Third Sector Support for Derbyshire (3D), the Derbyshire Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) Infrastructure Consortium, is proud to announce the appointment of Claire Thornber to coordinate the delivery of its Big Lottery BASIS funded ‘A Voice For the Voluntary Sector in Derbyshire’ project. The project aims to help frontline voluntary and community sector groups to better engage with Local Strategic Partnerships and other representational partnerships.

Claire will be focusing on policy interpretation and dissemination, providing training and creating networking opportunities in support of the project’s aims.

Claire has worked in the voluntary sector for five years, in a frontline VCS organisation and as Contracts Manager for a voluntary sector consortium in Nottinghamshire. She has also worked for a regional regeneration charity, delivering training and disseminating regional and national policies to LSPs. She hopes this experience will benefit all the project’s stakeholders and partners.

Claire would like to meet with anyone representing the sector on any representational partnerships throughout the county. She is looking to gather information on the current level of engagement frontline organisations have with their LSP, and to gauge the amount of funding for the delivery of public services the VCS in Derbyshire currently receives.

If you would like to contact Claire please do so by emailing c.thornber@derbysrcc.org.uk or by telephone 01629 824797 or 07827 243800