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Laura Williams

East Sussex Council for Voluntary Youth Service (ESCVYS)
A voice for voluntary and community groups working with children and young people in East Sussex
8 Saffrons Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN21 1DG
Telephone: 
01323 485 813
Mobile: 
07921 485 813
Email address: 
laurawilliams@escvys.org.uk
I am a SpeakUp representative on: 
Voluntary and Community Workforce
Partnerships attended

Voluntary and Community Workforce
LSCB subgroup

Who I work with

East Sussex Council for Voluntary Youth Service - ESCVYS (http://www.escvys.org.uk/) is an independent organisation providing a specialist voice for the voluntary and community sector working with children and young people in East Sussex. ESCVYS is a network of over 115 voluntary youth organisations and projects working with over 12,000 young people in East Sussex.

We provide:

 - representation mechanisms for the Children's Trust
- regular email updates around policy, training, funding and sector news
- a support service around developing the appropriate policies and procedures
- networking opportunities for members
- forum events on relevant topics i.e. extended schools and Every Child Matters
- a point of referral between colleagues working with children and young people in East Sussex
- consultation on relevant voluntary and community sector issues

East Sussex Voluntary and Community Sector IMPACT Group
IMPACT Grpup is a forum, which provides a central point of contact for voluntary and community groups to participate in, influence developments of and impact on the strategic planning, design, delivery and commissioning of services for children and young people and their families in East Sussex, with particular reference to ‘Every Child Matters', ‘Youth Matters' and the Children Act 2004.
Using existing and new networks to ensure that all organisations both large and small are able to receive up to date information about key developments affecting those working with children and young people.

Current members of IMPACT: Action in Rural Sussex, Care for the Carers, CRI, East Sussex YMCAs, Fellowship of St Nicholas, Home Start, Hastings & District Under 5s, Cross Roads, CVSs, Mediation +, NCH, NCMA, Sussex Clubs for Young People.

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Marie Tomblin


8 Saffrons Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN21 1DG
Telephone: 
01323 419 788
Email address: 
marie@eavs.org.uk
Partnerships attended

Local
Local fora in Eastbourne, Eastbourne Local Strategic Partnership and all delivery partnerships through Eastbourne Community Network and the community representatives.

Who I work with

Marie Tomblin is a Community Development Coordinator at EAVS and is supporting together with her team Eastbourne Community Network (ECN). The network provides opportunities for the sharing of information and resources and for joint working. The Network offers an effective communication link for Voluntary and Community groups and a structure through which the Sector can make its voice heard in local planning and decision making.

Mary Colato


Partnerships attended
Who I work with
East Sussex Vision care is a network of East Sussex Association of Blind People, Hastings and Rother Voluntary Action for the Blind, Eastbourne Blind Society. We are working together to promote quality services fro blind and visually impaired people.

Ian Chisnall


Partnerships attended

East Sussex Strategic Partnership (ESSP)
Wealden Local Strategic Partenrship (LSP)
Lewes Local Strategic Partenrship (LSP)

 

Who I work with

Geoff Brown


Email address: 
geoff@hastingscab.co.uk
Partnerships attended

East Sussex Advice Partnership 

Change Up – Development Group

East Sussex Strategic Partnership –  annual event

Compact  - annual event & Compact Champion

JCP Welfare to Work Forum

Pension Board and ESCC Joint Board

Hate Crime Steering Group

Who I work with

The East Sussex Advice Partnership (ESAP) is made up of, Citizens Advice East Sussex, Brighton Housing Trust, Hastings Advice and Representation Centre and Shelter  (Hastings)

The advantage of working together is that no one single agency can achieve the delivery of an East Sussex wide legal advice service.  This can only be achieved by pooling together the strengths of the respective partners in terms of geographical spread and range/capacity of advice. The partnership aims are:  

  • Improving quantity and quality of legal advice throughout East Sussex
  • Creating a partnership for a CLAN tender
  • Building on synergies between partners, increasing knowledge, maximising use of partners and learning from advice services across East
  • Sussex, for example:
    - CAB’s wide geographical spread of offices through out the county and specialism in Debt Advice and access to Employment Specialist Advice in West Sussex/ Kent
    - BHT, Shelter, and HARC’s specialism in legal advice especially in housing and welfare benefits
    - Good practice in quality  (such as sharing legal supervision across partners)
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Liz Fenton


Greencourt House, 32 St.Leonards Road, Eastbourne, BN21 3UT
Telephone: 
01323 738 390
Email address: 
lizf@cftc.org.uk
Partnerships attended

Older People Partnership Board
Mental Health Partnership Board
Carers Strategy Group
Carers Strategy Group
Care for the Carers is also represented on thr Learning Disability Partnership Board and the Health Improvement Partnership
and also a number of local networks and groups

Who I work with
Care for The Carers facilitates a Carers Planning and Development group, which brings together the organisations and agencies that work with carers in East Sussex, with an equal number of East Sussex carers. This acts as a mechanism to gather views, share information and feedback.
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Val Shoebridge


LINk, 1 Farady Cloes, Eastbourne, BN22 9BH
Telephone: 
01323 514 510
Email address: 
val.young@thecountylink.net
Partnerships attended

East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust – board and other themed meetings

Hastings and Rother and Eastbourne Downs and Weald PCT – Board and Patient and Public Participation meetings  and other themed meetings.

