Tendring Community Assets Full Final Report

27 a range of services including information and advice, support groups, benefits advice but these are largely based in Colchester but there is also access to an online community. Services being based in Colchester pose the problem of transport, particularly from more rural villages where the Hospital hoppers and regular bus services do not go. 6.11.3 There has been a lot of coverage about the closure of the Jackson Road Centre in Clacton. St Helena Hospice state that regardless of the future of the Tendring Centre, the Hospice will continue to offer the same range and volume of day therapies and other outpatient and bereavement support that it does now from sites in the Tendring area. In addition to the growing Hospice in the Home service, which covers all of Tendring, they have a 24/7 SinglePoint coordination centre and help line available to local residents and a Virtual Ward service which helps people get home from or stay out of hospital. As well as access to beds at The Hospice, there are 5 end of life care beds on St Osyth’s Priory Ward at Cl acton Community Hospital and 3 end of life care beds at The Fryatt Community Hospital in Harwich. When the CCG completes the reconfiguration of the community hospital sites next year then the total number of end of life care beds in Tendring will increase to 16. 6.12 Bereavement 6.12.1 It is acknowledged that bereavement can occur at any age in life and that it can impact considerably on physical and mental health, levels of loneliness and motivation. There are some dedicated bereavement groups across the district, and friendship or social clubs (including organisations like the U3A) can sometimes provide a similar support network. 6.12.2 Some services and groups are provided through community centres, such as in Jaywick Community Resource Centre, and there is a gardening club specifically for bereaved people. A number of churches run bereavement groups, such as those at St John the Baptist and United Reform Churches in Clacton. The Coastal Community Centre runs support groups for coping with bereavement and building personal coping strategies and resilience (for all ages). CVST has instigated Bereavement and Friendship cafes in Clacton, Walton, Jaywick and Harwich, many of which are now run by volunteers and sustainable for the future and attendees have now developed friendship groups and meet outside the cafes for coffee, theatre trips etc. 7 MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL WELLBEING Mental ill-health and suicide have a high prevalence in Tendring. Awareness of one’s own and others’ mental wellbeing is central to supporting people in lifestyles, services and activities which make a positive difference. Courses such as Mental Health First Aid, provided by CVST, help to raise awareness and give people the confidence to interact and support someone who is in distress or experiencing mental ill-health. Volunteering is a very positive way for people recovering from mental ill health, or who feel isolated and lonely, to make a positive contribution and build self confidence and self esteem. 7.1 Children and Young People 7.1.1 Tendring children experience a high rate of mental health problems. A study of Essex data showed that 9 Tendring wards featured in the 20 across Essex for children receiving tier 2 and tier 3 mental health interventions. The top 3 were all Tendring wards - Golf Green, Rush Green and Homelands all have a rate per population of between 161 and 179.1 referrals per 1,000 population, more than double the Essex average of 64.8 per 1,000 across the rest of the top 20 28 . 28 Essex CC Research and Analysis Unit: Essex Needs Assessment for Schools, Children and Families 2013