When shaping ideas for your projects taking place in the North neighbourhood you must refer to the following health improvement framework.
The framework lists actions and ideas organised into these areas:
- Food
- Physical activity
- Mental health and wellbeing including suicide prevention
- Self care
- Children and young people
- Substance misuse including smoking
In addition, there is a section of other areas of need identified through data, professionals working in the area and the community.
| Actions | Ideas |
|---|---|
| Food | |
| Address food poverty | Enhance and promote local networks |
| Develop knowledge of food | Offer training or workshops to health cooking |
| Develop community food and growing skills | Provide opportunities for developing cooking skills in the community |
| Support a move from food poverty to food security | Support foodbanks to move to food pantries |
| Maximise use of community resources | Increased use of allotments, educational courses to voluntary groups to develop project management |
| Reducing food waste | Develop local schemes and programmes that contribute to reducing waste e.g. campaigns, composting etc. |
| Physical Activity | |
| Promote social, economic and environmental co-benefits of physical activity | Mass participation events e.g. walking festivals and organised runs |
| Improve walking and cycling opportunities | Developing walking and cycling groups |
| Support least active to be active and those most impacted by Covid | Target schemes and initiatives in groups known to be most inactive e.g. BAME, those out of work etc. |
| Use an innovative approach to the provision of places to undertake regular physical activity | Using community venues such as , health settings, community facilities, open schools and colleges for community physical activity provision |
| Build on successful activities which have engaged children and young people across our schools | Initiative to build on the Daily Mile and Change 4 Life Clubs |
| Enhance opportunities for older people to become and remain active throughout their lives | Targeted activities in care homes and in the community |
| Embracing digital technology creating opportunities for health improvement | Online physical activity sessions |
| Mental Health and wellbeing (including suicide prevention) | |
| Support to dealing with loss and bereavement for all ages | Bereavement support for adults and children and young people |
| Raising awareness of suicide prevention strategies | Suicide Awareness training sessions for anyone working and volunteering in Bury |
| Promote the importance of looking after your mental wellbeing | Rollout of the Connect 5 programme in Bury to raise awareness of mental wellbeing in everyday practice |
| Enhance opportunities to help those struggling with loneliness and isolation | Gentle support for those who have shielded or isolated during the pandemic, covid safe coffee and activity sessions |
| Support for those suffering emotionally due to covid, job loss or financial worries, health concerns, etc. | Peer support, workshops, groups sessions to improve mental wellbeing in neighbourhoods with limited support. Targeting young people, BAME, men and older people |
| Self Care | |
| Promote opportunities where individuals can look after themselves | IT training, hiring out tablets to access internet access |
| Supporting carers to have time to look after themselves | Respite activities, peer support groups |
| Support for those struggling to live independently | Network to provide help with basic daily needs |
| Children and Young People | |
| Improve school readiness and wellbeing of families | Pre-school interventions |
| Promote Speech and Language tools | Organised and targeted activities which promote child and adult interaction |
| Support emotional and mental wellbeing | Peer support groups |
| Substance misuse (including smoking) | |
| Support individuals locally to quit substances through creative means | Peer support groups, activity groups for those with substance misuse issues |
| Support communities most at risk of drug and alcohol misuse before problems arise | Working with high risk communities to raise awareness of dangers |
| Focus on improving physical health of people with substance misuse issues | Exercise sessions and health eating support targeted towards substance misusers etc. |
| Promote wellbeing and recovery by linking treatment systems with community based organisations | Working with service providers to have additional community based support |
| Other areas of need identified through data, professionals working in the area and the community | |
| Support the 0-5 years (Pathway required since the loss of children's centre). Equip local volunteers with training and skills to increase the potential for sustainability of projects | Child health programme of activities for 0-5 years. Work with childcare providers to offer additional support network and activity groups. baby massage, breastfeeding support groups. Using community venues such as: health settings, community facilities, for activity provision |
| Support children and young people with their low-level mental health needs | Work with schools to do outreach work. Link with Youth Cabinet and existing self-care programmes to children within a youth friendly setting |
| Improve and identify where the gaps are regarding Digital skills, lack of equipment and Wi-Fi and provide links to support. Link with council or six town housing with community centres | Digital awareness or workshops. Work with community to raise awareness of courses available to support this area. Digital eagles training Barclays bank. Ask my GP apps to promote and offer workshops of how to use them |
| Support the community and individuals with money issues and allowances that are available | Peer support, workshops, groups sessions to improve any anxiety of financial problems.Information promoted on what is available to support and how to access |
| Improve information and awareness regarding fuel poverty (especially for those living in old large houses) | Workshops, groups sessions to improve any anxiety of financial problems. Local campaign to raise awareness. Link with energy providers to offer workshops |
| Engage with communities to find the 'Hidden carers' and support these carers | Peer support groups. Digital information to support |
| Improve the provision of inclusive activities for children with SEND | Workshops, activities etc that are inclusive, and age specific |
| Youth engagement to be improved | Improve the number of activities available in Ramsbottom. Target specific activities to all females and age specific. Walking groups for the youths. Outreach work to evidence what is required and link with schools. Improve awareness of services i.e. youth services, scouts, guides etc. and link with them to offer taster sessions within the communities. Target schemes and initiatives in groups known to be most inactive |
| Improve the awareness of Transgender and provide support for those who are going through pre reassignment | Support group and signposting. Networks for LGBTQ+ groups to link with |
| Frailty | Slips trips information, campaigns and awareness |
| Loneliness and isolation | Lunch clubs, coffee mornings with activities. Link with church networks. Network of what is available locally. Mixed generational groups - Link schools and children's play groups etc. with sheltered accommodation or care homes |
| Improve the Nutrition and hydration | Workshops delivered to give information. Link with networks to support i.e. Staying Well team |
| Improve the awareness of Dementia within the community | Dementia awareness sessions. Support groups. Dementia friendly cafes. Link and promote the 'This is me passport' - (recently piloted) |
| Improve awareness and support for Young Carers and enhance opportunities to help those struggling | Peer support group. Activities for specific group |