Support and Development

Support and development organisations (formerly known as ‘infrastructure organisations’) provide support to the voluntary and community sector (VCS) at national, regional, sub-regional and local levels.

Yorkshire and the Humber Forum is the general support and development organisation for the VCS in Yorkshire and the Humber.

Our priorities include the development of the Thriving Third Sector Alliance to help make support and development organisations sustainable.

Voluntary organisations of all types and sizes need support to deal a range of issues, including new legislation, responding to government policy and changes in funding programmes. Such support and development enables organisations which deliver services to do their best for the individual people and communities they serve.

We play a key role by co-ordinating support and development organisations in Yorkshire and the Humber, advocating for the sector and liaising with funding providers over developing funding strategies and programmes.

In this section of the website:

Regional Infrastructure

Sub-Regional Infrastructure

SubNet

Capacitybuilders

National Support Services

For more information about regional infrastructure in Yorkshire and the Humber contact Ruth Beattie at the Forum:

ruth.beattie@yorkshirehumberforum.org.uk

Telephone: 0113 394 2300

Latest News

Sector's big ideas on Big Society
Big Society Consultation 6 September 2010 St George's Centre, Leeds. Over 50 people from a wide range of voluntary, private sector and other organisations attended a consultation on the Big...

Commissioning and procurement: great ideas from a buzzing conference
The Forum is coordinating the way forward for a number of ideas on commissioning and procurement from its conference at Goole on 16th June. Eleven participants, from all sectors, volunteered to be pa...

Equity and excellence: Liberating the NHS
The Government has published a White Paper setting out the Government’s vision for the NHS – Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS. Click on the links below for a letter from the Secretary of S...

Upcoming Events

22/09/2010: Welfare reform: what will the new coalition government do to support vulnerable people to be economically and socially independent?
Venue: Aspire, Infirmary Street, Leeds Time: 10am to 1.00pm Crisis’ WILLOW Project (Welfare Influencing and Lobbying: Learning Opportunities and Work) is a national programme that is investigatin...

14/10/2010: "How Yorkshire works" - Yorkshire & the Humber Forum information session
Venue: Octagon Centre, Hull Time: 1.00pm - 4.00pm Come to this inter-active session in Hull to help demystify the jargon, find out about the new governance arrangements, and track the implications...

11/11/2010: Big Society Unplugged
Venue: St Mary's Centre, Sheffield An unmissable conference! Big Society may be the defining idea of the Coalition government. It looks certain to affect the way the voluntary and community sec...