@Otherhalf

Community empowerment freak with a passion for supporting disability, work in VCS, love great food and good coffee (and my new iphone!)

 Shropshire
penval.co.uk
Joined May 2010
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Back from the abyss. Rural broadbandless landline less and mobile signallessness is over and it only took 34 days for @bt to flick switch!
very excited - off on my adventure tomrw. sailing 40ft yacht up canals in france oh yes -
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RT @TigerPantsCraft: Made out of pallets of course bit.ly/IHtk6S love it
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RT @penval: Must go to shops - now where's my anorak!!!! later Tweeties Wear anorak and we are over!
RT @ShropDisNetwork: interested in #disability in #shropshire? U'll wnt 2 read May edition of yr Voice - newsletter bit.ly/IxF6SD
#vcsaagm want leadership academy for vcs, partnership Dev, keeping service users at core, compact promotion ooer this sounds great.
#vcsaagm vcsa website shrop.net/shropvcsassembly
#vcsaagm strong messages from chair Sonia Roberts about progress in ensuring vcs is engaged at all levels via Assembly. Lots on website
#vcsaagm time to put begging bowl away. Promoting # buyitinshropshire
#vcsaagm interesting pres from consultants on contracting vehicle and now on extending partnerships with business sector.
#vcsaagm Sarah says think about %of work you can allocate to consortia work.
#vcsaagm Sarah tells us we really need to be thinking about contracting vehicle to get contracts from public private and vol sector
#vcsaagm Sarah Crawley now spk on contracting vehicle for Assembly. All still up for consultation
Daniel reminds that mechanisms are symbolic. We need behavioural change to make things work. Hope all listening!!
Lots of nods and agreement from floor on Daniels caution re not excluding part of the sector by single focus on delivery of servs #vcsaagm
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Finally ! Daniel gives warning that not all org want 2b deliverers of contracts. Thought /action needed 2 ensure ALL the sector has a place
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#vcsaagm real issues around prime contractor size excluding many VCS & creaming off easy wins and dumping on Vcs partners with less winnable

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