1. What makes you feel good
What makes you feel good? Building Health Partnerships Partnership one summary
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2. What makes people feel good?
Fresh Air
Saying thank you/praise/feedback
Support through human connection
Travel, holidays - changing the pattern of life
Exercise/physical activity - new skills, being part of a group, challenge, dog walking
Communication with others
Having a purpose and something to do
Sense of Belonging to Community - feeling valued
Other social groups - clubs
Opportunities
Coke (or Cake)
Persistence is important
The right place at the right time for you (could be countryside, could be city)
Helping Others
Healthy eating
Self-worth (feeling valued / of use)
Local leisure centres (and access to them)
Having control over your health
Empowerment
(Quality time, less structured, less pressured)
Being creative - calling and energising
Friendship, having friends, spending time with family and friends
Helping the next generation keep fit & modelling behaviours
Able to do what's important to you - freedom, making choices
Local Links
Local inspirational person to make a difference
Libraries and community groups
Support/advice from other people
Being able to use the skills/ experience I have
Success, achievement, recognition
Laughing
Learning something
The right environment
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4. What worries people about self-care locally?
Loneliness, isolation --- drug abuse, depression
Worklife balance / expectations on self
Lack of purpose
Commitments & young children - finding the time or energy
Low self-esteem
Lack of confidence to try new things
Incorrect medication
People who are retired having no work (upside-down bad work-life balance)
Self imposed stumbling blocks (I can't do that) - lack of confidence
Isolation
Full time caring position
Lack of access / poor transport
Grief and loss causing ill health
Fear - risk aversion (esp to interacting with others)
Laziness? State will provide
Lack of awareness of what is out there - no signposting
People who don't have any of the elements - who are starting from scratch
Lack of digital literacy
Ill health within the family
Poor transport - access to facilities
Lack of time / capacity
Lack of volunteers
Lack of structure / goals
Directory of tutors, coaches, activities already happening?
Existing groups tend to be in larger areas...
Lack of support in villages....
Poor nutrition/takeaways
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5. Shared understanding of local priorities
Develop a collective and collaborative approach to problem-solving in health and care, involving the voluntary sector, creative industries, individuals, communities and community leaders.
Find ways of connecting people and places, in ways that support people to feel good and stay well
Share learning across the STP footprint
Build on what is already going on
“As a partnership, we have aspirations to change our local health and care system to put people at the centre, to give individuals more control over their own health and encourage greater self-reliance and better health-promoting behaviours. This will require both changing the system and also changing public attitudes and behaviours, so that local people are able and willing to take more responsibility for their own health and wellbeing and have a clear understanding of where and how to access support when they need it.” – from Our Health in Our Hands: An exploratory project about citizens taking control of our own health and finding out what needs to change in order to achieve it. Supported by the Building Health Partnerships initiative
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6. 4 possible areas for joint action
VOLUNTEER GROUPS
Reduce barriers / simplify setting them up
Interacting local community
Build community asset
Shed Events/Shed Jamboree - open shed week
Actions:
Local Men in Sheds Network
Shed Jamboree
Share knowledge resources
Open shed week
DIGITAL PLATFORMS
Develop a portal/hub
Common purpose about who is going to access it
Whoever has got the social prescribing contracts across the area should lead
Actions:
Test – a group chat on social media
Swanland Village Hall Group
Social prescribing contact lead to lead
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7. 4 possible areas for joint action
FUNDING
Collaboration between VCS & health sector from the outset
Continuation funding where something works (recognising long- term benefits)
Recognition of savings where investment pays off
Talking to wider voluntary sector across the patch
Actions:
To be developed
COMMUNICATIONS & CONNECTIONS
Create a physical / virtual hub (information hub)
Everyone knows what is happening
Spread awareness of what exists
Actions:
Create a hub – telephone, online, office rep
Create engagement groups
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