Aylesbury Vale North Locality Profile

Prevention Matters Priorities

The Community Links Officer (CLO) has identified a number of key Prevention Matters priorities for the locality that will form the focus of the work over the next few months. These priorities also help to determine the sort of services and projects where Prevention Matters grants can be targeted.

The priorities have been identified using the data provided by the Community Practice Workers (CPW) in terms of successful referrals and unmet demand (gaps where there are no appropriate services available), consultation with district council officers, town and councils, other statutory and voluntary sector organisations and also through the in depth knowledge of the cohort and the locality that the CLO has gained.

The CLO has also worked with the other CLOs across the county to identify some key countywide priorities which affect all localities.

Countywide Priorities Befriending Community Transport

Aylesbury Vale North Priorities Affordable Day Activities Gentle Exercise Low Cost Gardening Services Dementia Services Social Gardening Men in Sheds Outreach for Carers

Background data

Physical Area

The Aylesbury Vale North locality (AV North) is just less than 200 square miles in terms of land area (500 square kilometres). It is a very rural locality in the north of . There are officially 63 civil covering the area (approximately a third of the parishes in Bucks).

There are 2 small market towns, and Winslow, and approximately 70 or hamlets (as some of the parishes cover more than one ).

Population

The total population of the Aylesbury Vale North locality (AV North) is 49,974 based on the populations of the 63 civil parishes from the 2011 Census statistics. The official Clinical Commissioning Group statistics for AV North do not include the area to the east of and the north of and Wing e.g. , etc. (see fig.1) This Fig. 1 showing the area is because they are not of AV North that is outside of the CCG officially part of the AV locality but inside North Clinical Buckinghamshire. Commissioning Group Locality, however, it was decided that, as they are still part of Buckinghamshire, the Community Links Officer (CLO) Service should cover this area.

Buckingham is the largest town and has a population of around 12000. Winslow is much smaller with a population of 4500. The villages range in size from Wing, which has a population of around 2700, to , which has a population of 22.

Local Area Forums

There are 3 main Local Area Forums (LAF) within the locality, Buckingham Local Area (36 parishes), Winslow & District Local Area (15 Parishes) and Great Brickhill, Wing & Local Area (GBWI), which is shared with Aylesbury Vale Central Locality (10 of the GBWI parishes are in AV North). There are two other parishes in the locality from different local areas, ( LAF) and Weedon (Greater Aylesbury LAF).

(A full list of parishes and which Local area they are in can be found in appendix 2).

Age Demographics

In terms of age demographics, AV North is fairly representative of the wider Aylesbury Vale District and of Buckinghamshire County. Again official CCG statistics put the number of over 65s at 15.3%, lower than the Buckinghamshire average of 16.1%. However, including the additional parishes to the north-east of the patch and using the 2011 census statistics, this number rises to 16.3%, slightly higher than the Buckinghamshire average. Moreover projections indicate that the number of over 65s in Buckinghamshire will increase by approximately 40% over the next 10-15 years but in Aylesbury Vale as a whole the number is expected to rise by around 57%. This clearly has implications for Health and Social Care Services going forward. Another important point to note is that the overall population of Aylesbury Vale will rise by around 9% during that same time period compared to the Buckinghamshire projected rise of 5%. (see fig.2)

Fig.2 Graph showing projected population change in Buckinghamshire districts from 2011-2026.

Ethnic Diversity

AV North is one of the least ethnically diverse localities in Buckinghamshire. Overall, the ethnicity of the locality is approximately 97.5% White British (2.5% Black and Minority Ethnic). This is much less diverse than the Aylesbury Vale District average of 89.6% White British (10.4% Black and Minority Ethnic) and lower still than the Bucks average of 86.4% White British (13.6% Black and Minority Ethnic).

Within the locality ethnic diversity can be broken down further into the three main local areas:  96.5% White British (3.5% Black and Minority Ethnic) in the Buckingham Local Area.  98.2% White British (1.8% Black and Minority Ethnic) in the Winslow & District Local Area.  98.5% White British (1.5% Black and Minority Ethnic) in the Great Brickhill, Wing and Ivinghoe Local Area.

