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Dear Members

We are back and safely settled in our NEW OFFICES.

Very many apologies to those of you who struggled to get in touch with us over recent weeks. A combination of emergency and planned leave and the office move have meant we have been a little illusive of late.

Our new address is as follows:

Cumbria CVS

Suite 3 Warwick House.

Alanbrooke Road,

Rosehill,

Carlisle,

Cumbria CA1 2UT

Our telephone number remains the same:

Tel 01768 800350

As do all our emails:

Clare Edwards Health Partnerships Manager
claree@cumbriacvs.org.uk
Holly Ferguson Health Partnerships Administration Officer
hollyf@cumbriacvs.org.uk
Sarah Penn Health Partnerships Support Officer
sarah.penn@cumbriacvs.org.uk

And you can still access us on our website:

https://cumbriacvs.org.uk/health-wellbeing/

The Rosehill Estate is busy and vibrant with some great places to eat, and Cumbria Health is our near neighbour.

Sadly, we don’t have as much meeting room space in the new office so in the future we will only be able to host meetings of a maximum of 12 people.  As a result, Holly, Clare and Sarah will be much more itinerant in terms of arranging meetings and will likely be rocking up at a venue near you in the future.

Please do contact with us if you have space and might be interested in hosting meetings and/or workshops organised by the Health Partnerships Team. Generally, we are looking for rooms that will hold between 10 and 20 people with tea and coffee making facilities available and where possible some local parking.  

If you haven’t already met with the Health Partnerships Team and/or you’d like to know more about what we do and how we can support you and your organisation to better understand our health and care landscape and how you can better connect with staff and services that deliver health and care please do get in touch. We are always happy to meet with you and happy to host you at the NEW OFFICES for a good old-fashioned face to face meeting.  

We look forward to hearing from you

To contact the Health Partnership Team just email below:

Clare Edwards Health Partnerships Manager
claree@cumbriacvs.org.uk
Holly Ferguson Health Partnerships Administration Officer
hollyf@cumbriacvs.org.uk
Sarah Penn Health Partnerships Support Officer
sarah.penn@cumbriacvs.org.uk

Keep up to date with our network events Padlet, which contains all of the information/presentations from each of our speakers at our recent Action for Health and Mental Health Provider Forum meetings

A networking and information sharing event for link workers (social prescribers, health and wellbeing coaches, care coordinators and more) and any VCFSE organisations or people who deliver arts and culture activities specifically to improve health and wellbeing in North Cumbria.
Link workers will find out more about the various arts & culture in health activities on offer and learn more about how arts and culture can support the people they work with. VCFSE arts and culture organisations can connect with the link workers and explore how access to their health-focused activities could be supported.

The event will be followed by a 'bring your own' picnic in the Tullie grounds, and the team at Tullie are offering tours of the galleries in the afternoon.

Join the Tullie team inside the new automata exhibition to hear about why visiting museums and art galleries can be beneficial for our health and wellbeing. Learn more about our community programme, plus added extra - have a go at some slow-looking or sketching to wind down.

Link workers will also be able to attend a 'Connect the Connector' session directly afterwards to catch up with their colleagues in other teams/organisations. Please book this separately here.

There will be space for stalls to showcase your organisation but these must be booked in advance by emailing hollyf@cumbriacvs.org.uk.

When

24th, June 2026 from 10:00 to 12:30

Location

Tullie
Castle Street
Carlisle, Cumbria CA3 8TP

A chance to get together with fellow link workers, social prescribers, health and wellbeing coaches and anyone else doing similar work in North Cumbria.

The aim is to share challenges, successes, tears and joy! This follows on from a 'Link and Think' event on Arts and Culture 10-12.30, also at Tullie which can be booked here. You can attend both or either, and there will be a 'bring your own' networking picnic lunch in between.

Please book separately here for the Arts and Culture Link and Think.

When

24th, June 2026 from 13:00 to 14:30

Location

Tullie
Castle Street
Carlisle, Cumbria CA3 8TP

Healthwatch Westmorland and Furness and Healthwatch Cumberland have published a new report exploring experiences of the Section 42 safeguarding enquiry process across Cumbria.

