PORTSMOUTH COUNCIL OF COMMUNITY SERVICE
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From here you can download the minutes of recent meetings:
September 2009
 June 2009
 April 2009
 February 2009
 November 2008
Download a chart explaining how the network interacts with the LSP

Who Can Join PCN? All community groups, voluntary sector organisations, charities and faith groups based in Portsmouth can be part of PCN.  Groups can be involved as little or as much as they want to be; the wider stakeholder group of approximately 700 will receive regular information from the Network and invitations to attend networking events.  

 

There is a core group of network members who attend the bi-monthly meetings and oversee the direction and delivery of the network and can also stand for election to the LSP.  These members are representatives on Partnership Boards or are Chairs of Children and Young People’s Alliance, LION or the Providers Group.

 

A full list of the membership can be found by clicking here.

• Why was PCN created?

 

PCN was originally set up in 2001 through the government’s Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy, to work with residents as well as community and voluntary organisations, encouraging them to become more involved in their local areas.  By being members of the PCN, we were able to elect members to become full and equal members of Portsmouth’s Local Strategic Partnership (LSP).  

 

A more detailed history can be found at “Proud of our past…”                      Return to Top  

Download a diagram of how the Network and LSP interact

 

• How does the PCN communicate to the wider sector?

 

Communication happens in a variety of ways:

· Feedback to PCN meetings

· Through Community Focus, the PCCS newsletter

· Via email distribution lists

· Website

· Networking events

 

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Portsmouth Community Network (PCN) brings together the voluntary and community sector to enable a collective voice to be represented on the Local Strategic Partnership(LSP).

 

The network is managed by Portsmouth Council for Community Service (PCCS), which acts as the lead body.  A Community Network Co-ordinator ensures the PCN is run as effectively as possible.

 

Please visit the Elections page for nomination forms and background papers for Community Network Representatives on Portsmouth’s Local Strategic Partnership.We are looking for people who are active in the Voluntary and Community Sector and who are passionate about making a difference to this city.  

Within this page  Communication  

 

Download the

Network Meeting Representative Feedback Form and comment on meetings you have attended

Older People’s Group

 

This group provides a place where people from voluntary and community groups working specifically with older people can come together to share information, learn and raise issues of common interest.  It meets quarterly.  For further information please contact June Hancox, Community Network Assistant on 023 9288 2422

 

or email june.hancox@community1st.org.uk

 

 

Networking Lunches

 

A valuable opportunity for voluntary and community sector groups to come together monthly to share their experience and information over lunch and a guest speaker will give a presentation at each meeting.  For further information please contact June Hancox, Community Network Assistant on 023 9288 2422

 

or email june.hancox@community1st.org.uk