Community Efforts to Enhance Emotional Wellbeing and Resilience in Teviot
Partnerships in Teviot are actively collaborating to address emotional wellbeing and resilience issues through a comprehensive community approach. The initiative involves consultations, data analysis, priority setting, action planning, progress monitoring, and regular reviews. Efforts aim to improve health outcomes and combat challenges like smoking during pregnancy, low breastfeeding rates, high hospitalizations, and feelings of loneliness in the area.
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Emotional wellbeing and resilience How do we know we are making a difference?
Scottish Borders Council NHS Borders The Bridge (CVS) Live Borders (cultural and sport trust) Volunteer Centre Borders Youth Borders Skills Development Scotland Borders College Fire and Rescue Jobcentre Plus
CLD partners and community members Consultation with learners and community members Analysed data on need Agreed priorities for 2018-21 Created action plan to address priorities Regular monitoring and reporting on progress Annual review of progress
From CLD Strategic Partnership: Increasing emotional wellbeing and resilience From Teviot and Liddesdale Learning Community Partnership: Whole town approach to improving health and wellbeing From HMIE inspection Sep 2017: Strengthen target setting, report on progress and analyse trends over time across the partnership Local Partnership enthusiastic and willing to take co-production approach to measuring impact on emotional wellbeing and resilience
SIMD data for the Teviot area: More mothers smoking during pregnancy Lowest proportion of babies that were exclusively breastfed at 6-8 weeks of all the localities Highest rate of hospitalisations and early deaths resulting from coronary heart disease of all the localities Higher rate of asthma hospitalisation Higher rate of emergency hospitalisations Higher rate of alcohol related hospitalisations Higher rate of psychiatric hospitalisations Highest rate of people who felt lonely or isolated as a result of living in a rural area Lowest proportion of people who exercise daily Scottish Borders Household Survey 2018 - Teviot and Liddesdale area had the lowest proportion of respondents saying that they are in good health (64%)
Self evaluation coming up with a whole town approach to improving health and wellbeing by partners involved in the Learning Community Partnership. Initial scoping meeting in September 2017 Purpose of the approach to encourage the creation of a healthy mindset in the town Three primary areas for improvement Better co-ordination amongst existing partners plus new partners joining up Mapping the learning opportunities related to health and wellbeing activity across the life course
Outcome Primary Drivers Secondary Drivers Network of partners working together Provide the means for partners to work together and for communities to be involved Network meetings (LCP) Healthy Hawick steering group Partners embed themes in their work Regular Pop-up Wellbeing Point in town Creating a Healthy Mindset in Hawick A common approach Develop a common approach to addressing issues relating to health and wellbeing, in a positive way Theme 1: Nurture Jan June 2018 Theme 2: Belong July Dec 2018 Theme 3: Be Active Jan June 2019 Theme 4: Be Kind July Dec 2019 Theme 5: Enjoy and Learn 2020 Theme 6: Be Aware 2020 A way to communicate Develop a brand and communications channels that promote a healthy mindset in the town Brand - Six Ways windmill in Hawick colours Facebook page Twitter Newsletter every six months
Longer term approach - three year action plan Strategic and local priority to improve emotional wellbeing and resilience Identifying how partners are currently measuring the impact of their activities Partners gathering lots of info, could this be better organised / co-ordinated? Trying to make sense of a complex picture
Respecting the different needs of each partner organisation Key partners agreeing to measure more consistently Trialling self reported measures of mental wellbeing and resilience Number of indicators contributing to overall measure Using case studies where no indicators are being measured
CLD Needs wheel Overall measure of emotional wellbeing and resilience Case Studies Healthy Living Network Beneficiary questionnaire Examples of people s stories and journeys from partners People participating in CLD learning opportunities across the partnership indicate that their emotional wellbeing and resilience has improved as a result of their involvement / participation Live Borders Active Sports measures Third Sector partners WEMWBS, Goals Based Outcomes, iROC EY Centre and schools GIRFEC and SHANARRI Three key elements of resilience: 1. Emotional wellbeing 2. Social connections 3. Having ways to cope What Matters Hub Outcomes Other partners
The indicators that were trialling Longer term tracking of smaller group(s) to measure impact (e.g. Summer programme) Case studies Complex and shared process Still developing Needs to be inclusive
Emotional wellbeing On a scale of 0-10, how would you rate your overall mental wellbeing? Social connections On a scale of 0-10, how involved or connected do you feel in your local community? On a scale of 0-10, how supported do you feel by family and / or friends? Ways to cope On a scale of 0-10, how well do you cope with difficult events in your life? National comparator ONS measure of personal wellbeing On a scale of 0-10, how satisfied are you with your life nowadays?
Improved co-ordination Improved communications Improved measurement of impact Additional training and shared across partners Co-ordinated themes Co-ordinated programmes e.g. Summer Programme
7 week summer programme 9 partners involved in planning and delivery 17 targeted families 7 targeted families attended
Questions What are other people doing?
Steph MacKenzie NHS Borders Health Improvement Specialist (Mental Health) Steph.mackenzie@borders.scot.nhs.uk Kenny Harrow Scottish Borders Council CLDS Worker Kenny.harrow@scotborders.gov.uk Oonagh McGarry Scottish Borders Council CLD team Leader (adult learning) omcgarry@scotborders.gov.uk