Deprivation

0% of the population of the AV North Locality are in the 30% most deprived areas in terms of, Overall Deprivation, Income, Employment, Adult Qualifications, Health & Disability and Crime (although 5% of Children’s Education in the Buckingham Local Area is in the 30% most deprived areas).

Average household incomes are comparable to the wider district and County averages.

Health

The population of the AV North locality experiences similar or better health than the Buckinghamshire population:  Emergency admission rates to hospital and attendances at A&E are statistically lower than the Bucks average.  Elective admission rates are statistically similar to Bucks for all admissions, but higher for elective angioplasty.  Early death rates are similar to Bucks which itself has some of the lowest death rates in the country.

Some specific issues that have been identified in the AV North Locality are:  Falls - emergency admissions statistically higher than Bucks  The needs of older people across the locality (including dementia, depression and social isolation). A higher proportion of older people are estimated to have difficulty with one or more activities of daily living.  People with long term conditions - cardiovascular conditions in particular, but also those with multiple conditions and co-existing mental health problems.

As a result of this, three priorities were proposed for AV North at the locality’s first Public and Patient Engagement Workshop. These were:  Cardiovascular disease  Falls in older people  Older people’s health and wellbeing

Key Groups or Networks

Older People’s Action Groups

There are currently no Older People’s Action Groups (OPAGs) as such running in the locality although there is a ‘virtual’ OPAG in Buckingham which, by choice, only meets occasionally to discuss specific pressing issues as they arise and information is disseminated by the leader of the group.

Buckingham & Winslow Network Lunches

The Buckingham Network lunches take place once a month in the lounges at Chandos Court in Buckingham and Swan Court in Winslow. There are around 30 groups who attend on a semi regular basis, although not usually at the same time as many of the groups prefer to drop in on alternate months or once every few months. It is a good meeting place to discuss issues and for groups to be introduced to one another and find out how they can work together. Leadership of the group is shared between the CLO and the District Council.

Access for All Buckingham

The Access for All Group in Buckingham aims to improve accessibility for vulnerable adults and those with disabilities. It works with local businesses and services.

Community Care North Bucks

Community Care North Bucks support carers in the north of Aylesbury Vale with support / social groups for adult carers, former carers and young carers. They also run the North Bucks Hospital Car Service which has around 70 volunteers and does over 1000 journeys a year giving older people and other vulnerable adults lifts to hospital appointments.

Care Agencies

There are a number of Care Agencies who provide quality home help services in the locality. The three which have engaged most with Prevention Matters are Home Instead, Buckingham Home Care and Extra Help.

Churches

There are a number of active churches in Aylesbury Vale North who provide Prevention Matters related assets. The Parish Church in Buckingham (St Peter & St Paul) is very active providing coffee mornings, lunches and transport via the church mini-bus. The 3 B’s Methodist Circuit have a pastoral worker who supports older people and vulnerable adults in Buckingham and a number of the surrounding villages including Thornborough, Steeple and . They are also part of the Churches Together Group along with St Michaels who are in turn part of the Swan and Claydons Benefice. They have recently provided training for volunteers to provide a Home Visiting Service for socially isolated people and are thinking of starting a community car scheme across the Claydons.

Winslow Big Society - Winslow

The Winslow Big Society is a local voluntary group who work with others to identify gaps in local community provision of services of all types to all Winslow residents, regardless of age and situation. They then set up projects to meet the need. They are currently supporting the CAB in Winslow and Buckingham with their marketing, providing monthly lunches for people who are socially isolated, leading a simply walk for people who are not able to walk regularly, and developing an Easy Guide to Winslow and a community transport project for people in rural areas.

Swan Community Hub - Buckingham

The Swan Community Hub is a movement of local people committed to serving the local community. It works in partnership with a number of other organisations in Buckingham including the Citizen’s Advice Bureau (CAB) and the two main churches. Among its projects are the job club and the credit union. The CLO is currently working with the Swan Community Hub and the District Council on a potential ‘Men in Sheds’ Buckingham project and has discussed an idea for a mobile advice and training facility for older people and other vulnerable adults using existing assets e.g. the mobile library service or the youth service / children’s services bus.

