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- VODG 2020 member survey launched
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 20 January 2020
- VODG housing network
- Pledging for Health Charter comes to an end
- VODG backs NICE campaign to encourage better medicines support
- VODG statement on Care Quality Commission’s concerns about Cygnet Health Care
- Voluntary sector collaboration launches project to support adult social care providers with data and cyber security
- VODG collaboration launches project to support adult social care provider sector with data and cyber security
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 13 January 2020
- Digital developments project
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 6 January 2020
- VODG learning and development network
- VODG HR directors' network
- VODG finance directors' network
- VODG operations directors' network
- VODG quality and safeguarding network
- VODG learning and development network
- VODG HR directors' network
- VODG marketing and communications network
- VODG marketing and communications network
- VODG finance directors' network
- VODG quality and safeguarding network
- VODG learning and development network
- VODG operations directors' network
- VODG HR directors' network
- VODG marketing and communications network
- VODG operations directors' network
- VODG quality and safeguarding network
- VODG survey seeks to learn more about sleep ins and overnight support
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 16 December 2019
- Put disabled people at the heart of all future policy - VODG chief executive comments on the General Election result
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 9 December 2019
- Address the national scandal of long-stay inpatient units – VODG report calls on incoming government to take action to transform care
- A time for action: ending the reliance on long-stay inpatient units
- Learning from LeDeR: event roundup
- VODG members invited to showcase good practice resulting from LeDeR
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 2 December 2019
- Getting ahead with digital, data and tech: event roundup
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 25 November 2019
- Social care must be top of domestic policy agenda – VODG backs cross-sector letter to next government
- #MoreToHealth - VODG supports collective statement demanding a better debate on health
- VODG Finance directors network: agenda 28 November 2019
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 18 November 2019
- Making a success of provider collaboratives
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 11 November 2019
- Call for views to help shape apprenticeship standards with specialism in supporting people with learning disabilities and/or autism
- Implementation of the law in relation to human rights, disability provision and social care to be examined at upcoming VODG event
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 4 November 2019
- The detention of young people with learning disabilities and/or autism – VODG welcomes the recommendations of Joint Committee on Human Rights report
- Changing the social care story – VODG welcomes new Social Care Future report
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 28 October 2019
- Digital, data, and tech event to help adult social care providers stay step ahead
- Getting ahead with digital
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 21 October 2019
- Survey launched to help increase uptake of annual health checks
- Improving experiences and outcomes from health and social care must be an urgent priority - VODG responds to CQC annual State of Care report
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 14 October 2019
- Leading for better health: event roundup
- VODG Operations directors network: key points of meeting
- VODG Marketing and communications network: agenda 16 October 2019
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 7 October 2019
- VODG chief executives' network and AGM
- Social care leaders gather to address health inequalities experienced by people with learning disabilities
- VODG Quality & safeguarding network: agenda 24 October
- VODG Operations directors' network: agenda 10 October 2019
- VODG learning and development network: agenda 9 October 2019
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 30 September 2019
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 23 September 2019
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 16 September 2019
- Social care providers encouraged to unite to tackle health inequalities in learning disability services
- Staying healthy
- Learning from LeDeR (The Learning Disability Mortality Review)
- VODG annual conference 2019 roundup
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 9 September 2019
- A focus on leadership and collaboration brings VODG members together at conference
- VODG HR & workforce network: 9 October 2019 agenda
- Chancellor’s funding commitments represent no more than a small step – VODG responds to spending review commitments
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 2 September 2019
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 19 August 2019
- Food and drink advice aims to tackle health inequality for disabled people
- VODG Housing network
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 5 August 2019
- Leading for better health - a conference to support social care providers to reduce health inequalities experienced by people with learning disabilities
- Leading for better health conference
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 29 July 2019
- New sector programme to tackle health inequalities experienced by people with learning disabilities
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 22 July 2019
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 15 July 2019
- “Important spotlight” shines on the untapped potential of assistive technology in social care
