The Senior Public Health Manager presented the report of the Director of Public Health which provided an update on developments within the community, voluntary and faith sector (CVF), and a new commission by Public Health with Wirral Council for Community Voluntary and Faith Sector Service (Wirral CVS), to deliver a programme of activity to support collaboration between key system partners and the CVF sector. Through a series of workshops, a CVF working group and engagement with the wider sector, the first Wirral sector led plan, ‘Community, Voluntary and Faith Sector Coming Together’, was developed and was presented to Board in December 2021. Wirral CVS had been commissioned by Wirral Council to lead on the delivery of this Plan, and a 1-year contract was issued in May 2023, funded by the Public Health Grant.  It was noted that there were about 1,800 groups involved in the CVF and a formal process to decide who represented them.

Resolved –

The Health and Wellbeing Board notes the information contained within this report and acknowledges and supports the work that Wirral CVS will be undertaking to support the CVF sector and deliver positive outcomes for Wirral residents.