Publications

Many of the towns and parishes have local newsletters or parish magazines which are very useful for finding out about local assets but also in communicating with local residents. The main newspaper in the north of the locality (Winslow upwards) is the Buckingham and Winslow Advertiser while villages in the southern part of the locality are covered by the .

Local Area Forums

The CLO attends all three of the main local area forums in the locality and works closely with the two locality managers covering the patch. To date there haven’t been too many opportunities for joint working although there have been some discussions about starting Men in Sheds in Buckingham and about Community Car Schemes. However, the locality managers are a fantastic resource to the Community Links Officers in terms of their knowledge of local areas and contacts with Parish, District and County Councillors.

Volunteering

Organisations and locality

The locality has a large number of very active and committed volunteers. A good example of this is the Carers support group in Buckingham that meet three times a month and is run by volunteers and supported by Carers Bucks. Throughout the villages in the locality there are many great Friendship and Good Neighbour Clubs as well as lots of lunch clubs. These volunteers work so hard to support others in the community. One concern however is the number of groups who rely on volunteers who themselves are getting older, which must call into question their long-term sustainability. One of the challenges and priorities of Prevention Matters should be to re-vitalise some of these groups with a crop of younger volunteers.

Many of the groups are also inspired by the faith communities around the locality. Some of the bigger groups and movements like Community Care North Bucks, The Swan Community Hub and The Winslow Big Society group have strong links to the churches although they welcome volunteers and members of all faiths and non faith.

Opportunities

There are lots of opportunities for people to volunteer in many different ways. Volunteers are always needed for Simply Walks, Community Transport Schemes, Lunch Clubs, Befriending and Visiting.

It seems to be harder to recruit volunteers for more specialist support groups like the Buckingham Stroke Support Group. The input and support of the Prevention Matters Volunteer Hub will be welcomed by groups like these as well as those with less specialised volunteering opportunities.

Recruitment

Now that the Volunteer Hub is up and running the CLO for the AV North Locality will be working closely with them and the District Council to develop a plan for recruiting more volunteers into Prevention Matters related activities. Already there have been some innovative ideas for ways in which people could be encouraged to volunteer such as parking rewards for people who provide others with essential lifts. The Time Banking Model that is to be introduced as part of the Volunteer Hub will provide another interesting and innovative angle to this.

Another important part of the volunteer recruitment process will be the Asset Based Community Development work (ABCD) that the CLO has begun in partnership with the District Council. This will promote resident led action and aims to target people who are new to volunteering rather than just expecting the ‘same old people’ to do the volunteering all of the time.

Access to Health Services and Appropriate Housing

There are 7 GP surgeries covering the AV North locality.

Masonic House Surgery *North End surgery also has a satellite 26 High Street surgery in Steeple Claydon. Buckingham MK18 1NU Tel: 01280 816450 Verney Close Surgery Fax: 01280 823885 Verney Close http://www.masonichousesurgery.co.uk/ Buckingham MK17 1JP North End Surgery Tel: 01280 822777 High Street Fax: 01280 823541 Buckingham http://www.verneysurgery.co.uk/ MK18 1NU Tel: 01280 818600 Fax: 01280 818618 http://www.northendsurgery.co.uk/

Norden House Surgery Wing Surgery Avenue Road 46 Stewkley Road Winslow Wing MK18 3DW LU7 0NE Tel:01296 713434 Tel: 01296 688201 Fax: 01296 715439 Fax: 01296 682250 www.nordenhousesurgery.co.uk www.wingsurgery.co.uk

Whitchurch Surgery Ashcroft Surgery 49 Oving Road Stewkley Road Whitchurch Wing HP22 4JF LU7 0NE Tel: 01296 641203 Tel: 01296 688201 Fax: 01296 640021 Fax: 01296 681421 www.whitchurchsurgery.co.uk http://www.nhs.uk/Services/GP/Overview/Default View.aspx?id=40024

There are also a number of hospitals that patients in the AV North locality can access.

