Key achievements in the past 12 months

• Capacity Building Launch: in August 2004, CEMVO NW launched the Capacity Building Programme for the Yorkshire and Humber Region. The event, which took place in Leeds Town Hall was attended by 59 voluntary and community sector organisations as well as representatives from local communities, the voluntary, private and public sectors.
• Community Consultation: CEMVO NW carried out a community consultation - commissioned by Leeds Initiative - involving hard-to-reach communities and groups within the City of Leeds area, in order to contribute towards VISION II - a Leeds-based Community Strategy.
• Hull All Nations Alliance (HANA): CEMVO NW conducted consultancy work for HANA in Hull aimed at enabling the organisation to improve its overall performance and move forward.
• Practice Learning Taskforce (PLT): CEMVO NW organised three half-day seminars in partnership with the PLTF, with the aim of highlighting opportunities in the field of Social Care for minority ethic individuals and voluntary and community organisations.
• Light Bulbs Initiatives: CEMVO NW organised two initiatives aimed at distributing Light Bulbs to families on low income across the region. In the first instance, 17,720 bulbs were distributed across Yorkshire and the Humber ; while 11,120 bulbs were furthermore distributed across the East Midlands

Regional Advisory Committee (RAC)

Regional Advisory Committee for the North West region provides assistance and guidance on regional development.  It also assists with making key contacts and bringing useful information and networks to the meetings.  It meets four times a year.  The current membership of the Regional Advisory Committee is as follows:

Anil Ruia, Chair (Wrengate Ltd)
Jacquie Oneill, Government Office for the North West
Kevin Wyke (NHS North West)
Kewal Daas (LSC)
Malcolm Kennedy (North West Development Agency)
Malcolm Stonestreet
Maurice Gubbins (Knowsley MBC)
Mohammed Amin (PriceWaterhouseCoopers)
Richard Gummary (LSC Merseyside)
William Ong (The Pearl Foundation)
Zainul Sachak (Consultant)
Gus John (Gus John Partnership)
Cllr. Afzal Khan (Manchester City Council)
Bushra Jamil (Manchester City Council)