The report looks at feedback from both professionals and people involved in safeguarding enquiries, highlighting what is working well and where improvements may be needed. Themes include communication, involvement in decision-making, timeliness and understanding of the safeguarding process.

Safeguarding should be personalised, respectful and centred around the person involved. This report helps shine a light on real experiences and opportunities to improve support for people across Cumberland and Westmorland and Furness.

Key findings include:

• 60% of professionals agreed raising a safeguarding concern is simple and straightforward
• 33% felt well informed about what would happen and when
• 60% of people and carers said they felt involved in decision-making
• Communication was identified as an area where experiences were mixed

We’d like to thank everyone who shared their experiences to support this important work.

At Active Lancashire, we take great pride in our partnership with the NHS Integrated Care Board, delivering health coaching, Making Every Contact Count (MECC), and Patient Activation Measures training.

What are the benefits?

Implementing Making Every Contact Count will require training and up-skilling of staff with the knowledge, skills and resources necessary to support these lifestyle behaviour changes.

• Frontline staff and volunteers routinely have thousands of day-to-day contacts each year with service users, and patients and MECC is about using these to empower and support everyone – including staff themselves – to make healthier choices to achieve positive health outcomes.
• For organisations, MECC will provide staff with the leadership, environment, training and information they need to deliver the MECC approach.
• For staff, MECC can provide the competence and confidence to deliver health and wellbeing messages. This helps encourage people to change their way of thinking/behaviour(s) and can direct them to local services that can support them.
• For individuals, MECC means seeking support when needed and taking action to improve their own health and wellbeing.

Our collaborative efforts have a clear, unified goal: enhancing the health and wellbeing of the people within our community. We believe in providing equal access to healthcare services, ensuring that everyone receives the same high-quality care and

treatment outcomes.

Together, we are making a meaningful impact on lives, elevating the quality of healthcare, and sharing our resources and vision in building a healthier future for all.

https://activelancashire.org.uk/learning-zone/health/  Various dates throughout June, July, August, and September. Visit the attached link to our Health page…

'Man Up?' New Cumberland report highlights serious concerns over men’s health and suicide

Our Director of Public Health, Colin Cox, has published his Public Health Annual Report 2026, highlighting stark inequalities in men’s health — and calling for a wider conversation about masculinity and its impact on health, relationships and communities. 

Titled “Man up? Understanding men’s health and identity in Cumberland, and why it matters for everyone”, the report shows that men in Cumberland experience significantly poorer health outcomes than women, including higher rates of suicide, substance misuse and earlier death. 

The report identifies suicide, drug poisoning and injury as the biggest contributors to inequalities in life expectancy, with men accounting for the majority of deaths. Between 2022 and 2024, suicide rates in Cumberland were among the highest in England. 

Drawing on local data, national evidence and lived‑experience insight - including findings from The Big Question work on suicide in Cumberland - the report explores how poverty, work, education, isolation and social expectations around masculinity shape men’s mental and physical health across their lives. 

Get involved with our Together Garden Project. 

We're developing our gardens at South Carlisle Surgery on Locke Road. Would you like to get involved and help us out?

No gardening experience is necessary, just a willingness to get involved. 

If you're interested please contact below:

nencicb-cu.myhealthcumbria@nhs.net01228 588121

Follow the link below to read the Conference handbook provided following the recent Suicide Prevention conference delivered in Cumbria by Every Life Matters.

The handbook includes chapters on:

• Suicide interventions
• Suicide in the community
• Suicide and men
• Suicide Safer Schools
• Autism and suicide prevention
• Suicide prevention in the workplace
• Suicide prevention in the farming community
• Supporting long-term suicidality
• Understanding suicide bereavement
• Build support
• Actions against suicide
• Suicide prevention training

Click here to view the 2026 schedule for Suicide Prevention and Mental Health training.

The council’s ASC pages have recently been updated to make it easier for people to understand support and help available to them if everyday tasks like moving around their home, getting dressed or supporting someone they care for are becoming difficult.

Language has been changed to be more accessible and include the following sections to help people to find local support, understand what help is available and get guidance on equipment or arranging care.

