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NHS Greater Huddersfield Clinical Commissioning Group Networking event 29th November 2012 Hudawi Cultural Centre, Huddersfield NHS Greater Huddersfield Clinical Commissioning Group would like to welcome all organisations to the event today. We hope that you will find the networking event a great opportunity to find out about our organisation and for you to tell us about yours. This event has been arranged to give the voluntary and community sector the opportunity to hear about the CCG and our priorities, challenges and plans for the future. Equally, we are keen to hear about the work that the voluntary and community sector is doing in our area and how your organisation could help us deliver the best possible healthcare for local people. This booklet contains brief descriptions of the groups participating in the ‘Let’s Talk Health’ session part of the event.
Clinical Leader: Dr Steve Ollerton
Chief Officer: Carol McKenna
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Contents Action on Hearing Loss Age UK Calderdale & Kirklees Alliance for Healthy Living Auntie Pam's The Brunswick Centre Co-creating Health - Self Management Programme Community Links Cruse in Kirklees The Denby Dale Centre Epilepsy Action Honeyzz Diabetes Support Group Hoot Horton Housing Kirklees Involvement Network Kirklees LGBT Network Kirklees Visual Impairment Network Kirkwood Hospice Mencap in Kirklees The Nerve Centre Pennine Domestic Violence Group Society for the Blind of Dewsbury, Batley and District St. Anne's Community Services Support2Recovery Thornton Lodge Action Group United Churches Healing Ministry Women Centre WRVS Notes Stall plan Agenda
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Action on Hearing Loss www.actiononhearingloss.org.uk Action on Hearing Loss offers a wide range of both commercial services and charitable activities supporting people who are deaf or have a hearing loss. We also support service providers & employers to meet their legal requirements and be accessible to all. Our vision is of a world where deafness, hearing loss or tinnitus do not limit or determine opportunity, and where people value their hearing. Hearing Loss is a major public health concern, affecting over 10 million people in the UK. This number is set to grow and by 2013 there will be over 14.5 million people with a hearing loss. It can have significant impacts such as social isolation and depression, as well as direct economic consequences. Hearing loss is likely to affect all of us either directly or through someone we know personally or at work. Current approaches no longer work, our new agenda aims to: Improve public health Transform services Promote inclusion and participation Create new treatments for hearing loss People with hearing loss can find their local health services difficult to use. Our services teams can help you make your service accessible and meet your legal requirements. This may be through communication support e.g. sign language interpreters, assistive technology e.g. loop systems, staff training or awareness consultancy. Last year our Communication Services team alone reached over 4000 services users nationally and processed 22,841 assignments as well as achieving 98.7% positive feedback.
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Age UK Calderdale & Kirklees www.ageuk.org.uk/calderdaleandkirklees Age UK has a vision of a world in which older people flourish. We aim to improve later life for everyone through our information and advice, campaigns, products, training and research. Our vision A world in which older people flourish is a world in which older people will: be equal citizens with equal rights have enough money for a secure and decent life, and have access as consumers to the products and services they need at a price they can afford have access to the healthcare and social care they need have the opportunity to live healthier longer lives and to enjoy a sense of well-being live in homes and neighbourhoods that are safe and comfortable and which enable them to lead fulfilling lives have opportunities to participate and contribute as volunteers, active citizens, good neighbours, family members, and workers enjoy the benefits of longer life, wherever they are in the world.
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Alliance for Healthy Living
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Auntie Pam’s 9 Northgate, Dewsbury / 01924 438316 Auntie Pam’s offers award winning volunteer support and signposting for mums-to-be on a range of issues including; healthy lifestyle messages, benefits, housing, breastfeeding, relationship support and even finding answers to those “silly” questions people are often too afraid to ask. We also work with mums to confidently engage with maternity and health services and access the best support for themselves and their baby. We liaise with a range of local services, who can act to meet identified needs, and we constantly look to build positive and helpful relationships with services that can help make the pregnancy journey more fulfilling. The drop in centre is based in Dewsbury, and we are currently working on expanding outreach services to reach across the Kirklees area, as well as developing a web site. An award winning advice and support service, Auntie Pam’s was developed, using local insight, out of the Women of Childbearing Age programme in the Public Health directorate, to address some of the key issues highlighted by the 2008 Infant Mortality report, including access to maternity services. Our ethos is to support women as clients in understanding and being positive about their pregnancy journey, with support offered by local women who themselves have gone through pregnancy and childbirth. Our numbers of visitors and enquiries are growing, and evaluation shows positive outcomes in women confidently navigating the pregnancy journey. Many of our clients have returned to train with us as peer support volunteers. Volunteers are supported to meet their own aspirations of skill and knowledge development, including enrolling on NVQ Health and Social Care, Customer Services, Intermediate Smoking Advisors training and Midwifery training.
