Voluntary and Community Sector Involvement

The  One Leicester Partnership recognises the value of the contribution of the Voluntary and Community Sector to the successful delivery of 'One Leicester'. This is achieved by working through Voluntary Action Leicestershire (the infrastructure organisation for the city), the host organisations for communities of interest and the Leicester Compact. The Partnership strives to ensure that the Voluntary and Community Sector is directly involved at all levels of the Partnership, including the Executive Board and the Strategic Theme Groups.

Membership of the Partnership includes representatives from the following voluntary sector organisations:

Leicestershire Race Equality Centre

Voluntary Action Leicester

The Braunstone Foundation

There are also 14 Communities of Interest representatives allocated from the following groups:

Women's groups

BME groups

Disability groups

Faith groups

Children and young people's groups

Older people's groups

Lesbian, gay, bi sexual and transgender groups