About us
LeadPoint Brighton and Hove is a collaborative partnership between five trusted voluntary and community sector Lead Providers. Together, we work to strengthen community services, reduce inequalities and create a more joined up system of support for local residents.
The partnership brings together:
Supports unpaid carers of all ages across Brighton and Hove, and leads delivery of the city’s Carers Hub provision.
Provides free, independent advice and information to local residents, and leads on access to welfare, legal and financial guidance.
Supports people to live healthy, fulfilling and meaningful lives, and leads the Ageing Well partnership for older people in Brighton and Hove.
Provides housing, mental health and learning disability support across Sussex, and leads on delivering integrated community mental health and wellbeing services.
Delivers social prescribing services linking residents with local community support. Together Co leads on developing integrated referral pathways and supporting community connectors across the city, alongside providing befriending and volunteering opportunities that help people build meaningful connections
What we aim to achieve
LeadPoint complements, rather than replaces, other voluntary sector networks and partnerships. Our aim is to work alongside the wider VCSE system to support alignment and collaboration across Brighton and Hove.
Governance
LeadPoint operates through a shared Memorandum of Understanding which sets out how decisions are made, how information is shared and how responsibilities are managed across the partnership.
The collaborative is led by a Chair, supported by a Steering Group made up of the Chief Executives of each Lead Provider organisation. This governance structure ensures accountability, transparency and equality between all partners.
We will openly share meeting summaries and key decisions to ensure the wider voluntary and community sector can see how the collaborative works and how our shared commitments are being delivered.
National context and learning from others
LeadPoint is part of a wider national movement where voluntary and community organisations work together through collaboratives that align with Integrated Care Systems. This approach is becoming increasingly important as local areas look for more joined up, prevention focused support for residents.
We draw on learning from other partnerships, including:
These examples show how locally rooted voluntary organisations can have greater impact when they act collectively. By sharing expertise, shaping system design and working together to direct investment towards communities who face the greatest barriers, these collaboratives are helping to strengthen prevention, improve outcomes and support more inclusive decision making.