Partnerships

Amber Valley CVS recognises that partnership activity is important in delivering a wide range of initiatives in Amber Valley. Partnerships form and reform to meet government agendas and local need. Organisations involved in those partnerships need to be a mixture of statutory organisations and groups or organisations from the voluntary sector.

Amber Valley Partnership is a long standing partnership in the borough, it is our Local Strategic Partnership and delivers the community strategy. Sub groups of this partnership include Children and Young People, Economy Employment and Regeneration, Health and Wellbeing and Sustainable Communities. Both statutory and voluntary sector groups are involved in all these meetings and work plans.

We also take a representative role in the Safer Communities board and Derbyshire Consultative & Engagement group on behalf of Derbyshire infrastructure organisations. Amber Valley CVS is active in the "3D" consortium for infrastructure organisations across Derbyshire and the Derbyshire Volunteer Centres network.

Amber Valley CVS is often asked to attend partnership meetings, sometimes this links directly with work we carry out and sometimes it is to be a voice for the sector. While it is a core function of CVS organisations to have a representative role, we always identify other groups from the sector where close involvement would be beneficial.

Amber Valley CVS also encourages network meetings and partnership work between voluntary sector groups through a number of forums or events arranged by us to engage with voluntary and community groups. Regular meetings of Health and Social Care, Children and Young People, Community Development Workers, Volunteer Organisers and Compact are organised by us.

I hope to gather information from this wide variety of sources to inform you through this website. I urge you to see this as a first step in engagement within Amber Valley and join us in person at future events.

Lynn Allison