Health and Wellbeing News, Events and Opportunities – June 2025
June 3, 2025
Welcome to Cumbria CVS’s Health and Wellbeing News, Events and Opportunities for June ’25. This page will be updated regularly, so we are delighted you have landed here today and hope that you will keep coming back for updates during the month.
To catch up on our News, Events & Opportunities from May 2025, click here
Lots of the News, Events and Opportunities information will also be appearing in our regular Health and Wellbeing Bulletin. This Bulletin is sent out to all current members of our two Networks: Action for Health and the Mental Health Provider Forum. If you have found this page useful why not join either or both Networks by following these links:
News – we will be using this as an opportunity to pick out particularly important/interesting articles from our most recent Bulletin and/or highlighting information that might be time sensitive.
Events – we will be using this as an opportunity to highlight events of interest to organisations interested in health and care issues including Network events. Most of these will be local Cumbria events but some maybe regional.
Opportunities – we will be using this to highlight health and care focused funding and project opportunities, representative roles and working groups you might want to get involved in and much more. These will focus on Cumbria but may also include regional opportunities.
If you’ve seen something you think we should be sharing, let us know! Email us:
Clare Edwards claree@cumbriacvs.org.uk
Holly Ferguson hollyf@cumbriacvs.org.uk
Sarah Penn sarah.penn@cumbriacvs.org.uk
NORTH CUMBRIA NHS area – Key updates from recent meeting of NENC VCSE Partnership Programme (our voice in NENC NHS system)
ome great information and updates about:
- Great North Care Record
- NEW NHS Integrated Care Board/ICS Blueprint plans following cuts
- NEW Child & Health and Wellbeing Core20PLUS5 approach
Click here to read the updates
SOUTH CUMBRIA NHS area – South Cumbria Place Partnership – 2024/25 End-of-year Review
Please follow the below link to the South Cumbria Place Partnership End of Year Review for 2024/25.
The Partnership commissions many NHS services and oversees the integration of our health and care system in South Cumbria.
£ representatives from the third sector sit on the Partnership Board:
Craig Backhouse CEO Furness Carers
Carolyn Otley CEO Cumbria CVS
Phil Whiteley CEO Age UK South Cumbria
Click here to view the review
SOUTH CUMBRIA NHS area – NEW Furness Sleep Helpline launches
The FURNESS Sleep helpline.
Speak to a trained local sleep advisors.
NORTH CUMBRIA NHS area – FREE webinar housing, health & care prevention models to age well Tuesday 17 June, 10am-12pm
This event is for anyone working in health, housing and social care. It is hosted by the Northern Housing Consortium.
The webinar will focus on how health and housing sectors can work together to support older people to maintain their independence and quality of life by engaging with a range of prevention services.
Themes that will be explored include:
• The role of housing in promoting health and well-being for older adults
• How Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) and Home Improvement Agencies (HIAs) support independence
• Integrated care models: health and housing services working together
• Prevention models for ageing
• Use of technology to remain independent.
To book, email events@northern-consortium.org.uk
Learn more https://northeastnorthcumbria.nhs.uk/our-work/housing-health-and-care-programme/webinars/
CUMBERLAND COUNCIIL area – Shape the Future of Cumberland Libraries: Share Your Feedback
Cumberland Council is seeking feedback on how library services are delivered across the region. We are contacting you specifically as you support people we particularly want to hear from. Your, and their voices matter, and feedback will help ensure that future library services are inclusive, accessible, and meet the needs of all members of the community.
Libraries are more than just buildings—they are safe, welcoming places where everyone should feel valued, and they offer various means of connecting with their services. This is your opportunity to shape how these spaces evolve to serve your needs and the needs of your community.
📅 Survey Dates: 22 April to 4 July 2025
📝 Survey Link: https://tinyurl.com/futurelibrarysurvey
Facebook Link: link direct to the post.
CUMBERLAND COUNCIL area – HDRC manager role at Cumberland Council
HDRC Research and Innovation Manager
Salary: OS17 £55,119 – £57,362
Hours: 37
Location: Carlisle and flexible locations within Cumberland with agile/remote working
Contract: Fixed term, until 31 December 2028
This is an exciting time for Cumberland Council and an exciting role leading a high- profile and significant project. We are one of around 30 areas that have been awarded funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) to set up a centre for research excellence – a Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC).
COUNTYWIDE – SURVEY Help us understand what the funding challenges are our sector in Cumbria
Our sector survey last year revealed that funding/money is the biggest challenge the VCFSE sector in Cumbria faces.
Our follow-up survey will dig deeper into this area, with questions designed to deliver information we can use to provide additional support.
There are two versions, for members and non-members, so that we can compare the results.
There is an article on our website here: https://cumbriacvs.org.uk/news/funding-challenges-tell-us-about-it/ and we are promoting it via email, social media and our next ebulletin.
Please share a link to the website article with your networks and encourage them to take part.
NORTH CUMBRIA NHS area – OPPORTUNITY – Health & Growth Accelerator Application Process
As you may know The North East North Cumbria ICB is one of 3 ICB’s who have been awarded funds to develop services aimed at preventing people becoming economically inactive due to a health condition. As part of this work the North Cumbria Delivery Team have been allocated funds to help develop a local service model.
Find out more about this funding opportunity in the below packs.
We are looking for one Lead Organisation and several Support Organisations to deliver this North Cumbria Service Model.
Application process:
The application process has opened today and will close on Friday 13th June at 5pm. We are sorry for the short timeline, this is due to the fact this is a 1 year pilot and we need to have our service up and running by 1st Oct 25, if we are to be able to qualify for funding in Year 2 &3. We also want to ensure that we give successful organisations as much time to mobilise as possible.
For more information contact:
Lydia Smith North Cumbria Place Based ICB
Elizabeth Lanka North Cumbria Place Based ICB