Buckingham Hospital High Street Buckingham MK18 1NU T: 01280 813243 F: 01280 824966 http://www.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk/

More info: Buckingham Community Hospital provides care for patients following treatment or surgery at an acute hospital. The hospital acts as a bridge between hospital and home, particularly for elderly patients who may need rehabilitation before being able to look after themselves at home, with the support of our community nursing team. Buckingham Community Hospital also provides 27 different outpatient clinics.

Stoke Mandeville Hospital Mandeville Road Aylesbury Buckinghamshire HP21 8AL. T: 01296-315000 http://www.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk/

More info: Outpatient care: Outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, older people’s day hospital Planned and inpatient care: Day case surgery, consultant-led women and children’s centre, neonatal intensive care, rehabilitation, chemotherapy Emergency care: Accident & emergency, critical care, emergency and trauma surgery, acute medical care, acute obstetrics and gynaecology Specialist care: National Spinal Injuries Centre, burns and plastic surgery unit, opthalmology Clinical support services: Radiology, MRI and CT, pharmacy, pathology, infection control Wycombe Hospital Queen Alexandra Road Bucks HP11 2TT T: 01494 526161 http://www.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk/

More info: Outpatient care: Outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, older people’s day hospital Planned and inpatient care: Day case surgery, elective treatment centre, rehabilitation, midwife-led birth centre, children’s ambulatory care centre, chemotherapy Minor injuries and illness care: GP-led Minor Injuries and Illness Unit (MIIU) Specialist care: Specialist cardiology, respiratory services, haematology and inpatient stroke care Clinical support services: Radiology, MRI and CT, pharmacy, pathology, infection control

Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Standing Way Eaglestone Buckinghamshire MK6 5LD T: 01908 660033 F: 01908 669348

More info: http://www.mkhospital.nhs.uk/contact-us

John Radcliffe Hospital and University Hospital Headley Way Lewsey Road Headington LutonLU4 0DZ T: 01582 491166 OX3 9DU T: 01865 741166 More info: http://www.ldh.nhs.uk/patient-visitor-information/ More info: http://www.ouh.nhs.uk/hospitals/default.aspx

There are a number of dental practices that cover the area.

Meadow Walk Dental Practice The Gallery Dental Practice 1B Cornwalls Meadow 1a, Cornwall Place Town Centre High St. Buckingham Buckingham 01280 812701 01280 822567 www.meadowwalk.co.uk/ www.thegallerydental.com/

Bank Chambers Dental Practice 11 Market Square Town Centre Buckingham 01280 822210 The Old Bakery Dental Practice Winslow Dental Practice 10 Chaloners Hill 4A High St Steeple Claydon Winslow Buckingham 01296 712548 01296 730260 www.winslowdentalpractice.co.uk/ www.theoldbakerydental.co.uk/ Lifelike Dental Ceramics The Old Rectory Dental Practice 30A Dunton Rd Newton Purcell Stewkley Buckingham 01280 847857 LU7 0HZ www.oldrectorypractice.co.uk/ 01525 240824 www.lifelikedental.co.uk

Housing

There are a number of care homes and sheltered housing schemes operating in the locality.

Care Homes

Hamilton House Care Home Fremantle Trust West Street 32-34 Bourton Rd Buckingham Buckingham Buckinghamshire 01280 817264 MK18 1HL http://www.fremantletrust.org/ T: 01280 813414 F: 01280 822 455 Red House Email: [email protected] Main St http://www.fshc.co.uk/care-home/hamilton-house- care-home Buckingham 01280 816916 Maids Moreton Hall http://www.carehome.co.uk/carehome.cfm/search Maids Moreton azref/10001025REDA Buckingham MK18 1QF T: 01280 818710 Shaftesbury Court [email protected] High Street www.maidsmoretonhall.co.uk/ Winslow Buckingham Lime Tree Court MK18 3HA Church St, 01296 714858 Twyford http://www.carehome.co.uk/carehome.cfm/search Buckingham azref/10001025SHAA T: 01296 730556 www.limetreecourt.co.uk/ Carey Lodge Church Street Swan House Wing High St Winslow LU7 0NY T: 01296 711400 http://www.fremantletrust.org/ http://www.heritagecare.co.uk/properties- details.php?pid=6 The Orchard T: 01525 240240 56 High Street South F: 01525 240464 Stewkley Email: [email protected] Leighton Buzzard http://www.theorchardstewkley.co.uk/index.html LU7 0HR

