Building healthy places through partnership, insight and community power.
The future of health and care is local. Dorset’s Integrated Care System is investing in neighbourhood-based models of care that prioritise prevention, community voice, and joined-up support. Our Council’s are also exploring closer working at a community level, through Fulfilled Lives, Thriving Communities & Community Partnership working.
This three-part webinar series explores the essential role of the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector in delivering, shaping and sustaining Neighbourhood Health & Wellbeing.
Whether you’re a local charity, community group or connector, parish councillor, and/or strategic partner, these sessions will help you understand how to align with neighbourhood planning, influence strategy, and strengthen partnerships that deliver real impact.
✅ Webinar 1: What Is Neighbourhood Health – and Why Does It Matter?
🗓️ Date: Thursday 29th January 2026 ⏰ Time: 11:30-12:30 📍Online via MS Team – Book you free place here.
This introductory session explores the principles of Neighbourhood Health and its role within the Dorset ICS. We’ll unpack what it means for services to be designed and delivered at the scale of local communities — and how the VCSE is already doing this work.
You’ll learn:
- What “Neighbourhood Health” means in practice
- The role of Primary Care Networks (PCNs), councils and local partners
- How VCSEs fit into emerging models of neighbourhood-based care
- Why this matters for funding, design, and voice
Perfect for: VCSE groups unfamiliar with PCNs or looking to understand local ICS priorities.
✅ Webinar 2: Neighbourhood Teams in Action – Let’s Talk Local Practice
🗓️ Date: Thursday 26th February 2026 • ⏰ Time: 11:30-12:30 📍 Online via MS Team – Book you free place here.
This interactive session features short scene-setting presentations and then moves into breakout discussions. It’s your chance to reflect, share and learn how community groups are already contributing to neighbourhood health — and what helps (or hinders) integrated working.
Breakout topics:
- How your group already supports health and wellbeing
- What’s working well in your partnerships — and what’s not
- What support you need to make a bigger impact
Perfect for: VCSE practitioners, community groups, PCNs, councils and local infrastructure bodies.
✅ Webinar 3: Your Place, Your Voice – Shaping Neighbourhood Health with Insight and Influence
🗓️ Date: Thursday 26th March 2026 ⏰ Time: 11:30-12:30 📍 Online via MS Team – Book you free place here.
Neighbourhood health cannot succeed without neighbourhood voice. This session focuses on how VCSE organisations can influence the development of local services, bring forward lived experience, and ensure the seldom heard are part of decision-making.
You’ll explore:
- Focus groups, advisory panels and co-production opportunities
- Mapping your organisation to ICS and local priorities
- Telling stories with data and insight
- Embedding community voice in local area plans
Perfect for: VCSE leaders, patient voice groups, community researchers, and insight teams.