4.2.3: Design and Implement Sponsors ‘Equalities Scheme’ Equalities sponsors will be recruited from the VCSE - the sponsor role ensures that the VCSEs is supported to contribute to, shape and influence the implementation of the relevant strategies and work-streams. The role of the resourced VCSE Equalities sponsor would be to lead beyond their organisation attending appropriate GM meetings as VCSEs experts in their field, follow up work, reading, written contributions as appropriate, feeding back to colleagues across the VCSEs and across sectors, contributing to the system leadership required for the thematic area. This approach would be developed by GM VCSE Ref group and key H&SC colleagues for agreement at the Equalities Board and GM H&SC Partnership SMT. Methods Who should be Who can help? involved? Develop Role Mental Health/ Carers Ensure that by are connected with the – ‘experts experience’ description VCSE leads who have recently community that they have been recruited to represent and that Sponsors / Experts by conducted a similar there are robust feedback mechanisms/regular opportunities Experience for work exercise for them to identify current issues facing that community. Also streams/ projects. (Simone Spray / Lynne ensure that by experience the gender/faith ‘experts ‘represent Stafford GM VCSE Ref of that community (in case of BME representatives) Group) Champion agendas for the workplace e.g. trans, Gypsy, trafficked people. Peer support for participants Develop recruitment GM VCSE Ref Group methods Identify panel/ process/ GM VCSE Ref Group VCSE Equality Groups, CAHN, Faith Network for Manchester, timetable GMBME Network Confirm Resource GM VCSE reference Ensure that the budget is spread equally across the GM VCSE – Equalities MOU Budget Sector and make the fund easy to access. Access costs to be Group included e.g. interpreters.
4.2.3: Design and Implement ‘Equalities Sponsors Scheme’ Equalities sponsors will be recruited from the VCSE - the sponsor role ensures that the VCSEs is supported to contribute to, shape and influence the implementation of the relevant strategies and work-streams. The role of the resourced VCSE Equalities sponsor would be to lead beyond their organisation attending appropriate GM meetings as VCSEs experts in their field, follow up work, reading, written contributions as appropriate, feeding back to colleagues across the VCSEs and across sectors, contributing to the system leadership required for the thematic area. This approach would be developed by GM VCSE Ref group and key H&SC colleagues for agreement at the Equalities Board and GM H&SC Partnership SMT. Methods Who should be involved? Who can help? Develop Role description VCSE Sponsors / Experts by Experience for work streams/ projects. Mental Health/ Carers leads who have recently conducted a similar exercise (Simone Spray / Lynne Stafford GM VCSE Ref Group) – Ensure that ‘experts by experience’ are connected with the community that they have been recruited to represent and that there are robust feedback mechanisms/regular opportunities for them to identify current issues facing that community. Also ensure that ‘experts by experience ‘represent the gender/faith of that community (in case of BME representatives) Champion agendas for the workplace e.g. trans, Gypsy, trafficked people. Peer support for participants Develop recruitment methods GM VCSE Ref Group Identify panel/ process/ timetable GM VCSE Ref Group VCSE Equality Groups, CAHN, Faith Network for Manchester, GMBME Network Confirm Resource – Equalities MOU Budget GM VCSE reference Group Ensure that the budget is spread equally across the GM VCSE Sector and make the fund easy to access. Access costs to be included e.g. interpreters.
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