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Summer 2014 Issue 5
Welcome to the fifth edition of the My Life A Full Life quarterly newsletter
My Life a Full Life continues to grow from strength to strength and we’re delighted to bring you
just some of the programme’s developments and progress in our latest newsletter. The
programme’s vision is for truly integrated health and social care services on the Isle of Wight.
What began as a desire for a more coordinated approach for older people and those with
long-term conditions has quickly grown to encompass a much broader spectrum of people living
on the Island. It is clear that a joined up approach can benefit us all. We’ll bring you more about
how the My Life A Full Life program is reaching out to new areas in future issues.
A truly integrated approach for
the future of health and social
care has been officially signed by
three partner organisations, the
Isle of Wight Clinical
Commissioning Group (CCG),
Isle of Wight NHS Trust, and the
Isle of Wight Council.
The five-year health and social
care vision aims to ensure the
organisations work towards better
integration and coordination of
care across all sectors of health
and social care. The vision
intends to move the key
organisations forward, to ensure
change takes place and that
people, families and carers are
supported well.
PHOTO: Dr John Rivers, Chair of the
Isle of Wight Clinical Commissioning
Group, Councillor Steve Stubbings, Isle
of Wight Council Executive Member for
Adult Social Care and Community
Wellbeing and Karen Baker, Chief
Executive Isle of Wight NHS Trust
Working better together
Five year vision signed by key organisations
Improving information sharing
A key priority from the My Life a Full Life initial workshops was
to provide a central point for information and advice. The
IsleHelp Hub launched on 2 June, providing a central advice
service and facilities for local people, at 7 High Street,
Newport, opposite the IW Council offices.
IsleHelp is a major success for the Big Lottery Advice Service Transition Fund and will provide
information and advice services to local people and professionals.
Chief Executive of the Citizen’s Advice Bureau, Lee Hodgson, is excited by the prospect of an
IsleHelp. The project has much more to deliver and a three year strategy will be published later
in the year which will explain plans for the future, including important work such as prevention
and outreach.
A central advice hub for the Island has hit the High Street
Crisis response team spreads the My Life a Full Life message
PHOTO: Diane Goring, Operational Manager for Community
Rehabilitation/SPARRCS and Crisis Response at the Isle of
Wight NHS Trust and Michaela Morris, My Life A Full Life
Crisis Response Implementation Officer.
Crisis response
The Crisis Response team recently took the
opportunity to spread the My Life a Full Life
message to Nurses and Allied Health
Professionals at a nurses celebration day event
held at St Mary’s Hospital.
The first representative from a third sector organisation is soon to take up their position in the
Hub at St Mary’s Hospital. The good ‘Neighbour Scheme Support Worker’ is soon to be
appointed. This is an exciting development of partnership working which ‘bridges the gap’
between statutory and third sector organisations.
The support worker will work within the ‘My Life a Full Life’ integrated model of care.
Updates on this news will appear in the My Life a Full Life Autumn Newsletter.
First voluntary sector worker
for St Mary’s Hospital ‘Hub’
Pilot project aims for Dementia friendly Island
Dementia is one of the biggest health challenges
facing the UK. On the Island it is estimated that
around 2,500 people are living with dementia.
Work is already underway to make the Isle of
Wight a Dementia Friendly Island, through a pilot
project run by Age UK Isle of Wight, supported by
My Life A Full Life (MLAFL). The My Life a Full
Life programme is a new way of delivering health
and social care services on the Island to improve
the lives of people needing care and support and
help people families and carers to stay healthy
and well. It is led by the Clinical Commissioning
Group (CCG), the Isle of Wight NHS Trust
(IWNHS), The Isle of Wight Council (IWC) and a
wide range of voluntary and community
organisations that provide help and care on the
Island.
Age UK have been working with Island businesses, organisations and services to raise
awareness of the needs of people with dementia. To date dementia awareness training has been
delivered to nearly 300 people working for Southern Vectis, the fire and rescue service and the
library service. A ‘Safe journey card’ developed with Southern Vectis for a person with dementia
to carry was launched during Dementia Awareness Week in May.
Councillor Steve Stubbings, Executive Member for Adult Social Care and Community Wellbeing,
said: “There is some excellent work being undertaken on the Island to support residents with
dementia and to raise awareness about how we can all play a part in supporting these residents.
This work is particularly important given the Island’s large elderly population and the more we all
understand about the condition, the more we can do to support those living with it.”
Doctor Michelle Legg, Clinical Lead for Dementia and Older People at the Isle of Wight Clinical
Commissioning Group, commented: “One in three of us over the age of 65 will develop dementia,
which is an incredibly high statistic. But people with dementia can live well, and it is the
responsibility of the rest of the community to help them do so.
“It is only by personally understanding the issues that people living with dementia face, can we
fully appreciate the challenges they have to overcome on a day-to-day basis. By becoming a
Dementia Friend, you are playing crucial role in helping us take one step closer to creating a
dementia-friendly society on the Island.
Dementia Friends is an Alzheimer’s Society initiative launched in 2013 to increase understanding
and awareness. The new campaign aims to raise awareness and help create a network of one
million Dementia Friends across England by 2015.
For further information on the campaign and how to become a Dementia Friend and how you can
support dementia friendly communities on the Isle of Wight contact
The Isle of Wight Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus (IW ASBAH) is an independent
charity which provides help and support for those with Spina Bifida and/or Hydrocephalus who
live on the Isle of Wight and their families.
IW ASBAH has recently been awarded funding by the Isle of Wight Clinical Commissioning
Group (CCG) through the My Life a Full Life programme. The funding has been awarded to
support this project which will work in partnership with local agencies, raise awareness of the
services available and to deliver improved support to people on the Island.
