VET

Project Coordinator

Emily Ward — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 10:42:49 +0000

About the role

An important element in the Integrated Care Board’s Digital Inclusion Strategy is supporting people to make the most of digital access and tech enabled care. The Project Coordinator role will support existing, and new, digital champions to come together in a supportive network enabling new training, peer to peer support, and the sharing of tips and information. We’re looking for someone that’s great at bringing people together and coordinating the sharing of knowledge and expertise.

About the programme

The Digital Champions Programme aims to reduce digital exclusion in relation to health across Lincolnshire. It will support people to get online safely, build confidence using digital tools, and access essential services like the NHS App. The programme will do this by working through trusted community volunteers (Digital Community Champions) based in places such as community hubs, faith centres, foodbanks and local organisations.

Why are LVET hosting this role?

LVET are hosting this role because our members already work in local communities and support volunteers, and many already have Digital Champions. We are independent and can help connect organisations and people, share good practice, and support both new and experienced champions with training and guidance, creating a network where everyone can learn from each other and feel part of something biggger.

Do you have Digital Champions?

If you already have Digital Champions in your organisation, we’d love to hear from you so we can include them in the network.

How to apply?

You can download the full job description here: Role Description

If this role sounds like a good fit for you, we’d love to hear from you. Please send your CV along with a short cover letter telling us why you’d be great for the role to emily.ward@lvet.org. Please note you may not receive confirmation of receipt until Monday 2nd March 2026.

If you’d like to discuss the role further or have any questions, feel free to contact Paul on 07727 351778 or paul.gutherson@lvet.org.

Closing Date is 9am on Tuesday 3rd March 2026.

Interviews are scheduled for Monday 9th March and Wednesday 11th March.

Christmas Provision 2025

Teri Dimbleby — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 10:14:17 +0000

This year, as in previous years, we are collecting and collating information on organisations and places that are offering support, warm spaces, safe spaces or meals, over the Christmas period. This year, we are working with Shine Lincolnshire and the NHS to ensure that this information is shared as widely as possible, so that no one has to be isolated or alone. Below, we have included the dated boards with providers listed. If possible, we will include contact details as well as any other useful information. New providers will be added as they come in, so keep checking back to see if provision in your area has been updated.

Christmas Provision 2025

Learning & Development Session – Our Shared Agreement

Emily Ward — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 16:56:29 +0000

We had a great Learning & Development Session in July 2025, focusing on Our Shared Agreement with Caty Collier.

Below are some useful resources following the session:

– Presentation slides here

– Our Shared Agreement web page here

– Downloadable PDF of Z Cards here

– Downloadable Finding Answers poster here

You can also nominate an It’s All About People Champion or ask for some printed Z cards – email lhnt.itsallaboutpeople@nhs.net. Please only ask for printed copies if you know you will definitely use them, as they’re trying to save resources wherever possible.

For more information about the Community Reporting project as an example of OSA in action, visit here, and check out the stories gathered so far here.

If you know of anyone who would like to get involved, either to share their own story, become a Community Reporter, or join the story analysis panel, get in touch with Caty – Caty.Collier@lvet.org

Health Inequalities VCFSE Grant Fund 2025 – People with Lived Experience

Emily Ward — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 09:07:40 +0000

The year, we’re putting lived experience at the heart of everything!

We’re looking for people in Lincolnshire who have faced barriers to health and care – whether that’s difficulty accessing physical health checks, attending appointments, dealing with musculoskeletal issues and being out of work, or struggling with digital exclusion.

These are the voices we need in the room! Your insight is vital to shaping projects that genuinely work for communities.

Interested? Fill in the short Expression of Interest form here: https://forms.office.com/e/xDTm57qp9y

If you have any queries or would like to discuss further, please email hello@lvet.org

LVET Members Meetings 2025

Emily Ward — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 11:08:21 +0000

We’ve had some fascinating LVET Member Meetings in 2025 so far, and lots of exciting ones yet to come!

This page summarises some of the key information from each meeting, with links to recordings and slides where possible. Do get in touch with us a hello@lvet.org if you would like to find out more!