Being at home

• Moving around home, local neighbourhood
• Keeping your home clean and organised
• Feeling safe and secure in your own home
• Staying in touch with friends and family

Looking after yourself

• Shopping or preparing meals
• Getting dressed or undressed
• Using the toilet
• Personal hygiene

Being out and about

• Taking part in social activities or using local facilities
• Working, volunteering or accessing education

Caring for someone

Are you passionate about your community and committed to bringing about change? 

The neighbourhoods of Raffles and Morton; Flimby, Ellenborough and Broughton Moor; and Kells, Mirehouse and Woodhouse are seeking board members to help invest £20m each from the UK Government’s Pride in Place fund. 

Two independent Chairs have already been appointed –  Florence Hanlon-Bone (Chair for Kells, Mirehouse and Woodhouse) and Annalee Holliday (Chair for Flimby, Ellenborough and Broughton Moor.) A Chair for the Raffles and Morton area will be appointed soon.  

This report highlights some of the involvement and engagement work happening across Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear (CNTW).

The theme for Carers Week 2026 is ‘Building Carer Friendly Communities’, Highlighting the power of building Carer friendly communities and the difference they can make to Carers lives. Carer friendly communities are places, spaces, services and community groups where unpaid carers are recognised, understood, and valued.

To our great partners in Furness and Ulverston,

Carer Support Furness would like to invite you to have a stand to showcase the amazing support and services you provide at our annual

FREE HEALTH AND WELLBEING INFORMATION EVENT

On FRIDAY 12TH JUNE 2026 10.30am – 12.30pm

at CARER SUPPORT FURNESS, HINDPOOL COMMUNITY CENTRE, BARROW-IN-FURNESS. LA14 1NF

There will be café style seating in the hall for FREE tea, coffee, refreshments and pie and peas (until they run out!).

To book an information stand please email admin@carersupportfurness.co.uk as soon as possible with details of your organisation, who will be attending, e.g. Name, contact details (email and phone no.) and any requirements.

The latest updates from the HDRC Team Including:

• Community Engagement Toolkit
• Launch of NEW research groups
• Bespoke research skills training for your organisation

The new “Skills Bridge” programme, piloted by Cumbria Adult Learning, provides a package of free, tailored training designed to help businesses develop Cumbrian workforce skills, enhance employee wellbeing, and support long-term success.

The accredited courses are delivered directly in the workplace, and each participant receives nationally recognised qualifications, helping both individuals and businesses to grow and thrive.

By delivering fully funded courses, the Council’s Adult Learning Service aims to support the creation of healthy, skilled workplaces where staff and managers work together to continuously improve health, safety and wellbeing, while strengthening overall business sustainability.

Courses available through Skills Bridge include Mental Health and Wellbeing, Health and Safety, Equality and Diversity, and Safeguarding. In addition, training in English, maths and IT is also available to support essential workplace skills.

Feedback from participants has been excellent, with many praising both the content and delivery of the courses.

Learning from Safeguarding Adult Reviews (SARs)

The purpose of a SAR is described in the statutory guidance as to ‘promote effective learning and improvement action to prevent future deaths or serious harm occurring again’. The aim is that lessons can be learned from a case and for those lessons to be applied to future cases to prevent similar harm re-occurring. 

Managers and practitioners are encouraged and invited to attend SAR lunch & learn sessions where learning from a case will be presented to support wide dissemination across the system. Please see below opportunities to hear direct from SAR and Domestic Homicide (DHR) reviewers leading the reviews.    

'Matthew' SAR

Managers and practitioners across the system are encouraged to attend the learning session which will take place on Tuesday, 9th June 2026, 12:30pm - 2pm, via MS Teams.

Learning themes covered include;

• Twinship and relational dependency
• Communication difference and private interaction styles
• Personality Disorder and impact on engagement
• Capacity, consent, executive functionning and influence
• Self-neglect, chronic health deterioration and impact on engagement

Register here to book your free place.  

'Rosa' SAR

The lunch & learn session will explore learning from both the SAR process and also a Domestic Homicide Review (DHR) commissioned by Cumberland Community Safety Partnerhsip.  The session will be co-faciltated by the independent reviewers for the statutory processes.