Sheltered Housing

Paynes Court Brooks Court 27 High Street Well Street Buckingham Buckingham Bucks MK18 1DG MK18 1NQ

Chandos Court Scott Evans Court Chandos Road Lowndes Way Buckingham Winslow MK18 1AJ Bucks MK18 3EP Mary McManus Drive North End Square Abbotts Way Buckingham Buckinghamshire Aylesbury MK18 1NX Buckinghamshire HP22 4QF McKenzie Close (corner of) Bourton Road Suffolk Court Buckingham Castle Street Buckinghamshire Marsh Gibbon MK18 1SS Oxon North End Court North End Square Wantage Crescent Buckingham Wing Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire MK18 1NZ LU7 0NH

Asset Mapping

The Asset Mapping of the locality was done in stages using several methods to help build a more complete picture. However, this is the first attempt to step back and analyse the results and as such, the coming months will see a more targeted approach to find services that have either slipped under the radar or which are under-represented.

1. The first stage of the mapping exercise was done using Bucks Connect and other internal information to start building a spreadsheet of Prevention Matters related activities.

2. The second stage involved a more general internet search, looking at parish, village and church websites to find additional services that were not on Bucks Connect or other BCC databases.

3. The third stage was to start visiting known groups and organisations and getting out into the villages to meet people. This led to further activities and groups being found and added to the ever growing spreadsheet.

4. The fourth stage was to work closely with the District Council to share information (where appropriate) about activities and services that exist in the locality. In Aylesbury Vale the District Council have an excellent Community Engagement Team who have been very helpful to the CLOs. As part of this partnership working, the CLO for AV North often works one morning a week at the AVDC offices. The biggest piece of partnership work that related to the asset mapping exercise was the Ageing Well workshops in Buckingham and the report can be found in appendix 3.

5. The fifth stage and one of the most important was to get out into the locality and meet people. The CLO divided the locality up into 6 or 7 parishes at a time and set aside 9 half days to visit every village, every parish notice board, every village / parish hall and every church building in an attempt to gather more information. This turned out to be a very useful exercise as it sparked lots of conversations in the street with local people who were able to give a fuller picture of village life. The notes taken and parish magazines / newsletters collected were then cross referenced with the current spreadsheet and with parish / village websites.

6. Finally this information was collated into a locality asset report which can be found in a separate document with details of over 340 assets in the AV North locality.

The Asset Mapping will continue as it is an ongoing piece of work, but it will now be much more targeted given the information that has already been found. On the following pages there is a brief summary of each local area including the numbers of assets and their type and the transport links within the local area.

The Three Main Geographic Areas

Buckingham Local Area

Physical attributes and features of the area

The Buckingham Local Area is the largest of the Local Areas in the Locality. It is just under 100 square miles in size (around 250 square kilometres) and comprises 36 parishes which are home to 26,488 people, just under half of whom live in the town of Buckingham itself. Most of the parishes are made up of one or two small villages or hamlets, although there are a couple of larger villages, most notably Steeple Claydon with a population of over 2000. Most parishes (but not all) have a church, a and a village / parish hall. Very few have shops and fewer still, a post office. There is a mobile shop / post office that travels around some of the parishes, often joining forces with local parish coffee mornings / afternoons as a place for people to meet and do any post office business that they have.

Public Transport

The following is the list of Bus services that exist in the Buckingham Local Area. For detailed timetables and stops click on the link in left hand column or visit http://www.transportforbucks.net/Buses-and- trains/Bus-timetables.aspx

16 Aylesbury - Waddesdon - Steeple Claydon (-Marsh Gibbon)

18 Aylesbury/Buckingham - Steeple Claydon - Bicester

32 Buckingham - Milton Keynes - - Newton Longville

37 Bicester - Frinford - Hethe - Mixbury -

54A/B/C The Winslow Connection

60 Aylesbury - Winslow - Buckingham - Maids Moreton

68 Winslow - - Westcroft Centre via Little Horwood, , Nash and Whaddon

Buckingham - Tingewick -

131/132 Includes the Buckingham Town Service

For all buses to Western Avenue, Overn Avenue, Page Hill, Linden Village Badgers Way and Bourtonville CLICK HERE