Helping people to support and care for themselves
Volunteers ready for action
A volunteer training day took place on 31 March at the
Riverside Centre in Newport. There are now ten
volunteers ready to support families. The volunteers will
help with information about the resources available to
enable people to live independently within their
communities.
New leaflets have been produced and are going to GP
surgeries and the Maternity Department at St. Mary’s
Hospital, providing professionals with details of how to
signpost new families to the association. The leaflets
can be downloaded from the IW ASBAH website
www.iwasbah.com
Did you know?
Way Forward is an Isle of Wight based registered charity supporting people with
a disability, autism or mental health conditions. The programme provides
services 7 days a week, including evenings, to those aged between 12 and
retirement and has been running for 28 years.
Based at Downside Community Learning Centre in Newport, the programme
offers a wide range of activities tailored around the individual. There are over 25 different
activities throughout the week. These include cookery, dance, drama, film, photography,
conservation and singing, to name a few. Daily activities take place at the Centre and a diverse
number of activities take place in the local community.
The programme also offers support for people to live independently, including money
management, travel, holidays and respite care.
Being part of the Way Forward Programme can be a life changing experience, where new skills
are learnt. There are opportunities to try new things and make new friends, while building
confidence and self-esteem.
Way Forward has a partnership approach and good working relationships with other agencies.
Working with the individual and their support network the programme is able to understand what
is needed to provide a programme that is right for the individual. You can find out more about the
Way Forward programme by visiting their web site: www.wayforwardprogramme.co.uk Or
contact Programme Lead, Lee White, by calling (01983) 523000 or 07528838055
...about the Way Forward Programme?
Isle of Wight Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus
The Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) have issued two new
prospectuses for funding opportunities relating to the My Life a Full Life programme
My Life a Full Life Infrastructure Prospectus 2014
The aim of this prospectus is to provide support to build the quality/capacity of key ‘community
infrastructure’ facilities (most likely to be buildings or equipment) which have a strong focus on
the delivery of the My Life a Full Life (MLAFL) programme.
This funding is to help local voluntary organisations with a ‘one off’ capital spend of up to
£10,000 that can be used to refurbish an existing building from which the service is run from and/
or to purchase item/s of equipment that will enhance the facilities and add capacity to the MLAFL
programme. The closing date for applications is Monday 9 June 2014 (12 mid-day)
The prospectus can be found on the Community Action website at
www.communityactionisleofwight.org.uk/new-prospectus-launched/ All proposals for this
prospectus should be discussed with Elizabeth Martin on (01983) 539376 or by e-mail
[email protected] before work commences on any potential bid for this funding. This is
the only way to secure an approved application form. The closing date for applications is
Monday 9 June 2014 (12 mid-day)
Long Term Conditions Peer Support Group Prospectus 2014
Part of the My Life a Full Life programme of planned activity is to help people to support and care
for themselves will be to commission self-help groups and peer support programmes on the Isle
of Wight through working in partnership with the Third Sector. This Prospectus is open to new
and existing voluntary and community support groups that work to with, and for, individuals with
specific long term conditions and the families, carers and friends. Bids are invited that support
people living with a specified long term condition.
Bids will be expected to contribute to some or all of the following objectives:
Supporting people to manage their health condition more effectively
Developing new activities within the group to help people develop their knowledge and skills to self manage their specific health condition
Providing information about local support options and services for that health condition
Producing a patient information pack
Individual applications can bid for sums up to £10,000. The closing date for applications is
Monday 16 June 2014 (12 mid-day) All proposals for this prospectus should be discussed with
Elaine Garrett, Health and Wellbeing Development Manager on 01983 524058 or by e mail on
[email protected] before work commences on any potential bid for this funding. This is
the only way to secure an approved application form.
The prospectus can be found on the Community Action website at
www.communityactionisleofwight.org.uk/new-prospectus-launched/ Both prospectuses have
previously been widely circulated.
Further funding updates and opportunities
Two new prospectuses launched relating to
My Life a Full Life - deadline approaching
My Life a Full Life is working collaboratively with the
University Of Southampton.
Colleagues from the University are due to visit the Island to deliver a training session in the
near future, aimed at supporting people at risk of social exclusion and improving their health
and wellbeing. The session will provide training on use of an intervention tool that will help
people to think about the support that is available to them from family, friends and local groups,
work out their support needs and help them make connections with local groups and activities.
By using the tool, it will be possible to monitor changes in a person's network over time and it
may help to provide evidence for social improvement, as well as increasing awareness about
local groups and activities in the community. It is hoped that the tool (The Generating Network
Involvement or EU-GENIE intervention) will be used by services working with people at risk of
social isolation/loneliness/inactivity on the island. For more information about the training day
and to book a space for this training (date, time and venue to be confirmed) please contact
Chad Oatley- [email protected]
Development and training opportunities
Train the Trainer session - coming soon
Launch seminar to highlight advances in care for Spina Bifida
A half day seminar on 4th July brings national experts to the Island to talk about the latest
advances in Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus. Dr Richard Morgan, Consultant and Clinical
Director for medicine at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, and an expert in multi-disciplinary
care for adults with Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus will be the keynote speaker. His research
includes the cognitive effects of hydrocephalus, and he is a member of the Society for Research
into Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus.
Also speaking will be Gill Yaz, Health Development Manager at SHINE, the national charity for
Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus. GPs from across the Island, as well as medical staff at St
Mary’s Hospital, and care staff working with islanders with the conditions are to be invited to
attend, as well as members of the local Association.
The invitation will be extended to other professionals expressing an interest, on a limited basis.
For more information on spaces for the event, please email Anne Axford via
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co-ordinated approach to health and social care services for people needing
care and support on the Isle of Wight.
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NEXT ISSUE: Autumn 2014. Deadline for articles 20 August 2014