BUTE HEALTH & WELLBEING NEWS BULLETIN

27th November 2019News/UpdatesNetwork MeetingDetails of the next meeting is as follows;Date: Friday 28th February 2020Time: 11am-1pmVenue: The Green Tree Room, Moat Centre, Rothesay

Then: Thursday 30th April 2020 11am-pm Tuesday 2nd June 2020 – 5pm-7pm Saturday 12th Sept 2020 – Community Health & Wellbeing Day Wednesday 21st Oct 2020 – 11am-1pm Monday 11th Jan 2021 – 11am-1pm

Network Christmas Get Together/Planning SessionWe are looking forward to our Christmas jumper day on the 13th December, we really hope that lots of you manage along and please share with your wider contacts. It’s a nice opportunity to network out with a meeting setting whilst helping us to set priorities for the coming year. So dig out your Christmas jumper and come along…

Versus Arthritis Opportunity

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Please see attached flyers for volunteering opportunities or 3rd sector staff to get group facilitator training with the aim of supporting or delivering self-management programmes in Argyll and Bute.

Creative Music & Dance

Argyll & Bute Women’s Aid

As part of their support to the 2019 16 Days of Activism Ending Violence Against Women, Argyll and Bute Woman’s Aid are extending an invitation to local services based in, or visiting the Dunoon Area You are warmly invited to visit our Dunoon Office where you will have the opportunity to meet staff and share ideas. Please see the poster for details.

Police Scotland

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Your Police - Can you help? It's time for us to develop our new Local Police Plans within Argyll and Bute.

Please help shape our Local Police Priorities for Argyll and Bute by completing our short survey and have your say as to what you feel is a police priority in the area where you live.

It only takes 5-10 minutes. To get involved visit

https://consult.scotland.police.uk/surveys/your-police/

As the festive season kicks into full swing, we want to make sure you have a happy and safe Christmas #KeepXmasSafe 

Keep an eye on our social media channels as over the next 5 weeks we'll be sharing Christmas safety tips and advice to help you enjoy the festive period safely.

ADP – Alcohol and Adolescent Interesting article shared by the ADP;

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‘Present Voice, Future Lives’The ‘Present Voices, Future Lives’ exhibition will be spending a full day in Rothesay on 5th December 2019 and will involve daytime workshops with school children and local communities to explore how we want to live in the future. A curated evening exhibition will be open to the public and will showcase the findings collected from the workshops during the day. You are most welcome to attend the evening exhibitions.  A Flyer is attached for more information. The feedback collected through the exhibition will help to inform the Scottish Government’s final vision and a route map to 2040, which we are aiming to publish in spring 2020. You can find further information on the exhibition at https://www.ads.org.uk/ht2040exhibition/, or contact the Housing to 2040 team at Housing2040@gov.scot. Developing a trauma informed children’s services workforce in Argyll & Bute Conference - Wednesday 11th December

This will be held 9.30am – 4pm, Queens Hall, Dunoon

‘Embedding cultures and practices which ensure safe, healthy and happier lives for children and young people’

Argyll & Bute is one of three Council areas that has been awarded Scottish Government funding for trauma training funding to support the development of a trauma informed workforce. Emerging evidence tells us that trauma informed systems can have better outcomes for people affected by trauma, and that all workers, in the context of their own role and work remit, have a unique and essential role to play in responding to people affected by trauma.

There has already been significant work undertaken in relation to ACE’s (adverse childhood experiences) in Argyll & Bute. This funding enables an extensive training programme to be delivered across the authority in 2020 for managers, practitioners and carers, supporting the ACE’s agenda and helping embed trauma informed, skilled and enhanced practices across our children’s services workforce groups.

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This one day conference, hosted by A&B ACE’s working group will launch this exciting workforce development programme. It brings together speakers from a range of backgrounds involved in driving this national agenda and navigating their way through trauma informed service developments and delivery. Participants will have the opportunity to consider how their own practice, staff team/s and service can utilise this workforce development programme to help them deliver trauma informed practice within universal and specialist services, to enhance good care and address the barriers that those affected by trauma can experience.