Managers and practitioners across the system are encouraged to attend the SAR learning session which will take place on Tuesday, 7th July 2026, 10am - 12pm, via MS Teams.

Register here to book your free place

Let’s Talk Bereavement - Inclusive Conversations for Life’s Most Difficult Times

This flyer highlights some of the themes we explore in detail in our sessions.
Sessions focus on inclusive conversations around grief, loss, and supporting
people through difficult times, including those with additional support needs or
other communication differences.

Using discussion, reflection, and practical real-world examples, we aim to help
people feel more confident having these sensitive but important conversations.
Sessions can be adapted for workplaces, community settings, and support

services. For further information, please contact: Lee.rose@glenmore.org

The Return Journey

Work life can both present challenges that affect our motivation, confidence and direction. The Return Journey offers different ways of thinking about how we manage setbacks, uncertainty and move forward, without assuming a single 'right' approach. 

Inspired by the number of Japanese ideas and philosophies, the programme is designed so that no prior knowledge or interest is needed. Click here for more information.

25th June 2026, 9.30am-3.30pm. The Glenmore Trust, Harraby Green Training Suite, Carlisle.

For further information, please contact: Lee.rose@glenmore.org

The Community Change Lab is a welcoming space where people with and without learning disabilities come together to do research. Research is finding things out to answer questions. Doing research together is sometimes called; ‘co-design’, ‘coresearch’ or ‘participatory research’.
We aim to do research that makes change happen and improves people’s lives.

Community Change Lab Launch
Date: Tuesday 30th June 2025
Time: 2.00-4.30pm
At: the People First Conference Centre in Carlisle.
You can register here: https://bit.ly/3OfdE4D

Delivered jointly by Riverside Group and Cumberland Council Harbour Place is a new Extra care facility with:

— access to bespoke care and support packages tailored to your needs

— 24-hour emergency help through an alarm system with pull cords and pendants

— CCTV for your safety

— on-site support staff available around the clock.

Harbour Place still has vacancies available.

New data from NHS England shows that around two-thirds (64%) of hospital appointments are now visible through the NHS App, with all acute trusts now linked to the platform. This means more people than ever are able to view and manage their hospital appointments digitally.

We’re keen to understand what this looks like in practice for patients locally.

How easy is it to track, change, or manage hospital appointments through the NHS App? Has it made things simpler, or are there still barriers that make it difficult to use?

Healthwatch Westmorland and Furness would really value hearing about your experiences both positive and negative.

Real-life examples and case studies are especially helpful, as they allow us to build a clearer picture of what’s working well and where improvements may be needed.

If you’ve used the NHS App to manage hospital appointments, please do share your experience with us.

A Stitch Different CIC are working with The Sleep Charity to bring Sleep Champion Training to Barrow.  This is a CPD accredited sleep support programme for anyone working with the public, community organisations, or employers seeking to better support staff wellbeing and workplace health.

This is a one-off FREE opportunity to access high-quality, clinically proven sleep advice and practical strategies. 

Date: Friday 9th October 2026

Time: 10am - 4pm

Venue: The Bridge, Portland Walk, Barrow-in-Furness 

To register your interest for the Sleep Champion Training please complete the form below.

https://forms.gle/cUAnvu1PVciRQzHb6

Plans for Cumberland Sports Village have been given the go-ahead.

As well as providing modern, fit-for-purpose stadium facility for both Workington AFC and Workington Town RLFC the Cumberland Sports Village (CSV) project will also act as a focal point for both the community and businesses within the area.

An improved hospitality offer means the stadium could also be used for meetings, conferences, functions, events and community activities.

Westmorland and Furness Council has launched formal public consultations on the future of two residential care homes.

Residents, families, staff and the wider community are being invited to share their views on options for the future of Applethwaite Green Care Home in Windermere and Grisedale Croft Care Home in Alston.

No decisions have been taken about the final outcome for either home. The purpose of each 12-week consultation is to gather views, understand impacts, and ensure that any future changes prioritise safety, continuity of care and quality of life for residents.

