Health & Social Care

BVSC is involved in a number of health related projects working in partnership with; the health and care system, local authority, the voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise sector and the private sector. Current projects include:

Personal Health Budgets and end of life care pilot, now in Phase 2, working in collaboration with the Hospices of Birmingham & Solihull (HoBS) and Birmingham & Solihull Clinical Commissioning Group (BSoL)
VCSE sector development in Ladywood and Perry Barr, working with Sandwell & West Birmingham Clinical Commissioning Group (SWBCCG)
Partnership work with Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC)
Birmingham Neighbourhood Network Schemes (NNS) and Third Sector Grants
Health & Wellbeing directory of services across Birmingham managed by BVSC: Route2Wellbeing Birmingham portal
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme, supporting wellbeing of employees.

Get in touch!

If you would like further details on any of these projects or how your organisation can work with BVSC, please contact [email protected].

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