Conference ProgrammeSpeakers include national and local speakers sharing their knowledge of leading the national vision, developing trauma informed services and having lived experience:

The National Trauma Informed Workforce Vision  Dr Sandra Ferguson, Associate Director Psychology, Lead for National Trauma Training Programme NES

Developing a trauma informed work team and service Dan Johnson, Clinical Director, Kibble

Children’s & Young People’s Experiences Shumela Ahmed, Managing Director, Resilience Learning Partnership

Supporting practice change in Argyll & Bute Workshop delivered by NES – becoming trauma informed.

For further details or book a place go to: https://www.argyll-bute.gov.uk/trauma-informed-practice-training or email george.cameron@argyll-bute.gov.uk World Prematurity Day

As it was World Prematurity Day on the 17th November, here is an interesting article by Elizabeth Coombes on the benefits of music therapy for premature babies and their parents.

‘Singing and playing music to your baby or young child may seem to be a no-brainer. We all have strong associations with nursery rhymes or childhood ditties sung to us by our parents and grandparents. We associate these with feelings of comfort and security, and it

seems like the most natural thing in the world that we would sing to our own children as we cuddle and soothe them, or put them to bed.

Imagine, though, that your baby was born earlier than anticipated, and had to spend time in a neonatal unit in a hospital. Perhaps your baby also has serious medical issues and needs to be constantly monitored, being linked up to a frightening array of medical equipment. Hospital staff are constantly moving around the wards checking everything is OK, and there are alarms on ventilators going off, the hiss of oxygen and all sorts of electric lights flashing and beeping. It can’t be easy to bond with a baby when they are being kept in an incubator and need special medical treatment.

Although hospital staff are trained to support families in these situations, it’s often a very traumatic time for parents. Research into parental experiences in neonatal units shows that feelings of anxiety, guilt and even depression are all common features for many mums and dads. This can prevent or disrupt the natural bonding process that is so important to the healthy development of the baby, and the happiness of the family unit too.

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Recent research has shown, however, that music therapy can offer a way for parents to connect with and develop their relationship with their premature baby while they are in hospital. This consists of a music therapist playing a guitar or other instruments, and singing with parents to their baby on the ward. Using melodies and lullabies that the parents choose – including favourite songs, gentle sounds and simple rhythmic structures – the baby can be soothed while parents hold, rock and, if they wish to, sing or hum to their baby.

Music therapy does more than just improve bonding. A large study undertaken in 2013 in the US demonstrated other positive effects for babies who receive music therapy in neonatal units. The study showed improved oxygen saturation, better heartbeat regulation, longer periods of sleep, increased weight gain, and, perhaps most importantly, reduced time spent in hospital. These results have been replicated in other studies too.

Soothing tonesSo why is music therapy such a powerful tool for premature babies? Hearing develops from the age of 24 weeks, meaning that babies are accustomed to hearing their mother’s voice, and that of other family members while still inside the womb. They respond more readily to these voices than those of unknown adults, although even then they show a preference for live voicesIn addition, researchers think that every baby is born hardwired, as it were, with what has been termed “communicative musicality”. Put simply, babies respond positively to, and have an appreciation of, simple musical structures, melodies and simple vocal sounds. We are all familiar with “baby talk” – the way we instinctively alter the tone of our voices when we talk to babies and young children. This is very calming and soothing for both baby and parent. It not only helps bonding, but lays down the foundations for later cognitive development such as speech and motor skills.

At present music therapy practice is commonly used in neonatal units across the world, including in Australia, the US, Scandinavia, Columbia, and Europe too. UK provision, however, is limited to just a few sites. But, my own preliminary research has found that more and more UK parents are keen to use these techniques, often commenting that “it will give me something to do with my baby”, and “it’s something normal and natural that I can do during this very unnatural beginning to our life together”.

I’ve also found that nurses are also supportive of music therapy. They believe helping parents to explore music with their babies will empower parents and give them the confidence they need to provide the extra attention premature babies require, such as special feeding techniques and potentially administering medication. Consultants are also aware that at the moment, psychological support for parents in neonatal facilities is limited. They believe that the introduction of music therapy will have an important impact on the quality of parental experiences in hospital and the health of the baby.