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The Brunswick Centre www.thebrunswickcentre.org.uk The Brunswick Centre is a voluntary sector registered charity based in Kirklees and Calderdale. The charity has been in existence for around 20 years delivering HIV and sexual health services locally. More recently the Brunswick Centre won a tender to provide HIV support and prevention services across Kirklees and Calderdale and has consistently out-performed on its targets. The charity uses a community development model with self-care management and motivational interviewing techniques playing a key part of its approach to working with people and communities so that they take responsibility for their own health and well-being. The Brunswick Centre works with people infected with HIV and populations and individuals most at risk of HIV infection including: Partners of people already infected with HIV HIV positive mothers and pregnant women Gay, bisexual men and other men who have sex with men Black African communities in the UK These are the groups recognised nationally as most at risk of HIV infection. Each new HIV infection costs circa ÂŁ360,000 in direct lifetime medical costs alone so it essential that HIV prevention plays a central role in the local health and well-being economy. The service costs the local NHS circa ÂŁ137,000 per year.
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Co-creating Health - Self Management Programme 01484 347036 The Self Management Programme is part of a national initiative called ‘Co-creating health’ aiming to embed self-management support into what the NHS does on a daily basis. The Self Management Programme is one of three closely related programmes that form the C0-creating Health initiative; the other two programmes include training for healthcare professionals in supporting self management and a service improvement programme, making small changes to how services are delivered in order to support self management.
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Community Links www.commlinks.co.uk Community Links exists to provide excellent, client focused mental health services which value diversity, instil hope and improve quality of life through recovery. As an organisation we work across Yorkshire and Humber and are a substantial provider of mental health services and training in the region. Our services consistently demonstrate high quality, positive outcomes and value for money and we work towards a number of nationally recognised quality standards such as the Care Quality Commission, Customer Service Excellence and the Quality Assessment Framework. Within Kirklees we provide services for individuals with mental health issues and substances misuse issues and have been established in the area since 2007. Our Supporting People funded services offer support to individuals with Alcohol misuse issues (CLASS service) and those with co-existing mental health and substance misuse issues (Community Links Dual Diagnosis service). We receive funding from health for our CL Changes service to work with women with multiple complex needs and chaotic lifestyle associated with Personality Disorder. We work in partnership with Lifeline Kirklees in providing On-TRAK alcohol treatment service. We also offer Self Directed Support which allows individuals to develop a support package to suit their lifestyle through use of a personal budget. Most of our services are based in our Batley office although we work supporting individuals in their own homes and other community settings. Our work is carried out across Kirklees, including Batley, Dewsbury, and Huddersfield. Our services range in support length from 12 weeks up to a maximum 2 years.
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Cruse in Kirklees www.crusebereavementcare.org.uk Cruse in Kirklees was set up in 2007 to provide Bereavement Support to all Kirklees residents who need it. Cruse is a National Registered Charity, which supports local areas, like Kirklees to recruit, train and co-ordinate local volunteers all of whom are trained to Cruse Standards and are regularly supervised by qualified supervisors, who all give their time voluntarily. The aim of Cruse is: “To promote the wellbeing of bereaved people and to enable anyone suffering a bereavement caused by death to understand their loss.â€? We do this by: Telephone support, guidance, advice and information leaflets One to one support to those who ask for help One to one support for children who have suffered bereavement And we hope to be able to provide Facilitated Bereavement Support Groups soon. Cruse in Kirklees has trained over sixty volunteers since 2007 and continues to train new people to replace those that retire or move elsewhere. In the last year, we provided over 4,500 voluntary hours in working with the local community, and responded to over 330 enquiries, with 110 people receiving one to one support. We operate across all of the Kirklees area, and have a broad diversity of volunteers from very different backgrounds. Many of our volunteers are training, or go on to train as professional counsellors. We currently need funds to train more volunteers and pay for our accommodation and facilities. We anticipate minimum costs of ÂŁ10,000 per annum. We have had to give up our paid administrative help in the last year due to lack of funds, and now run entirely on voluntary support.
