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Representation

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Being the community-voluntary sector representative on a forum can sometimes be a lonely place:

  • You are sat there and asked for the view of the sector - how can you speak for so many diverse organisations?
  • Other members of the forum or partnership have back-up support and knowledge as representatives of large statutory agencies
  • Help - how do I keep up with the jargon and initials?
  • How do I feedback to relevant organisations across the sector?

Does the above sound familiar? The Leadership and Representation strand will address some of these issues. The CVS Group intend to:

  • Create a database of who represents the sector on the many forums and partnership that work at County or quadrant level within Hertfordshire
  • Publish a directory of representatives
  • Develop terms of reference for sector representatives and a format to elect sector representatives when required
  • Implement a system that enables two-way communication between the forum/partnership representatives and those with an interest in the subject in the community-voluntary sector

News & Events
Conservative Party Policy Green Paper
06 June 2008
Click here to link to the Conservative’s Green Paper entitled "A Stronger Society: Voluntary Action in the 21st Century"   ...
Foundation Trust Application
09 May 2008
East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, (responsible for running the Lister, QE2, Hertford County and Mount Vernon hospitals), is currently carrying out a consultatio...
Facing the Future – Emerging Practice
13 April 2008
A forthcoming regional Children and Young Peoples VCS conference to be held on  Monday 9 June 2008, New Hall College , Cambridge ...
Hertfordshire 2021 : A Brighter Future
30 November 2007
Hertfordshire Forward’s new draft sustainable community strategy, Hertfordshire 2021 : A Brighter Future  is now out for consultation. Please cli...
Special Meetings of NHS Trust Boards
29 November 2007
Wednesday 19 December 2007, 9:15 – 5:00 Fielder Centre, Hatfield Business Centre, Hatfield , AL10 9TP   F...
’My Herts LAA ’ Conference
29 November 2007
You are invited to the ‘My Herts LAA’ conference to be held on the 24 th of January 2008. If you have wondered how to get involved with LAA activity and want to und...
Invite to Engage
26 November 2007
Share your skills, knowledge and experiences with other community engagement enthusiasts in Hertfordshire — and celebrate the launch of Engage , the new locally produced...
Feedback from Hertfordshire Forward Conference
16 November 2007
Climate change – planning ahead, acting together - October 2007     Listed below are the key outcomes and messages: o...
Hertfordshire Charity Trustee Conference
05 November 2007
At the Ramada Jarvis Hotel, Hatfield on Saturday, 9th February 2008 from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm   The Herts CVS Group...
Value and Volume of the Voluntary Sector in Herts
02 November 2007
This report attempts to introduce Hertfordshire’s voluntary and community sector, and map out its value and volume. Data used for the report comes from a wide variety of...
Widen your horizons
27 September 2007
If you are a Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) organisation, we encourage you to get involved with The Big Plan. This will enable you to partner with ...
New LAA Liaison Officer for Hertfordshire
13 August 2007
  Ethel Bangwayo started on 6 th August as the new Local Area Agreement Liaison Officer for the voluntary and community sector. She is based a...
Healthy Communities LAA Update
30 July 2007
For the latest news from the HCOP (Healthy Communities & Older People) LAA block please click here ...
Delivering Quality Healthcare for Hertfordshire
21 July 2007
As part of the public consultation – delivering quality health care for Hertfordshire – the primary care and acute trusts are holding an event to demonstrate how our clinic...
Emergency Response and Recovery
20 July 2007
A Guide for Engaging the Voluntary Sector…………   The Government Office for the East of England Voluntary Sector Working Group has pr...
LAA Newsletter Summer 2007
05 July 2007
Please find attached the latest on the Local Area Agreement in Hertfordshire ...
Stevenage LAA Volunteering update
24 June 2007
Click Here  for the notes of a presentation given on 20th June 2007 by Ann Jansz of Stevenage CVS (Herts Forward Voluntary Sector Lead) at an open me...
Sustaining Grants - A case to argue?
24 June 2007
Together with nine other national charities NAVCA (The Herts CVS Group National Association) has produced:   ’Sustaining Grants - why local grant aid is vita...
LAA East Area Bulletin - May 2007
04 June 2007
Click here for the latest LAA news in the Eastern Region from Government Office...
Children’s Trust Stakeholder Forums
29 May 2007
Hertfordshire Children’s Trust Partnership Invitation to Summer 2007 Stakeholder Forums   The next round of...
LAA Healthy Communities event held in January 2007
27 April 2007
Please find attached the report from the Local Area Agreement - Healthy Communities and Older People Block Event held at Homestead Court Hotel , Welwyn Gar...
Engaging the Third Sector in Hertfordshire.
27 April 2007
