Sharon Phillips

Venturing into the world of social entrepeneurship with Buzz and Steve with our new C.I.C. called Think Forward.

[Sharon Phillips @ThinkForwardCIC]

@UCLanSocPres Flexible contracts needed with room to change service delivery where newly identified need. No fear of losing funding where priorities change. Statutory and #VCSFE working together for shared goals #UCLanSocPres

[Sharon Phillips @ThinkForwardCIC]

@UCLanSocPres Q4. Delivery to meet needs should be shaped by #VCSFE. Funding shouldn't drive delivery. Commissioners to work collabatively and in partnership. Currently a hierarchical relationship #UCLanSocPres #SocialPrescribing

[Sharon Phillips @ThinkForwardCIC]

@PLumsden Agree. Churches and other faith groups provide incredible community support and are rarely funded. Assumption that congregations will cover costs. Coordinated approach could help

[Peter Lumsden @PLumsden]

@UCLanSocPres Q3. Two sides. a) I find there's no hesitation in being open about costs (though for community groups not so easy to calculate); but b) many VCFSE groups are simply not at the table where large funding decisions are made (and often funding given to 'known' groups) #UCLanSocPres

[Sharon Phillips @ThinkForwardCIC]

@UCLanSocPres Not at all comfortable. Health systems are complicated and many #VCSFE orgs struggle to quantify full cist recovery. Assume pricing needs to be low to be competitive for funding bids and commissioned contracts

[Sharon Phillips @ThinkForwardCIC]

@UCLanSocPres A percentage of health budgets allocated to early intervention and prevention. Further research needed to quantify cost savings from #VCSFE services provided

[Sharon Phillips @ThinkForwardCIC]

@UCLanSocPres Big challenge for VCSFE sector is the diversity of the offer. Difficult for key orgs to represent all views and needs. Competition for funding is not helpful for a collaborative approach

[Jenny Reddell @jenny_reddell7]

@PLumsden @UCLanSocPres @HannettJoe #UCLanSocPres totally agree. Think health leaders need to visit communities and SEE how valuable these services are to really begin to see a chance as well

[Sharon Phillips @ThinkForwardCIC]

@UCLanSocPres I am a Director at Think Forward but also work for LDCVS providing organisational development support for the VCSFE sector. I regularly see organisations providing social prescribing services out of existing budgets when they need direct funding for the additional work

[Sharon Phillips @ThinkForwardCIC]

@UCLanSocPres The voluntary sector needs to be excepted as experts in their field. Too often they are under valued by commissioners and statutory services

[Sharon Phillips @ThinkForwardCIC]

@actnforchildren - we couldn't be more proud here in South Lakeland. A well deserved win!

[Westmorland Gazette @gazettenewsdesk]

Fully in awe of all the work all our nominees have done over the last year. Fantastic to announce Dawn Lockwood as our winner. #PrideofCumbria2021

[Sharon Phillips @ThinkForwardCIC]

@actnforchildren Massive congratulations to Dawn. We are all just so proud at AfC South Lakeland 0-19 Child and Family Support Service. 🤩

[News & Star @newsandstar]

Fully in awe of all the work all our nominees have done over the last year. Fantastic to announce Dawn Lockwood as our winner. #PrideofCumbria2021

[Sharon Phillips @ThinkForwardCIC]

@actnforchildren - we're very excited tonight at AfC South Lakeland Child and Family Support. Dawn Lockwood, Child and Family Practitioner is nominated for Key Worker of the Year. Good luck Dawn #prideofcumbria2021

[Westmorland Gazette @gazettenewsdesk]

Today is the day we celebrate our Pride of Cumbria finalists and their amazing work. A big thank you to all of our sponsors who helped make this possible 🌟 https://t.co/LosBcYfJJk #PrideofCumbria2021

[Sharon Phillips @ThinkForwardCIC]

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[Sharon Phillips @ThinkForwardCIC]

We still have a couple of places available on Effective Digital Habits for Youth Work' in January in the Netherlands.
Also coming on line next year.. Danger of a Single Story in the Czech Republic and Kaleidoscope (global youth work training) in Ireland.

[Sharon Phillips @ThinkForwardCIC]

Happy memories even though it was only a couple of weeks ago. Thanks Carmine for... https://t.co/DSmy97YqdU

[Sharon Phillips @ThinkForwardCIC]

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[Sharon Phillips @ThinkForwardCIC]

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[Sharon Phillips @ThinkForwardCIC]

Pathways to Youth Leadership has begun. An amazing diverse group embarked in Cagliari, Sardinia and completed part 1 of this long term training course and the journey continues with online virtual exchanges and a training in Serbia in January next year.