Cabinet recently considered detailed reports outlining significant challenges facing both homes, including buildings that no longer meet modern care and regulatory standards, declining occupancy, workforce pressures and high operating costs.

There are two consultation documents and surveys available - one for Applethwaite Green and one for Grisedale Croft.

Care home residents, families, and staff, and local residents and community organisations, are invited too.

A series of Drop‑in events, hosted by officers from the council’s Adult Social Care team, have been arranged:

For Applethwaite Green:

• Monday 29 June, from 10.30am – 12.30pm, at Windermere Library;
• Wednesday 1 July, from 10.30am – 12.30pm, at Ambleside Library;
• Thursday 16 July, from 2pm - 4pm, at Windermere Library;

For Grisedale Croft:

• Monday 15 June, from 5pm - 7pm, at Alston Library;
• Friday 26 June, from 10.30am – 12.30pm at The Hive, Nenthead;
• Friday 26 June, from 2pm - 4pm, at Garrigill Village Hall; 
• Wednesday 1 July, from 2pm - 4pm, at Alston Library;
• Monday 20 July, from 11am – 1pm, at Alston Library 

Lucy Delaboe, Neighbourhood Health and Care Programme Project Manager, Cumberland Council recently presented at the North East & North Cumbria VCSE Partnership Forum (21.05.2026) * about the work that has happened in North Cumbria so far to establish a neighbourhood health model and the process that they have followed to do this.

If you would like to contact Lucy with any queries about neighbourhood health, then please email her at lucy.delaboe@cumberland.gov.uk.

Follow this link to Lucy's presented on the work

* if you want to know more about the VCSE Partnership Forum, give Clare Edwards our Health Partnerships Manager a shout:

claree@cumbriacvs.org.uk

The Council’s Annual Report for 2025-26 is now available, it’s a snapshot of the work delivered by the council for the people and places of Westmorland and Furness.

The report has sections covering the following areas of work:

The Community Engagement Toolkit New Resource Pack: is a fantastic resource for researchers and community partners to make co-production the heart of health and care research projects.

The illustrations and animations are a particular highlight and a great way to connect with the principles and resources in a creative, accessible way.  

To access the toolkit which has been co-created by VONNE (Voluntary Organisations' Network North East), NIHR (National Institute for Health and Care Research) partners through Creating Connections, and several Voluntary, Community, and Social Enterprise (VCSE) organisations in the North East

We are lucky here in North Cumbria to have a vibrant Partnership Programme across North & East North Cumbria NHS area that supports our sector to connect with our statutory partners and particularly the ICB. The Programme also helps us to connect with colleagues in the VCSE working across the whole NHS North East and North Cumbria ICB area.

The Programme led by Lisa Taylor (whom some of you will already know) works hard to keep our sector informed about all the many changes that are happening in health and care.

Information flows through many routes:

The Health and wellbeing Network – open to all sectors.

Follow the link below to join the Network you will receive a bulletin which is distributed every 3 weeks. It cascades information including news and opportunities relating to health and wellbeing, as well as regular updates on the Integrated Care System from a VCSE perspective. 

 The Health and Wellbeing Network 

The Partnership Forum – open to VCSE only

The place where strategic health and wellbeing leaders from the VCSE come together and discuss the issues which matter to them. The Forum meetings occur every 2 months and feature presentations from a wide range of external stakeholders, including ICB leaders. This enables an additional form of two-way engagement between the ICS and the VCSE. The meetings also include updates regarding the Partnership Programme and ICS developments, as well as opportunities relevant to the VCSE sector.

Themed Networks – open to the VCSE only

Networks are for people responsible for health and wellbeing policy and strategic work within their VCSE organisation

They span the geography of our ICS (North East & North Cumbria) and provide representation for Communities of Interest (see below), and feed into our Partnership Forum, Executive Group and ICS-wide NHS networks and workstreams.

Network members receive regular programme information and exclusive meeting invitations to our Network sessions. These Networks also allow participants to actively connect with other VCSE sector colleagues from across our ICS geography to focus on key areas of policy and strategy.  