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The Denby Dale Centre www.denbydalecentre.org The Denby Dale Centre was set up in 2005 to address issues of rural/social isolation. We now offer Time-Together services to the Kirkburton and Denby Dale wards and Community Transport across South Kirklees. Time-Together works with individuals who are referred to us by Doctors, Health Visitors and District Nurses, Gateway to Care, Mental Health Services, the police, families and friends. Services include volunteers visiting the housebound or, using our accessible transport, bringing individuals to our Day Clubs, Games Club, Memory Groups and Computer On-Line training. Valleys Community Transport provides an accessible minibus service to shops and places of interest for individual members. Not-for-profit Groups can use the minibuses for their own purposes at reasonable cost. The Centre also owns a car which is used for transporting individuals to medical appointments and small groups to events. Charges are made for transport as no external funding is available to subsidise it. Details are available from the Centre. The Kirkburton Hub is a community building which we own and run for the benefit of local residents as well as developing our Denby Dale Centre projects at the site as it offers more space than is available at Denby Dale. Social Prescriptions is a pilot project supported by Kirklees in which the Centre staff work with local Health Centres to support patients, who would benefit from social or physical activities, to find suitable places to develop their interests and then accompany them on their first visit. The Community Garden based at Scissett Middle School invites people to join others in developing and maintaining the garden and polytunnel. A number of Self Led Activity Groups meet at both venues.
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Epilepsy Action—Huddersfield Branch www.epilepsy.org.uk We support people with epilepsy through our freephone telephone helpline, email helpline, text message helpline Twitter helpline local branches throughout the UK, online community, conferences for people with epilepsy and their families, accredited volunteers, Sapphire epilepsy specialist nurse scheme. We provide information to anyone interested in epilepsy, in the form of leaflets, factsheets, booklets, videos, CD and Mp3 audiobooks, ID cards and seizure diaries, our freephone helpline with staff trained in Typetalk, our email helpline, this website, informationfor young people, children, parents, older people, and the media; general information like first aid for seizures; and facts, figures and terminology.
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Honeyzz Diabetes Support Group www.honeyzzdiabetessupportgroup.co.uk Honeyzz provides free self-help and support to community members living with diabetes, their carers and anyone with an interest in diabetes. Honeyzz is made up of volunteers and members predominately, but not exclusively, from the older African, Caribbean and emerging communities who meet, share and learn from each other’s experiences of diabetes. We facilitate workshops and health talks from professionals and provide information and leaflets on diabetes and associated complications. The benefits to members include an increased knowledge and understanding of diabetes and, resulting from that, an increased confidence in coping with diabetes. The work of Honeyzz covers a 3 mile radius of the town centre of Huddersfield. Our support group meets every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month. From a cohort of 80 members, approximately 20 meet regularly to ‘Care and Share’ the latest news and views on diabetes and associated ailments, while instilling confidence and support. The information collated is disseminated to a wider readership of over 200 people via our quarterly newsletter. A website is currently under construction and will go ‘live’ on the 1st of December 2012. Honeyzz recently carried out a survey on the extent of Diabetes in the African Caribbean community in Kirklees. The findings attracted BIG lottery funding to develop a Diabetes Health Champion programme which seek to offer early intervention and awareness-raising information and sign-posting to this targeted community - before complications starts!
”Things would have been different, had I known earlier”.
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Hoot www.hootmusic.co.uk Hoot Creative Arts is a charitable company delivering a range of creative activities as a means of promoting positive health and wellbeing. These activities include singing, music, dance, film, photography, drama, creative writing and visual arts. Hoot is an approved provider and Creative Partner of Kirklees Council, Creative Partner to South West Yorkshire Partnership Foundation Trust and an Arts Council National Portfolio Organisation. Hoot has a core staff team of 12 plus a range of associate artists, and works in close association with Artists in Mind (AiM). Based in Huddersfield, Hoot works primarily in Kirklees but also across the Yorkshire region. Our work is focused on adults with mental health needs, or whose mental health is vulnerable, and older people, including those at the early stages of dementia conditions. All of our work is informed by 6 key principles: Inclusion – the arts are for everyone, even if they don’t think of themselves as creative. Transformation – creativity allows distress to be explored and transformed Liberation - exploring creativity can unlock and unleash personal change Connection – involvement in the arts can reduce isolation and build social cohesion Curiosity – the arts can ask questions and shed new light that leads to changes in orthodox thinking and practice. Generosity – given the chance, people want to make useful contributions to the world. The majority of Hoot services and activities are commissioned directly by Health & Social Care agencies and are free to participants. The user-led elements of the programme charge £3 per attendance as they build towards greater financial independence. Individual studio and tuition fees start from £20/hr.
