Involving Lincs

A network of infrastructure and delivery organisations from across the county, working strategically and speaking with a clear, shared voice, to strengthen the relationship between voluntary and community organisations and the statutory bodies they work alongside.

About the Network Our programme

About us

One county, a clear shared voice

Involving Lincs brings together infrastructure and delivery organisations from across Lincolnshire: the organisations that support, connect and champion voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise groups across the county.

Rather than working apart, we work together. We plan strategically, and we speak with a clear, shared voice among the many in the county.

A county-wide network

Infrastructure and delivery organisations from across Lincolnshire, working as one rather than apart.

A clear strategic voice

Looking beyond individual projects to what the whole sector needs, and saying it with one clear voice.

Closer to decision-makers

Building trust and influence between the sector and the statutory bodies it works alongside.

An Involving Lincs programme

Strength & Leadership Programme

The Strength and Leadership Programme is how the ambition of Involving Lincs is put into practice. It strengthens the sector’s ability to lead, collaborate and influence, at a time when pressure on public services is growing and more is being asked of community organisations.

The programme works on two fronts at once. It helps organisations become more resilient, better evidenced and more sustainable, and it helps the people who lead them build the skills, confidence and connections to take on what comes next. Strong organisations and strong leadership. That is where the programme gets its name.

Delivered in partnership by

Made possible with funding from

What the programme does

Two halves of the same goal

Strength

Resilient organisations

Evidence and community impact

Understanding the difference Involving Lincs members make, and the community needs they meet, through State of the Sector research and members’ work across places and themes.

Resilience and sustainability

Building resilience through trading, new income and a Lincolnshire approach to commissioning, so organisations can plan beyond a single grant.

Leadership

Confident, connected leaders

System and place leadership

Strengthening the impact of leadership across the system, helping VCFSE leaders operate at strategic and place level, and shaping the next generation of community leadership.

Influence and networks

Increasing the sector’s influence and involvement in strategy, and connecting organisations through effective networks, so the sector acts together and is heard where decisions are made.

Who the work is for

Working on behalf of the whole sector, right across Lincolnshire

Involving Lincs is made up of infrastructure and delivery organisations, but the work is for the wider sector we represent: community organisations of every size and kind, county-wide.

Small and volunteer-run groupsThe grassroots groups closest to their communities

CharitiesEstablished organisations delivering day in, day out

Social enterprisesTrading for a social purpose across the county

Community and faith groupsRooted in local places and the people who use them

Built on evidence

We listen to the sector, then act on what we hear

Our work is shaped by what organisations across Lincolnshire actually tell us, through our State of the Sector research and ongoing conversations with groups on the ground. That evidence guides where support goes, and how we show the value the sector creates.

Placeholder figures: set confirmed numbers in Settings → Lincs Website.

000+ organisations engaged across Lincolnshire

000 responses to our State of the Sector survey

00 infrastructure and delivery organisations in the collective

Get in touch

Working with the sector, and with our statutory partners

Involving Lincs is a of infrastructure and delivery organisations. To find out more about our work or the Strength and Leadership Programme, or to talk with us about working together, please get in touch.

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