1. Thriving Communities
Rebekah Sutcliffe Strategic Director of Reform Oldham Council
Liz Windsor-Welsh Chief Executive Action Together

2. Inclusive economy – living wage, living standards, holiday hunger, better standards as well as business
Co-operative services – integration, every service, resident, more than H&SC
Thriving Communities - health
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3. Programme Overview Social Prescribing Network 6 OLB Projects
Fast Grants
Social Action Fund
OLB pledge
Asset and Place based workforce training
Driving asset and place based working
New capacity, which will attract funding to the borough, showcase the positive VCFSE work and change our approach to commissioning and whole system change
Thriving Communities Index
Community asset mapping
Community research
Case data
Outcomes and evaluation
It’s a 2.69m programme which deliver in excess of £9m of system benefit
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4. The Thriving Communities Index
Innovative new data product.
We drawn in 21 multi-agency indicators at a hyper local level (c2000 pop)
Ranging from green space, diabetes to police call outs.
Spotlights where we focus our energy as a whole system.
-cited by dr foster in a public article as best practice – a leading health analytics company
-potential IP to deliver revenue for social value across LG
Place
Resident
Reactive
Demand
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5. Thriving Communities and Place
Inclusive economy – living wage, living standards, holiday hunger, better standards as well as business
Co-operative services – integration, every service, resident, more than H&SC
Thriving Communities - health
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6. Social Prescribing – linking people to ‘more than medical’ care
Live in Oldham West since February, with rollout to 4 other cluster in January 19.
1400 community groups/assets in the wider assets delivering 1.5m interventions.
Rapid uplift in referrals in summer.
Anticipated release in system pressures;
GP Appointments 3818
A&E Attendances 2542
NEL Bed Days 916
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7. Fast Grants and Social Action Fund
Funding for good ideas for grassroots community groups to improve community, place, health and wellbeing £50-£500 per grant
£60k per annum – 130 applications received at launch
20 awarded already
Focusing on social isolation and commissioning £850k for 2-4 projects who will focus on reducing loneliness for Oldham residents
Other outcomes include improving mental health, physical health and childhood activity
SAF Up to £850,000
2 to 3 bids over a 3 year period
Address social isolation and loneliness and GM and Oldham Cares outcomes
Focus on new delivery approaches and transformation
Collaborative bids encouraged
Application process to commence October/Nov 2018
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Case Study
Rani is 27 years old, has a 1yr old, and is pregnant, moved to Oldham from India when she married her husband 3 years ago, and has recently lost her husband.
Has been to the GP about low mood and physical aches and pains – GP referred via postcard to Social Prescriber.
Rani is now accessing mental health / bereavement support, Knitting and sewing women's groups, reducing her social isolation, and is accessing parent and toddler activities.
Rani’s next steps are enrolling on a lifelong learning course and exploring employment opportunities with Get Oldham Working.
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9. Case Study
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10. Thanks Rebekah.Sutcliffe@oldham.gov.uk LizWW@actiontogether.org.uk
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