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Regular briefings and updates on key issues affecting health and social care providers
VODG (BSL)
About Us
Through the contribution of our members, VODG forms part of a community of more than 100 values-based organisations that play a vital role in supporting more than a million disabled people to live full independent lives. VODG believes that an ambitious, trusted and vibrant voluntary sector that works together plays a unique role in achieving this aim.
Member Benefits
Membership of VODG is open to registered charities and not-for-profit organisations that provide services to disabled people
Members-only Meetings
Invited to all VODG meetings including the annual dinner and conference
Influence Policy and Practice
VODG members inform policy making, systems design and best practice across the sector.
Specialist Advice
Members can access professional advice from our investors who work collaboratively with VODG and members.
Weekly Brief
The weekly brief is a valued VODG member benefit, providing regular news and updates on key issues of policy and practice.
Professional Networks
VODG’s unrivalled professional networks are chaired by leaders from across our membership.
Online Forums
The VODG professional network online forums are a leading online community within the sector.
Annual Conference
The VODG annual conference provides members with an invaluable opportunity to engage around topical strategic issues.
Projects
With opportunities to participate in projects and programmes delivered by VODG, our members can share their expertise and contribute to positive developments in the sector.
Special Interest Groups
Special interest groups foster collaboration and alliances to address specific issues that require targeted activities.
Intelligence Gathering
VODG is a central point of contact for government, regulators, policy makers, and other organisations and provides members with the inside track on sector developments.
Collective Voice
VODG offers a powerful collective voice to government, local decision makers and in the media.
Feedback
VODG values member feedback and invites members to submit feedback on issues so we can continue to be responsive to members’ needs and requirements.
Member Directory
VODG’s online member directory provides additional visibility and prominence in being part of a values based group of voluntary sector organisations.
Member Views
We decided to join VODG a couple of years ago because it was apparent that it was leading the sector in terms of high quality support, influencing, advice, guidance and promoting best practise. The opportunities to connect with other VODG CEOs has been invaluable and truly shows that we are stronger if we work together.
VODG offers me a great opportunity to meet and discuss sector issues with fellow CEOs. Also, it provides expert knowledge and advice for all the directorates, from finance and people to housing and operations. It's great to be provided with a sector round up and also to be able to contemplate wider issues that VODG can take forward with an impactful voice.
Being a member of VODG enables me to connect with colleagues doing similar work, to share experiences and to problem-solve together. There is a lot to keep up with and VODG helps me do that, and not just me - all of my colleagues across SignHealth too.
I have been a member of VODG in a previous organisation and both the organisation and myself benefitted greatly being able to gain information on current issues within health and social care and be involved in debate and discussions that can influence best practice and inform change. When I became a CEO of the organisation I am currently working for it was key for me to re-join VODG . Not just for me however but all of the senior management team have expressed how useful our membership is and how we are more externally focused than before .
VODG lives up to its values. It's focused on enabling its membership to do a great job, understands the challenges that can get in the way of this, and is supportive and positive in seeking to overcome them.
Whilst many organisations speak about being 'agile' and 'can do', VODG demonstrates these in practice. Pulling together ideas, coalescing people and organisations, and getting on with what needs doing.
Publications & Resources
Members only
A Spotlight on Injustice: The Final Report from the Commission on COVID-19, Ableism and Racism
VODG’s Commission on COVID-19, Ableism and Racism was launched to explore how the worst impacts of COVID-19 have fallen on Disabled people, and even more so on Disabled people from Black, Asian, and minoritised ethnic groups.
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Values and Beliefs
VODG and our members have created a culture that embodies our core values in everything we do.
Our Members
Through the contribution of our members, VODG forms part of a community of more than 100 values-based organisations, that play a vital role in supporting more than a million disabled adults and children to live full independent lives.
Professional Networks
VODG’s unrivalled professional networks are chaired by leaders from across our membership.
Our Members
Our Partners
Marr Procurement
Marr Procurement is the UK’s leading care sector procurement specialist, having delivered savings for over fifty health and social care providers. Christoph Marr started Marr Procurement because he believed there had to be a fairer, more transparent way to do business. At its inception, these were the central tenets of Marr Procurement and, coupled with values of integrity, fairness and quality, remain the unwavering ethos today.
MHA MacIntyre Hudson
Our award-winning team act for over 1000 Not for Profit organisations around the country. The team consists of accounting, auditing and advisory specialists and has built up a well-earned reputation of providing first class support and consultancy services.
Trowers and Hamlins
Our team of specialist lawyers are deeply imbedded in the health and social care sector. We advise, operators, local authorities, the NHS investors and developers on buying or selling, establishing, building and managing care services of many kinds.