Bristol Ageing Better Project Directory. Projects Funded 2019 - 2020 2
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Bristol Ageing Better Project Directory. Projects funded 2019 - 2020 2 Contents Introduction 3 Community Navigators Central, East and South 4 Community Navigators North 5 First Contact Checklist 6 Come on Board 7 Talking Therapies 8 Wellbeing and BME Older People 9 Talking Therapies 10 Shared Reading 11 Rocking the Boat 12 Talking Tables 13 Bristol meets the World 14 Your Food Your Health 15 CDOP Strategy and Coordination 16 CDOP for the LGBT+ Community 17 CDOP Horfield and Lockleaze 18 CDOP Stockwood 19 CDOP Greater Brislington 20 CDOP Greater Fishponds 21 Friends Ageing Better 22 Learning 23 Community Development for Older People = CDOP 3 Introduction Bristol Ageing Better (BAB) was created by a group of partners including Age UK Bristol, Bristol Older Peoples’ Forum and Bristol City Council who wanted to create a strategic programme with older people at the heart which would test different approaches to tackling isolation and loneliness. With £6 million from the National Lottery Community Fund (previously the Big Lottery Fund), BAB launched in April 2015 and has since funded over 60 projects across the city. BAB continues to work with delivery partners to review the projects, looking for what worked well, how older people feel about the projects and what should change if it was repeated. This directory of projects shows what BAB is funding during the year April 2019 to March 2020. This only includes live projects, but you can find out more about all of the projects and the evaluations and learning from them on our website,www. bristolageingbetter.org.uk One notable absence from our current delivery is that of Age Friendly Bristol. Delivered through the BAB programme management team, the aim of this project is to make Bristol more Age Friendly, considering services and projects as well as the physical aspects of the city such as parks, streets and transport services. You can find out more about this project on our website or through the separate Age Friendly Bristol strategy. This document also does not show the massive amount of work that is done for BAB by volunteers across Bristol, whether they are volunteering with a delivery partner, Involved in our panels or steering groups, presenting the Babbers show on Ujima 98fm or being a Community Researcher and evaluating the BAB projects. We are grateful to everyone who contributes and has contributed, helping to deliver Bristol Ageing Better and improving the lives of isolated and lonely older people. www.bristolageingbetter.org.uk www.agefriendlybristol.org.uk 4 Community Navigators Delivered by: Bristol Community Health (South, Central and East Bristol) Bristol Community Health – A social enterprise that delivers health services into people’s homes and in community settings across Bristol. This includes services such as community nursing, physiotherapy, reablement and occupational therapy. We provide free signposting and support to people over 50 who want to feel less isolated and more involved in their community. Our trained navigators will: • Take time to get to know a person and find out what is important to them. They may visit a person a few times at home so they can support them personally. • Share information about what is happening locally and help people get involved in things that they are interested in. This might include meeting people, rekindling old hobbies, becoming more active, volunteering or learning something new. • Tackle any concerns people might have about getting out and about – like safety, transport or money worries – by linking people up with other community groups. • Offer extra support if a person is nervous. Navigators can go along with people to try something new for the first time. The service is short-term and completely free. It is available to people in their homes or via telephone appointments. For more information contact: • Simone Davis: Community Navigator Lead (South Bristol): [email protected] / 07770 846 178 • Matthew Areskog, People and Communities Service Manager: matthew.areskog@ nhs.net Project ends March 2020 5 Community Navigators Delivered by: North Bristol Advice Centre (North Bristol) North Bristol Advice Centre (NBAC) is a registered charity, set up by local people in 1984. NBAC is a value based organisation with the needs of our clients and local communities at the heart of all that we do. We are committed to delivering a range of high quality services that respond to those needs with innovation and flair. Our Aim is to promote social justice and combat poverty by providing free and independent advice and support that enables people to develop skills, improve wellbeing and make positive changes in their lives and communities. Community Navigators offer free personal signposting and support for older people who want to do more in their local area. It aims to improve confidence and wellbeing and tackle loneliness through friendly, trained ‘navigators’, who make contact with older people, get to know them and share information on different things that are happening where they live. Whether it is meeting people, becoming more active, rekindling old hobbies, volunteering or learning something new - the community navigator can point them in the right direction. If the person needs extra support, the community navigator can come along with them when they try something for the first time. They can also support the older person with any concerns that they have about getting out and about – including safety, transport or money worries – by connecting them with other community and health services to tackle these problems. The service, which provides short-term support for older people over 50, is completely free and it is available to people in their home or via phone appointments. For more information contact: • Sally Gapper, CEO: [email protected] • Laura Thacker, Community Navigator Coordinator: laura.t@northbristoladvice. org.uk / 0117 951 5751 Project ends March 2020 Project ends March 2020 6 First Contact Checklist Delivered by: The Care Forum The Care Forum is an independent voluntary and community sector organisation, celebrating over 20 years of achieving better outcomes for people using health and social care services. The First Contact Checklist is a series of questions that each refer to a different agency or service in Bristol. The checklist can be asked to any older person in the city and all of the available services cover the whole area. When a checklist is completed, it is passed to the administrator at the Care Forum who then makes the referral to each identified agency or service. For peace of mind, the administrator also follows up with the agencies a few weeks after to make sure that they have been in touch. The checklist allows for organisations to easily refer older people to different services that may be relevant to them in a safe and coordinated way. The checklist is available online: www.wellaware.org.uk/first-contact For more information contact: • Alex Hodgson, Project Coordinator: [email protected] • Beccy Wardle, Director of Individual Services: [email protected] Or ring 0117 965 4444 Project ends March 2020 7 Come on Board Delivered by: All Aboard Watersports All-Aboard Watersports exists to ‘break down barriers; making watersports accessible for all’. We strive to make it possible for everyone in the community to join in a range of watersports and water related activities in the beautiful and historic Bristol City Docks. This includes people with physical, emotional or cognitive disabilities or those who would otherwise, for whatever reason, feel that there were barriers to their participation. Come on Board offers free activities, and free transport to and from the activities, across the city of Bristol for anyone over 50 years of age. Come on Board has a fantastic variety of activities on offer. Whether you fancy the relaxed and laid back, from community gardening to historical harbourside guided walks, or you’re after something more energetic and active, with chair based Zumba to kayaking or Gig Rowing, we have the perfect pace and style of activity for you. Whether it is in the comfort of the gym, with Fitness or Strength & Conditioning classes on offer, or out and about in the fresh air on land, with Walking Cricket, or water, with powerboat trips or sailing sessions. All activities are held in small groups, of between 6 and 10 people, and we have a huge amount to offer those with access needs. For more information contact Molly Singleton, Project Coordinator: [email protected] or ring 0117 929 0801 Project ends March 2020 Project ends March 2020 8 Talking Therapies Delivered by: Oasis-Talk Oasis-Talk was set up in 2012. We are a social enterprise that provides psychological therapies to people in Bristol and South Gloucestershire. We offer counselling, cognitive behavioural therapy and a range of group workshops from our base in Downend and from doctors’ surgeries and community venues across South Gloucestershire and Bristol. Any profit we make is used to improve access to low-cost counselling services in the local communities in which we operate and to fund research into counselling in primary mental healthcare. Talking Therapies is a project where older people can access up to 6 sessions of free counselling from venues in Knowle West and St Pauls. There is also specific telephone counselling for Carers available through Carers Support Centre, and outreach to existing community groups in the form of free wellbeing taster sessions. For more information contact Ruth Richardson, Deputy CEO: ruth.richardson@ oasis-talk.org / 0117 9277 577 Project ends February 2020 9 Wellbeing for BME Older People Delivered by: Oasis-Talk We are working with 9 partner organisations to co-design and deliver wellbeing courses for older people from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic communities. All courses are free and are open to anyone over 50 from a BME community.