The Chair of the Community, Voluntary and Faith (CVF) Sector introduced a report which provided the Community, Voluntary and Faith Sector Coming Together Plan, which was the culmination of research and discussion across the CVF sector. It was reported that the Plan was intended to be the sector’s way of expressing what was important to it, with ambitious aspirations not necessarily within the gift of the sector and therefore the support of the Board was sought for its content, including the four key pillars. The report also detailed the role the sector would play in the forthcoming Integrated Care System developments with it being a key partner in forming and delivering services.

Members across the board welcomed the collaborative approach taken by the sector and the desire to increase co-production and prevention. It was noted that the guidance on the establishment of the Integrated Care System recognised the sector as a body in itself and that there would be benefit in sharing the plan with the Integrated Care Board.

It was proposed by Simon Banks, seconded by Councillor Yvonne Nolan that the Place Delivery Group be requested to consider the Wirral Community, Voluntary and Faith Sector Coming Together Plan and give views on how the sector could be worked into the future governance of place. The motion was put and agreed by assent. It was therefore –

Resolved – That

(1)  support and cooperation be provided to enable further engagement and coproduction, to design and bring forward a detailed proposal for consideration in March 2022.

(2)  partners be encouraged to engage to support the principles of this plan and to develop its implementation further, including identification of investment required to deliver sustainable action.

(3)  the establishment of a cross sector working group be endorsed whose role will be to coproduce a place-based partnership charter which would set out the necessary agreed behaviours to build strong relationships and of which uniformity would aid integration, with a representative sought from each partner with senior responsibility for implementation of the charter within their own organisation.

(4)  the Place Delivery Group be requested to consider the Wirral Community, Voluntary and Faith Sector Coming Together Plan and give views on how the sector could be worked into the future governance of place.