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 8 July 2019
- Joint letter from voluntary sector organisations sets out practical steps to rebuild and sustain vital services
- VODG finance directors network: key points of meeting
- Annual conference 2019
- VODG marketing and communications network: agenda 11 July 2019
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 1 July 2019
- New edition of STOMP game launched
- “We need government leaders and ministers to take action” – VODG responds to adult social care budget survey
- VODG HR & workforce network: 25 June 2019 notes
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 24 June 2019
- New website to fast-track digital transformation in adult social care
- VODG quality & safeguarding network: key points of meeting
- VODG Finance directors network: agenda 4 July 2019
- VODG HR and workforce network: 25 June 2019 agenda
- VODG learning and development network: key points 12 June 2019
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 17 June 2019
- Social care sector urges Government to order regulator to downgrade quality rating of inpatient units following Whorlton Hall abuse scandal
- The case for downgrading quality ratings of long-stay hospitals
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 10 June 2019
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 3 June 2019
- VODG quality and safeguarding network: agenda 19 June 2019
- VODG Operations directors' network: agenda 13 June 2019
- VODG learning and development network: agenda 12 June 2019
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 29 May 2019
- As austerity erodes social care, game-changing charities are stepping in. VODG chief executives writes for The Guardian
- The failing commissioning of secure inpatient provision is a national scandal that must be brought to a halt
- VODG statement on the publication of Learning Disabilities Mortality Review (LeDeR)
- With the right support everyone can live a good life – VODG response to Care Quality Commission review
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 20 May 2019
- New VODG report highlights significant social and community impact of voluntary sector disability organisations
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 13 May 2019
- Secure overnight ‘sleep in’ funding as sector waits for Supreme Court hearing
- NHS England’s commissioning changes risk conflict of interest and could undermine people’s rights
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 7 May 2019
- VODG is recruiting a Practice Facilitator to support a nursing associate (social care learning disability) action learning vanguard project across London and South East England
- A break from Brexit? VODG chief executive Rhidian Hughes makes the case for pushing social care up the domestic agenda in his latest blog
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 29 April 2019
- Significant concerns over mental capacity reforms remain as Bill reaches final stages
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 15 April 2019
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 8 April 2019
- VODG is recruiting a Head of Development
- VODG Chief executives network - north west
- VODG Chief executives network - south east
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 1 April 2019
- VODG endorses the publication of cross sector training standards to minimise restrictive practices
- A renewed focus on housing and support at VODG
- VODG inaugural housing network
- New analysis highlights “deeply flawed assumptions” behind Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill
- Government urged to “be bold in its upcoming adult social care green paper and spending review” – VODG backs cross-sector letter calling for reform
- VODG is recruiting a Head of Public Affairs
- VODG quality and safeguarding network: key points of meeting
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 18 March 2019
- Disability services group issues fresh demand on government to resolve confusion in overnight support
- Securing the future of overnight 'sleep in' support
- VODG Finance directors meeting: key points of meeting
- Government does a disservice to older and disabled people’s support by delaying social care green paper
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 11 March 2019
- VODG marketing and communications network 6 March 2019: key points from the meeting
- VODG operations directors network: Key points 5 March 2019
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 4 March 2019
- VODG learning and development network: key points 27 February 2019
- VODG HR & workforce network 27 February 2019: key points and resources
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 25 February 2019
- VODG operations directors network: 5 March 2019 Agenda
- VODG marketing and communications network agenda: 6 March 2019
- VODG’s Rhidian Hughes argues why draft laws on mental capacity are a universal cause for concern
- VODG “right behind” CQC’s #DeclareYourCare campaign to encourage people to share their experiences of services
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 18 February 2019
- VODG learning and development network: agenda 27 February 2019
- VODG HR and workforce network: 27 February 2019 agenda
- VODG finance directors network: 13 March 2019 agenda
- Tackling the issues and risks with Charity Commission serious incident reporting
- Charity Commission and serious incident reporting
- Government must resolve the long-running uncertainty about payments and funding for sleep in work
- New report puts spotlight on government’s under-funding of social care – VODG renews calls on government to shore up the sector
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 11 February
- Human rights reform outrage – social care sector unites in open letter to Ministers criticising careless Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 28 January
- VODG backs renewed focus on restraint training
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 28 January
