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Asset-based community development respiratory clinics — call for EOIs, seed-funding available

January 21, 2016
by Alun Severn
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The Health Foundation recently sponsored a project to develop a new model of Respiratory community clinic that uses asset-based community development approaches to improve wellbeing and reduce the anxiety and social isolation experienced by many individuals with severe Chronic Obstruc
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Early Years health and wellbeing consultation — open forum session dates

January 12, 2016
by Alun Severn
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This, just in from Birmingham Play Care Network… Birmingham City Council is leading a review of the way that Early Years Services are provided in the city. Many providers of early years services are third sector organisations and it is important that the sector engages as fully 
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John Taylor Hospice chief exec — the sky’s the limit for fundraising

January 11, 2016
by Alun Severn
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JustGiving, the online funding platform, has just confirmed that John Taylor Hospice chief exec Kate Phipps was one of its top fundraisers in 2015. Of over 532,000 fundraisers active on JustGiving in 2015, Kate’s page raised £14,000, placing her in the top 1%. But this didn̵
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Calling health & social care enterprises — help us clarify progress on social value in service commissioning

January 05, 2016
by Alun Severn
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Happy New Year to everyone. BSSEC is preparing for a late-Feb event exploring social value and health, primarily for an audience of commissioners of different types. We want to let them know what your experience has been of the health and social care sector’s use of the social value l
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