Who are our Strategic Advisory Group?
Our Chair, Judy Robinson
Judy’s background is in the voluntary and community sector both as a staff member, working with arts, faith and infrastructure organisations, and as a volunteer involved in community activity and as a board member. She is particularly interested in how local voices and representation help to improve services, tackling inequality and the role of the VCS is promoting well-being.
Judy knows Yorkshire well having been the CEO of the regional VCS organisation, Involve Yorkshire & Humber, until March 2015. She is also Chair of the voluntary sector national organisation: National Association of Voluntary and Community Action.
Working alongside Judy, our Strategic Advisory Group currently has six additional members:
- Patricia Edney
- Verni Tannam
- Janet Harris
- Mark Gamsu
- Lucy Fox
- Tim Furness
What does the Strategic Advisory Group do?
The group meet every month to support our work. Collectively they:
- Work with the staff team to set the strategic direction, the vision, mission and values of Healthwatch Sheffield
- Review the impact of Healthwatch Sheffield’s work on Health and Social Care in Sheffield
- Ensure that Healthwatch Sheffield meets its legal duties
- Work in partnership with the Board and senior leadership of Voluntary Action Sheffield (as host organisation for Healthwatch Sheffield)
Want to find out more?
We publish the notes from our SAG meetings online - you can read them below.
You can also read more about what our SAG members do in the Terms of Reference (last updated March 2021).
You can also submit a question to the SAG by getting in touch with our office:
0114 253 6688
info@healthwatchsheffield.co.uk
0741 524 9657
Notes from our meetings
Below you can find the notes from previous Strategic Advisory Group meetings. Relevant papers and presentations are embedded in the documents or included as hyperlinks.
Please note there were no SAG meetings in September 2023, October 2023, or February 2024. January 2024's meeting was replaced by a meeting with NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB), which SAG members attended.