Resources

We’re excited to announce that the first meeting of the new Yorkshire and Humber CEO Peer Group is currently being arranged and will take place at St Annes Community Centre.

This resource has been created to give chief executives a clear, strategic window into the issues, conversations and collective expertise emerging across our CEO community.

The session covered major financial and policy pressures facing health and social care. Richard Sagar outlined rising costs, income challenges, and economic trends affecting charities, while James Bullion invited contributions to the LGA’s adult social care consultation.

This month’s CEO breakfast explored key policy changes, workforce and immigration pressures, NHS restructuring, and VCSE sector strengths, with members sharing insights and agreeing actions including case study contributions and feedback on emerging VCSE principles.

This new resource has been created to give chief executives a clear, strategic window into the issues, conversations and collective expertise emerging across our CEO community.

Please be aware that this resource is exclusively accessible to members who contributed to the initial survey. Should you encounter any difficulties or have any questions regarding the access process, please feel free to reach out to us; we are here to assist you.

Stephen Veevers, CEO of Hft, gave a presentation on his organisation's VAT recovery journey, discussing the factors to consider when embarking on such a path, and considering the risks and benefits of VAT novation.

In June 2024, VODG member chief executives agreed to share their major incident reports and business continuity plans within the group. We have compiled the documents here for our CEOs' reference.

A discussion on experiences of inspection, its impacts and effects.

VODG member chief executives met to discuss executive pay and rewards, and to explore if a shared mandate exists for a short benchmarking exercise. This note also seeks to confirm the scope.

Subsequent to the meeting, we have compiled a summary of the conversation and proposed ideas for potential future actions based on current initiatives.

Attached are the two presentations, outlining some of the challenges and opportunities around VAT novation and a summary of the results from our FOIA to councils at the end of last year.

To support senior colleagues involved in contract negotiations with funders, this interactive and activity-based event used interactive drama with professional actors to explore new ways of negotiating with and influencing commissioners.