Yorkshire and the Humber Regional Forum AGM and Annual Lecture

Regional Forum AGM and Annual Lecture

Join us for Yorkshire and the Humber Regional Forum’s Annual General Meeting on Tuesday 2nd March 2010 from 3.00pm at the Rose Bowl, Leeds. Come along and have your say.

The AGM will be followed by the Regional Forum Annual Lecture, ‘Can we afford equality?’ given by Maeve Sherlock OBE.

Some say that in a recession things like additional parental rights are too expensive. Others see changing populations as a threat. Maeve will look at these threats and how equality can be promoted, not as an added extra but a vital component of a successful future for all the people of Yorkshire and the Humber.

The lecture starts at 3.45pm. Click on the links above for more information and a booking form.

The Yorkshire & Humber Strategy

The Yorkshire & Humber Strategy (formerly known as the Integrated Regional Strategy) is the latest attempt to put in place a strategic framework for delivering sustainable economic growth in the English regions over a twenty year period. It is designed to replace all the existing regional strategies; in particular the Regional Economic Strategy and the Regional Spatial Strategy. Each region has significant autonomy in deciding how to go about developing its own strategy.

In Yorkshire and the Humber a new governance structure is now in place to oversee this development. The Strategy is going to be built from "the bottom up" and must involve the voluntary and community sector in its design and implementation.

To find out more about the Yorkshire & Humber Strategy and what the Regional Forum is doing to engage with it, click on the link.

Yorkshire and Humber Strategy

Still feeling the pulse - the second Forum VCS Quarterly Confidence Survey

Please click on the link below to take part in the Regional Forum's second quarterly confidence survey for the voluntary and community sector (VCS) in Yorkshire and the Humber.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/KMRQ3LW

The survey is a valuable way for us to assess expectations within the sector over the next 3 and 12 months and this survey will build on the results from the last survey in November 2009.

Sign up to our Manifesto!

The purpose of our "Voluntary & Community Sector Manifesto for Yorkshire and the Humber" is to influence the manifestos of political parties for the next general election and to build relationships, understanding and support for the sector amongst Councillors, MPs and prospective Parliamentary Candidates in our region.

You can use the Manifesto in various ways, all of which will show support from across the sector and help raise awareness and gather momentum.

• Sign up your organisation to the principles of the Manifesto
• Use this model letter to send the Manifesto to your local MP
• Use or adapt this short article to put in newsletters or e-bulletins

The more organisations sign up to it, the more powerful a tool it will be, and the stronger a voice for the sector.

Hard copies of the Manifesto are available from the Regional Forum.

Yorkshire & the Humber Regional Forum

The Regional Forum provides a coherent regional voice for the voluntary and community sector (VCS) in Yorkshire and the Humber.

It is a member led network of networks with over 160 members linking us to more than 20,000 front line groups. The Forum brings together voluntary and community sector organisations to ensure that the sector has the right support and structures to contribute to regional activity.

The Forum’s work focuses on tackling the disadvantage and disconnection which exist across Yorkshire and the Humber. The Forum believes that by placing the voluntary and community sector at the heart of the region, we can create an inclusive and vibrant region – with a high quality of life for all. The Regional Forum supports, develops and advocates for a VCS that is...influential, informed, strengthened and connected.

The work of the Regional Forum covers a range of areas: