Healthy City Investment Funding

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Healthy City Investment Funding

• Workshop Nov 2009

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Overview

• Where did the healthy city investment funding
  originate
• How does it fit in to the wider healthy city
  agenda
• How you can support health improvement of
  Sunderlands population
• What the healthy city investment funding is
  looking for
• Next steps

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Key Priorities in the Local Area Agreement

• Children and Young People
• Reduce teenage pregnancy
• Reduce alcohol misuse
• Increase exercise and physical activity
• Reduce the numbers of looked after children
• Improve attainment at key stages 3 and 4,
  particularly boys, ethnic groups and vulnerable
  children
• Reduce youth offending
• Increase the number of young people in education,
  employment or training

• Safer and Stronger Communities
• Achieve an overall reduction in total recorded
  crime by 20 by 31st March 2008
• Improve feelings of safety in Sunderland
• Reduce antisocial behaviour and local perceptions
  of antisocial behaviour
• Reduce the harm caused by illegal drugs
• Improve liveability as measured by how satisfied
  people are with Sunderland as a place to live
• Empower local people to have a greater voice and
  influence over local decision making and service
  delivery
• Improve the quality of life for people in the
  most disadvantaged neighbourhoods

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Key Priorities in the Local Area Agreement

• Healthy Communities and Older People
• Smoking Cessation Contribute to reducing
  premature mortality
• Reduce premature mortality rates and reduce
  inequalities in premature mortality
• Develop preventative low level services aimed at
  promoting independence and preventing ill health
• Improve the quality of life of, and social
  inclusion for, older people
• Improve the level of support for older people
  with mental health problems
• Establish an integrated approach to
  commissioning, planning and delivery and address
  inequalities in health

• Improve business start-up, survival and growth
  rates
• Raise skills levels
• Increase the percentage of the working age
  population qualified to NVQ 4/5,
• increase the number of people assisted with
  gaining basic skills)
• Increase participation in the workforce
• Addressing inactivity and unemployment
  (increasing the number of incapacity benefit
  recipients into work)
• Tackling concentrations of worklessness
  (increasing the number of residents from deprived
  areas into work

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Sunderland Strategy 2008-2025

• Creating a better future for everyone in
  Sunderland
• Sunderland will be a welcoming, internationally
  recognised city where people have the opportunity
  to fulfil their aspirations for a healthy, safe
  and prosperous future.
• Priorities
• Prosperous City
• Healthy City
• Safe City
• Learning City
• Attractive and Inclusive City

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Healthy City

• The focus of this priority is
• To create a city where everyone can be supported
  to make healthy life and lifestyle choices - a
  city that provides excellent health and social
  care services for all who need them. Everyone in
  Sunderland will have the opportunity to live
  long, healthy, happy and independent lives.

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What are we going to do

• Children will demonstrate good emotional
  well-being and those who do not will receive
  support
• Reduction in the number of overweight and obese
  year 6 children
• Reduction in the number of young people who smoke
• People living in Sunderland will have the
  opportunity to live as long as those with the
  longest life expectancy in the uk
• We will have pathways to identify early those at
  risk of disease and offer interventions
• More people will take part in sport
• Reduction in Smoking prevalence with no
  difference between wards
• A shift away from binge drinking culture
• Sunderland will be a place where people will be
  able to be supported to live independently
  including in their own home

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Contd

• Significant reduction in the number of admissions
  to residential or nursing care homes
• Individuals, carers and residents will be given
  appropriate services to meet their needs
• Cultural activities in Sunderland will encourage
  people to live healthy lifestyles and to support
  their overall wellbeing

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Current picture

• 86 of children participate in at least 2 hrs of
  physical education per week
• Over 1 in 5 children aged10-11 are overweight or
  obese
• A large proportion of adults in Sunderland at
  still at risk of chronic disease (respiratory
  disease, hypertension, heart disease)
• Smoking prevalence in Sunderland is higher than
  the national average 32 Sunderland 26 national
• Hospital admissions due to alcohol in Sunderland
  42 females and 56 males
• Sunderland has an increasing ageing population
  with a projected number of people over the age of
  65 to be 59,500 by 2025
• 40 of the over 65 population need some support
  to carry out daily activities ( washing, bathing
  and getting about)

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Healthy City Investment Funding

• Relationships with target groups (children,
  adults older people)
• Ability to offer interventions at a local
  community level with the most vulnerable
• Embed health into everyday activities and to
  support healthy lifestyle choices
• Provide support, skills and education to the
  community

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What are we looking for

• A project that is aimed at a particular group
  age groups, BME, at risk group, men, women,
  families
• Project identified is aiming to tackle one of the
  health issued people living within Sunderland are
  at risk of
• Interventions that will provide information,
  activities and support to allow a person to make
  a positive change
• Outcome focussed
• Value for money

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Suggested areas for projects

• Raising awareness of particular health services
  available within the community e.g. referring
  people into support services
• Promoting early identification of certain health
  issues e.g. cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure
• Offering support to people who want to make a
  change to their lifestyle e.g. physical activity,
  smoking, alcohol, nutrition,
• Provide support to young mothers e.g.
  breastfeeding, nutrition, exercise
• Encourage socially isolated individuals to engage
  with the community raising self esteem and
  confidence levels

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What to do next

• Applications forms are included within packs and
  available from CVS
• All applications will be submitted to CVS
• Applications need to be returned to CVS by Friday
  18th December 2009
• Applications will be reviewed Jan 2010
• Applicants will be notified if they have/or have
  not passed phase 1 by 15th Jan 2010
• Those who pass phase 2 will be put into phase two
• Phase two successful applicants will be notified
  by 5th Feb 2010

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Phase 1 2

• Phase 1 will include all applications being
  measured against criteria to ensure they meet the
  needs of the grant
• Phase 2 will include all applications successful
  at phase 1 being submitted to panel and reviewed
  for allocation of funding

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Criteria

• Must be a community and voluntary sector
  organisation
• constitutionally independent and not directly
  controlled by a for-profit organisation or the
  state
• self governing with its own internal decision
  making process
• objectives and activities would benefit the wider
  public
• has a formal constitution or governing document
  which shows its objectives and management
  structure and
• it is financially viable
• To promote health improvement and tackle health
  inequalities
• To work in partnership with agencies
• Encourage local peoples involvement in services

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What the panel will be looking for

• A brief description of the service you propose
• Geographic area (s) it will cover
• How people will access the service
• Any hard to reach or vulnerable groups the
  intervention will impact on
• What specific health outcomes would be expected
  as a result of the service proposed
• How the improvements\impact would be measured and
  monitored
• Where you would operate the service from and over
  what hours
• Are there any specific timescales for lead in,
  training or start up preparations that need to be
  taken into account and included in your bid
• What specialist knowledge and understanding,
  expertise does your organisation bring to
  delivering your proposal?
• Does it fit in with other activities undertaken
  by your organisation?
• How the proposal meet the aims of the Local area
  agreement and Sunderland strategy
• Full breakdown of costs

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Questions

• Paula Phillips
• Health Improvement Practitioner
• 0191 5297195 or paula.phillips_at_sotw.nhs.uk