Working with universities, national partners, and our networks, we produce insight briefings, research reports and policy papers that highlight the role of the local VCSE sector in integrated care. These explore what’s working, the barriers to change, and what’s needed to embed community-led approaches in health and care systems. Our work aims to influence national policy and support local action. You can read them here.
Learning on support for partnerships in health and care:
Our Snowballs and Eels report (2023) sets out key learning on the impact different approaches to funding and support offers can have on developing cross-sector partnerships for health and care.
Download Snowballs and EelsSupporting ICSs to deliver Social and Economic Development:
In 2023, NHS England commissioned NAVCA, the NHS Confederation, National Voices and the Local Government Association (LGA) as a consortium to capture and share learning from ICSs progressing their work against their social and economic development objective. This is known as the Systems for Change project.
Find out moreLearning from social prescribing
The VCSE sector is uniquely placed to bring the health system and communities closer together, creating social value and helping to reduce health inequalities. In this report (October 2023), NAVCA makes five headline recommendations to improve the quality and sustainability of a thriving social prescribing ecosystem.
Download reportSelf-Assessment Development Guide:
This is a practical, day-to-day guide on how to develop and deliver a quality Social Prescribing Link Worker (SPLW) hosting service. This resource will help Primary Care Networks and SPLW host organisations establish, develop and maintain a sustainable and effective social prescribing scheme in their local area.
Download the guideImpactful Social Prescribing Presentation:
This presentation template and accompanying guidance aim to increase the impact of social prescribing by creating stronger connections between local VCSE infrastructure organisations and stakeholders at a national, regional, system and place level. The presentation will support engagement and offers a framework to showcase the role of local VCSE infrastructure, and how the core functions relate directly to, and support the impact of, social prescribing.
Download the presentationWhen local infrastructure organisations and Primary Care Networks work together, we can improve the health and wellbeing of our communities. Watch our short videos to find out more about the benefits of partnerships and collaboration.
