Devon MVP

A big thank you as I step down, to all the families who have shared their experiences, gotten involved with our projects and come along to meetings in the past year - your feedback has been so very valuable 💕 Warm wishes, Kate (Outgoing Chair)

🧡 Louise Webster (Chair of Devon MVP) 💜 Leona Miles (North Devon Vice Chair) 💜 Beth Steele (Exeter and East Devon Vice Chair) 💜 Sarah Thomson (Torbay and South Devon Vice Chair) 💜 Abigail Beach (Plymouth and West Devon Vice Chair)

Our new MVP leaflets are ready! They have gone to all four Devon Trusts, with the aim of giving one to every expectant family at booking and at discharge. Let us know if you've had one! 🙌

⭐️Election voting deadline today - 12 noon! ⭐️ Voting in the MVP leadership election closes at 12 noon today! Voting is quick easy, via online form. If you're a voting member you'll have had an email with instructions on how to vote. Make sure to have your say! 🙌

If you're a member with voting rights, you'll have been sent an email with instructions of how to take part in the vote 🙌

A big thank you to everyone who attended our MVP meeting on Saturday 🙌 Just a quick reminder that voting for our new MVP leadership team closes at 12 noon on Monday 28th September, so if you're an MVP member, please do vote before then.

⭐️MVP meeting tomorrow!⭐️ We'll be meeting 10am-12pm, with a focus on the role of dads and partners. Message our facebook page or email kate@devonmaternityvoices.org.uk to get the Zoom link to join us 🙌

We'd love to hear as many of your experiences and ideas as we can, so please share with anyone you think would like to come along!

✅Hear about what's been going on in your MVP lately ✅An introduction to Social Enterprise "@dadpaduk" from CEO Julian Bose ✅Small group discussions about the role of dad's and partners in maternity care ✅Hearing from our Chair and Vice Chair election candidates

Are you a parent or parent-to-be in Devon? Come to our MVP meeting ⭐️this Saturday⭐️ where we'll be talking about the role of dads and partners in maternity care 🙋‍♂️🤰🏥

Looking forward to 'attending' the @devonmaternity meeting on Sat, where Julian will be giving a short presentation on #DadPad. We're esp keen to hear feedback and thoughts on role of #dads and partners in #maternity care. #dadsmatter #howareyoudad #asktwice #mvp #Devon

We'd love to encourage dads and partners to come along as well as mums, so please do share with any dads or partners you think might be interested! If you'd like to come, please email kate@devonmaternityvoices.org.uk or message our MVP facebook page for the meeting link.

These feedback sessions are for service users only, so if you are a parent or parent-to-be, and would like to share your experience of maternity care, please do join us.

⭐️ Local feedback sessions ⭐️ We'll be having Local Feedback Sessions next Saturday 19th September. In these sessions we'll be talking to groups of parents via Zoom about their experiences, which will then be fed back (anonymously) at our Devon-wide meeting the following week.

The deadline is Friday 11th September at 5pm. Find out more and apply at: devoncommunities.org.uk/devon-mvp-chai… 🙌 If you have any questions please message our page or email kate@devonmaternityvoices.org.uk

Each role will be able to claim remuneration for their time at the PPV rate (£150/day at present). The Chair will be able to claim 4 days per month and the Vice chairs will each be able to claim 1 day per month.

⭐️Application deadline in two days!!⭐️ Could you help make the voices of families using maternity services in Devon heard? 👶🤰🙋‍♂️🏥👩‍⚕️ Join our team! We are looking for: ✅ An MVP chair ✅ Four MVP Vice Chairs (one per Trust area: North Devon, RD&E, Torbay and S. Devon, and UHP)