Catalyst hosts 10 Forums, providing an opportunity for Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) organisations in Stockton to come together and talk about the issues that matter.
Catalyst has hosted 32 forums in the past year and had over 400 partners attending.
Our forums
Voice Forum is an open meeting for any VCSE organisation either based or delivering services in Stockton-on-Tees. It is an ideal forum for sharing information, discussing issues in the local community and a great opportunity to network with other organisations from the Borough. This meeting is well attended by a wide-ranging selection of organisation and services.
Next Meeting: Thursday 9th November – 10:00am
The Mental Health & Wellbeing Forum is a well-attended forum that brings together organisations to discuss issues relating to ill mental health. Many organisations across the Borough support those suffering from ill mental health and with this forum we want to build a network of collaboration and support.
Next Meeting: Monday 2nd October – 1pm
This forum is organised and coordinated by a partnership of Catalyst and Cornerhouse Youth Project. We encourage attendance for all VCSE organisations that work with children and young people across Stockton to share ideas, updates and best practices. Statutory service and private providers are also welcome to attend if they wish.
Next Meeting: Wednesday 6th December – 9:30am
The Stockton-on-Tees Migration Partnership was established to provide advice to the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees on planning, decision making and strengthening support for migrants, refugee and asylum seeker communities. The establishment of this forum provides a solid foundation for effective community engagement to implement, enhance, monitor and evaluate the services delivered to and for the Refugee, Asylum Seekers and Migrants.
Regular meetings are held once a quarter and attendance is by invitation only.
The purpose of the Forum meetings is to bring together all the Voluntary Community Sector and Enterprise and Refugee Community Organisations to discuss the delivery of services to the Refugee and Asylum Seekers Community. This kind of networking will improve the quality and effectiveness of the current service delivery for new arrivals and those already in the asylum process.
Catalyst and colleagues in the sector identified the need for a specific health and wellbeing forum in order for the sector to come together and develop a co-ordinated, strategic view and plan on how we can deliver health and wellbeing services in the Borough of Stockton-On-Tees.
Next Meeting: Tuesday 17th October – 11:00am
Senior Leaders is a well attended networking and information sharing meeting, aimed primarily at senior managers and leaders from VCSE organisations active in the Stockton-on-Tees Borough.
Next Meeting: Thursday 28th September – 8:30am
The Stockton Funders Forum is part of Catalyst’s Community Programme and brings together funders and the VCSE sector so that they can have a dialogue about the challenges facing the VCSE sector and how we can work together to meet the needs of our communities.
Next Meeting:
The Volunteer Coordinator’s Forum brings together volunteer managers, co-ordinators and other representatives from charities and organisations who wish to establish or develop their volunteer offer. This Forum will provide the opportunity for discussion, joint working and also the development of clear action plans to help make the vision of the Volunteering Strategy a reality. Task and finish groups are established as required, to work on specific projects and areas of the Strategy and work towards tangible outcomes and results to benefit the Borough.
Find out more
To be added to the mailing list for the Volunteers Co-ordinator’s forum please contact Lucy.Owens@Catalyststockton.org
To be added to the mailing list for the Refugee & Asylum Seeker’s forum please contact Lauren.Blommel@Catalyststockton.org
To be added to the mailing list for any of the other forums listed please contact Mark.Ferguson@Catalyststockton.org