Click here  for the slides from a presentation delivered by Mark Mitchell, Chief Officer at Dacorum CVS and Chair of Investing in Communities Hertfordshire entitled ’...
Stressed, overstretched and lonely?
28 March 2007
New Herts CVS Peer Mentoring Toolkit.   Being a chief officer or sometimes the only employee of a voluntary organisation, can be a lone...
Skills for Life - Feasibility Study
06 March 2007
COVER (Eastern Regional voluntary sector suopport organisation) has put together a three-year development plan to support the engagement of the voluntary and community sector i...
Children’s Trust Information Event Invite
22 February 2007
Please find attached an invitation  to an event planned on Monday 26 March 2007 at All Saints Pasoral Centre, London Colney. The purpose of this event is to update volu...
Viva Volunteering
23 November 2006
News from the Local Area Agreement Increasing Volunteering in Hertfordshire   Have you ever considered v...
New PCT’s for Hertfordshire - Key Appointments
30 October 2006
Following the news of two new PCT’s in Hertfordshire for East and North Hertfordshire PCT and West Hertfordshire PCT, click for el ectronic copies of pro...
Training for Chairs of Trustees and Committees
25 October 2006
Book Your Place On These Free Training Session From The Hertfordshire Infrastructure Consortium   Ef...
New Trustee Information Pack in Word
18 October 2006
Your essential guide to supporting and retaining effective trustees.   Now available as a Microsoft Word document! &...
Herts CVS Directory of Representatives
28 September 2006
Herts CVS Group, as part of its contract with Hertfordshire County Council, has launched a Directory of Representation covering key county level partnerships and district bas...
Children and Young People’s Service Directory
27 September 2006
Services for Children and Young People. To find local children and young peoples service providers, use the Children and Young Peoples Service Directory. The Directo...
Childrens Trust Stakeholder Forums
26 September 2006
Click here for a booking form providing details of the Autumn 2006 Stakeholder Forums on behalf of the Hertfordshire Childrens Trust Patnership.   ...
Children’s Trusts & the Regional VCS
04 September 2006
Messages from the Community and Voluntary Forum (COVER) Annual Regional Conference 20 June 2006   This conference launched a report by...
Attention Board Members and Trustees
22 August 2006
Got 5 minutes? Take a quick ‘health check’ to see if your   board is at the top of its game or whether there’s room for improvement.   7 multiple choice&nb...
Local Area Agreements (LAA) - Update
20 July 2006
Support for Hertfordshire’s Voluntary and Community Sector David Collins has been appointed as the new LAA/VCS Liaison Officer for Hertfordshire. ...
Police Force Restructuring - Latest
24 May 2006
Letter from Ian Laidlaw-Dickson, Chairman, Herts Police Authority:     Dear Colleague   ...
Children’s Trust Partnership - Stakeholder Fora
22 May 2006
As part of the Hertfordshire Children’s Trust Partnership arrangements it was agreed that two Stakeholder Fora would be held twice a year, the first one which was in November 2...
Future-Proofing the Community-Voluntary Sector
18 May 2006
If you are a busy trustee, volunteer or salaried staff member from a small to medium voluntary and community organisation; take some ‘time-out’ and attend the Future-Proofing...
New Online Newsletter for Trustees
07 April 2006
"Governance - Essential Information for Effective Trustees" is a new online newsletter aimed at Trustees.   The newsletter is only available...
Important New Post for Herts VCS
31 March 2006
Can you support, develop & facilitate the Local Area Agreement (LAA) process in Hertfordshire?     Do you have the experience of w...
Hertfordshire Constabulary Update
27 March 2006
Click here for the latest developments in relation to the national agenda for police force restructuring in Hertforshire and Bedfordshire. ...
Trustees Wanted!
17 March 2006
CDA for Herts is currently seeking to strengthen its governance structures through the appointment of a number of new Trustees.    In particular, we are looking ...
Hertfordshire Children’s Trust – Update
27 February 2006
There has been significant activity at a county level to ensure that the Hertfordshire Children’s Trust is in a position to ‘go live’ on 1 st April 2006 . Part of this ...
Third Sector Review
08 February 2006
The Third Sector Review: Interim Report The interim report from the Third Sector Review  was published alongside the Pre-Budget Repo...
Police Force Restructure
23 December 2005
Please see letter from Hertfordshire Police Authority concerning the Police Force Restructure. See also related news item posted 10th October 2005 by clic...
Hertfordshire Constabulary - An Urgent Request
04 October 2005
SENT ON BEHALF OF IAN LAIDLAW-DICKSON, CHAIRMAN, HERTFORDSHIRE POLICE AUTHORITY Dear Colleague, This is an urgent request for feedba...
Enabling Representation
03 June 2005
Council’s for Voluntary Service in the county are at the forefront of ensuring that the views of the voluntary and community sector are represented in the many partnership an...
Revised edition of the LSP Guide
13 May 2005
The LSP Guide (originally published in 2003) offers a handy guide to getting involved for voluntary and community groups.  The Guide is about ways for people, public authori...
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