More about SpeakUp
The SpeakUp Forum brings together representatives, each with a mandate derived from a significant section of the voluntary and community sector. It will enable an exchange on information and views for the benefit of the sector.
One of the main aims of the Forum is to develop a county wide representation for the voluntary and community organisations in East Sussex. Representatives at the SpeakUp Forum are members or employees of a voluntary and community organizations that work in county. Nevertheless they do not merely represent their own organization but derive a mandate from a wider constituency. They meet every two months to dicuss the important issues for the sector that are being decided about on the county level.
The SpeakUp Forum also organises four big networking events a year when all the organisations form the county can meet together, network, take part in workshops and discussing groups.
All the work of the Forum also helps in developing a good practice in the filed of representation.
You can read more about the structure of the forum and it's main aims in SpeakUp Forum Info Sheet (Word document) and meet the current SpeakUp Representatives
We have developed a few other usefull documents. We try to keep them all brief and write them in a simple language so they are interesting to read.
SpeakUp Forum Terms of Reference
Protocol Guide for Requests regarding Voluntary and Community Sector Representation via SpeakUp - this document invites statutory bodies to look more into the ways in which they engage with representatives from the voluntary and community groups
SpeakUp Forum Representation Form - this form is being used to receive all needed information from the statury organisations seeking representation from the voluntary and community sector
SpeakUp Representative Feedback Form - this form will be used by SpeakUp Representatives to feed back to the voluntary and community sector if any aditional (to summary minutes) information is needed
Please feel free to use these documents as templates for developing your own . If your group is using any documents that could be shared by others as an example of good practise please contact us (details avialabe below).
Contact
Miriam Miklaszewska
SpeakUp Forum Development Officer
South Downs CVS
66 High Street
Lewes
BN7 1XG
tel. 01273 483 832
fax. 01273 483 834
e-mail: speakup@southdownscvs.org.uk