Tendring Community Assets Full Final Report

6 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 This report from Community Voluntary Services Tendring (CVST) was commissioned by the NEE Health and Well Being Alliance (NEEHWA) to contribute to the creation of a Population Health System community model. This is underpinned by understanding both the ‘needs’ and ‘assets’ of the communities with the aim of identifying what is working well and what else might be enabled to strengthen community resilience. 1.2 In addition to the mapping of the more informal community assets, part of the exercise included updating information on the affiliated members of CVST and collating information on the wider sector to provide as complete a picture as possible of the non- statutory activities and services provided locally. 1.3 Tendring district is in the eastern half of the North-East Essex catchment area, with a total population of 144,705. 3 It covers approximately 130 square miles. There are urban areas in Harwich & Dovercourt, Manningtree, Brightlingsea, Frinton, Clacton and Walton but it is generally characterised by small, rural villages. The road system through Tendring has the A120 (running between Harwich and Colchester) and the A133 (running from Clacton to Colchester), most roads are B roads or unclassified. Tendring is bordered by the sea (there are 37 miles of coastline), the River Stour and rural areas. It is a peninsula, to the very East of England. 1,4 Although relatively small in geography and population, Tendring has a wide variation across its communities, including pockets of high level deprivation amid relatively affluent areas and an above national and Essex average elderly population. Being bordered by the sea, the River Stour and rural areas, presents a number of challenges such as social isolation and access to transport. 1.5 To enable planning around existing community links and resources, the mapping for each area has been divided into three geographic community areas, Tendring South, Tendring East and Tendring West, based on the old ward structure, as that is how most of the prevalence data is currently available (see map below). However, the findings identify many themes common to all areas regarding the scope of current and potential services and there is very little which sets the areas apart. 3 ONS UK