Tendring Community Assets Full Final Report

57 15 CONCLUSIONS 15.1 There is a huge amount of community-based assets across all of Tendring, much of which is well attended. Volunteers tend to be older people and it is important that volunteering opportunities and a volunteering culture are fostered across the District, aimed at all age groups. 15.2 There are still significant health and wellbeing challenges and organisations are encouraged to work in partnership and in consultation with a range of stakeholders to develop activities which people will want to go to and feel confident going to. 15.3 The range of services which exist could work well is partnership to deliver a solid prevention agenda, with in-reach to local communities and a philosophy (given the right resources) of going where people go anyway to recruit them into services and activities or to develop the offer there. 15.4 During this research, it became very apparent that the most effective means of empowering people to integrate into community activities and develop new ones (which people want to go to) are: a) Identify and support community activists and champions to lead development of ideas – there are many already there and no doubt others waiting in the wings b) Equip them with all the information they need on what is available locally, in a format that is understandable, so they can direct people with confidence to a wider range of services/activities c) Make information about resources freely available, up to date and accurate – with clear and known information points for people to go to d) Support people to build the confidence to take part in community based activities e) Go where people go and keep it informal f) Make best use of existing assets, e.g. community centres and school facilities, when they are not being used 15.5 Transformation funding 15.5.1 Whilst this research was underway, the NEEWHA released funding to enable organisations to start the process of Transformation. The purpose of the fund was to help local organisations transform their service and support and empower local people with services that are accessible, appropriate and sustainable. The fund aligned to the community model, based on the Live Well ethos. Projects were required to impact on either self-care or crisis intervention in a community setting in order to avoid hospital admissions and GP visits. All successful organisations will be expected to report an impact aligned to the outcomes by end of May 2019, although project outputs may extend beyond this milestone. 15.5.2 Using intelligence gained to date, a panel reviewed the applications and grants were made to support the process of transformation, as indicated in the table below. Organisation Activity Live Well categories Amount Age Concern Advice Centre Advice Service for people over 60, developing the most common areas of support such as Attendance Allowance, Pension Credit and Blue Badge Applications initially. The project will recruit and train volunteers. Feel Well, Be Well, Age Well, Stay Well, Die Well £17,480