As a Place-Based Partnership, we’re really keen to hear what’s important to young people to help them keep healthy and well so we worked with our District and Borough Youth Council members to design an event for young people.
So on Saturday 2 July we held our very first Community Voices engagement event for young people at Nottingham Arena, with all the young people who joined us to share their views being treated to an ice skating session with their parents at the close of the event.
Some of the young people who joined us at our Community Voices event at Nottingham Arena
It was a really fun, action-packed morning with lots of discussion about what the young people loved about the area they live in terms of health and wellbeing opportunities (tops) and what they didn’t like (pants). You can see the washing line of feedback in the pictures above.
We also talked about how they keep healthy and mentally well and what support needed to be available. Finally they had to draw their ideal place (blindfolded!) which certainly made for some interesting presentations.
Look out for the more, including feedback and evaluation in an upcoming newsletter.
Partnership working supports vulnerable people in Gedling
Elected Members have raised just over £10,000 to provide food for vulnerable families and children in the Borough.
Gedling Borough Council’s Humanitarian Team have been leading the Council’s response and recovery work during the pandemic with a specific focus on assisting vulnerable or isolated residents. A number of projects are currently underway with partner organisations to provide support and address inequality including:
Partnering with Rushcliffe CVS to offer a South Nottinghamshire Volunteer Befriending Service where volunteers make regular friendly telephone calls to people in the borough who’re lonely or isolated.
Work with Jigsaw Homes to deliver ‘One Step at a Time’, a project to help local residents who are lonely or isolated and who may be feeling apprehensive about getting out and about. Volunteers are supporting Jigsaw Homes tenants to improve their mobility by walking short distances with them in their local area and improving their confidence by chatting to them. Pilots of One Step at a Time are also being delivered in other areas of the County.
Coordination of meetings every three weeks with representatives from Jigsaw Homes, the CCG, South Notts Integrated Care Partnership, Rushcliffe CVS and Age UK to ensure mutual collaboration and strong operational coordination between commissioned social prescribing services and public sector partners during the winter months.
A project to enhance and promote the role of local NHS Volunteers Responders in partnership with Notts County Council and Nottingham CVS. Funding has been awarded to enable us to assess the impact of the scheme locally and to use the learning to inform future collaborative VCS work.
Virtual engagement with stakeholder groups to inform response and recovery initiatives including Gedling Seniors Council and Youth Council, Faith Leaders and Food Bank contacts. Some of the outcomes of this work include a consultation with Young People to shape services and activities in the borough, and the promotion and signup of schools and Youth Clubs to the charity Kids Against Plastic, run by two pupils at Redhill Academy.
In addition to the Council’s work to support health and well-being, Elected Members had raised just over £10,000 to provide food for vulnerable families and children in the Borough.
The Humanitarian Team lead worked with the County Council’s Children’s Services, ABL Health, Gedling Play Forum, GBC Customer Services, the Richard Herrod Centre Hub and Church and Food Bank Leaders Group to identify and provide healthy, festive food parcels to the 600 most vulnerable families in the Borough in the week leading up to Christmas.
A directory of services and organisations offering support in Gedling is available on the Council’s website and you can also email volunteer@gedling.gov.uk for more information about any of the projects listed. The team regularly produce a Community and Health and Wellbeing newsletter. Please email the team if you would like to be added to the mailing list.
Local GP invites South Notts residents to discuss health and care priorities at partnership’s ‘Community Voices’ event
Dr Nicole Atkinson, Clinical Lead for South Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) covering Broxtowe, Gedling, Hucknall and Rushcliffe, is inviting people who live in those areas to join her at a digital event to discuss priorities for health and care in the area.
The event, which will take place on Zoom between 3pm and 5pm on Thursday 1 October, will be led by Dr Atkinson, who also works as a GP in Eastwood
The South Nottinghamshire ICP works across health and care organisations, local councils and communities to support the integration of services and help local people live happier, healthier lives.
Alongside Dr Atkinson, there will be a presentation from Dr Tim Heywood, Broxtowe GP and Clinical Director of Nottingham West Primary Care Network.
People attending the event will be asked for their views on the Partnership’s key priorities for the next year, which are:
Ageing well
Care navigation (the patient journey through health and social care)
Mental health
Health and wellbeing
Community engagement
Dr Atkinson says: “This event is a fantastic opportunity to get involved with the development of integrated services in South Nottinghamshire. I’m really excited to talk about our priorities with local residents and start involving them in our work.
“There has already been a lot of really innovative work that has started here in South Nottinghamshire that has improved services for patients, which has then gone on to be rolled out across other areas. We want to build on those successes and involve local communities to help drive further innovation.
“We really want to engage people so they are genuinely involved in how their local services develop and how we join up care. So, if you have the time and you want to get involved, I look forward to talking to you.”
People who are interested in finding out more about the Partnership and getting involved with shaping services can sign up here.
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