January 2025 - Gaming and Gambling Harms and Support
We had two fabulous presentations on what to look for, how to approach and what to do if someone you are supporting presents with issues around gambling or gaming harms, which you can view back via the links below and the presentations. We also heard about the new Community Reporting project too.
- Ryan Smith – YGAM. You can watch back the recording here and see the presentation slides (including all contact details) here.
- Sarah Franklin – GamCare. You can watch back the recording here and see the presentation slides (including all contact details) here.
- Caty Collier – LVET. You can watch back the recording here and see the presentation slides (including all contact details) here.
February 2025 - Support for Fathers
We had three fascinating speakers talking all about support for fathers this month!
- Lisa Gibson – CPSL Mind. You can see a copy of the Family Hubs Father Project Final Report here.
- Paul Rhodes – Fathercraft. You can visit the Fathercraft website here and find out more about them!
- Rosanna Bartlett-Dickinson – Centre for Innovation in Fatherhood and Family Research. You can see a copy of the presentation slides here.
March 2025 - Learning & Development Session
April 2025 - Diversity, Language and Inclusion
In April, we had a great presentation from Ian, and talked through their Inclusive Language Guide, and an open discussion as a group .
- Ian Brown – Active Lincolnshire. You can see the presentation slides here, and the Inclusive Language Guide.
May 2025 - LVET Conference
June 2025 - Wellbeing and Mental Health for Volunteers and Staff

Impactasaurus

Teri Dimbleby — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 11:16:56 +0000

Thank you all for joining us for Dan’s demonstration on how to use the Impactasaurus Social Value calculator. Such a brilliant tool which I know will be very useful to many of you.

As promised, Dan has sent through the slides from Monday which you can view though the link.

Please do let us know how you are getting on using Impactasaurus. If you have any questions you can get in touch via our contact us page.

Finally, you can watch Monday’s meeting recording here.

LVET Members’ Meeting – 15th October 2024

Teri Dimbleby — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 10:59:55 +0000

Thank you for joining us this week for our Members’ Meeting on Tuesday.

A really brilliant meeting with presentations and talks for Andy Maddison (slides attached ) and Caty Collier, followed by a fantastic discussion about data sharing and what we all use to work smarter not harder. Please follow the links below to see the recordings of each section.

For Andy Maddison’s presentation on East Midlands Cyber Resilience Centre and what they offer the VCFSE sector click here.

For Caty Collier telling us about Tommy Whitelaw’s Tour of Lincolnshire, click here.

For the discussion with Paul Gutherson about data sharing and working groups which we attend, click here.

And for the discussion on what apps, plugins, platforms, and tools we all use to work smarter, not harder, click here.

Below are links from the chat which you may find useful:

Tommy Whitelaw Podcast It’s All About People Pod Podcast – Ep 17. what matters to you? with Tommy Whitelaw | Free Listening on Podbean App

Tommy on Tour https://www.itsallaboutpeople.info/learning-development/tommy-tour-24

https://lincolnshirevolunteering.org.uk/online-training/

https://www.thinkific.com

https://www.constantcontact.com/uk

https://short.io

You can see the agenda from the meeting here.

LVET Members Meeting – 19th November 2024

Emily Ward — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 10:38:27 +0000

Thanks so much to all of those who attended and participated in last week’s Member’s Meeting. You will be able to view the recordings of the presentations and the following discussions from the meeting by clicking on the links below.

For Paul Holmes from Lincolnshire Research and Innovation Hub click here. To see the presentation slides click here.

For Paul Gutherson presenting on behalf of Emily Ward click here. To see the presentation slides click here.

For Navaz Sutton from HW Lincs click here. To see the presentation slides click here.

For Naetha Uren click here.

Lizzie Lamming from National Energy Action presented about their Warm Homes Healthy Futures and has asked that we share the below information and the flyer attached instead of her presentation slides, but you can watch the presentation back here.

Warm Homes Healthy Futures is a Nationally co-ordinated, locally delivered programme aimed at those working with clients/patients with health conditions.

Offering fully funded Energy awareness sessions/events to community groups with a health condition. The sessions/events will focus on Health, Priority service register and CO awareness.

The project aims to offer those in the community with a health condition,

Energy advice and support.
Benefit and income maximisation.
Signposting to other support such as crisis support (fuel vouchers, winter warmth packs, etc.)
Signposting to repair and/or replacement schemes for heating and appliances (where available)

To book or discuss a community session/event please contact me via email or on the number below.

The project is aimed at organisations, charities, local authorities, GP & Hospital teams, Health, or Social Care professionals who are assisting clients / patients with health conditions to maintain a healthy lifestyle and manage their health.

Flexible to local need, not duplicating, but looking to plug local gaps to enhance, expand and complement existing provision through Partnerships, as well as locally delivered energy awareness events/sessions.

