Health & Wellbeing

System change starts with a mindset shift. If we want to build resilient, community-driven health systems, we must prioritise collaboration over control, empowerment over exclusion, and partnership over paternalism.

The voluntary and community sector is large and diverse. It includes the big household name charities, as well as the smallest, often unregistered, voluntary and community groups. These groups could be described as the ‘microbiome’ of the sector – they are essential to community health and wellbeing, just as the human microbiome is essential to our individual health. However, the voluntary sector microbiome often goes unseen and unrecognised, despite playing an essential role in communities.

In this guest blog, Garry Jones, CEO of NAVCA member Support Staffordshire, explores the new changes to buying healthcare services and what this means for the voluntary sector.

We know that NAVCA members are at the heart of their communities.

We are pleased to announce the publication of a new set of resources on embedding the VCSE sector in Integrated Care Systems (ICS).

We are pleased to announce a new partnership with Assura.