A Third Sector health and social care sharing event: South Wales

Inspired access, integration and community engagement

Setting the scene

www.wcva.org.uk 0800 2888 329 help@wcva.org.uk

Sarah LambertonNational Health and Social Care

Facilitator

slamberton@wcva.org.uk

Learning objectives for the day

Learn about Third Sector Rural Health Innovation Fund (RHIF) projects and their key findings

Explore how this learning and third sector showcases are relevant to your own local working and rural issues in South Wales

Examine opportunities, challenges and possible solutions to apply to your own working

Learn about Action Learning Sets and the opportunity to participate in one

Network with others

Rural Health Plan and innovation fund

Three key themes:•Access•Integrated working•Community Cohesion and engagementInnovation Fund work:•Regional Development Sites•Local Innovation Projects•Research and sharing the learning

Rurality is difficult to define – ‘everyone has a different definition’

OCED (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) uses a population threshold of fewer than 150 persons/sq km;

Office of National Statistics defines populations of less than 10,000 as rural;

Deep Rural Project defines places that are over thirty minutes drive time from a settlement of ten thousand people.

And what do we mean by ‘Rural’… for South Wales?

RHIF projects – sharing the learning

•RHIF Summary of Reports: a new published Welsh Government report featuring a summary of all 15 projects. •Third Sector Coordination in Rural Areas: a report highlighting the detail of the three third sector projects and the key learning/outcomes

Visit: http://www.wcva.org.uk/images_client/publication/WTSRN%20Newsletter%20Spring%202012.pdf

Outcomes New ‘pathfinder’ system revealed

provision of new volunteers was unnecessary - journeys could be met through existing schemes

Age Concern volunteer drivers were busier and better utilised

The project encouraged effective partnership working between CAVO, HDHB, the Local Authority and Age Concern

CAVO Project

Mantell Gwynedd

Outcomes:

Three awareness-raising events held, supported by 40 organisations with over three hundred participants

Referral data collected from two voluntary organisations showed an increase in referrals during October 2010 - March 2011 on previous year

Co-delivered outcomes with other RHIF project – through a Mobile Information Unit and production of a bi-lingual DVD

Outcomes:Early stages of linking grass roots activities

with service planning due to increased cooperation between national agencies and local initiatives.

An increase in contact by national organisations with the Health and Social Care Facilitator.

This piece of work is now part of a jigsaw of information that is being fed into strategic planning in Powys Teaching Health Board

Capable Coping Communities

Aimed to improve the health and wellbeing of local people by developing their capacity to care for themselves and for others.

The scheme had 2 aspects:

1. Volunteer Village Wardens

2. Dawn Patrol Scheme

The legacy – Action Learning Sets

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