- The latest STOMP for social care news
- New STOMP card game launched to prompt conversations about over-medication
- "Rushed, incomplete and unworkable" - charity organisations critique government's mental capacity reforms
- Sector comes together to address over-medication
- Disability services group warns that rush to reform mental capacity laws will fail to protect human rights
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 21 January
- Count me in! The conference bringing people together to eradicate over-medication
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 14 January
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 7 January
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 17 December
- VODG welcomes STOMP-STAMP to get care and treatment right for children and young people
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 10 December
- VODG marketing and communications network
- VODG finance directors' network
- VODG learning and development network
- VODG HR & workforce network
- VODG learning and development network
- VODG quality and safeguarding network
- VODG finance directors' network
- VODG quality and safeguarding network
- VODG learning and development network
- VODG marketing and communications network
- VODG finance directors' network
- VODG marketing and communications network
- VODG HR & workforce network
- VODG HR & workforce network
- VODG quality and safeguarding network
- VODG operations directors' network
- VODG operations directors' network
- VODG operations directors' network
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 3 December
- Learning disability and autism leaders list published for 2018
- VODG Finance directors' network: key points of meeting
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 26 November
- Workforce development resources to support transforming care
- Changing the narrative of our work – continuing the conversation
- Changing the narrative of our work – continuing the conversation
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 19 November
- Ask Listen Do - event roundup
- Making conversations count – Ask, Listen, Do
- Towards a brave, bold future for social care
- HR and workforce network 18 October 2018: key points from meeting
- Digital funding to help adult social care provider sector build a digital future
- Evidence for “significant and sustainable reform of adult social care is overwhelming” says VODG as it welcomes LGA green paper findings
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 12 November
- Latest sleep in shifts guidance does not go far enough to protect essential care services
- VODG quality and safeguarding network - key points of meeting
- VODG operations network - key points of meeting
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 5 November
- Ministers must eliminate conflict of interest within ‘troubled’ mental capacity proposals
- Demand for government action on sleep in crisis on first anniversary of controversial compliance scheme
- Government’s care worker recruitment campaign is welcome but must be matched with funding
- VODG welcomes “important step forward” in improving feedback and complaints across the system
- Marketing and communications network 9 October 2018: Key points from the meeting
- Short-sighted autumn budget misses opportunity to make social care sustainable
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 29 October
- ‘More than a provider’ at Social Care Future
- Quality & safeguarding network 7 November 2018: agenda
- VODG learning and development network - key points
- Finance directors network 29 November 2018: agenda
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 22 October
- Government urged to collaborate with care sector – not oppose it - in reform of mental capacity laws
- STOMP resources to support the campaign to eradicate over-medication
- Operations directors network - agenda 7 November 2018
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 15 October
- Learning and development network - agenda 18 October 2018
- Effective complaints processes are a hallmark of high-quality person-centred care
- HR directors' network - agenda
- Major report into state of national care and health services must drive further improvement
- STOMP: Stopping the over-medication of people with a learning disability, autism or both
- Leading social care interest groups warn government that its mental capacity reforms are not fit for purpose
- A stitch in time: the case for funding social care
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 8 October
- Government must seize opportunity to strengthen social care
- Social care needs a year round funding solution that works for all says VODG
- ‘Significantly strengthen’ partnerships with the voluntary sector to transform care
- Demand for urgent government action on sleep in crisis
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 1 October
- Birmingham hosts national workshop on tackling health inequalities
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 24 September
- VODG annual conference 2018 roundup
- Contribute beyond organisational boundaries says chair of disability services infrastructure body
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 17 September
- VODG’s Rhidian Hughes questions why social care and disability is missing from the debate on a no deal Brexit
- Rhidian Hughes writes on why social care and disability is missing from the debate on a no deal Brexit
- VODG welcomes government’s step forward in tackling health inequalities but urges practical, immediate action
- STOMP – Count me in! National conference
- STOMP – Count me in! National conference
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 10 September
- VODG sharpens its focus on systems, leadership and social change at annual conference
- Government must rethink “flawed” mental capacity reforms
- Government urged to clarify sleep in payments issue as Parliament returns
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 3 September
