18 November 2009 (pm) - Full Meeting
CQC Guidance for Professionals
The Voluntary Organisations Disability Group (VODG) is an umbrella group of national voluntary sector providers of social care support to disabled people.
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British Home, Walsingham Trust and Advance UK Join the VODG
Social care charities The British Home, Walsingham and Advance UK have joined the VODG as associate members.
The British Home is an independent charity that provides specialised nursing and social care for people with long term medical conditions and severe disabilities.
Walsingham provides a range of support for people across England and Wales, including Supported Living, Floating Support, Residential Care, Moving On, Day Opportunities.
Advance UK provides housing, support and employment options available to people with learning disabilities or mental health problems in order to make their lives better.
They have all opted for associate membership, which offers access to a range of services, such as VODG briefings, and is targeted at small and medium sized organisations.
NCF and VODG Appointed Joint Strategic Partners
The Voluntary Organisations Disability Group (VODG) and the National Care Forum (NCF) have been appointed as joint Strategic Partners by the Department of Health under the Third Sector Investment Programme. Working together we will build on our national, regional and local networks to facilitate practical engagement and dialogue between commissioners and third sector providers. Our collaboration results from shared values to put third sector providers at the heart of service transformation and provide a valuable new communication channel between central policy makers and people delivering services on the ground.
Commenting together John Adams (VODG) and Des Kelly (NCF) said, "We believe third sector providers have an important role to play in service transformation and that through a more mature exchange of ideas with commissioners there will be mutual benefits and greater opportunities for delivering good health and wellbeing outcomes for people".
Copies of the press release are available from
Care Fund Calculator Updated
A Revised Independent Living Version has now been published (June 2009):
The updated version (V4_4) of the Independent Living tool is now complete and available on the website:-
http://www.southeastiep.gov.uk/page.asp?PageRef=278
This should be used for all future negotiations.
A summary of changes made is available on the supporting document page:-
http://www.southeastiep.gov.uk/page.asp?PageRef=273
The Care Fund Calculator for learning disability services has been updated as at April 14th 2009. It can be found at http://www.southeastiep.gov.uk/page.asp?PageRef=278
The protocol for use with the calculator can be found at http://www.southeastiep.gov.uk/page.asp?PageRef=273
Current publications available:
Uncertain Futures: The VODG Response to the social care Green Paper
Shadow Lands: A VODG report in to transitions from youth to adult services
No Place Like Home: A VODG report in to disputes of people's place of ordinary residence
For copies of any of the above reports please email
The VODG is a company limited by guarantee and registered in England and Wales No. 6521773
The VODG is a Registered Charity No. 1127328