133 - Tingewick - Gawcott - Buckingham

134 Westbury to Buckingham Tuesdays only

135 Buckingham Villages, Saturday Market Bus

151 Akeley - Buckingham - Thornborough - Buckingham

Cambridge - Bedford - Milton Keynes - Buckingham - Oxford X5 Valid from 1st September 2013

There are no mainline train stations within the locality, however depending on whether the parish is to the east of west of Buckingham there are two stations just outside of the locality, Bicester North and Milton Keynes Central both of which have regular trains to and . Those in the south of the local area may can also use Haddenham & Parkway, Aylesbury Parkway or Aylesbury stations.

Community Transport

The Winslow Community Bus provides an excellent service in the villages around Winslow and Buckingham. It has 17 volunteer drivers and one part-time coordinator. The service provides routes into Buckingham and Aylesbury on market days and can pick people up from their door. There is a charge for journeys but the service is supported by Buckinghamshire County Council and Winslow Town Council which ensures that it is excellent value for the end user. It is also available for hire by groups for trips and excursions.

Users of Winslow Community Bus describe it as not just a valuable service to get people around but also a social experience in itself as regular users are able to catch up with each other during the journeys.

Aylesbury Vale Dial-a-ride provide a door to door service for isolated, vulnerable adults in the AV North Locality. Journeys are by appointment only and there is a charge for the service.

There are at least 3 community transport schemes in the Buckingham Local Area. The Community Care North Bucks Hospital Car Service provides transport for anyone registered at a surgery in Buckingham or Winslow to and from hospital. The service is booked through the surgery and Community Care North Bucks provide around 100 lifts to hospitals per month (1000+ per year). The drivers are volunteers but there is a small charge to help cover expenses. The drivers provide more than just a taxi service. They are able to accompany patients to their appointments if they wish and this can be valuable, particularly if the appointment results in treatment or unwelcome news. As volunteers use their own cars it is not always possible to transport patients who need to stay in their wheelchair. However the South Central Ambulance Service does run a non-emergency patient transport service and more info can be found at http://www.southcentralambulance.nhs.uk/our-services/commercial1/patienttransportservice.ashx

Other known community transport services in the local area include the Maids Moreton Friends at Hand Scheme, which is a good neighbour scheme that includes transport and the Doctors Car Service. It is quite possible that there are more unofficial car schemes available and as the asset mapping is an ongoing exercise, these should be discovered in the coming weeks and months. However, Community Transport remains a key priority for the CLO and the District Council in the locality.

As a result of the issues and ideas discussed at the Ageing Well workshops in July 2013, there is now a working group to take forward some ideas for community transport. This will continue to develop with the support of local residents, the town and district councils and local voluntary sector organisations.

Prevention Matters Assets

A full list of assets mapped to date is available in a separate document entitled, Asset Spreadsheet – AV North Report, however this is a summary of the findings.

Buckingham Buckinghamshire Care recently reopened the Buckingham Opportunties Centre which provides services for vulnerable adults and older people including those with Dementia and Learning Disabilities. Services include gentle exercise classes and lunch with transport provided for an additional charge for those who need it.

Buckingham has a number of churches which are active in the community including:  Well Street United Reformed Church have a Pastoral Worker who supports parishes across the 3 B’s Methodist Circuit (Brackley, Bicester and Buckingham) and who runs lunch clubs and social groups in Buckingham and the surrounding villages  St Peter and St Paul is the main parish church in Buckingham and they run an over 60s social group, a midweek lunch club and a coffee morning on Saturdays.  The Salvation Army run a gentle exercise group and social activities.

Buckingham has a Simply Walks team who run two walks (A and B) concurrently on Friday mornings leaving from the Buckingham Centre next to . Age Concern hold monthly gatherings in the Buckingham Centre as do the Buckingham and District Stroke Support Group.