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 28 August
- Ask, Listen, Do: the role of social care providers
- Ask, Listen, Do: the role of social care providers
- VODG second national workshop on tackling health inequalities
- VODG’s annual afternoon tea for new chief executives
- VODG’s Rhidian Hughes calls for better health outcomes for disabled people to be a national priority
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 20 August
- VODG raises concerns as HMRC “jumped the gun” ahead of official guidance on sleep in payments
- Operations directors - key points from the network
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 13 August
- VODG comments on Unison appeal on sleep in case
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 6 August
- Quality & safeguarding network 18 July 2018: notes
- Tackling health inequalities
- Second national workshop on tackling health inequalities
- Rhidian Hughes comments on the LGA green paper for adult social care and wellbeing
- Operations Directors network
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 30 July
- Marketing and communications network
- Government must clarify its position in relation to sleep in payments
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 23 July
- Finance directors network 21 June 2018: notes
- VODG backs the Learning Disability and Autism Leaders’ List 2018
- Accounting for sleep in payments following Court of Appeal judgement
- Accounting for sleep in payments following Court of Appeal judgement
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 16 July
- Care sector responds to court overturning staff sleep-in back pay - calls on the government to legislate quickly and further fund sector
- Operations directors' network agenda - 18 July 2018
- Quality and safeguarding network agenda - 18 July 2018
- VODG update on sleep in payments following Court of Appeal judgement
- VODG update on sleep in payments following Court of Appeal judgement
- VODG Marketing and communications network - key points of the meeting
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 9 July
- Marketing and communications network 10 July
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 2 July
- Care sector descends on parliament to urge immediate resolution to sleep-in crisis
- VODG welcomes parliamentary committees’ calls for social care reform
- VODG backs ‘Ask Listen Do’
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 25 June
- Focus sharpens on the sleep in payments crisis
- Delaying social care reform is unacceptable says VODG
- UK care charities call for Charity Commission to intervene on sleep-in crisis
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 18 June
- For government to overlook the urgent need to fund and fix social care is misguided says VODG
- Learning and development network - key points from the meeting
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 11 June
- VODG welcomes CQC’s new report, Driving Improvement
- VODG is recruiting a Policy and Communications Manager
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 4 June
- Managing meaning and leading in turbulent times with Dr Nan Carle Beauregard
- Seminar tackles managing meaning and leading in turbulent times with Dr Nan Carle Beauregard
- Person-centred examples of workforce development to support transforming care
- The latest STOMP for social care news
- Report focuses on key steps to help people move out of long-stay inpatient care
- Transforming care - the challenges and solutions
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 28 May
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 21 May
- Pilot week for the VODG food and drink audit
- Pitch up to the VODG annual conference 2018 – systems, leadership and social change
- HR directors' network - key points from the network
- Head of CQC Sir David Behan to speak at VODG’s annual reception
- Delivering transforming care through the VODG Provider Taskforce
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 14 May
- Learning and development network - key points from the network
- Learning and development network - agenda and meeting brief
- HR directors' network - key points from the network
- HR directors' network - agenda
- New report demonstrates how the sleep in payments crisis is damaging the care sector
- UK care sector on brink of failure due to sleep in payments crisis, new survey reveals today
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 7 May
- VODG’s Rhidian Hughes writes for the Local Government Association on why adult social care matters
- VODG Spring newsletter 2018
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 30 April
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 23 April
- In conversation with Sir David Behan
- Sleep in payments crisis: next steps
- Sleep in payments crisis: planning ahead
- 4 April 2018 Operations directors' network - key notes and resources
- 4 April 2018 Quality & safeguarding network - key notes and resources
- #WeSupportSTOMP – one year on for social care
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 26 March
- VODG Chief Executive, Rhidian Hughes, writes about the role of providers in tackling health inequalities
- Tackling health inequalities
- Awareness and adjustments are key to tackling health inequalities
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations – 12th March
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 5 March
- VODG Chief Executive, Rhidian Hughes, writes on the sleep-ins back pay crisis
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations – 26 February
- Challenges can fuel change: a VODG contribution to Civil Society Futures
- Social care needs to transform itself to become fit for the future
- VODG Chair, Steve Scown, writes on the sleep-ins back pay crisis
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 19 February
- Independent survey to assess impact of sleep-in pay crisis on future of social care
- How can we support people to have a bigger say in the funding of care and support services?