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Horton Housing www.hortonhousing.co.uk Horton Housing is a voluntary sector, not for profit organisation. At Horton we aim to meet the housing and support needs of some of the most socially excluded and vulnerable people in our community. To achieve this we have developed a range of services to offer both quality and choice. Kirklees st@y and Kirklees HADS are some of the services we provide. The Kirklees st@y scheme is a floating support service available to anyone at risk of becoming homeless, or needing support in order to maintain his or her tenancy. The scheme aims to assist vulnerable people to stay in their own accommodation through a range of personal and practical support services. The scheme is available to anyone in the Kirklees Metropolitan area who is in need of the support. Whilst some clients may be facing eviction, others may be at risk of abandoning their property due to the problems they face, for example financial pressures, substance misuse, mental illness, etc, or possibly as a result of literacy or numeracy difficulties. The aim is to enable the client to develop the skills to live as independently as possible, allowing them to make informed choices about their lives, and thereby creating a sustainable tenancy. Kirklees Homeless, Alcohol and Drug Service (HADS) is a floating support service that supports anyone aged 16+ to access and maintain their own tenancies across Kirklees. There are two parts to this scheme: People with drug or alcohol issues who are experiencing housing related problems. Single people, couples and families, who are homeless, including those living in temporary accommodation. Support is tailored to individual needs. Staff and clients work this out together. We call this "needs assessment and support planning". At Kirklees HADS we offer a range of support services.
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Kirklees Involvement Network Sarah Roberts — 07796 948 736 Kirklees Involvement Network is a Self Advocacy group of people with a learning disability in Kirklees. Managed by Mencap in Kirklees and funded by Kirklees Council. We have over 80 members, and some of our key members sit on the Learning Disability partnership board. We support people to have their say and be involved in making decisions. We have done lots of work around health for people with a learning disability: We have helped design The Health Action Plan, we sit on the health subgroup, we have trained hundreds of Doctors and Nurses and we had our say in the JSNA. We have also held lots of healthy sessions for people with a learning disability including, healthy eating, Looking after your eyes and teeth, Going into hospital session, Keeping Fit and looking after your heart. We want to make sure we work successfully in partnership with the new CCG, like we have with the PCT and make sure the health needs of local people with a learning disability are met.
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Kirklees LGBT Community Network kirkleeslgbt.org A group that works to ensure the equal treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
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Kirklees Visual Impairment Network kvin.itbuddies.info We are a user led organisation of blind and partially sighted people providing services for and on behalf of blind and partially sighted people. We focus largely on demonstrating and supporting the use of technological aids to improve independence and quality of life and are looking to extend our work to 3 to 5 days once suitable premises become available. We currently run a drop in centre providing training and support in the use of most screen readers and magnification programs and have provided taster days in the use of various types of equipment. We have a peer mobility orientation project, using specially design GPS technology and were involved in organising a exhibition of assistive technology for the sensory impaired at Huddersfield Town Hall. We promote the principals of inclusive design in the development of products, services and environments and wherever possible, provide the opportunity for people to experience the technology prior to purchase to try and ensure it meets their access requirements.
