Meeting
West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership Board Public meeting December 6th
West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership’s Partnership Board (WY HCP) will meet in public on Tuesday 6 December 2022 at 2pm. The meeting will be held online using digital technology and chaired by Cllr Tim Swift, Leader of Calderdale Council and Chair of Calderdale Health and Wellbeing Board.
The Partnership Board further strengthens joint working arrangements between the NHS, councils, care providers, hospices, Healthwatch, the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector. Together, the Partnership improves health and care of all people living across the area.
The Board is an important group for the Partnership, which covers Bradford District and Craven, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds, and Wakefield District. It brings together elected members, executive and non-executives, and independent co-opted members in one decision making process. Its work aligns to the NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board.
Board members will receive an update from Rob Webster CBE, CEO Lead for the Partnership. There will also be reports on the work we are doing to tackle poverty, supporting people to leave hospital, and an update on the refresh of the WY HCP’s five-year strategy as well as progress made from the recommendations of the Partnership’s Race Review.
Working alongside communities, the Partnership Board aims to give people their best start in life with support to stay healthy and live longer. Many factors determine whether someone leads a long and healthy life, including good housing, access to green space, and building an inclusive economy that creates more good jobs, reduces health inequalities, and promotes opportunity for all. These important factors are at the heart of the Partnership Board.
The Board meets in public every three months and gives people the opportunity to ask questions and have their say. Members of the public will be able to ask a question at the start of the meeting via a video link. All questions submitted will receive a written response after the meeting and will be published on the Partnership’s website.
Members of the public are asked to email their questions to westyorkshire.ics@nhs.net before Monday 5 December at 5pm – highlighting the question to be asked at the Board. People can also call 01924 317659 to submit questions. Members of the public who want to ask a question will then be sent a Microsoft Teams link to the meeting.
The agenda, papers, and link to watch the meeting live can be accessed from Tuesday 29 November evening at: www.wypartnership.co.uk/meetings/partnershipboard/papers
You can find out more about asking questions to the Board at: www.wyhpartnership.co.uk/meetings/partnershipboard/questions
Calderdale Forum 50 Plus – Next meeting June 20th
Calderdale Forum 50 Plus meets bi-monthly to provide a voice for older people in Calderdale and an opportunity for everyone in Calderdale to contribute their views, tell us about their work or raise issues of concern.
Our next meeting is on Monday 20 June at 10.30am at The Shay Stadium in Halifax and is expected to last around one and a half hours.
If you live or work in Calderdale and have an interest in the lives of older people, we warmly invite you to attend. We’d like to hear about your issues and concerns. This will help to give direction to our website, newsletter and surveys.
If you are part of a community group serving older people – come along and tell us about your activities.
To join our next meeting, RSVP info@calderdaleforum50plus.com
Next Time Out Network Meeting June 15th
The date of our next Time Out Network Meeting will be Wednesday 15th June at Halifax Central Library, from 10.30 – 12.30pm.
We are looking forward to finally being able to hold this as a face-to-face event and there will almost certainly be cake to celebrate our meeting in person (any excuse!) An agenda will be provided nearer the time but please let us know in advance if there is anything you wish to add to it. Please RSVP by email to timeout@healthymindscalderdale.co.uk or register here if you are planning to attend so that we have an idea of numbers. Time Out will be running and promoting free activities for children and young people, aged 10+, over the Spring Bank half-term. Keep an eye on our website for details coming soon: www.timeoutcalderdale.co.ukWe hope to see you in June.All the best,The Time Out Team
West Yorkshire Joint Committee of Clinical Commissioning Groups public meeting May 3rd
The West Yorkshire Joint Committee of Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) will meet in public on Tuesday 3 May, 2022, 11am to 1pm. The Committee, which is part of the West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership (WY HCP), has a shared health programme of work that aims to further improve the health and wellbeing of the 2.4 million people living across the area.
The meeting will be held virtually via digital technology.
