Engagement@Combined - 2026

Our stakeholder partnership event will focus on collaboration, open communication and co-produced solutions that work for everyone.

UPDATE 23rd January 2026: Thank you for the great response to this event. Those who have already booked their ticket we look forward to seeing you on the 25th March. This event is now only open to service users and carers or people with lived experience of accessing services.

You’re invited: Engagement@Combined 2026

Combined Healthcare would love to invite you to attend its annual stakeholder partnership event. We can promise that this won’t just be a day of presentation, there will be plenty of opportunities for you to engage and share your views and experiences – your voice matters to us!

What to expect:

• Marketplace sessions – Representatives from Combined Healthcare services along with stakeholders will be given the opportunity to host a stall and present their service, share recent achievements or bring a challenge and learn from others in the audience. If you would like to be involved in this and host a stall for your organisation, please fill in the form here.
• Interactive workshops – Engage in discussions, address the questions and help us to come up with the solutions
• Networking opportunities – Build partnerships with local organisations and strengthen community ties.

Together, we’ll explore ways to improve accessibility, strengthen existing partnerships, and ensure carers, communities and stakeholders contribute in shaping the future of mental health and learning disability care and support in Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire.

Event details

• Date: Wednesday 25 March 2026
• Time: 10am to 3pm
• Location: Legends Suite, Port Vale Football Club
• Theme: meaningful collaboration, open communication and shared solutions

Lunch (please let us know your dietary requirements) and refreshments will be provided and the draft format of the day is listed below:

• 10.00am– Welcome and opening remarks
• 10:30am – Marketplace sessions
• 11:30am – Workshops – round one
• 12:30pm – Lunch and networking
• 1:15pm – Workshops – round two
• 2:15pm – Summary and commitments
• 3:00pm – Close

Book your place!

We welcome anyone who is willing to contribute to a meaningful change, bring their experiences and views to the table, and those who wish to learn and network with local organisations sharing similar goals. Whether you are a member of staff, a service user, a carer or a volunteer – we’d love to invite you to attend.

Accessibility is important to us so please let us know any accessibility needs (e.g., mobility requirements, slide printouts interpreters, specific communication formats) when you register.

Would you like to get involved?

It’s important to us that we hear from a range of different voices throughout the day so we’re offering you the opportunity to get involved.

Fill in this short form to let us know about how you would like to get involved in the event, with the options detailed below. In this form we also invite you to ask your questions and offer your observations about our services at Combined Healthcare.

• Attend as a participant.
• Contribute to the marketplace (poster, short talk, or other format of your choice). This is an opportunity to put forward your own successes for 2025/26 and share challenges; whilst the audience thinks about how they can help!
• Lead or join a workshop discussion.

Whether it’s leading or co-leading a workshop discussion or hosting a session in our ‘marketplace’ slot, or just actively attending, learning, and sharing your views, we want to ensure that this is a day of real collaboration, open communication and developing shared solutions. This event will also be an opportunity for the trust to share insights from its draft Quality Account around last year’s achievements and ask you to share your thoughts and help shape our directions of travel for next year.