Vintage VIBES Visiting and Befriending Service

 Partnership between LifeCare Edinburgh – lead agency - and The Broomhouse Centre  Partly funded by the Big Lottery for 4 years through the Supporting 21 st Century Programme 2

Vintage VIBES Visiting and Befriending Service  Vintage Vibes is unique as a multi-faceted approach will be adopted  The service will operate a long/er term intervention across Edinburgh as a partnership service because of the geographical spread of the project and to increase the reach of the project. 3

LifeCare Edinburgh  Established in Provides care, support and community services for the elderly, people with dementia, carers.  Three registered centre-based day care services:  Two dementia and one frail care day care services  A registered citywide Outreach Direct service  Including Time Out for Carers and Hospital to Home  A citywide Help at Home service  Including Shopping Buddies  Café Life, and The LifeCare Centre at Stockbridge House  Social activities/clubs 4

The Broomhouse Centre  Established in 1991  Provides community services for vulnerable groups of people in SW Edinburgh  Dementia Day Care  Adult Carers Support  Carers Clinic  Elderly Befriending  Young Carers Project  Youth Befriending Project  Young Peoples’ Counselling Project  Café Training Project  Crescent Kitchen  Community Health Hub 5

Vintage VIBES Aims to deliver a project for people over 60 years of age Using an innovative delivery model the project will offer bespoke long/er term interventions for older people across the city of Edinburgh Support to individuals will be delivered by volunteers and will comprise of: 6

Vintage VIBES 1-1 befriending in the home 1-1 befriending outside the home Hospital visiting Friendship pools/groups Pet visiting/therapy Family visiting 7

Vintage VIBES Beneficiaries Of The Project: Older people over 60 years of age who are:  Isolated, lonely, in ineffective and unsupportive neighbourhoods and or communities  Older people with a mental health issue, hard to reach older people e.g. men, LGBT, ME groups  Older people with dementia, carers and people with a disability and/or long term illness 8

Vintage VIBES Outcome 1: Older people will report reduced isolation and positive feelings about their lives and their futures through contact with Vintage VIBES 9

Vintage VIBES Indicators:  100 isolated older people will have a Vintage VIBES intervention of their design with a volunteer on a weekly basis  Over 80 volunteers will be recruited and trained each year and placed in appropriately supported circumstances  20 friendship pools will be created organically  10 supported children, family or group interventions will be facilitated 10

Vintage VIBES Outcome 2: Older men who would not normally engage with such a project, will demonstrate improved contact with the community and reduced isolation 11

Vintage VIBES Indicators:  40 difficult to reach and isolated older men who have rejected other services will receive a Vintage VIBES intervention appropriate to their interests  4 friendship pools will be facilitated  3 isolated but more able older men, who are service users, will become volunteers 12

Vintage VIBES Outcome 3: People with dementia will be happier, more in control of their surroundings and more able to stay at home for longer 13

Vintage VIBES Indicators:  Around 20 people with dementia will receive a Vintage VIBES intervention appropriate to their ability to engage  10 people with dementia will be visited in hospital and following discharge creating a home and community network  10 people with dementia per year will receive a therapeutic pet visit 14

Vintage VIBES  Recruitment process with Bruce Tait Associates in progress  Marketing/Communications Officer and 2 Co-ordinators  Appointments expected to be 1 st October

Vintage VIBES Management and Staffing 16

Vintage VIBES Referral Routes 17 Courtesy of EVOC