Winners announced for Learning Matters Health and Care Awards 2017
As part of the joint regional award programme and learning campaign between Voluntary Sector North West (VSNW) and Health Education England (HEE), the Learning Matters Awards celebrates all kinds of learning across the health and care sector. We are pleased to announce the thirteen winners, who will receive their awards at the ceremony on Monday 15th June.
The nominations they reviewed reflected a diversity of people and projects in the NHS, local authorities, the voluntary and private sector. They encompassed clinicians, carers, patients and the public in both paid and volunteer roles. They featured people taking their first steps into work and education, those who tirelessly volunteer year after year and people who selflessly and skilfully support the development of others.
These nominations all had one thing in common. They were all outstanding examples of the benefits of any investment in learning and development for people and organisations. They all illustrated just how and why adult learning is good for people and – importantly for everyone in the health and care sector – especially the patients and service users. The impact of this learning was transformational for all those involved. Award categories reflected the concerns and priorities of all award partners and sponsors through a number of overarching themes. This meant the award categories guaranteed a richness of nominations which then subsequently provided an incredibly powerful narrative of what success looks like in health and care for the region.
The awards are part of a cross sector adult learning campaign which recognises the contribution that adult learning makes to individual, community and economic wellbeing as well as the continued development of the health and care sector. The overarching theme is simple: lifelong learning is good for people, organisations and health.
““We are proud to be working with Health Education England and their partners to deliver the 2017 Learning Matters Awards in Health and Care. We have taken great pride in leading this year’s awards development. We believe it is more important than ever to recognise the achievements of those people and organisations who invest in their own learning and that of others; and to recognise the positive impact that this can have on the wider community.”
”We were particularly pleased to see clear examples of effective cross-sector working and asset based community development where voluntary and community organisations can play an important part in increasing health and wellbeing across the North West, and in reducing the health inequalities that exist. Congratulations to all those who have been nominated and well done to all the winners.””
Find out who the winners are below.
HEE individual awards
Apprentice of the Year in Health and Care Award
Career Progression in Health and Care Award
Supporting Learners in Health and Care Award
Volunteer of the Year in Health and Care Award
Widening Participation in Health and Care Award
HEE project awards
Widening Participation in Health and Care Award
Sponsored awards
Asset Based Approaches to Community Development Award
Digital Innovation in Health Care Award
Social Purpose Learning Champion Award
Social Purpose Learning in Action Award
The regional award ceremony will be hosted by the Manchester Museum on Monday 15 June 2017. An awards profile booklet will be available electronically after this date and winner photographs will be posted.
MoU between GM Health & Social Care Partnership an the VCSE sector in Greater Manchester
The flyer below provides a summary of the Memorandum of Understanding between GM Health & Social Care Partnership an the VCSE sector in Greater Manchester. This builds upon the work by the VCSE Devolution Reference Group, over the past year in supporting the partnership in its goals for improving health and wellbeing in Greater Manchester.
The MoU was negotiated by the VCSE Devolution Reference Group on behalf of the sector in Greater Manchester, to which VSNW provides the secretariat. You contact us for more information on it or you can find out more about our work on devolution here.
Third Sector Trends in the North West of England
Tony Chapman, honorary professor at the University of Durham, has produced a report in partnership with IPPR North regarding third sector trends across the North and the North West of England.
The statistics produced from the report showed that across the North West, 133,000 people are in full-time employment combined with 430,000 volunteers contributing 30 million hours (per annum), worth between £475m and £816m. The total GVA from these figures equates to £2.5bn.
Across the north as a whole, statistics showed that 233,000 people are in full-time employment combined with 930,000 volunteers contributing 66 million hours (per annum) with a total GVA of £5.4bn.
Number of full-time employees and volunteers working in the voluntary sector
Not only does the data highlight the number of people involved within the sector; it also indicates the contribution from the North West to the region as a whole. These figures highlight the value and importance of the voluntary sector across the North not only at a fiscal level, but also in showing the amount of hours that volunteers invest over the year.
As the report concludes, one of the main strengths of the sector is its sheer size as a whole; as well as the strength of the positive relationships between organisations (both formal and informal), between TSOs and with the public and private sector; and the crucial role of volunteers in sustaining third sector activity.
It is because of these strengths that the sector continues to show great resilience and the capacity to adapt in the face of a stagnating economy, increasing demand, and the continuation of the government’s austerity agenda.
The full report is available here
VSNW and infrastructure partners in the North West have supported the research conducted by and thank groups who contributed towards the project.