Cheshire & Merseyside
VCFSE Health & Care Leaders Group
Terms Of Reference
Purpose
We work together to champion the vital role our sector does and could play in the future of Health and Care across Cheshire and Merseyside.
Membership
The Leaders Group was established in 2019 with a view to supporting sector engagement across the Cheshire and Merseyside footprint. Working alongside Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership, the group is made up of representatives from across 9 Place-based areas in the Liverpool City Region, Cheshire and Warrington, and includes VCFSE[1] providers, local VCFSE infrastructure organisations, and VCFSE networks of identity and experience (including older people, young people, and carers).
About the VCFSE sector across Cheshire and Merseyside
The sector includes:
• 14,000 VCFSE plus groups operating in C&M
• 33,000 FTE staff
• 275,000 volunteers
• 279,890 informal carers
[1] Voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise sector
Current Membership
Sally Yeoman | Halton and St Helens VCA
Caroline Whitney | CVS Cheshire East
Gill Bainbridge | Merseyside Youth Association
Lesley Dixon | PSS
Hitesh Patel | Citizens Advice Halton
John Hill | Sefton Carers Organisation
Alison Cullen | Warrington Voluntary Action
Michael Shepherd | Warrington Community Living
Clare Harrison | Cheshire West Voluntary Action
Simon Sandford | Cheshire West Voluntary Action
Damon Taylor | Cheshire East Age UK
Theresa Pass | Visyon – Cheshire East
Stephen J Green | Area Manager | Cheshire Merseyside & Isle of Man Alzheimer's Society
Stephanie Lawley | Central Cheshire Buddy Scheme
Matthew Lanham | Neuro Muscular Centre
Clare Robinson | Homestart Cheshire
Yvonne Clarke | Pathways CIC
Angela White | Sefton CVS
Mark Hills | YMCA Crewe
Steve Hawkins | Local Solutions
Rachael Jones | One Knowsley
Keelan Early | Community Action Wirral
Colin Heaney | Liverpool CVS
Steve Cullen | Citizens Advice Warrington
Will McKellar | Citizens Advice Cheshire North
Helen Fitzgerald | Deafness Resource Centre
Mark Lee | Together Trust
Mark Swift | Well Being Enterprises
Margaret Cheshire | Cheshire Community Foundation
David Pastor | Claire House Children’s Hospice