What does Newham Voluntary Sector Consortium do?
Newham Voluntary Sector Consortium helps voluntary, faith and community sector groups to be more effectively involved in the LSP. It achieves this by:
The Community Empowerment Fund is part of the Governments National Strategy for Neighbourhood Renewal. The Government wants voluntary, faith and community organisations as well as local residents and community members to be equal partners on Local Strategic Partnerships (LSPs). It recognises that they will find it much easier to participate effectively if they have some funds of their own. So the Government has set up the Community Empowerment Fund to support community, faith and voluntary sector involvement in LSPs. The Government is giving up to £206,000 per year to Newham from the CEF to give local people (especially people who are most often excluded) a direct say in the improvement of their neighbourhoods. Booklets explaining the Community Empowerment Fund are available in 50 languages. If you would like to receive a copy in the language of your choice please contact the Newham Voluntary Sector Consortium. Further information is available at www.neighbourhood.gov.uk/cef.asp
The LSP was set up in June last year to replace the Newham
2010 Partnership.
There are 29 seats on the LSP and voluntary, faith and community
sector representation is built into its structure:
Two key priorities of the LSP are:
Six Local Action Partnership Boards (LAPBs) are being set up and will play a pivotal part in helping organisations to work together to deliver the solutions identified in the community planning process. They are split into six strategic themes: Environment & Housing, Local Economy, Health & Social Care, Culture, Life Long Learning and Community Safety. Voluntary, faith and community groups already work with the LAPBs and with the community forums. Newham Voluntary Sector Consortium will work to help voluntary, faith and community groups become even more influential in LSP decision making. Find out more about the LSP at YourNewham.com