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Rita Chadha @ritachadha.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Start the year right - Strategic and Business Planning 2025 for #Charities Thursday 16 January, 10am-11am www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1124463714...

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Strategic and Business Planning 2025

Get ready to level up your strategic and business planning skills for 2025

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Christen Rexing, PhD, MPH @christenrexing.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Happy Friday! Trying to remind myself of this lesson.

Caption: you can do anything, but not everything

Two rows of jars. Top row has one jar being filled all the way. Bottom row has all of the jars being filled a little.

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Duncan Cooper @duncancooper10.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Increased use of telehealth during the pandemic accounted for only half of the decline in in-person healthcare suggests a significant amount of health care was deferred Within telehealth use there were #healthinequalities related to income , internet access, language www.rand.org/pubs/researc...

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How Does Telehealth Affect Health Care Quality, Access, Equity, and Costs?

Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, health care providers pivoted to telehealth out of necessity. As policymakers look beyond the pandemic, concerns about telehealth's effects on health care spending and ...

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Kim Shutler @kimshutler.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

My folks lived there... on a cliff, in a lighthouse cottage with no road access for years. I love the Isle of Man but I'm very grateful that I'm not having to do that journey plus 120 steps any more. Hope it's not too bumpy 🌊

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Duncan Cooper @duncancooper10.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

#healthinequalities in all childhood vaccinations studied have increased since 2019 ▶️Worryingly the number of children now susceptible to dangerous diseases like measles increased 15-20 fold. ➡️ recommendations around strengthening outreach services to meet specific needs of local populations

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Vicki Beere @vickibeere.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

How much more evidence do we need that drug policy reform is an absolute priority? 👇👇👇

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Kim Shutler @kimshutler.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

But low paid does not mean low skill or limited experience. Underestimate us and you miss out on what we can bring to the party & especially at a time like this, that would be very unwise indeed.

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Kim Shutler @kimshutler.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Recruiting & retaining brilliant leaders is arguably our greatest challenge and risk in the VCSE. For most people, the above reasons coupled with the £ does not make it an attractive proposition. And that is very hard because we need amazing people.

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Kim Shutler @kimshutler.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

so unsurprising 10 years in comms, OD & higher education & a MSc before 10 years as a CEO means I have a bit more to bring to the table from that chapter too. Are VCSE leaders universally great at all these thing? Hell no! Definitely not! Are we better than leaders in other sectors? Also no!

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Kim Shutler @kimshutler.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

And the last thing I'd say is some VCSE leaders have dedicated their whole careers to working in the sector. They have extraordinary wisdom especially when it comes to the people & communities they serve. Others like me had big career changes. I worked the 1st half of my career in the public sector

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Kim Shutler @kimshutler.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

7) Lots of us are very used to and very good at managing risk. The myth of the soft, fluffy low level activity in the sector is wearing a bit thin. Many of us deliver specialist, high risk, complex services. Many of us run services to for people that others have left behind & we do it well.

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Kim Shutler @kimshutler.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

6) We are often gd at influencing... Whether it's driving a hard bargain to get costs down, negotiating funding, building partnerships, influencing policy & strategy change, working with politicians or advocating for our org/sector/communities... survival & impact depends on this stuff.

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Kim Shutler @kimshutler.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

5) Marketing/Fundraising Director? Yep we're often that too! For a gd few yrs I ran the org's social media... building our profile, reputation & brand. Again, not as much any more but I can still write a decent comms plan, press release etc & I know how to write bids & tenders because I've done it.

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Kim Shutler @kimshutler.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

That means I could write a book on managing complex HR issues & building positive cultures. Writing HR Policies & Procedures ✅ Writing & delivering training ✅ Managing TUPE ✅ Navigating pensions ✅ the list goes on...

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Kim Shutler @kimshutler.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

4) We don't have the luxury of paying our staff what they deserve. That's a whole different 🧵 but it means we have to work blooming hard to create great work places where people want to stay and thrive. We are usually the HR Director. I was until very recently because only the lg orgs can afford it.

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Kim Shutler @kimshutler.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

sell property, let property, manage a major fire, a range of big refurbishments & we are in the middle of a £3m Capital build. But I've also had to write planning applications, manage pest control and deal with the roof blow off. The joy is endless I tell you.

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Kim Shutler @kimshutler.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

3) I'm not sure I know anyone in the VCSE (at least locally) with an Estates team. We are the Director of Estates! Landlords ✅ Major capital developments ✅ Health & safety ✅ Business continuity ✅ Managing multiple contractors ✅ IT ✅ Since I started I've had to make our assets work for us,

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Kim Shutler @kimshutler.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Have many NHS Leaders had to learn about food hygiene, till systems, commercial catering equipment servicing, barista training & be researching the price of cheese whilst simultaneously setting up a mental health crisis service?! Thought not 🤣

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Kim Shutler @kimshutler.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

And we develop deep expertise in our areas of work. We are geeky as anything about them. A bit of income generation thrown in? ✅ Albeit pretty unsuccessfully,in my time I've had to learn the art of running a charity shop, cafe, woodwork shop & to sell organic veg (?!).

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Kim Shutler @kimshutler.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

2) We know how to set up/run services. We do it over-night & can adapt & change to the needs of people & communities. There isn't someone else to do it, no PM or BA team to assist. I've done it several times. Now we are bigger not so much but I know exactly how to do it down to every last detail.

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Kim Shutler @kimshutler.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

So that means learning from everything from the nuance of charity accounting to dealing with audits and VAT exemptions.