Our themed Networks include: 

• Mental Health - Partnered with ReCoCo
• Learning Disabilities and Neurodiversity 
• Ageing Well 
• People Facing Multiple Disadvantage
• Women / Violence Against Women & Girls 
• Neurology 
• Black and Minoritised Communities – this Sub-Group is open to any organisation led by people from ethnically minorities communities, as well as organisations that work with Refugees and Asylum Seekers, or within the Roma, Gypsy and Traveller Community.   
• LGBTQIA+ - Partnered with Pride Youth Partnership 
• Carers - Partnered with the Regional Carers Network
• Workforce

Check out our Join our Networks page to find out which networks are appropriate

Or get in touch at healthandwellbeing@vonne.org.uk 

You can also get in touch with:

Clare Edwards Health Partnerships Manager in North Cumbria to find out more about how the NHS works in North Cumbria and across our North East and North Cumbria region.

claree@cumbriacvs.org.uk

A new toolkit has been developed to help services work together more effectively when supporting families affected by domestic abuse.

Domestic abuse can cause serious harm to adults and children. Many children who live with domestic abuse experience long‑term mental health difficulties and are at greater risk of being harmed by, or involved in, domestic abuse later in life.

Because domestic abuse affects the whole family, both adult and children’s services need to respond. For over twenty years, UK policy has encouraged professionals from different agencies to work together to keep children safe and support families.

‘Whole family approaches’ are one way of doing this, where teams from adult and child health and care services work together to support families.

However, this approach can sometimes bring challenges, with different ways of working across teams making it difficult to integrate services and maintain consistent practice, sometimes leading to gaps in support.

Toolkit offers step-by-step guidance

Access the toolkit and read more about its development

The Alliance strengthens equitable, meaningful, and effective partnership working between the wider VCFSE sector, public sector, and health and care. The Alliance acts as a collective voice, ensuring that the sector’s insight, expertise, and community connections shape priorities across Lancashire and South Cumbria (LSC).

Follow this link here to the latest Newsletter from the Alliance which includes:

• Information about refreshing the VCSE Assembly (the wider VCSE group supporting the Alliances work)
• Updates from the LSC ICB Board Meeting including a case study based around Lancaster CVS Adult Social Care (ASC) Prevention Programme and what can be achieved when the VCFSE sector is recognised as a genuine partner.

If you want to know more about the Alliance connect with South Cumbria Reps:

Phil Whiteley CEO Age UK South Cumbria      pwhiteley@ageuksouthcumbria.org.uk

Craig Backhouse CEO Carers in Furness        craigbackhouse@carersupportfurness.co.uk

Carolyn Otley CEO Cumbria CVS                    CarolynO@cumbriacvs.org.uk

Endometriosis affects 1 in 10 women and those assigned female at birth from puberty to menopause, although the impact may be felt for life. In the UK, that’s over 1.5 million from all races and ethnicities living with the condition. Symptoms vary from person to person, some may have severe and debilitating symptoms, others may have no symptoms at all. There is limited research and so we currently do not know why it happens and sadly there is no cure.

Endometriosis UK is the UK’s leading charity for all those affected by endometriosis, determined to ensure that everyone gets prompt diagnosis and the best treatment and support. Support comes in various forms, from GP precedent letters, to the nurse support helpline, webchats and local support groups. There are support groups all over the UK, locally, we have the Carlisle and Cumbria Groups who provide support to local people suffering with the condition. 

Details of upcoming meetings can be found here: Support Groups | Endometriosis UK

Is research your thing? Are you fed up being asked to support community engagement linked to research but not being remunerated or recognised?

Why not join this online focus group to help identify what needs to change, share good practice and test new guidance.

NIHR (National Institute for Health and Care Research) are developing guidance on how VCSE organisations should be fairly recognised and resourced when supporting community engagement linked to research.

VCSE organisations are invited to take part in an online 1 hour focus group discussion to help test new guidance, and share what works in practice and what may need to change. Organisers want to hear whether the guidance feels clear, inclusive, realistic and fair in practice, particularly for organisations delivering community engagement activity and managing or receiving funding to support this work.

Participants will be remunerated for their time.