Alzheimer’s Society have a monthly Dementia Café for people looking for support and advice for those with Dementia and they also have Singing for the Brain sessions and a Carers support group.

North Bucks Carers run groups for Carers, Former Carers and Young Carers providing social activities and support for carers. They also run the North Bucks Hospital Car Service which does more than 100 journeys a year, taking people to Hospital appointments in and out of County.

The Buckingham U3A has more than 700 members and 50+ groups catering for a variety of interests. The Citizens Advice Bureau provides a Home Visiting Service across the north of Aylesbury Vale to support people in their own homes with applications for benefits and other areas of support.

Buckingham Town Council produce a magazine for residents called Buckingham Town Matters

Gawcott, Padbury, and Tingewick Gawcott has a Pub Lunch Club at the Crown, a Bucks Vision Social Group in the Village Hall, and the Gawcott Café in the Methodist Chapel, the latter of which is run by the Pastoral Care Worker from the 3 B’s Methodist Circuit (as above). Padbury has a Friendly afternoon in the village hall while Chackmore has a senior citizens club at the Queens Head. Tingewick has a number of community activities including a Pub Lunch at the Oak and a Coffee Morning in the Village Hall. Tingewick is also served by the excellent Tingewick and District News.

Stowe, and Westbury Stowe is home to the famous and School. The Gardens, Shop and Café are all popular with visitors. Turweston has a Café in the Village Hall which is run by St Mary’s Church. Westbury has the

Village Club and the Village Shop and Café. There are plans to pull down and rebuild the Pavillion and Village School.

Akeley, Leckhamsted and Akeley has an impressive new Village Hall building which hosts a number of assets for the surrounding villages including a variety of physical exercise classes as well as Bingo and Cream Teas. Leckhamsted also has a decent Village Hall and Lilingstone Lovell has a book club and a branch of the Mothers Union.

Nash, Thornborough and Whaddon Nash has a quarterly weekday lunch in the village hall. Thornborough Methodist Church has a lunch club, a knitting group and an art club all run by the pastoral worker from the 3 B’s Methodist Circuit. There is also a drop in post office in the village hall on a weekly basis. Whaddon has a pub lunch club, a book club and a WI group as well as a drop in post office.

Marsh Gibbon, Preston Bisset and Twyford Marsh Gibbon is not technically in the Buckingham Local Area but as it is the northernmost parish in the Waddesdon Local Area it is surrounded by Buckingham parishes. It is also the only parish from the Waddesdon Local Area that is in the Aylesbury Vale North CCG Locality. Marsh Gibbon has a Pub Lunch Club and a Friends & Neighbours group in the village hall which relates closely to the Friends and Neighbours Group in the nearby village of Twyford. The Twyford Friends and Neighbours Group meets in Twyford Village Hall which is next door to the Twyford Village Shop and Café which is a great resource to Twyford and surrounding parishes. Twyford also has a coffee morning and Post Office drop in one morning a week. has a popular nursery and county shop that has also recently opened a coffee shop. This attracts visits from groups in the Buckingham area.

The Claydons and Calvert Green is a large new estate next to the small village of Calvert which has a nice new village hall at the heart of the community. The villages of East and have a social club called the Mushroom Club which hosts social activities and entertainment and is based in the grounds of the Village Hall. is the home of which is a property and is a very rural community between Winslow and Steeple Claydon. Steeple Claydon is the second largest village in the Aylesbury Vale North Locality with a population of 2200. It has a couple of shops, a community library, two active churches and a few which makes it a hub for some of the smaller villages around it. There is a monthly lunch club and a creative group called Engage in the Methodist Church and a weekly tea and chat at St Michael’s the parish church. St Michael’s are part of the Swan and Claydons benefice and as a group of they are developing a new home visiting scheme for vulnerable residents. Steeple Claydon village hall is the home of the Steeple Claydon Community Club which used to be run by Age UK but is now part of Buckinghamshire Care. The club has an active group of volunteers and specialises in day opportunities for people with dementia. The Claydons and neighbouring parishes are served by the Claydons Newsletter.

