Agenda item

To receive a presentation and discuss how the Health and Wellbeing Board can support/change ways of working.

The Chair welcomed Caroline Greer, Manager, UDevelop CiC who provided an overview of the work they do in creating structured programmes aimed at helping shape, change and have a positive ongoing impact on a person's life.

The Board noted the various opportunities/programmes on offer such as:

·  Chorley Shed which is a community project provided for people who are referred through the social prescribing system and is a six-week program to help support them to grow in confidence and to balance their wellbeing for a sustainable life.

·  Remote confidence building courses in the home for people who are unable to leave the home due mental health issues.

·  Coaching services to integrate people back into society through various community programmes.

·  UDevelop CiC was commissioned by Rise Construction Framework, supported by Chorley Council to run, and enhance the provision into Tatton Community Centre to target the people of Chorley to help improve wellbeing and to also improve employability opportunities, personal and career development for adults.

·  Over the last six months, consultations have taken place within the local community to find out what residents would like to see happening alongside working with local Councillors.

·  Provision is being delivered in Phases 1 and 2 with regards to different local workshops, such as Yoga, coffee and chat/community drop in, health discussions to help reduce health inequalities.

·  There has been an increase in groups, in terms of people with specific individual needs, neurodiverse groups, and working with Adult Social Care, Lancashire County Council and the NHS who bring groups to community drop-in sessions.

·  Monday and Thursdays are warm space days and the over 50s have been targeted who are in isolation and are given opportunities to participate in arts and craft sessions and make new friends.

·  There is a walk and talk session on a Thursday and case studies can be found in the monthly blogs that are produced and shared on social media.

·  Chorley Women's Centre are also integrating and UDevelop are working with them on cultural and information days to bring a diverse community together in a community space.

·  They are supporting local businesses such as JellyTots (0-4 years provision) and Rhythmicality.

·  Phase 3 is looking at creating some more male and female groups as a drop in for Chorley East which are required due to over-spill.

·  There is a special educational needs drop-in for people with neurodiverse doing board games in the evenings.

·  With regards to the digital element, eight residents have completed a digital programme, and this has enabled them to speak with families across the world, online shopping etc and in working closely with Cellnet, once they completed the course, it has given them the opportunity to obtain a tablet or computer.

Further information on how UDevelop have developed the community including monthly blogs and what is on offer, can be found here: https://www.udevelop.org.uk/.

Following the presentation, the following comments were made:

·  Connections with young families are starting to improve, particularly with remote services, however, discussions are underway with regards to outreach work, leading to more opportunities for families such as drop-in sessions.  Inspire have been carrying out a consultation with young people to find out what it is they want, which will enable a programme to be built for outreach in the community centre.

·  As part of the Best Start agenda, it was felt that a lot of work was already happening in Chorley and that the County Council can link in also.

·  In terms of the Special Educational Needs drop-in sessions, it would be useful to promote this on the Local Offer and the County Council need providers to deliver Lancashire Break-time activities which is a commissioned service, therefore it would be useful for UDevelop to link in with the Council.

·  UDevelop were commended on the different age ranges it caters for in the community and it was noted how significant it was to have NHS resources operating from the Centre.  It is hoped that this will strengthen the partnership between NHS and Councils under the Integrated Care Board and how pooled funding can be capitalised on what already exists.

·  The project shows the power of what can work in a locality.

·  There are difficulties still connecting to both District and County Councils and it is incumbent on the Health and Wellbeing Board to make sure it is aware that the system hampers the good work, and this needs to be addressed by the Integrated Care Board, Districts and County Councils.

·  As a commitment from the Board to integrated health and social care, it needs to find out what the barriers have been, so it can map out how the Board can start to deal with them.  It was noted that Chorley Council can do some work around it and share with others and UDevelop also agreed to do some consultation work on this too and look to discuss this further with Healthwatch to consult on a much larger footprint on what the specific individual needs are, in adult social care.

·  This is an example of leadership from a local Government organisation, working with community organisations to help people remain well within their community.

·  As a Health and Wellbeing Board, through the Place Based Partnership, there needs to be a long-term plan for community health and wellbeing, which needs to include facilities such as Tatton Community Centre in other districts in Lancashire.

Resolved:  i)  That the Board noted the presentation and thanked Caroline Greer for her presentation.

ii)  Chris Sinnott, Lancashire Chief Executive Group agreed to provide some insight from a Chorley Borough Council perspective, into what barriers have been faced in setting up the Community Centre and what lessons can be learnt, and to share these at a future meeting of the Board.