Telford & Wrekin Council for Voluntary Service are delighted to announce an exciting new partnership, funded by Telford & Wrekin Council and Telford & Wrekin CCG. The partnership consists of three voluntary sector organisations coming together across Telford to provide information, advice and guidance to adults and carers of all ages, who need help with health or social care.
The partnership comprises of Telford & Wrekin Council for Voluntary Service (CVS) Age UK Shropshire Telford & Wrekin (Age UK STW), and Taking Part. Each one of the organisations bring different specialisms to the partnership to provide an holistic service for people in Telford with social care and health needs.
Debbie Gibbon, Chief Executive of Telford & Wrekin CVS, said: ‘This is a great opportunity for us to provide an integrated approach to help adults and all aged family carers with social care needs get the right help at the right time. We all bring different areas of expertise to the partnership. As voluntary and community sector organisations we have always worked closely so we are delighted to have secured the contract formalising the partnership under one umbrella to better support people living within Telford & Wrekin. The new service is called the Wellbeing and Independence Partnership. We will be working across all sectors to ensure people live well closer to where they live.’
Telford and Wrekin Council said ‘This service demonstrates a new integrated and seamless service delivery model which means that the person will need to ‘tell their story only once’ and have a robust first point of contact with appropriate swift response for clients regardless of need, disability, role and age. The service aims to simplify access to information, advice and guidance as well as promoting independence.’
The new partnership officially commenced on 1 October 2019 and can be accessed through several routes, if you’d like further information contact Telford and Wrekin CVS on 01952 262066