I am currently part of a team developing a pilot study in South Wales which will offer parents the chance to explore singing to their premature babies. It is hoped that this will be the beginning of an exciting new provision of psychological and medical support for parents and babies in neonatal units in Wales and beyond, but also help ensure these little ones have the best start at life possible.’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qjx2BrrQJg

Elizabeth CoombesSenior Lecturer in Music Therapy, University of South Wales

Susanne Zeedyk – Attachment

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Suzanne has shared a couple of articles on Attachment Styles recently. She has shared this video because it links our cultural beliefs about 'coddling' babies with the expectations you carry into romantic love in adulthood.That's one of the core points of Attachment Theory. These patterns aren't 'about' young children. They are 'about' human beings.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-47gAh9S-Fw

There are always new details to fill in around attachment -- or ways of expressing the ideas that give you new insights you didn't have before. There's another recent article on the subject here's an excerpt:

"The differences in the way securely and insecurely attached people behave in their relationships are most obvious in times of stress."

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Time to Talk 2020Time to Talk day 2020 will take place on Thursday 6 February and See Me need your help to get as many people talking about mental health as possible.

You can get involved by hosting an activity on 6 February, or putting materials out, encouraging people to speak in your community.

If you're looking for more ideas on how to get started, then we have a communities pack, an employer's pack, a school's pack, and a partner's pack to help get you going.

There are also lots of downloadable resources and we have our packs available to order. You can find all of that by clicking the button below.

And wherever you are on the day, have your conversation about mental health.

Playing Outside

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With the winter in full swing and the lack of daylight it can be tricky for children to get outside and play, here are some ideas that parents and children can enjoy together.

Health AwarenessWorld Aids Day – 1st December

WHAT IS WORLD AIDS DAY?World AIDS Day takes place on 1 December each year. It’s an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, to show support for people living with HIV, and to commemorate those who have died from an AIDS-related illness. Founded in 1988, World AIDS Day was the first ever global health day.WHY IS WORLD AIDS DAY IMPORTANT?Over 101,600 people are living with HIV in the UK.

Globally, there are an estimated 36.7 million people who have the virus. Despite the virus only being identified in 1984, more than 35 million people have died of HIV or AIDS, making it one of the most destructive pandemics in history.

Today, scientific advances have been made in HIV treatment, there are laws to protect people living with HIV and we understand so much more about the condition. Despite this, each year in the UK over 4,300 people are diagnosed with HIV, people do not know the facts about how to protect themselves and others, and stigma and discrimination remain a reality for many people living with the condition.

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World AIDS Day is important because it reminds the public and government that HIV has not gone away – there is still a vital need to raise money, increase awareness, fight prejudice and improve education.

WHAT CAN I DO ON WORLD AIDS DAY?World AIDS Day is an opportunity to show solidarity with the millions of people living with HIV worldwide. Most people do this by wearing an HIV awareness red ribbon on the day. You can order a red ribbon through our online shop, or pick one up in any MAC Cosmetics store, any branch of RBS, NatWest and Ulster Bank, selected branches of Morrisons, and selected branches of HSBC UK

Anger Awareness Week 1-7 December

This week brings awareness to the increase in uncontrolled rage and its contribution to domestic violence, youth crime, prison sentences, classroom disturbances and stress related illnesses.

Timed for the run up to Christmas – one of the most stressful times of the year – National Anger Awareness Week encourages individuals,

schools and the workplace to recognise the causes and symptoms of anger and provides information on counselling services and coping strategies aimed at defusing difficult situations and challenging behaviour.

Mike Fisher, Founder of the British Association of Anger Management (BAAM) aims to bring awareness to the severity of the problem and the need for services to support sufferers and their families. “National Anger Awareness Week encourages people to think about how anger impacts their lives and find ways to deal with this powerful feeling. In fact, if channelled correctly anger can be a creative rather than a destructive force,” explains Fisher.

Now in its nineteenth year, National Anger Awareness Week highlights the issues and offers ‘tools to cool’. “BAAM constantly monitors the causes of anger and we have noticed an increase in rage caused by unavoidable, everyday incidents such as traffic incidents, queue jumping, social media and frustrations with modern technology. We need to find ways to cope and with the media highlighting anger and rage in our leaders and media stars, none of us are immune from experiencing what it feels like to experience this behaviour.”

