Formerly VERA – the Voluntary and Community Sector Emergency Response Hub
Comprised of CEOs from leading Voluntary Sector organisations across Cornwall.
Formed in the earliest days of the first lockdown, and meeting daily, to begin with, this group is comprised of the key thematic leaders within the VCSE sector in Cornwall, and links closely to their own business systems. Regular guest speakers attend their meetings, which occur fortnightly, at the moment.
These are the business systems, and organisations, represented on the Strategic Alliance. There are a couple of gaps that we are aware of, and we will be filling those as soon as we can. For more details, or to volunteer your organisation to fill a gap, please contact office@cornwallvsf.org.
| Business system | Organisation | Representative | Email address |
| Care | Cornwall Care | Anne Thomas | anne.thomas@cornwallcare.org |
| Disabilities | disAbility Cornwall | Jane Johnson | jane@Disabilitycornwall.org.uk |
| Domestic abuse | First Light | Lyn Gooding | lyn.gooding@firstlight.org.uk |
| Environment & wildlife | Cornwall Wildlife Trust | Carolyn Cadman | carolyn.cadman@cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk |
| Faith | Cornwall Faith Forum & Diocese of Truro | Andrew Yates | Andrew.Yates@truro.anglican.org |
| Food | Transformation Cornwall | Jane Yeomans | jane@transformation-cornwall.org.uk |
| Funding | Cornwall Community Foundation | Tamas Haydu | tamas.haydu@cornwallfoundation.com |
| Housing | Coastline Housing | Allister Young | Allister.Young@coastlinehousing.co.uk |
| Health | Healthwatch Cornwall | Amanda Stratford | amanda.stratford@healthwatchcornwall.co.uk |
| Information & Advice, debt | Citizens Advice Cornwall | Gill Pipkin | gill.pipkin@citizensadvicecornwall.org.uk |
| Isles of Scilly | Healthwatch IoS | Catherine Fuller & Karen Hodgin | contact@healthwatchislesofscilly.co.uk |
| Mental health | Pentreath | Louise Knox | louise@pentreath.co.uk |
| Older people | Age UK | Tracey Roose | Tracey@ageukcornwall.org.uk |
| Rural issues & carers | Cornwall Rural Community Charity | Katherine Nissen | katherine.nissen@cornwallrcc.org.uk |
| Social entrepreneurs | Cornwall School for Social Entrepreneurs | Sally Heard | sally.heard@SSECORNWALL.ORG |
| Training providers | Cornwall and IoS Learning Partnership | Tim Balogun | tbalogun@cornwall-learning-partnership.org |
| Volunteering | Volunteer Cornwall | Ian Jones | ianj@volunteercornwall.org.uk |
| Young people | Young People Cornwall | Nick Smith | nicks@ypc.org.uk |