Welcome to the VCS Matters website
VCS Matters supports the Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) to improve the lives of children and young people in Birmingham.
Visit our About us section for more information.
Effective leadership for effective outcomes
How does your organisation build strong leadership and stakeholder involvement to deliver optimal outcomes? Especially at a time of challenges it is crucial to have effective trustees and active support from all parties with an interest in your organisation's success, but how do you go about it? The VCS Matters Spring Summit on Friday 5 March will look at this and other issues with a mixture of guest speakers, hot topic briefings, workshops and discussions.
Fun in Brum half term activities guide published
Extensive information on February half term activities and playschemes has been published by the Family Information Service (FIS): the 21-page 'Fun in Brum. February Half Term Activities 2010' is now available on this site.
Referral Pathways Survey
VCS Matters is conducting an online survey to obtain a thumb nail sketch of good practice within the local voluntary and community sector around the issues of referral pathways for children and young people.
VCS Matters Winter Summit Success
'Preparing for change' was the topic of the VCS Matters Winter Summit on 16 December at The Hub, Hazelwell. Highlights included:
- Councillor Les Lawrence on strengthening Children's Trusts and implications for third sector representation.
- Hot topic discussions on the impact of a possible change in government for the voluntary & community sector and on the implications of the new vetting & barring scheme.
- An insight into Birmingham's scrutiny system with Councillor Jon Hunt.
Participants made good use of the opportunities for networking in the marketplace and over lunch.
Referrals to PAYP provision
A matrix of some 60 providers of PAYP (Positive Activities for Young People) is now available on this website. This allows you to search for PAYP provision up to March 2010.
