East Sussex Community Voice
We listen to and enable communities to have their say and bring about positive change
We use a variety of skills and techniques to listen to and empower communities to have their say and bring about positive change.
Healthwatch East Sussex
Healthwatch East Sussex share their 23/24 Annual Report
Their Annual Report: ‘The value of listening’, highlights how they have listened to the voices of the public, patients and partners and used people’s feedback, experiences and preferences to help shape health and social care in East Sussex, and across Sussex.
Youth Social action project
ESCV were funded by BBC Children in Need to deliver a project working with young people in East Sussex to engage in social action activities.
The project used creative engagement methods to encourage young people to explore issues and topics that were important to them and their communities.
East Sussex Community Voice – helping to make sure community voices are heard
East Sussex Community Voice (ESCV) is an independent community interest company dedicated to empowering communities to have their voice heard and champion change through impartial advice and organisational support.
Participation
Participation
Utilising a range of engagement techniques to capture views and experiences to champion change
Evaluation
Evaluation
Generating independent evidence and insight, informing the design and delivery of effective services
Collaboration
Collaboration
Adding value by partnering in the design, commissioning and delivery of local services
Communication
Communication
Producing independent insight and messaging that is accessible, engaging and impactful
Representation
Representation
Strengthening the voice of all communities and contributing to effective decision making
Our Work
Our community projects are as varied and vibrant as the local people we work with, from long-term plans and programmes to fast-acting smaller commissions:
ESCV Proudly host:
The East Sussex VCSE Alliance
A partnership of voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations from across East Sussex working collaboratively to create a stronger, more resilient voluntary sector for the county and its communities
News
Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) are visiting East Sussex to inspect the local arrangements for children and young people with special education needs and disabilities (SEND). The inspectors want to know about the help and support that children and young people with SEND get. You can share your experiences by filling in one of the surveys
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and NHS Sussex have relaunched a campaign to improve mental wellbeing and raise awareness of self-harm and suicide in older people. The campaign ‘Don’t brush it under the carpet’ is launching for a second year running as we head into winter and aims to reach and support older people who
Healthwatch in Sussex routinely carries out short surveys to gather the views of local people about health and social care services. This month they would like to hear from people who have had experience with adult social care in the last 12 months, or from their relatives, carers or friends, about their experience. Adult social