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Kirkwood Hospice www.kirkwoodhospice.co.uk Kirkwood is the Hospice for Kirklees, celebrating our 25th Anniversary this year. At present we are undergoing a major refurbishment of our 16 bedded inpatient unit with current inpatient activities taking place as normal on ward 11 in Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. We will be back at our base in Dalton in June 2013 with a redesigned 16 bed unit to meet the current and future demands of palliative care patients. We receive admissions for inpatient care from patients resident across Kirklees. In addition to hospice beds and the multidisciplinary team that services the inpatient unit, Kirkwood also provides a dedicated clinical nurse specialist community team who provide support for patients to stay in their usual place of residence and for primary healthcare teams to receive advice and education. We also run a consultant outpatient clinic with the opportunity for domiciliary visits where required. Our support and therapy day centre is well established, providing hospice day services either on a planned regular day or as a “drop-in” service for patients and carers. As well as access to the hospice clinical team, patients and carers can also access complementary therapy, spiritual support and psychological or bereavement support. We are keen to innovate with opportunities to widen the scope of hospice work to under-represented groups (the Braveheart project for heart failure patients as one example) and provide formal educational packages in our education centre. We have a multidisciplinary approach to all we do and want to provide a “joined-up service” for those patients with specialist need irrespective of their place of residence. Many of our aims to provide a high quality service are mirrored by the aims of the GHCCG. We receive the majority of our income from the generosity of Kirklees residents in their voluntary contributions to the hospice and we endeavour to provide them with a first class service in return.
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Mencap in Kirklees mencapinkirklees.wordpress.com Working with people with learning disabilities across Kirklees. We provide: residential homes, supported living, community support, day opportunities, social activities, walking group, Buddy Volunteers, Safe Places scheme and Saturday Fun Club for children. We have been delivering quality services for many years and have been in existence since the 1940’s.
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The Nerve Centre www.thenervecentrekirklees.org.uk We are a Disabled Persons User Led Organisation, a charity based in Huddersfield town centre dedicated to supporting people with neurological conditions and their carers, which we achieve in a variety of different ways. We have been in existence since 1995. We have 12 group members ranging from Head way to Parkinson’s Disease and over 500 individual members. The Nerve Centre has been commissioned by North Kirklees Clinical Commissioning Group, to provide the same services on the “Stronger Together” , as part of the “Healthy Lives, Healthy Communities” initiative. The project runs from October 2012 to March 2013 and will provide support, activities, therapies and information to offer members alternative coping strategies rather than using their GP or going to hospital. We have a new pilot project providing one to one Neuropsychology sessions which begins in February 2013. We work within co-production principles & embed this by using “forum theatre” to improve communication between groups and give people the opportunity to have a say in both the running and ethos of their organisation. “Let’s Talk About it”, an interactive training pack and DVD, has been produced to assist groups and we provide trainers to guide you through the process. Our base is in the centre of Huddersfield and we are in the process of moving into the old “Links Centre” building on Greenhead Road which will enable us to enhance and increase our activities. Conference facilities & meeting rooms will be available for hire, on a hourly, half day, daily or weekend basis. We provide complimentary therapies, activities, information, advice & signposting ranging from art to healthy eating as well as a drop-in and various “one off” events. We have a volunteer programme made up of 30 Volunteers, a staff team of 10 & 9 Directors. The majority of these people have neurological conditions, which makes us User Led in the true sense of the word.
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Pennine Domestic Violence Group www.pdvg.org Pennine Domestic Violence Group (PDVG) provides a variety of support services across Kirklees to anyone affected by domestic violence. Central to the way we work is: to Improve the safety and well being of all individuals affected by domestic violence to deliver individual tailored support packages and offer group sessions to increase safety and address independence, stability and life choices to work in partnership and build positive partnerships with other agencies to encourage and empower individuals to determine their own futures and to make positive contributions to the organisation, their communities and society to ensure equality and diversity are fundamental to all aspects of PDVG to educate and inform the public and other professionals by contributing to raising awareness and responsibility to safeguard all affected by domestic violence. PDVG services comprise of: Huddersfield Women’s Aid (HWA) Kirklees Asian and Black Women’s Welfare Association (KABWWA) Staying Safe In Kirklees (SSK) Sanctuary Scheme Integrated Support Service (ISS) for the Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programme (DVPP) in Kirklees Freedom Programme 24 hour freephone helpline Volunteer Training
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Society for the Blind of Dewsbury, Batley & District www.bvik.co.uk The Society delivers services Kirklees wide to visually impaired people. According to the latest Council statistics there are 3,492 registered VI people spread throughout our 7 localities and we are sure there are many other people with significant sight loss who would benefit from contact with our services. As a registered charity the Society has been in operation for 94 years and is based in Batley. It manages a website for all local visually impaired groups to advertise their services and events and issues over 1,200 newsletters every quarter in large print, audio CD, Braille and by e-mail. Through its Kirklees Vision Service arm, it has a contract with Kirklees Council to provide a range of rehabilitation services for visually impaired adults living in Kirklees, to enable them to achieve the best possible outcomes and quality of life. Anyone can make a referral and our qualified professionals with their specialist skills provide training and support with daily living skills like basic food preparation and help with lighting and low vision. They provide emotional support and help overcome the barriers to communication. Mobility training includes a range of cane and orientation skills with route planning. The aim is to keep people as independent and safe as possible, increase confidence and help prevent trips and falls. The Society’s Centre in Batley offers weekly activities with a hot meal and crucially the transport to get them here for residents in North Kirklees. Costs are £4 an activity, £4 for lunch and pudding and £4 for transport. We offer a wide range of activities from Karate to craft, computers to swimming, trips to the theatre, historic houses and tandem bike riding. A grant from the NK CCG is currently providing the opportunity to run a “Healthy Lives, Healthy Eyes” project using an eye sight screening tool in informal settings at local community groups to promote positive eye health.