- VODG turns attention to diet as part of ongoing health inequalities campaign
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 12 February
- In the national debate about civil society, social care must have a voice says VODG chief executive Rhidian Hughes
- Sleep in payments crisis: public affairs update and next steps
- VODG sleep in payments crisis: public affairs update and next steps
- Learning disability care sector warns Government that questions posed to Department of Health and Social Care need to be answered
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 5 February
- VODG special session on delivering transforming care
- VODG special session on delivering transforming care
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 29 January
- Sector unites to call on Government to fully fund the cost of sleep in payments
- The latest STOMP for social care news
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 22 January
- Quality and safeguarding network
- Operations directors' network
- Finance directors' network
- Towards a brave, bold future for social care - chief executives' network and annual general meeting
- Quality and safeguarding network
- Learning and development network
- HR directors' network
- Marketing and communications network
- Finance directors' network
- Learning and development network
- HR directors network
- Annual conference 2018
- Quality and safeguarding network
- Operations directors' network
- Marketing and communications network
- Chief executives' network
- Personalisation network
- Finance directors' network
- Learning and development network
- HR directors' network
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 15 January
- Tackling the sleep in payment crisis – current trends and next steps
- Tackling the sleep in payment crisis – current trends and next steps
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 8 January
- VODG is recruiting a Policy & Public Affairs Manager
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 2 January
- Looking to 2018 VODG’s Rhidian Hughes argues that this could be the year we could do social care differently
- VODG Winter newsletter 2017/8
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 11 December
- STOMP conference programme published
- Managing sector risks and issues as the UK leaves the EU
- Government must focus on how Brexit affects the voluntary social care sector
- Risks and rights: how social care can survive Brexit
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 4 December
- GDPR: Let's get real!
- Financial impact of social care sleep in crisis laid bare
- STOMP pledge refreshed
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 27 November
- Writing about Brexit VODG’s Rhidian Hughes argues that social care must fight its corner
- Tackling health inequalities: event roundup
- Government fails to tackle social care need
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 20 November
- VODG welcomes Government’s step forward in addressing future social care strategy, but demands that disability provision is not sidelined
- Bullish tactics by HMRC will not resolve the sleep in crisis says VODG
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 13 November
- Health Charter webinar with PHE and VODG
- VODG seminar tackles leadership in turbulent times
- Making a Difference: Leading in Turbulent Times
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 6 November
- Regional events to develop the 'transforming care' workforce
- More known unknowns as government fails to get a grip on the sleep in crisis
- Refreshed Health Charter to tackle health inequalities for people with learning disabilities
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 30 October
- New chance to tackle crisis in social care must not be missed
- Parliamentarians alerted to Brexit workforce risks
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 23 October
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 16 October
- Tackling the NHS properties challenge together
- The future of civil society and disabled people's services
- New analysis of health and social care must spur improvement across both sectors
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 9 October
- True Costs: Why we cannot ignore the failure in social care funding
- New report calls on Government to fund social care to be strong and sustainable
- GDPR: Lets get real!
- GDPR: Let's get real! Implementation workshop for VODG members
- STOMP social care implementation conference: making your pledge real
- STOMP social care implementation conference: making your pledge real
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 2 October
- Decisions to resolve the sleep in shifts crisis cannot be further delayed
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 25 September
- Doing social care differently: VODG over the party conference season
- VODG’s Rhidian Hughes argues why we must have a strong, sustainable solution for social care
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 18 September
- VODG annual conference 2017 roundup
- VODG welcomes CQC resource to promote equality and human rights
- New report calls for greater engagement between STPs and social care providers
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 11 September
- The latest STOMP for social care news
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 4 September
- VODG focuses on progress and partnerships at this year’s annual conference
- New resource in the campaign to tackle over-medication
- Preparing to visit a doctor to talk about psychotropic medication
- Developing the social care workforce to build the right support for people with learning disabilities and/or autism
- VODG annual conference 2017