Sussex Partnership NHS Trust – board meetings

Eastbourne, Wealden, Lewes, Rother Health Improvement Board and Hastings Healthier Partnership Board.

Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee, Adult Social Services

Overview and Scrutiny Committee and Children’s Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

Rye and Bexhill Network meetings and Muddy Boots

Hastings and Rother Health and Social Care Forum

Seniors Forums across East Sussex.

Lewes and Wealden Comnet.

Patient Participation groups (GP commissioning) – just building these networks.

And lots of other connections being made through networking with networks interested or working within health and social care.

Who I work with

The East Sussex Local Involvement Network (LINk) in health and social care is a network of local people, organisations and groups that want to make all publically funded health and social care services better.  It aims to give the communities of East Sussex a stronger voice in the current health and social care services and their future provision.  The LINk is supported by a host organisation based at the East Sussex Disability Association (ESDA) and has a core/development group to guide and develop its work.

Steve Hare


54 Cliffe High St, Lewes, East Sussex, BN72AN
Telephone: 
01273 476 704
Email address: 
steve.hare@aceastsussex.org.uk
Partnerships attended

East Sussex Strategic Partnership (ESSP)
Compact Steering Group
East Sussex County Council Liaison Meeting

ACES also represents the interest of older people on a variety of health, social care, adult protection and partnership related forums/committees. We are the county-wide organisation for a network of 19 local Age Concern groups across East Sussex, and represent on a county, regional and national basis.

Who I work with
Age Concern is a national federation of independent charities. Age Concern East Sussex is the County organisation for 19 Age Concern Groups and provides leadership and support as appropriate. The local network of Age Concerns:
  • represents the interests of older people
  • ensure the voice of older people themselves are at the heart of decision-making and planning
  • influences and campaigns
  • provides a wide range of services
  • tackles ageism
  • builds positive relationships and partnerships with the wider communty

Steve Hare will also, through his role on the SpeakUp Forum, help representing on the county wide level views of the East Sussex Seniors Forum and Meridian Mature Citizens Forum.

Su Mitchell


212 High Street, Lewes, BN7 2NH
Telephone: 
01273 405 883
Email address: 
su.mitchell@ruralsussex.org.uk
Partnerships attendedEast Sussex Adult Learning & Skills Partnership Board
East Sussex ChangeUp Consortium Executive Group and Development Group
Sussex Voluntary and Community Sector Learning Consortium
Hastings & St Leonards ACL Forum
Who I work with

Fran McKeown


31a Priory Street, hastings, TN34 1EA
Telephone: 
01424 204 685
Email address: 
fran@hvauk.org
Partnerships attended

Local:
Childrens Services Planning Group - Hastings
IMPACT
Hastings LSP

Who I work with

Hastings Community Network Hastings Community Network is a network of networks in Hastings and St Leonards, dedicated to enabling voluntary and community groups to have a representative voice within decision making bodies and to help shape the services we all receive from public agencies.

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Sarah Hodgetts

Eastbourne Association of Voluntary Services (EAVS)
EAVS, 8 Saffrons Road, East Sussex, Eastbourne, BN21 1DG
Telephone: 
01323 639 373
Email address: 
sarah@eavs.org.uk
Partnerships attended

County Volunteering Project Steering Group
Independent Safeguarding Authority Implementation Group
Sussex Resilience Emergency Volunteer Scheme

Who I work with
I am East Sussex Volunteer Development Officer and I work county wide, being based at EAVS.
I will be representing the interests of groups and organisations who work with volunteers, as well as the volunteers themselves.

Steve Manwaring


31a Priory Street, hastings, TN34 1EA
Telephone: 
01424 444 010
Email address: 
steve@hvauk.org
Partnerships attended

Countywide:

East Sussex Strategic Partnership (ESSP)

Hastings Executive Delivery Group of Local Strategic Partnerhip (LSP)

Compact Group (attended by memebr of staff at HVA)
Change Up exec (attended by a memebr of staff at HVA)
Countywide Volunteering Steering Group (attended by a memebr of staff at HVA)
and various Comprehensive Performance Assessment inspections as they arise

Who I work with

Hastings Voluntary Action (HVA) aims to enhance the quality of life of people in the Hastings area by promoting the principle and practice of voluntary action by both individuals and organised groups, and by supporting the development of local initiatives to meet community needs.

HVA works with the groups from voluntary and community sector in Hastings area in a whole range of ways. HVA attends a wide range of meetings to enable the statutory partners to find out more about voluntary and community sector activity and capability in Hastings and to be able to feedback to the sector about statutory events, schemes of work and consultations.