National Anger Awareness Week highlights anger as a social issue that needs to be addressed – creating greater awareness and responsibility for the causes and finding innovative, cost effective ways of preventing incidents associated with uncontrolled rage.

The British Association of Anger Management (BAAM) provides free information on National Anger Awareness Week, nationwide anger management courses and other resources aimed at supporting individuals, educators and organisations deal with anger management issues.

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Training OpportunitiesScottish Mental Health First Aid – Young People Course 28th November The next SMHFA - YP course is scheduled for the 28th November 2019 in Inveraray.  This is a blended learning course with an activity to complete online, followed by one day of contact with the Trainer (on the 28th November), and then a post contact day essay to complete.  This course is a basic mental health first aid course for people who work with young people. The course is funded by Public Health and is free to attend.  Places are limited and the closing date for booking is the 18th November. For more information about the course content please go to: http://youngpeople.smhfa.com/about-smhfa/programme.aspx To book or for more information, please contact: samanthacampbell@nhs.net

MAP of Health Behaviour Change ProgrammeAt a recent Health & Wellbeing Development day, the Public Health team introduced the new NHS Education for Scotland MAP of health behaviour change training programme (animation can be viewed here: https://vimeo.com/354888116).  NES are running a skills-based workshop on the 5th December (Edinburgh).  More information about these and how to sign up for the workshops can be found on the NES website: https://www.nes.scot.nhs.uk/education-and-training/by-discipline/psychology/multiprofessional-psychology/health-psychology/the-map-of-behaviour-change-training-programme/map-workshops.aspx We will be providing training within Argyll and Bute at a later date.  If you are interested in receiving the training, either as an individual or a team, please get in touch with me to register your interest or discuss it further.  In order for us to deliver training locally and reach as many people as possible, we are also looking for people to become trained as MAP trainers.  Please contact me if you are interested in this and wish further information.    You are receiving this email because you have previously given the Public Health team permission to contact you about future events.  You have the right to change your mind about consenting to being contacted about future events or projects. Please contact us by email to inform us of this by replying to this email or contacting:High-UHB.ABHealthImprovement@nhs.net

HIV Update Training Waverley Care – Dunoon 3 December

Please see attached the poster for the free training being held in the Burgh Hall in Dunoon on the 3rd December 10.30-1.30. Please contact Amanda Scott at Waverley Care to book or for more information.

Funding News

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National LotteryApply by 6 December to #CelebrateNationalLottery25 Our new #CelebrateNationalLottery25 fund is now OPEN for applications!

You could get up to £1000 to bring people together in your community. Whether you want to put on a community concert, buy your football club some extra kits or host a lunch for older people, this could be your chance to make it happen.

Even unconstituted groups can apply, and it doesn't matter if you have National Lottery funding already. Hurry though, as applications close 2pm, 6th December!

Find out more about the fund & apply now

Supporting Communities FundThe Supporting Communities Fund 2020/21 is open for applications. The Closing Date for applications is Friday 6th December 2019 for a decision by March 2020.  Applicants are able to apply for up to 100% of the total funding costs for any project / activity, up to the maximum award available, of £2,500. Organisations eligible to apply include voluntary, community, charities and social enterprises which may be involved in Sports and Leisure, Arts and Culture, Social Welfare or Education.   This includes Community Councils and Parent Councils.Eligible Projects or Events must take place from April 2020. Note: The Supporting Communities Fund cannot make awards for Capital Projects.  Capital expenditure is spend on assets, the useful economic life of which is greater than one financial year and has a resale value.   The term 'assets' would not include items classed as consumables - these are goods which are bought, used and replaced, such as office stationery,  small tools and equipment, clothing or toys, which would all be eligible for grant funding. You will find more information and an application pack here https://www.argyll-bute.gov.uk/council-and-government/third-sector-grantsor call Community Development on: 01436657647 or email communitydevelopment@argyll-bute.gov.uk.

Please remember the Bute Health and Wellbeing Network has a Facebook page, pop over to the page and give it a like. Tell your friends and family.https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1050402201820464

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