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 28 August
- VODG focus on tackling health inequalities
- Sign up to STOMP news and share good practice
- VODG members tackling health inequalities experienced by disabled people
- VODG Summer newsletter 2017
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 14 August
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 31 July
- VODG welcomes Government’s commitment to resolve sleep in crisis
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 24 July
- Government risks care sector collapse over sleep-in shifts, warn providers
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 17 July
- Quality matters sets out a single view of quality and a shared commitment to improvement
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 10 July
- VODG encourages providers and commissioners to use CQC’s latest evidence to make a continued step up in quality
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 3 July
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 26 June
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 19 June
- Better health for people with learning disabilities
- Better health for people with learning disabilities
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 12 June
- VODG is recruiting a Head of Membership and Engagement
- Pitch up to the VODG annual conference 2017
- Launch of innovative film to support better health for people with learning disabilities
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 5 June
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 30 May
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 22 May
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 15 May
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 8 May
- Social care joins together to tackle over-medication
- 2017 general election: VODG position statement – Easy Read format
- VODG's Rhidian Hughes considers the issues when supporting people with a learning disability and a dementia
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 1 May
- VODG welcomes Health Committee’s focus on securing the social care workforce post-Brexit
- 2017 general election: VODG position statement
- Manifesto commitments must focus on social care and the people it supports
- How to measure the Brexit-related risks and opportunities facing social care providers
- Brexit: risk register and mitigation plan for social care providers
- VODG’s Rhidian Hughes considers why social care, and not just Brexit issues, must be at the heart of the general election
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 24 April
- VODG’s Rhidian Hughes considers why people who use social care services should be at the heart of digital developments
- VODG briefing: the essential roundup of sector news for member organisations - 18 April
- Co-producing technology: harnessing digital solutions for social care
- Care providers must involve people they support in designing new digital solutions
- VODG Spring newsletter 2017
- Weekly brief - 3 April 2017
- VODG's Rhidian Hughes reflects on how social care providers can respond positively to tackling the disability and employment gap
- Staffing must be a Brexit priority
- Top tips for choosing a support provider - now available as Easy Read
- Partnership report explains why social care services must develop better care for the LGBT community living with dementia
- Top ten tips when choosing a support provider - Easy Read format
- Weekly brief - 27 March 2017
- Disability group welcomes Lords committee report on charities
- 22 March 2017 Operations network key notes and resources
- 22 March 2017 Quality and safety network key notes and resources
- Weekly brief - 20 March 2017
- Tackling the disability and employment gap
- Resources to support disabled people into work in social care
- Weekly brief - 13 March 2017
- 8 March 2017 personalisation meeting: key notes and resources
- We need a sustainable future for social care: VODG response to the Chancellor’s Spring Budget
- VODG's Rhidian Hughes writes about the right care - not "chemical restraint"
- Weekly brief - 6 March 2017
- Put social care funding back on track says leading voluntary group
- 1 March 2017 finance meeting: key notes and resources
- Weekly brief - 27 February 2017
- 23 February 2017 marketing and comms meeting: key notes and resources
- Weekly brief - 20 February 2017
- Consultation response: CQC next phase of regulation
- Consultation response: supported housing funding model
- Consultation response: Work and health green paper
- VODG’s Rhidian Hughes writes on what to ask when choosing a social care provider.
- Weekly brief - 13 February 2017
- Finding the right social care: a guide for people needing support
- Top ten tips when choosing a support provider
- Top ten tips when choosing a support provider
- 8 February 2017 LD network meeting: key notes notes and resources
- 8 February HR 2017 network meeting: key notes and resources
- Learning technologies
- Weekly brief - 6 February 2017
- Weekly brief - 30 January 2017
- VODG’s Rhidian Hughes writes about dementia care for a hidden population
- Staying put: developing dementia-friendly care and support for people with a learning disability
- Report sets out why dementia and learning disabilities needs better representation in policy, practice and research
- Partnership of voluntary organisations calls for the needs of people with learning disabilities and dementia to be better addressed
- Weekly brief - 23 January 2017
- What is the role of social care providers in addressing the disability and employment gap? Consultation on the work, health and disability Green Paper.
- 20170117 The apprenticeships levy webinar: key notes and resources
- Weekly Brief - 16 January 2017
- Can technology transform the way we deliver social care?