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St. Anne’s Community Services www.st-annes.org.uk St. Anne’s Community Services offers a diverse range of support services across the Kirklees district. These services include:Housing and tenancy-related support, residential respite services, nursing and residential services for people with learning disabilities, mental ill-health, physical disabilities, complex health needs – including Gold Standard Framework for end-of-life care. St. Anne’s also provides Day Centre and community based support for people who have a learning disability, mental health issues, drug/ alcohol misuse, we also provide a designated volunteer scheme and carers’ support service. St Anne’s has been in existence since 1971 and has a reputation for developing and providing high quality, innovative care and support solutions to meet individual’s needs and aspirations. Our experience of working productively with those that use St. Anne’s services and other stakeholders ensures that we provide bespoke, person-centred support that is outcome focused. Covering the Kirklees district we make sure that services are accessible to all communities with staff that reflect the diversities that make up the population of Kirklees; in terms of gender, age and ethnicity. St Anne’s continues to enjoy successes across all areas of its business, and in particular is proud of its highly dedicated and motivated workforce, placing the organisation in the “one to watch” category of The Guardian top 100 UK employers for two years in succession. The organisation has the Investors in People Gold Award, Skills for Care ‘Best Employer of over 250 staff’ Accolade, is a Mindful Employer, Carer-friendly status and is Positive about Disability.
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Support2Recovery www.s2r.org.uk The aim of S2R is to help people towards recovery, building resilience and coping skills and encouraging people to make informed choices and so take responsibility for their wellbeing. We receive about 1200 referrals per year. We signpost people to other agencies as needed, providing information/advice about local support. S2R covers all Kirklees. Self Help Workshops We start with First Steps (what we mean by self help, how it works, what is CBT). People may then attend workshops on Anxiety, Assertiveness, Confidence and Self Esteem as needed. The final group is Next Steps (how to work to maintain wellbeing, deal with setbacks etc, involving lots of peer support. Relaxation and Mindfulness Weekly relaxation classes and new Mindfulness courses are very popular. Anger A six week course, helping people to understand the impact of anger upon self and others, recognise triggers and use a range of coping strategies. Holistic health packages recognising the importance of physical health and exercise for people with mental health problems. Social Inclusion A range of activities for people to gain confidence, make friends etc. Evenings & Weekends The service is open 3 evenings and weekend daytimes. Support Limited one-to-one is available, to help people meet their agreed goals. Work Club Meets weekly to help with work-search and also access to volunteering or training. Basic IT training is available. Creativity is very important for some people and we have activities to encourage people to try out new skills or rediscover forgotten interests.
