Shine Bright

Completed Project

Reports

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Shine Bright competition entry on Facebook

The Shine Bright Project started in July 2019 and has now finished at end of March 2022. The project was delivered in partnership with local dentists and the ChildSmile team. Shine Bright’s aims were to improve oral health and the quality of life of minority ethnic individuals including infants in Glasgow.

Over the project’s lifetime:

17,000

views were acheived on Facebook

400

individuals, including children and infants, were registered with the project

100

individuals were supported to register with dental services

36

oral health awareness sessions were delivered online and face-to-face

25

oral health awareness newsletters were produced and disseminated

3

awareness events were held in collaboration with local health practitioners

50

oral health and healthy eating packs were distributed to participants The project offered bilingual support to diverse minority ethnic communities, raising awareness of services available from local health groups and the NHS, making them more accessible. We also highlighted existing support in place through voluntary services to reduce health inequality. Our approach focused on ways to make the project inclusive of families and communities facing health and language barriers.

Due to the pandemic and lockdown 2020-2022, the project team used innovative approaches to outreach minority ethnic communities virtually. This included a direct channel for service users to reach us on Facebook, Whatsapp and Viber.

Project impact

• Bridged the gap between service user and professional • Reduced oral health inequality by registering service user with dentists • Changed service user behaviours toward their oral health by them adopted a new routine

Server user feedback Professional feedback

“Women thoroughly enjoyed the workshop. They found it very informative and the way you delivered the workshop was amazing.”

- Nahid, Hemat Gryffe

“I am grateful to shine bright team, without their support I could not register with a dentist.”

- Anonymous

“I really appreciate the shine bright service. They are helpful and fast in response to my need.”

- Mr K. A

“I’ve really enjoyed supporting this project and building relationships with populations and people who are harder to reach. You have helped bridge the gap between services and ethnic minority populations. You have supported the messages to reach people in the language which they understand and can relate to. The staff working for the project has been keen to learn the messages and increase their skills around Oral Health. Thank you for inviting us to be part of your journey.”

- Lyndsay Thomson, Oral Health Improvement Practitioner

“Shine Bright is a helpful program as they give wonderful support to their clients. I have witnessed that the patients who had been referred by them have been given good instructions for their oral hygiene. Most of the patients, who I always see in my practice, have received help with filling forms, interpretation, arranging appointments with the practice and many more. Patients appreciate finding dentists who speak the same languages as them as it makes communication between them much easier.”

- Dr. Magdoleen Siam, Dentist, LB Dental practice

Funded by

Dr. Manal Eshelli

Project Co-ordinator