- Securing the future workforce
- Advocacy, Apprenticeships and Accountability (Bristol)
- Advocacy, Apprenticeships and Accountability (Manchester)
- Advocacy, Apprenticeships and Accountability (London)
- Advocacy, Apprenticeships and Accountability (Birmingham)
- Weekly Brief - 9th January 2017
- Weekly Brief - 3 January 2017
- VODG’s Rhidian Hughes writes about closing the disability and employment gap
- Meet, connect, collaborate: our networks
- VODG’s Rhidian Hughes writes about the year ahead and the need for synthesis
- Weekly Brief - 19 December 2016
- Catch up with the latest VODG news in our Winter newsletter
- Weekly Brief - 12 December 2016
- Care Certificate webinar: key notes and resources
- VODG sets out ways to reduce the disability and employment gap
- Closing the disability and employment gap
- Autumn Statement 2016: outcomes and responses
- New report sets out ways to reduce the disability employment gap
- Weekly Brief - 5 December 2016
- 01 December 2016 Finance meeting: key notes and resources
- 28 January 2016 finance meeting: key notes
- Learning and development specialist webinars
- Closing the disability employment gap: responding to Government's green paper
- VODG provider delivery taskforce
- Governance International resource: coproduction tree
- 15 March 2016 personalisation meeting: key notes
- TLAP resource: top tips for personalisation
- 7 July 2016 personalisation meeting: key notes and resources
- 18 May HR meeting: key notes and resources
- 14 June 2016 marketing and comms meeting: key notes and resources
- 23 June 2016 CEO meeting: key notes and resources
- 23 June 2016 finance meeting: key notes and resources
- 14 July 2016 operations meeting: key notes and resources
- 14 July 2016 quality and safety meeting: key notes and resources
- 11 October 2016 HR meeting: key notes and resources
- 11 October 2016 LD meeting: key notes and resources
- 08 November 2016 quality and safety meeting: key notes and resources
- 08 November 2016 operations meeting: key notes and resources
- 09 November 2016 personalisation meeting: key notes and resources
- Weekly brief - 28 November 2016
- VODG respond to Autumn Statement
- Weekly Brief - 21 November 2016
- Can technology transform the way we deliver adult social care?
- VODG Social value toolkit: mainstreaming social value in social care
- Disability group argues delivering social value is key to reducing inequalities
- 15 November 2016 meeting: key notes and resources
- VODG argues delivering social value is key to reducing inequalities
- Weekly Brief - 7 November 2016
- Core skills education and training framework webinar: key notes and resources
- Weekly Brief - 31 October 2016
- When is a Care Home not a Care Home?
- Agency Workers Regulations 2010
- Weekly Brief - 24 October 2016
- Dementia and learning disabilities event roundup
- Weekly Brief - 17 October 2016
- When is a Care Home not a Care Home?
- Written submission to the Select Committee on the Sustainability of the NHS from VODG (Voluntary Organisations Disability Group)
- Voluntary organisations disabilitygroup: written response to inquiry into the status of EU Nations in the UK
- Social care inquiry written submission from the Voluntary Organisations Disability Group (VODG)
- VODG consultation response
- A fair settlement for high quality disability provision: voluntary organisations disability group’s representation to hm treasury on the comprehensive spending review
- Written submission to the Select Committee on Charities from VODG (Voluntary Organisations Disability Group)
- VODG’s Rhidian Hughes writes about hidden hate crime
- Annual dinner
- AGM and chief executives network
- STOMP
- Improving services to people with a learning disability and dementia
- Weekly Brief - 10 October 2016
- Weekly Brief - 3 October 2016
- Post Brexit: the impact for social care provider organisations
- Weekly Brief - 26 September 2016
- Annual conference event roundup
- VODG analyses post-Brexit priorities in new social care report
- Disability group analyses post-Brexit priorities in new social care report
- VODG’s Rhidian Hughes writes social value and the key role of not-for-profit provision
- Weekly Brief - 19 September 2016
- Health charter in practice (second edition)
- Weekly Brief - 12 September 2016
- Mandatory training webinar: key notes and resources
- Health Charter: practical new resource launched to support the wellbeing of people with learning disabilities
- Weekly Brief - 5 September 2016
- Practical new resource launched today supports the wellbeing of people with learning disabilities
- VODG’s Rhidian Hughes writes about closing the health inequality gap for people with learning disabilities
- Weekly brief - 30 August 2016
- Dementia, equity and rights
- New report sets out why dementia and learning disabilities needs better representation in policy, practice and research
- VODG calls for central role in NHS amid cuts and uncertainty
- Weekly Brief - 15 August 2016
- Charities call for central role in NHS amid cuts and uncertainty
- VODG’s Rhidian Hughes writes about the need for the NHS and the Voluntary Sector to Join Forces
- What can the voluntary sector do to encourage greater engagement and collaboration with the health system?
- Weekly Brief - 8 August 2016
- Government should fund costs of implementing the National Living Wage says VODG
- Weekly Brief - 25 July 2016
- Health Committee have helped bust social care funding myths but the sector remains at critical
- A focus on the future: new VODG report on the impact of Brexit
- A focus on the future: leading voluntary sector group reports on the impact of Brexit
- Head of voluntary sector disability group says, “the future funding for adult social care is very bleak”
- VODG’s Rhidian Hughes writes about social care's digital divide
- Weekly Brief - 11 July 2016
- Technology is changing the way we live. Can it also transform the way we deliver social care?
