Valuing People Now
As the collective voice for third sector learning disability providers in the North East, NETS(work) has been invited to work with the Valuing People Now Regional team to help drive forward changes in the region. There are many opportunities to get involved for NETS(work) members, in the various interest groups. The calendar of VPN meetings can be found to the right of this page. If you would like to represent NETS(work) on one of these groups, contact Jo Whaley and/or a steering group member who will be able to support you in taking shared issues from and to the NETS(work) membership. News from the VPN groups will be shared on this webpage so watch this space...
Regional VPN Programme Board
Currently Nick Ball and Chris Irwin represent NETS(work) at the Board meetings.
The Regional VPN Programme Board collected statistics about progress against VPN targets in all the local authorities in the North East. Information collated includes number of people (known to services) with a learning disability, number in employment, types of accommodation, number of people with direct payments and how local authority spending is broken down etc. This may be useful to NETS(work) members in their planning processes.
Key Statistics of Interest to NETS(work) Members- for the whole region
Raw data where you can look up the numbers for each local authority area.
The October Valuing People Now Regional Newsletter
Minutes from the October VPN Board meeting
Regional VPN Board Annual Report
Regional VPN Newsletter, April- July 2010
Employment Sub Group
The next meeting of this group will take place on 29th July.
Employment Sub Group minutes, April
High Support and Complex Needs Sub Group
Next meeting- 11-12:30 26th July at the VPN Office, Newbiggin Hall
Link to the Mansell Report: Raising our sights: services for adults with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities
Friends and Relationships Sub Group
No information is currently available about this group which met for the first time on the 1st July.
Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Sub Group
A flavour of the work of this sub group can be found on:
The next meeting will take place 12th October.
Workforce Development Sub Group
This group is facilitated by Inclusion North. The next meeting will be 15th September.
Housing Sub Group
No housing sub-group meetings are planned - a housing self assessment has been distributed to all Partnership Boards to complete to give the VPN team an idea of what is going on in each local area.
