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Background
The Bradford District and Craven Health and Wellbeing Plan is clear about the changes required across our ‘place’ to deliver a sustainable health, care and support system. This will require integration of a significant nature and a paradigm shift for the NHS towards population health improvement and not just provision of health services. Transformation has already started with a vision for Happy Healthy at Home underpinned by a range of programmes of work designed to manage rising demand on services through different approaches. The most significant area of transformation is culture, behaviour and changing mindsets of service providers, commissioners and the people we serve.
Well Wharfedale and Wharfedale Community Partnership have invested non-recurrent funds to support and activate a range of grassroots community activities and ideas which will improve the health and wellbeing of local people. The intention is that the funding will promote the values and principles of the Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) approach which builds on the assets that are found in the community and mobilises individuals, associations, and institutions to come together to realise and develop their strengths.
ABCD is a set of values and principles which:
- Identifies and makes visible the health enhancing assets in a community
- Sees citizens and communities as the co-producers of health and wellbeing, rather than the recipients of services
- Promotes community networks, relationships and friendships that can provide caring, mutual help and empowerment
- Identifies what has the potential to improve health and well-being
- Supports individuals’ health and well-being through self- esteem, coping strategies, resilience skills, relationships, friendships, knowledge and personal resources
- Empower communities to control their futures and create tangible resources such as services, funds and buildings
(Foot and Hopkins 2010)
Project Description
There are a number of transformation programmes which support the asset based approach by promoting the health, wellbeing and independence of people by recognising the strengths or assets that people bring. These are:
- Self-care and prevention
- Community Partnerships
- Prevention and early help
- Community Led Support – adult social care
- Healthy Bradford
The exact approach required will vary from place to place, with some communities having a good understanding of assets and needs, whereas other areas may need to develop this work. Communities and neighbourhoods need to feel confident that with this is the opportunity to improve things for local people and that they will have control over potential solutions. Funding and support will be available to facilitate the development of solutions with the aim of creating sustainable opportunities to improve health and wellbeing. The resources are available for one year and therefore cannot be spent on things requiring funding going forward. Developments have to be self-sustaining by the communities or services themselves.
This model will be an effective way of reaching projects and smaller organisations who can benefit from community development work as well as strengthening Community Partnerships and leaving a legacy within communities. This proposal has been put together in conjunction with Well Wharfedale and Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven (AWC) Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG).
Application Process
There is a simple application process using a simple and accessible form.
Community Action Bradford & District (CAB&D) have been funded to provide support for any organisations or groups of individuals who wish to apply for this funding. For more information, please contact Mary Hamilton at their Ilkley Office on 01943 603348, or via maryh@cabad.org.uk.
Applications will be assessed by a local decision making panel which will be co-ordinated by AWC CCG, and include representatives from Well Wharfedale, Wharfedale Community Partnership, and local ward officers/Councillors. The assessment will be based on how the group is planning to meeting health and wellbeing needs in their area using a community development approach.
The aim of this project is to reach as many different groups and communities as possible. If more than one application seeks to work with the same group of people in the same area, then preference will be given to the group considered to have proposed the project which will deliver the best quality results.
The deadline for the second round of applications is Friday 20th September 2019 at 5pm.
Funding Available
Local community groups will be able to apply for £250 – £500 to support their own project to meet the health and wellbeing needs within a specific area. Organisations can apply for more than one grant if they have access to a number of different community groups. The key focus is for local community groups to have an ownership of the opportunity.
This funding is for the Wharfedale area only (Ilkley, Silsden, Burley in Wharfedale & Addingham).
The project will run until the end of February 2020.
The funding pot currently stands at £10,000 for this 6 month period.
Outcomes and Monitoring
Successful applicants will be required to report the following information about those they reach with their activity:
- How their project went
- The number of people
- Their self-reported gender
- Their self-reported age ranges (0-10, 11-18, 19-30, 31-50, 51-65, 65+)
- Their self-reported evidence of improving health and wellbeing
- Case Studies
They can be as creative as they like, providing that the outcomes are clearly stated e.g. photos, video, include a report from the local media, write a report etc.
Successful organisations are asked to provide a progress update by Friday 20th December 2019.
The deadline for returning final evaluations is Friday 6th March 2020.
End of Project Reports should be submitted online here.
