Next Full Consortium Meeting

Full Birmingham ChangeUp Consortium Meeting

Evidence, evaluation and effectiveness:
Delivering the right support to voluntary and community organisations in Birmingham

When:            Friday 1st June, 10am - 12.30pm (with lunch)

Where:          Muath Welfare Trust, The Bordesley Centre.

This meeting is being organised as a seminar to stimulate discussion and action across agencies providing support to voluntary and community organisations in Birmingham about how we work together to ensure evaluation, needs assessments and mapping inform our practice and priorities.

The session will include:

Presentation of the most recent phase of sector mapping funding by the ChangeUp Consortium.  This work was undertaken earlier in the spring, and resulted in detailed information about the work, capacity and needs of over 500 groups and organisations.

The opportunity for all participants to share key lessons and findings from their work with voluntary and community organisations.

The opportunity to influence further work to build our understanding of the sector and the impact of second-tier services.

An introduction to the evaluation of the Consortium's work taking place over the next year.

The event is aimed at staff in all Consortium member organisations involved in managing, planning and delivering support to voluntary and community organisations.

Please bring along information, reports or findings from evaluation or mapping work your agency has undertaken regarding the support in offers to voluntary and community organisations - so we can build a shared picture of 'what we know'.

There will also be the usual opportunities for sharing updates about new projects and developments within the Consortium and beyond.

To confirm your attendance please contact:
Sarah Aziz - sarah.aziz@i-se.co.uk

If you would like to discuss the format of or a contribution to the event:
Jon Fox - jonf@bvsc.org