For further information on partnerships please contact Danielle Butler danielle.butler@nea.org.uk

We have fully funded training available for health professionals/volunteers – leaflet attached. To book your place please visit nea.org.uk/ carbon-monoxide-course and complete a booking form. For more information please email trainingadmin@nea.org.uk

You can see the agenda from the meeting here.

Tommy on Tour

Teri Dimbleby — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 11:55:22 +0000

Tommy Whitelaw’s Tour of Lincolnshire.

The Personalisation Team are pleased to announce that Tommy Whitelaw will be touring Lincolnshire for three days in November.

About Tommy Whitelaw

Tommy is the Person-Centred Voices National Lead for Scotland’s Health and Social Care Alliance and promotes person-centred approaches and ‘Intelligent Kindness’ across all areas of care and support.

For five years Tommy was a full-time carer for his late mother, Joan, who had Vascular Dementia. His work is driven by that experience and led by the values and principles of the ‘What matters to you’ and ‘Intelligent Kindness’ movements. These identify active listening, kindness and person-centredness as a key to providing inclusive support and care to all individuals, as well as creating healthy working environments.

The impact of Tommy’s work with organisations across the UK is well-evidenced. Those who have worked with him have reported the benefits of embedding person-centred approaches in their organisational structures, processes, and service delivery, seeing improved outcomes both for staff and the people they support.

Tommy is travelling across the county over three days and will do several 1 hour sessions to staff and volunteers across the system. Please note that the venue does not dictate who can attend, just because we are using Lincoln hospital for example, doesn’t mean only ULHT staff can attend. All sessions are open to all.

‘You make a difference’ workshops for team leaders and managers – 4th November at the Showroom Lincoln. Sign up here.

Tommy’s Talk Tour – 4th November at Lincoln County Hospital; 5th November at Horncastle, Skegness and Boston; 6th November at Spalding and Grantham.

Please note that ALL of the sessions are FREE TO ATTEND and open to EVERYONE, but only register for the one location that is most convenient to you.

To register to attend one of these sessions, click on the link below.

We are expecting these sessions to fill up quickly and some have very limited capacity, so it is essential that you register early.

To find out more, visit the It’s All About People website here!

2024/25 Winter Pressures & Warm Spaces VCFSE Opportunities – Expression of Interest for Short Term Funding

Teri Dimbleby — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 14:59:03 +0000

Lincolnshire Mental Health, Dementia, Learning Disabilities and Autism Alliance

Adult and Older Adult Mental Health Community Transformation Programme

NHS health and care system partners in Lincolnshire have allocated funds to work in partnership with voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) sector organisations.

They would like to hear from you if you are a VCFSE sector organisation that would like to bid for funding to support us in delivering the following ambitions this winter 2024/25 in Lincolnshire: supporting adults who may have a mental health or social care need to self-care or access alternatives when they do not require a GP appointment, A&E, emergency ambulance services or other physical health urgent care services:

Support adults with their mental health needs, including carers, through additional support to help them with their needs, especially if this means we can reduce the demands on our local NHS mental health services.
Additional interventions to those already provided by Wellbeing Hub, Night Light Cafes and Community Connectors within their Integrated Place Based Team (IPBT) localities due to increased demands, or specific needs over the winter period. (You can find out more about IPBT’s here https://www.lpft.nhs.uk/our-services/adults/integrated-place-based-team-ipbt)

If you think your organisation may be able to help people in your community over the winter months (Nov 2024 – end March 2025).

They need to hear from you!

Please complete the below application form for funding grants, which are available in two categories:

Option 1 – Funding proposals up to £10,000 for winter pressures projects from VCFSE Organisations in Lincolnshire
Option 2 – Funding proposals up to £10,000 for warm spaces per IPBT area from organisations within the VCFSE who currently host a commissioned Community Connector / Wellbeing Hub.

You can access the application form for Expression of Interest here.

If you need support to complete this application, please contact members of the Lincolnshire mental health team who will be pleased to assist you in your application:

Sara Brine – Head of Mental Health Transformation sara.brine1@nhs.net
Janice Smalley – Contract Manager janice.smalley@nhs.net

Deadline for applications: 4^h October 2024

A Q&A session is planned on the following date to give interested VCFSE sector organisations an opportunity to ask questions about the funding available and the bidding process.

Tuesday 10th September 2024 at 12:30 Link to the event is here: Click here to join the meeting