Complete the expression of interest here: Expression of Interest: Focus Group Session on NIHR Guidance for Remunerating and Recognising Community Organisations or for more details, please contact Sakinat at rdncc.ppt@leeds.ac.uk

The sessions are on:

• Wednesday 17 June. Time: 2:00pm-3:00pm

Thursday 25 June Time: 12pm-1:00pm

The Newsletter includes:

• Information about hiring local Family Hub sensory rooms
• The short online course, Debt and relationships
• NEW children’s book donation scheme of new or good‑quality used books for children and young people

Don’t be put off by the name and keep reading as this could be a great opportunity for you to connect with others working in the health and care system in North Cumbria (particularly staff in NCIC)

The North Cumbria School of Generalism -  blends self-directed learning and workshops for knowledge and skills acquisition supported by learning forums using the Action Learning Sets with additional support through Generalist Supervisors over the duration of the course.

The course offers a 12 month part-time fellowship for 32 multi-professional learners in Cumbria to learn alongside each other.

You will benefit from:

• 13 face-to-face learning events throughout the year
• Taught content on Generalist topics delivered by expert speakers from across our region (including relational approaches, social injustice, complex multi-morbidity, patient safety,NHS leadership & commissioning & more)
• A forum for reflection, problem-solving and innovation through multi-professional Action Learning Sets (ALS) groups
• Mentoring opportunities from senior leaders within NCIC
• Shadowing opportunities with other fellows
• Access to careers coaching
• Self-directed learning resources through our Future NHS platform
• A network of like-minded colleagues across Cumbria

Previous student groups have largely been NCIC staff – there is a real desire that this year’s group includes staff from other sector particularly the third sector.

For more information contact:

Ruth O’Dowd ruth.odowd@ncic.nhs.uk

What is the North Cumbria School for Generalism?

We offer a 12 month part-time fellowship for 32 multi-professional learners in Cumbria to learn alongside each other.

Generalist Fellows benefit from:

- 13 face-to-face learning events throughout the year

- Taught content on Generalist topics delivered by expert speakers from across our region

- A forum for reflection, problem-solving and innovation through multi-professional Action Learning Sets (ALS) groups

- Mentoring opportunities from senior leaders within NCIC

- Shadowing opportunities with other fellows

- Access to careers coaching

- Self-directed learning resources through our Future NHS platform

- A network of like-minded colleagues across Cumbria

For more information contact

Ruth O’Dowd ruth.odowd@ncic.nhs.uk>

To apply complete the attached form and send to:

generalistschool@ncic.nhs.uk                     

Learn more about The North Cumbria School of Generalism: https://staff.cumbria.nhs.uk/north-cumbria-school-generalism-

Clear health information helps people use services safely and confidently. To support teams to write more clearly, we’ve funded the development of the NHS Document Readability Tool.

The tool is now being refreshed and we’re inviting your feedback as we seek to improve it. Please try it and complete this short survey by Tuesday 16 June.

This matters because 43% of working-age adults in England do not have the reading skills needed to fully understand common health information, including medication instructions, screening invitations, vaccination messages and advice about when to seek care. Yet most health information is written at a reading age of 18 and over, excluding many people.

Our latest post has key updates, including funding and project opportunities, representative roles and working groups you might want to get involved in and much more.

The latest vacancies in Cumbria, from across the sector. You'll also find vacancies with Cumbria CVS here too.

Cumbria CVS offers a free membership service for Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise (VCFSE) organisations throughout Cumbria. This membership gives you access to our free services, including:

• Early access to our monthly e-bulletin newsletter
• Focus on Funding online - the latest funding opportunities
• Online Learning Programme (Volunteer Management, Funding and Business Support)
• Evaluation and research resources
• Add your organisation to our member's directory and searchable map
• Free or discounted access to online learning provided by external partner VSL Learning, including GDPR, Cyber Security, Safeguarding Adults, and Safeguarding Children
• Advertising of your job vacancies on our website
• Right to vote at our AGM
• Other resources and support in development, including priority/early booking for our training and events

If you want to receive the latest news, events and updates on:

General sector info for your area
Our volunteering network
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Our Action for Health and Mental Health Provider Forum networks
Trustee network
+ more

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