 | This Strategic Plan sets out the Regional Forum's aims, objectives and activities for its next stage of development from 2006 to 2009. |
 | Campaigning is OK! is your guide to support community action and advocacy.
Produced after a number of regional roadshows the report aims to raise awareness of the benefits of campaigning, provide a guide to activities and support to build capacity for campaigning at a local level and strengthen networks and mutual support among campaigners and activists.
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 | This briefing explains the concept and rationale which underlie city regions and how they are developing in Yorkshire and the Humber. It considers why they are important and what the implications are for the voluntary and community sector (VCS). |
 | The Regional Forum has responded to a request from the Office of the Third Sector for comments on their plan to support the sector in the current economic climate. The response was sent on behalf of the voluntary and community sector in Yorkshire and the Humber. |
 | Government policy, local commitment and commercial sense are all promoting cross sector partnerships, effective community consultation and implementing diversity. Yet finding ways to do this well can be challenging. This brochure sets out some key information about how to do this.
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 | The Regional Forum has submitted a formal response to the Government's Draft legislative programme 2008 - 2009 on behalf of voluntary and community organisations in the region.
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 | The Regional Forum has published a briefing on the Equality Bill.
This update gives details on:
* the progress of the Bill through Parliament
* the content of the Bill
* some key Issues and Concerns |
 | This new guide gives rural voluntary and community organisations, and those working with them, a clear introduction to rural networks in Yorkshire and the Humber. It outlines what each of the networks aims to achieve and how they will support and improve the representation of rural VCS organisations. It is the first in a new series of Regional Forum guides for the voluntary and community sector. |
 | The Regional Forum has completed its initial analysis of the results gathered from the 2009 Health of the Sector survey.
As well as giving a breakdown of the type of work organisations do the survey also asked if the organisations had experienced any changes in the demand for their services and in terms of size and finance. The results show that a significant number of the respondents had experienced a growth in the demand for services but that rate of growth was not matched in rises in staff or volunteers.
Many organisations expected to grow in the next financial year although at the time of the survey around 15% of those who took part were still unsure about what was going to happen to their organisation.
The survey results can be viewed by clicking on the link below.
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 | HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD! Improving Support for Campaigning in Yorkshire & the Humber
This event was held in Leeds in January and this report reflects some of the ideas to come out of the day as well as drawing together some of the support already available.
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 | In 2005, the Regional Forum and the Yorkshire and Humber Assembly published “Practice Makes Perfect”, a collection of case studies presenting the work of 13 voluntary and community organisations and in particular, highlighting their contribution to regional progress. The publication used the six objectives of the regional strategic framework “Advancing Together” to show how the voluntary and community sector contributes to the Yorkshire and Humber region.
“The Story Continues…” is the first in a series of updates by the Regional Forum on the work of these projects. |
 | The Regional Forum has published a response on behalf of the voluntary and community sector in the region to the Commission for the Compact's consultation Refreshing the Compact.
This response has been informed by the views of the Yorkshire and Humber Voluntary and Human Rights Equalities Network and Regional Forum members. |
 | This is a guide to the key organisations leading ChangeUp activities across England. |
 | The ‘Compact on Relations between Government and the Voluntary and Community Sector in England’ (Compact), first introduced in 1998, is a framework agreement for how the government and the third sector should work together.
Together the Compact and Codes set out a range of principles and a shared vision, along with undertakings for all sides. It applies to central government departments, Government Offices for the regions, executive agencies, non-departmental public bodies and to a range of organisations in the third sector.
The Compact for the Yorkshire and Humber Region was officially launched at the FOOTSEY 2007 Event at York racecourse on 18th October.
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 | Each of the signitories to the Regional Compact receives a Certificate to acknowledge their commitment to the Compact. This is the Regional Forum Certificate. |
 | This updated version of our popular Regional Structures Guide introduces readers to the agencies which make up the Yorkshire and Humber region.
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 | The Regional Forum has produced a guide for voluntary and community organisations on submittinng evidence to the Yorkshire and Humber Strategy. |
 | The Regional Forum has submitted a response to the Tackling Race Inequalities consultation. This response has been produced by the Regional Forum but it has been informed by the views and opinions of a range of voluntary sector groups, including the regional BME Panel, Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, and the Northern Network of Travelling people. |
 | This is a document seeking views on the Government’s future approach to tackling race inequalities. It is intended to be the start of a wide ranging discussion and asks 3 key questions about race inequality;
• What should a government race equality strategy look like?
• How does tackling race inequality fit with a broader equality and fairness agenda?
• How do we strengthen our society to tackle race inequalities?
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 | This briefing signposts readers to some of the principal policies, strategies, structures and information designed to support and advance the equalities and diversity agendas active in the Yorkshire and Humber region. |
 | This briefing updates the Policy Briefing ‘The Single Equality Bill’ published by the Regional Forum in March
2009.
This update gives details on:
* the progress of the Bill through Parliament
* the content of the Bill
* some key Issues and Concerns |
 | This briefing provides you with an introduction to the Single Equalities Bill in the light of the
Government’s plans in passing the Bill through the Parliament by the end of 2009. It summarises key element and areas of the Bill, and major policy issues. It also lists actions and decisions that you will need to consider. |
 | This is the first report from the new voluntary and community sector quarterly confidence survey, run by the Regional Forum. The survey assesses expectations within the sector over the next 3 and 12 months. Survey findings will be published in December, March, June and September and include results across the region as a whole and across each functional sub region. |
 | The Voluntary & Community Manifesto for Yorkshire and the Humber was launched by the Regional Forum at its Annual General Meeting on 19 January 2009. Produced by the Forum following consultation with its members, it outlines how political support could decide the success or failure of voluntary and community sector organisations in the coming months. |
 | Total Place is a new government initiative that looks at how
a ‘whole area’ approach to delivering public services can lead to better services at less cost.
Bradford is the only place in the region that has been selected to be a Total Place pilot. Their chosen theme is ‘Gateway to Integrated Services’. |
 | Infrastructure and support services are organisations, people and activities that help build the skills and capacity of voluntary and community sector (VCS) organisations. They act as a voice for the VCS.
This new guide focuses and gives details on regional infrastructure organisations and networks in Yorkshire and the Humber. |
 | The Regional Forum has now published a briefing on the Integrated Regional Strategy, now called the Yorkshire & Humber Strategy.
The strategy is the latest attempt to put in place a strategic framework for delivering sustainable economic growth in the English regions over a twenty year period. |
 | This report provides results from two surveys carried out in 2008 and 2009 that looked at levels, types and trends of funding within the region. There is also a short section on the impact of the recession on voluntary and community organisations and a summary of the challenges and opportunities facing the sector as a result of the changing nature of funding over the past few years. |
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