] Communications & Marketing Manager Helen Robinson suggests in a recent blog that many third sector professionals are missing out by leaving LinkedIn to languish – and I agree with […]

]]> Comment on The long term costs of welfare reform by Welfare reform “enablers and life changers”: Putting the voluntary sector at the heart of delivery | Involve Y&H Blog http://www.involveyorkshirehumber.org.uk/blog/the-long-term-costs-of-welfare-reform/#comment-6263 Tue, 12 May 2015 17:08:35 +0000 http://www.involveyorkshirehumber.org.uk/blog/?p=262#comment-6263 […] year I was honoured to be asked to write a guest blog for Involve on the impact of welfare reform and in particular how that affected people living with, and recovering from, mental […]

]]> Comment on Creating our own future: what opportunities for the voluntary sector in 2015? by David http://www.involveyorkshirehumber.org.uk/blog/creating-our-own-future-what-opportunities-for-the-voluntary-sector-in-2015/#comment-6248 Wed, 06 May 2015 13:43:23 +0000 http://www.involveyorkshirehumber.org.uk/blog/?p=464#comment-6248 For me, a big challenge for the sector is how to regain its identity as innovators, campaigners, partners and responders (to community articulated need). My fear is that the move away from grant aid coupled with severe austerity has put the sector at war with itself. Obsessive competitive tendering has left many organisations behind and there is a growth in what are virtually quasi-public sector charities skilled at winning contracts but increasingly remote from the communities they claim to serve. Infrastructure support is a major casualty denying communities expertise in funding and responding to need and robbing the public sector planning process of properly resourced and experienced partners and community representation.

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