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Adult Social Care - Leaflet IL04HOME » ARTICLES » RESOURCES » ADULT SOCIAL CARE IL04 Adult Social Care - Voluntary and community organisations in East Sussex"Working together to develop and deliver community services to people in East Sussex." How do Adult Social Care and voluntary and community organisations work together?Voluntary and community organisations are independently run, have specialist expertise and provide a direct link to the community. They provide community care and other services, and have valuable knowledge of local needs. They infl uence the way we run our services. Some voluntary organisations are also 'direct service providers' (that is, they provide services for us as the local authority, or as well as our services). Together, we: develop existing services and plan new ones; check the quality of services; campaign for change; support individuals; and set up groups for people who use our services. We have signed up to the county compact, which is an agreement with the voluntary and community sector about how we work together. We also offer Community Partnership Funding (grants) to organisations that meet our conditions for this.Where can I get more information?For more information about our work with voluntary and community organisations, please phone Social Care Direct on 0845 608 0191. If you would like to know more about voluntary or community organisations in your area, contact your local council for voluntary service (CVS) or Action in Rural Sussex. These and other useful contact addresses and phone numbers are listed on the following pages. There are two websites that have lots of information about local organisations. ESCIS - www.escis.org.uk SIESTA - www.esussex.org Councils for voluntary serviceEastbourne Association of Voluntary Services Hastings Voluntary Action South Downs Council for Voluntary Service Wealden Federation of Voluntary Organisations Rother Voluntary ActionBattle and District Council for Voluntary Service Bexhill Community Partnership Rye and District Council of Voluntary Services MencapEast Sussex District Committee Contact details for all local Mencap societies and clubs are available from this central point and also from their regional office on 01622 674622. Eastbourne and District Mencap Hastings and Bexhill Mencap Society Lewes and District Mencap Society MindMind (Eastbourne and District) Mind (Hastings and Rother) Mind (Lewes District and Wealden) Age ConcernAge Concern East Sussex Age Concern East Sussex, Rother Office Age Concern (Eastbourne) Age Concern (Hastings) Care for the CarersCounty and Eastbourne Office Hastings and Rother East Sussex Disability Association1 Faraday Close East Sussex Association for the BlindWest End Action in Rural SussexSussex House Sompriti66 High Street Volunteer centresVolunteer Centre Sussex Downs Phone: 01273 514379 or 01273 475845 Crowborough Volunteer Bureau Phone: 01892 668151 Eastbourne AVS Volunteer Centre Phone: 01323 731500 Hastings Voluntary Action Phone: 01424 446060 Hailsham Volunteer Connections Phone: 01323 446416 Rother Volunteer Support Project Phone: 01424 777982 Uckfield Volunteer and Information Centre Phone: 01825 760019 Citizens advice bureausBexhill and Rother Phone: 01424 215055 Crowborough Phone: 01892 655303 Eastbourne Phone: 01323 417177 Hastings and Rother Phone: 01424 430400 Lewes Phone: 01273 473082 Peacehaven Phone: 01273 582467 Seaford Phone: 01323 890875 Uckfield Phone: 01825 764940 Getting more copies of this leafletThis leaflet is one of a series of leaflets that we produce about our services in East Sussex. You can also get leaflets for Children's Social Care. You can get more copies from Social Care Direct. IL01 Adult Social Care - who we are and what we do IL02 You and your information IL03 Comments, compliments and complaints IL04 Voluntary and community organisations in East Sussex IL05 Community support for adults IL06 Choosing a care home IL07 Daycare services IL08 Home-care services IL09 Physical disability services IL10 Services for people with sight or hearing problems IL11 Learning disability services IL12 Paying for services IL13 Direct Payments - managing your own support IL14 Involving users and carers IL15 'Supporting People' Programme IL16 Safeguarding adults - protecting vulnerable adults from abuse Because we have added new titles to this series, the numbering for previous titles may be different in the new editions. You can get all our leaflets in large print, in Braille, on audio tape, on CD or in other languages if you ask us. Please phone Social Care Direct on 0845 608 0191. They are also available in mp3 and PDF formats, which you can download onto your computer from our website at www.eastsussex.gov.uk. How to contact usYou can get more information about social care services by contacting Social Care Direct. Phone: 0845 608 0191 (calls charged at a local rate) Minicom: 0845 608 0191 (calls charged at a local rate) Fax: 01323 466567 E-mail: socialcaredirect@eastsussex.gov.uk Website: www.eastsussex.gov.uk You can also contact us by text message from your mobile phone. Please text to 07797 878111. Please note: Sussex Mad is only helping share this information, not actually involved with creating it, so please send questions to the Social Care Direct not Sussex Mad! If you have any more information on this leaflet and think it would be useful, please send it to me and I will add it. |
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