- VODG argues for improved commissioning to seize the benefits of technology in care
- Post Brexit: what next for voluntary organisations?
- VODG argues for improved commissioning to seize the benefits of technology in care
- Weekly Brief - 4 July 2016
- 2016 Summer newsletter
- Weekly Brief - 20 June 2016
- Weekly Brief - 13 June 2016
- VODG welcomes the launch of Learning Disability England
- VODG welcomes the launch of Learning Disability England
- Weekly Brief - 6 June 2016
- Voluntary sector partnership launch resource to help build volunteer capability and capacity
- VODG’s Rhidian Hughes writes about how to support, manage and engage
- Weekly Brief - 30 May 2016
- Dementia, equity and rights: publication highlights a new approach to care
- Weekly Brief - 23 May 2016
- VODG’s Rhidian Hughes writes about why rights should have a role in dementia
- 18 May 2016 LD meeting: key notes and resources
- VODG and National Care Forum volunteer management toolkit (second edition)
- Weekly Brief - 16 May 2016
- Weekly Brief - 2 May 2016
- VODG’s Rhidian Hughes writes about the need for the sector to come together and address the workforce issue
- Rising to the social care workforce challenge
- Weekly Brief - 24 April 2016
- Weekly Brief - 18 April 2016
- Together we can... deliver more effective commissioning and de-commissioning for people with learning disabilities and autism
- How do disability organisations recruit, retain and develop the right workforce?
- Procurement special interest meeting: key notes and resources
- Social Care Employee Engagement Survey
- Leading voluntary sector group welcomes first round of investors
- CQC consultation a complete farce says head of voluntary sector disability group
- Weekly Brief - 4 April 2016
- Regulator’s approach to fees is damaging good care
- Weekly Brief - 21 March 2016
- Weekly Brief - 14 March 2016
- VODG’s Rhidian Hughes writes about the need for action to close the disability employment gap
- VODG welcomes Government’s commitment to cut red tape
- Volunteer management summit event roundup
- Weekly Brief - 29 February 2016
- 16 February 2016 HR meeting: key notes
- 16 February 2016 LD meeting: key notes
- Weekly Brief - 15 February 2016
- Weekly Brief - 8 February 2016
- Weekly Brief - 7 March 2016
- VODG’s Rhidian Hughes writes about commissioning's key role in changing learning disability care
- The impact of pensions on charity strategy: slide deck
- Weekly Brief - 18 January 2016
- VODG’s Rhidian Hughes writes about the year ahead for 2016
- Weekly Brief - 11 January 2016
- Earlier press release statements
- Weekly Brief - 14 December 2015
- Weekly Brief - 7 December 2015
- Weekly Brief - 30 November 2015
- Weekly Brief - 23 November 2015
- Weekly Brief - 16 November 2015
- Weekly Brief - 16 November 2015
- Weekly Brief - 9 November 2015
- Weekly Brief - 2 November 2015
- Weekly Brief - 26 October 2015
- Weekly Brief - 19 October 2015
- Weekly Brief - 12 October 2015
- Weekly Brief - 5 October 2015
- VODG’s Rhidian Hughes writes about why the autumn statement must save the sector from collapse
- Weekly Brief - 28 September 2015
- Weekly Brief - 28 September 2015
- Weekly Brief - 21 September 2015
- Weekly Brief - 14 September 2015
- Weekly Brief - 7 September 2015
- Weekly brief - 24 August 2015
- Weekly Brief - 1 September 2015
- Weekly Brief - 11 April 2016
- Weekly Brief - 1 February 2016
- Weekly Brief - 25 January 2016
- Hard Truths
- Making it real: personalisation in social care, a case study report
- Using assistive technology to support personalisation in social care
- Workforce planning to achieve person-centred support
- Workforce planning resource for independent providers
- Advocacy: a voice for our future
- Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012
- Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012
- Another way: transforming peoples’ lives through good practice in adult social care
- Gain without pain: how the voluntary sector can help deliver the social care agenda for people with disabilities
- Not in my backyard: ordinary residence, discrimination and disabled people three years on
- Maximising service outcomes – the contribution of capital finance and assets
- Shadow Lands: application and impact of eligibility criteria on young people with disabilities
- Ordinary residence; extraordinary mess
- No place like home: ordinary residence, discrimination and disabled people