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Kim Shutler @kimshutler.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

1) We are MASTERS of making the £ stretch. We mix complex, ever changing cocktails of £. There are no bail outs. If you have reserves, when they are gone, they are gone. & in v.small orgs we are also the Finance Director/team too.

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Kim Shutler @kimshutler.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Frankly this naffs me off. So here are some reasons why you should NEVER underestimate the skills & experiences of VCSE Leaders (especially those who have experience leading small orgs.)

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Kim Shutler @kimshutler.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

I have also this wk reflected on system meetings I've been in. I am there as a VCSE Lead & advocate for the sector & it is extremely clear that, for many my leadership, is very much pigeon holed as a specific/singular area of contribution.

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Kim Shutler @kimshutler.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Long 🧵 on VCSE leaders... At the @populationhealth.bsky.social Conf today a fab VCSE leader delivering an amazing outcome focused integrated pain service shared a story of a clinician telling her he was surprised that she wasn't a hippy dancing around crystal healing.

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Kim Shutler @kimshutler.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

I never get tired of hearing Chris Bentley. Amazing inspiring speakers. None of them haven't mentioned the vital role of the #VCSE in transforming health & care. But I could cry. Our sector & the vital work that we deliver is being decimated. #CPHCONF2024 @populationhealth.bsky.social

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Kim Shutler @kimshutler.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

AMAZING presentation from Keighley Healthy Living & @actasonebdc.bsky.social showing the impact of the integrated VCSE & NHS Rethinking Pain Service. Tangible, high impact outcomes with tackling #healthinequalities at the ❤️ Excellent transferable & scalable model @populationhealth.bsky.social

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Sally Warren @sallywarren.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

We’ve started a new blog on the change.nhs website so you can keep up to speed with what we’re up to. Take a look at our first blog here. change.nhs.uk/folders/chan...

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Nikki Bell - Fundraising Everywhere she/her @fenikki.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Small charities, don't write off insights from large charities as being irrelevant - see it as a jump ahead in knowledge thanks to someone else's work/time/money. But! Be sure to adapt to your own circumstance, and be aware free ≠ good

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Kim Shutler @kimshutler.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Fantastic news! Huge congratulations to you and all the team ❤️

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Helen Barnard @helenbarnard.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Good to hear this from PM: “end the culture of blaming and shaming people who for too long haven’t been getting the support they need.” We desperately need this change in attitudes as well as policy. For years gov focused on hassling & punishing people. Time to try genuine support & opportunity.

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MrsBundrige @mrsbundrige.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

I think it’s time that I released this into the skeetborhood. Go forth and be grammatical.

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Kim Shutler @kimshutler.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

#MondayMotivation Being at peace/accepting the financial challenges as a CEO or Senior Manager is really hard... but the more time spent being royally naffed off, the less time spent cracking on with the plan...

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Helen Barnard @helenbarnard.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Here’s my take on the government’s rhetoric & the reality of their plans on work, disability & benefits: 🧵 1. This kind of rhetoric is damaging, even though the reality is rather different. The benefit system is a source of fear & shame for many…1/6 www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

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Keir Starmer declares war on benefits Britain

The Prime Minister uses an article in today's Mail on Sunday to promise changes to try to tame the £137 billion bill for welfare benefits - including a blitz on cheats and those who 'game the system'.

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Kim Shutler @kimshutler.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

What do you think are the chances?

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Kim Shutler @kimshutler.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Same for the VCSE! No transformation of the NHS is possible without considering all parts of health and care...

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Kim Shutler @kimshutler.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I'm hoping for national narrative aligned but local flexibility to deliver to the needs of our population without a million strings attached ;)

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Kim Shutler @kimshutler.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Morning at St George's Crypt (wonderful work with homeless people in Leeds) talking to urgent care colleagues across West Yorks about how we achieve transformation. The heart sink moment from today was seeing the average age of death for people who are homeless. We must do better.

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Kim Shutler @kimshutler.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

On freezing cold days like this thinking of all the people choosing food over heat 💔

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Kim Shutler @kimshutler.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Shifting the dial will require both investment and radical change. It won't be quick & colleagues need the head space, capacity & specialist skills to support the transformation. It's hard to drive change when putting out fires and your team are exhausted.

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Kim Shutler @kimshutler.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I don't work in urgent care but I have worked very closely with UC colleagues for a good 7 years now & we have staff based in the hospitals. There hasn't ever felt like reprieve for them. Winter pressures are a misnomer although we know for sure that this winter will be very grim indeed.

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Kim Shutler @kimshutler.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Lunch time #bluesky Much needed head clearing!

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Leigh Brimicombe @leighbrimicombe.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Charity campaigning is often criticised, but the Charity Commission has consistently reaffirmed its legitimacy. At our pre-election hustings, all major political parties agreed. The PM has also defended the right to campaign. In many instances it’s the only way a charity can achieve its missions.

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Kim Shutler @kimshutler.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Really glad to read here that these are funded organisations Max! Too often these groups are exploited for their insight & expertise at the same time as receiving no sustainable funding.

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Kim Shutler @kimshutler.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Wise words here from my amazing right hand woman... few people know more about mental health and employment 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽

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Kim Shutler @kimshutler.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Loved being on this brilliant podcast @wildcardws.bsky.social with the fabulous @whoseshoes.bsky.social A straight talking no nonsense chat on the vital role of the VCSE in transforming health & care!

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