The Committee has delegated powers from individual CCGs (Bradford District and Craven; Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds, and Wakefield) to make collective decisions around specific work programmes, for example mental health, planned care, urgent care, and cancer.
A key part of their work involves sharing expertise and working closely with local councils, hospitals, care providers and voluntary community and social enterprise organisations – ensuring services are fit for the future.
The meeting on Tuesday the 3 May 2022 will discuss the harmonisation of commissioning policies across West Yorkshire.
Committee meetings held in public are filmed live and offer members of the public an opportunity to ask questions about agenda items. As we are holding the meeting virtually via digital technology, we are taking a different approach to questions.
Members of the public are asked to email their questions to westyorkshire.ics@nhs.net before 5pm on Monday 2 May 2022. They can also call 01924 317659 to submit questions.
We will then send members of the public a Microsoft Teams link to enable them to join the meeting for their question-and-answer item.
All questions submitted will be published on the Joint Committee webpage. The agenda and meeting papers can be accessed from Tuesday 26 April 2022 at:
https://www.wyhpartnership.co.uk/meetings/west-yorkshire-harrogate-joint-committee-ccgs
The meeting can also be watched live via the same link.
Calderdale Forum 50 Plus AGM: Tuesday 5 April
Calderdale Forum 50 Plus is holding its rearranged Annual General Meeting (AGM) at 2pm, on Tuesday 5 April 2022 at the Supporter’s Bar in the Shay Stadium Halifax, HX1 2YS.
This is an exciting time for Calderdale Forum 50 Plus as the council has just committed to making Calderdale an “age-friendly” region. With more than a third of residents now aged over 50, the role of the Forum will become more important over the next few years.
Anyone with an interest in the organisation and running of the Forum, are warmly invited to attend. The meeting is expected to last until 3.45pm and refreshments will be provided.
RSVP: info@calderdaleforum50plus.com or call us on 07946 510900.
Find out more: https://calderdaleforum50plus.com/2022/02/11/calderdale-forum-50-plus-annual-general-meeting-rearranged-for-5-april/
About the Forum
Calderdale Forum 50 Plus is a voluntary group that supports and represents people aged 50 and over in Calderdale and highlights information and issues which are useful and important to this age group. We also signpost and connect older people to local groups, clubs, societies, charities, as well as events and service providers. We collate guidance on key later life issues such as housing, benefits and finance, care of all kinds and physical and mental health.
Email: info@calderdaleforum50plus.com
Website: calderdaleforum50plus.com
Friends of St Matthew’s Churchyard, Annual General Meeting
The Friends of St Matthew’s Churchyard, Lightcliffe Annual General Meeting takes place at St Matthew’s Parish Church on Wakefield Road on Tuesday 7 February at 7.30pm.
We are a community volunteer group working with the church to restore its churchyard which dates from 1670. Anyone who looks across at its iconic tower will have noticed dramatic improvements over the last 3 to 4 years helped by grants from the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Council. We are now able to locate the majority of the graves of the 11,000 who have been buried here.
Please come along and support us at this meeting to find out what we are doing or view www.lightcliffechurchyard.org.uk
Elland Ward Forum and the launch of Elland 700
Come along and find out more about Elland 700… Celebrating the town and its history with a buffet and refreshments provided.
Tuesday 31 January 2017 – 6.30pm to 7.30pm
At Elland Cricket Club, Hullen Road, Elland, HX5 0QY
The launch will then be followed by Elland Ward Forum from 7.30 to 9pm where residents can come along and have a say on what matters to them in their area.
For further information on either of the above contact the Neighbourhood Team on 01422 288016
Elland and District Partnership AGM – Public Notice!
The annual general meeting of the Elland and District Partnership will take place on Tuesday 4 October 2016 at Willow Court, Victoria Road, Elland.
The meeting will commence at 7pm and will be followed by an open meeting.
Calderdale Lower Valley blog 