Hastings constituency is also represented by Fran McKeown representing Eastbourne Community Network, which provides direct feedback to and from the voluntary and community sector groups in Hastings.

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Adam Chugg


8 Saffrons Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN21 1DG
Telephone: 
01323 639 373
Email address: 
adam@eavs.org.uk
Partnerships attended

Local:
East Sussex Assembly
East Sussex Voluntary Sector Liaison Group
Compact Steering Group            
East Sussex Learning Consortium

Countywide:
Eastbourne Local Strategic Partnership
Healthy Eastbourne Board
Eastbourne Crime Reduction Partnership
Wealden Local Strategic Partnership 
Eastbourne Local Development Framework Group
VDO Steering Group
Who I work with

Eastbourne Association of Voluntary Services (EAVS) works with the groups from Voluntray and Community Sector in Eastbourne area in a whole range of ways. EAVS attends meetings such as the Liaison Group meetings to enable the statutory partners to find out more about voluntary and community sector activity and capability in Eastbourne and to be able to feedback to the sector about statutory events, schemes of work and consultations.

Eastbourne constituency is also represented by Marie Tomblin representing Eastbourne Community Network, which provides direct feedback to and from the voluntary and community sector groups in Eastbourne.

Debby Matthews

South Downs Council for Voluntary Service (SDCVS)
<p>66 Highs Street, Lewes, BN7 1XG </p>
Telephone: 
01273 483832
Email address: 
director@southdownscvs.org.uk
Partnerships attended

Countywide
Health Overview Scrutinity Commission (HOSC)

Local
Lewes Local Strategic Partnership (LSP)
Wealden Local Strategic Partnership (LSP) - Wealden Observer
Lewes Community Network
Wealden Community Network

 

Who I work with

South Downs Council for Voluntary Services (SDCVS) works with the groups from voluntray and community sector in Lewes district in a whole range of ways. SDCVS attends meetings to enable the statutory partners to find out more about voluntary and community sector activity and capability in Lewes District and to be able to feedback to the sector about statutory events, schemes of work and consultations.

Debby Matthews will be also feeding information in and from voluntary and community groups in lewes through the Lewes Community Network.

Gina Sanderson


Old Bank Chambers, Buckhurst Road, Bexhill on Sea, TN40 1QF
Telephone: 
01424 217 259
Email address: 
gina.sanderson@rothervoluntaryaction.org.uk
Partnerships attendedCountywide
Compact Working Group 

Change Up IDP
East Sussex Social Enterprise Network
East Sussex County Council Volunteering project
East Sussex Strategic Partnership (ESSP)
Voluntary Organisations Supporting Older People (VOSOP)
 Local
A wide range of forums, networks and partnerships in Rother district
Who I work with

Rother Voluntary Action (RVA) works with the groups from voluntray and community sector in Rother in a whole range of ways. RVA attends meetings to enable the statutory partners to find out more about voluntary and community sector activity and capability in Rother Dictrict and to be able to feedback to the sector about statutory events, schemes of work and consultations.

Gina Sanderson will be also feeding information in and from voluntary and community groups in Rother through the Rother Community Network

Reg McLaughlin


1 Faraday Close, eastbourne, BN22 9BH
Telephone: 
01323 514 500
Partnerships attended
Who I work with
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Jan Cutting


LINk, 1 Faraday Close, Eastbourne, BN22 9BH
Telephone: 
01323 514 510
Email address: 
jan.cutting@thecountylink.net
Partnerships attended

East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust – board and other themed meetings

Hastings and Rother and Eastbourne Downs and Weald PCT – Board and Patient and Public Participation meetings  and other themed meetings.

Sussex Partnership NHS Trust – board meetings

Eastbourne, Wealden, Lewes, Rother Health Improvement Board and Hastings Healthier Partnership Board.

Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee, Adult Social Services

Overview and Scrutiny Committee and Children’s Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

Rye and Bexhill Network meetings and Muddy Boots

Hastings and Rother Health and Social Care Forum

Seniors Forums across East Sussex.

Lewes and Wealden Comnet.

Patient Participation groups (GP commissioning) – just building these networks.

And lots of other connections being made through networking with networks interested or working within health and social care.

Who I work with
The East Sussex Local Involvement Network (LINk) in health and social care is a network of local people, organisations and groups that want to make all publically funded health and social care services better.  It aims to give the communities of East Sussex a stronger voice in the current health and social care services and their future provision.  The LINk is supported by a host organisation based at the East Sussex Disability Association (ESDA) and has a core/development group to guide and develop its work.

Vera Waters


Mobile: 
07979 508858
Email address: 
vera@veritasprojects.com
Partnerships attended
Who I work with

Renate Ruether-Greaves


Email address: 
renate@ruralsussex.org.uk
Partnerships attendedChangeUp
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Stephen Brown


Partnerships attended
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