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Thornton Lodge Action Group www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvXifEdwJkU Thornton Lodge Action Group was formed In March 2006 to act as a voice for the residents of Thornton Lodge and the surrounding areas. The inspiration behind the group came from local residents themselves who wanted to influence how the local authority spent £3.76 million which was earmarked for Thornton Lodge. Thornton Lodge Action Group plays an influential role within the community through its development, information, voice and representation work. It works closely with community members to support a coherent voice to promote positive change and regeneration in our ward. The Action group puts its aims into practice in a number of related ways:it is a local organisation working on issues best dealt with at the local level. it promotes an influential, coherent and organised resident led voice at local and district level. it is a resident led organisation with over 200 members. it acts as a channel of communication on local matters and supports the representation of the community on local bodies. it is concerned especially with the needs of disadvantaged community. One strand of our work is to work closely with the local community to fill gaps in services. We do this by linking in with local authority, NHS, Children Centre’s, youth group and council initiatives. Our aim to promote and improve educational, health and economic welfare of the community. We currently offer: Weekend Youth Provision to reduce the number of petty crime and anti-social behaviour that takes place. This is aimed at 16 -19. We offer additional activities for 8-12 through a Local Authority Service Level Agreement Exercise classes funded by Sports England to tackle encourage more women from BME backgrounds to participate
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United Churches Healing Ministry www.uchm.btck.co.uk UCHM is a Counselling & Training Centre in Milnsbridge, Huddersfield. We are a Christian charity but work with peoples of all faiths or no faith. We are a BACP (British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy) Accredited Service, one of only eight in the Yorkshire and Humberside region and the only one in Huddersfield. This ensures the quality of the service we offer. We have a team of 24 counsellors, some are accredited by BACP, some are working towards accreditation and some are students on diploma/degree courses studying at a number of regional universities or on our own diploma course. All the counsellors are volunteers. Our clients travel from Huddersfield, Bradford, Leeds, Penistone, Ilkley, Todmorden and Rochdale. We counsel using an Integrative model, have a clear contracts and work both short-term and long-term. We work with depression, bereavement, relationship difficulties, childhood trauma, emotional difficulties etc. We use CORE and can thus monitor the level of effectiveness of the therapy Our premises give us the potential of seeing up to 80 appointments per week. Clients find us through our website, previous clients who are friends/family, Single Point of Access, Psychological Services, churches but in the last 24 months our major referral route has been GPs. We are very grateful that the medical profession have confidence to recommend our service but feel the NHS could make some financial input towards our costs. We ask our clients for regular donations towards the cost of their counselling. For some clients this may be as little as ÂŁ2 per session. Obviously this does not cover the running costs of The Centre.
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WomenCentre www.womencentre.org.uk WomenCentre Kirklees & Calderdale delivers, develops and promotes holistic, one stop shop services to a women living in Kirklees on a wide range of issues. For women with anxiety and depression; women who are socially isolated; women who are experiencing abuse; women who have multiple and complex needs and for women and girls with high levels of vulnerability. WomenCentre Kirklees enables women to: Improve health and wellbeing Increase training, employment and economic conditions Raise self confidence, self esteem and social interaction skills Improve citizenship and social inclusion Support the development of positive, safe and stable circumstances and relationships Improve safety and wellbeing of their children Kirklees service delivery includes; Information, signposting and support Confidence building, mood mapping, social gathering at the allotment Mental health services Women In Exile Mother Living without their children Sewing group Evolve – for women offenders and women at risk of offending Counselling Athena – providing domestic and sexual violence advice and support for women in HMP New Hall WomenCentre Kirklees and Calderdale work with over 3000 women a year supporting and enabling women to have an improved quality of life and outcomes.
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WRVS www.wrvs.org.uk WRVS is well known for its operation of a Good Neighbours service covering all of Kirklees. In line with WRVS’s aspiration to continually find better ways to meet the express needs of older people and to keep them a vibrant, active part of their communities, we are now developing the services we offer. There are two main strands of what we can now offer in Kirklees, both built on the power of our volunteers: Information, advice and resources We are able to offer valuable information, advice and signposting to older people in Kirklees. In addition we offer a number of services we provide ourselves. These range from befriending older people in their own homes to things like transport services, help with shopping, escorting to events and on trips etc. a small charge is made for these services. Health-related services In partnership with Batley Resource Centre, and with funding from North Kirklees Clinical Commissioning Group, we provide a Home from Hospital service. This service seeks to ensure that when older people have been in hospital their return to the community in smooth and sustained. Our volunteers provide a period of intensive support as people return home and through the all-important first few weeks back at home. With funding from South Kirklees Clinical Commissioning Group we also offer a Social Prescribing Service. Working closely with GPs, Clinical Commissioning Groups and other health professionals we identify those people most at risk of hospital admittance in the near future and through our volunteers seek to offer appropriate support to help prevent conditions developing which might result in a hospital admission.
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Clinical Leader: Dr Steve Ollerton
Chief Officer: Carol McKenna