Health & wellbeing

National policy sets out a clear ambition to shift care closer to home, strengthen prevention, and bring services together around people and communities through neighbourhood health. This reflects a growing understanding that health is shaped by the conditions of people’s daily lives, and not by services alone. What is often less clear is how to put this ambition into practice through partnership with communities and the VCSE sector.

We’re looking for a new person to join the NAVCA team as our Health and Wellbeing Manager, on a six-month contract for three days per week – could this be you?

Changing geographical footprints or structures will not, on its own, change how systems work. Genuine neighbourhood health requires investment in community capacity, different relationships, shared accountability and a willingness to redistribute power.

NAVCA was invited to provide the VCSE sector perspective at the recent Health Devolution Commission. Our message was simple: the ambition for neighbourhood health is right, but the delivery conditions are not yet in place.

At NAVCA, we want to support members to manage their wellbeing at work. In this blog post, Maddy Desforges, CEO, reflects on the challenges faced by people working in local infrastructure organisations, and our upcoming session that aims to help members reflect and recharge in their roles.

Our spring/summer training programme is designed with NAVCA members in mind: practical, relevant and affordable support that reflects the realities of your work. Find out more here.