VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance

NCVO is a member of an alliance of 20 national member organisations that reach a wide range of communities facing health inequalities, and can represent the collective views of the voluntary sector.

The Health and Wellbeing Alliance (HW Alliance) aims to amplify the voices of the volunteers, people with lived experience and the voluntary sector in order to:

• inform national policy
• help the voluntary and public sectors to work better together
• promote equality and reduce health inequalities.

NCVO’s role in the HW Alliance focuses on volunteering in health and care services. Volunteering helps people and communities to look after their own health and wellbeing, and is proven to have positive impact on wellbeing.

An estimated three million people volunteer in health and care services, making a significant contribution to those services and enhancing the experience of those who use them. We would like to see volunteering make an even greater contribution through the development of more high-quality, inclusive volunteering opportunities and greater recognition of the valuable role volunteering plays.

The HW Alliance works closely with, and receives funding from the Department of Health and Social Care, Public Health England, NHS England NHS Improvement.

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