Havant Diversity Network Forum
Contents
Terms of Reference
Quarterly Meetings and
Minutes
Useful
Links
HDNF
Terms of
Reference
Overall aim:
To promote positive well being of ALL within
the local community of Havant by sharing good practice, information
and understanding with a range of agencies in health and social
care in both the statutory and voluntary sector.
This will increase the cultural capability of
all services who have membership to the network, as well as the
partners they work with.
With increased understanding of the
communities in Havant, a positive service can be provided,
increasing the well being of the community and their confidence and
engagement in the services they access.
The network will serve as a useful tool for
teams, agencies and organisations in the area of service provision
to meet the needs of the local communities.
This aim will be met via the following objectives:
- Providing a forum to share information with a wide
range of agencies who work with
Havant's local minority ethnic and
communities of interest, in implementing service
provision to promote inclusion
- Identifying generic barriers to services
that are not always easy to see
- Identifying and sharing training needs for
service providers and the local minority and
hard to reach communities about accessing
services
- Provide signposting opportunities for other
services and agencies
- Sharing funding opportunities for the
potential development of local projects to improve
the well being of the local community by
meeting unmet needs
- Work to promote community cohesion and reduce fear
and misunderstanding within
the wider community
- Providing opportunities for local
agencies to become involved in local events
The Structure of the Group
- Will meet at the council
for 2hours (max) - quarterly basis
- There will be standing agenda items as well
as an opportunity to bring additional
issues to the group for
discussion
- The chair will be elected
by the group on an annual basis
- Membership - if an
individual cannot attend they are welcome to send a
representative
in their place
- Membership can be local to
the Borough, either providing services or receiving
services (including
residents)
- Membership will also
include associate members from other areas, who provide
services for the
Borough
Responsibilities of Membership
Members will be required to:
- To engage with the group, sharing
information from their perspective
- Join in small break away
groups for any special project work
- To join in with the
planning/organisation and running of any events proposed
The terms of reference for the group will be
reviewed on an annual basis.
Useful Links:
Click
here to link to the HDNF 2009 Quarterly
Meetings and Minutes
Click here to lonk to the HDNF 2010 Quarterly
Meetings and Minutes
Click here to link to Havant Borough Council’s
Equality and Diversity pages
Click here to link to Hampshire County Council’s webpage on the
Havant Diversity Network Forum
Havant Borough Council is also a member of the
Hampshire Equality Network – more information can be found on the
"Hampshire
County Council's Equality Network webpage".
If you would like to be included in the Havant
Diversity Network Forum or would like further information please
contact Caren Ransom, the Equalities and Access Officer on 023 9244
6007, caren.ransom@havant.gov.uk