Winslow & District Local Area

Physical attributes and features of the area

The Winslow & District Local Area is much smaller than the Buckingham Local Areas. It is approximately 43 square miles in size (around 112 square kilometres) and comprises 15 parishes which are home to 12,024 people, just under half of whom live in the town of Winslow. The area is very similar to the Buckingham Local Area, as once again, most of the parishes are made up of one or two small villages or hamlets..

Most parishes (but not all) have a church, a pub and a village / parish hall. Very few have shops and fewer still, a post office. The mobile shop / post office mentioned in the Buckingham Local Area also appears in some of the parishes in the Winslow & District Local Area.

Public Transport

The following is the list of Bus services that exist in the Winslow & District Local Area. For detailed timetables and stops click on the link in left hand column or visit http://www.transportforbucks.net/Buses- and-trains/Bus-timetables.aspx

32 Buckingham - Milton Keynes - Bletchley - Newton Longville

50 The Horwoods - Winslow - Bletchley - Milton Keynes

54A/B/C The Winslow Connection

60 Aylesbury - Winslow - Buckingham - Maids Moreton

67 Great Horwood - - Aylesbury via Little Horwood, Mursley and Dunton

68 Winslow - Great Horwood - Westcroft Centre via Little Horwood, Mursley, Nash and Whaddon

153/154 Newton Longville (154 only) - Stewkley - - Weedon - Aylesbury

There are no mainline train stations within the locality, however, the same applies as with the Buckingham Local area that there are two stations just outside of the locality, Bicester North and Milton Keynes Central both of which have regular trains to London and Birmingham. Those in the south of the local area may find it easier to use Haddenham & Thame Parkway, Aylesbury Parkway or Aylesbury stations. Those to the east can also use Leighton Buzzard.

Community Transport

The Winslow Community Bus provides an excellent service in the villages around Winslow and Buckingham. It has 17 volunteer drivers and one part-time coordinator. The service provides routes into Buckingham and Aylesbury on market days and can pick people up from their door. It is also available for hire by groups for trips and excursions.

Users of Winslow Community Bus describe it as not just a valuable service to get people around but also a social experience in itself as regular users are able to catch up with each other during the journeys.

Aylesbury Vale Dial-a-ride provide a door to door service for isolated, vulnerable adults in the AV North Locality. Journeys are by appointment only and there is a charge for the service.

There are at least 2 community transport schemes in the Winslow & District Local Area. The Community Care North Bucks Hospital Car Service provides transport for anyone registered at a surgery in Buckingham or Winslow to and from hospital. The service is booked through the surgery and Community Care North Bucks provide around 100 lifts to hospitals per month (1000+ per year). The drivers are

volunteers but there is a small charge to help cover expenses. The drivers provide more than just a taxi service. They are able to accompany patients to their appointments if they wish and this can be valuable, particularly if the appoint results in treatment or unwelcome news. As volunteers use their own cars it is not always possible to transport patients who need to stay in their wheelchair. However the South Central Ambulance Service does run a non-emergency patient transport service and more info can be found at http://www.southcentralambulance.nhs.uk/our-services/commercial1/patienttransportservice.ashx

The other known community transport service in the local area is the Great Horwood Doctors Car Service., which takes people from the village to Doctors appointments in Winslow.As with the Buckingham Local area, it is quite possible that there are more unofficial car schemes available and as the asset mapping is an ongoing exercise, these should be discovered in the coming weeks and months.

The Winslow Big Society Group runs a Community Transport Scheme for Winslow residents which provides access to a number of social activities as well as shopping trips, prescriptions and doctors services.

Prevention Matters Assets

A full list of assets mapped to date is available in a separate document entitled, Asset Spreadsheet – AV North Report, however this is a summary of the findings.

Winslow Winslow is a small town in terms of population but has a great community spirit and lots of volunteers who are willing to help support people who are vulnerable. In particular, the Winslow Big Society Group runs a lot of activities for vulnerable residents in Winslow. These include weekly health walks starting from the St Laurence Room, 3 lunches per month at Jenny Wren’s Tea Room, Memory Sessions in the library, Singing for Pleasure in the St Laurence Room, Games afternoons, Gentle Exercise Classes and a Community Car Scheme. Other services in Winslow include the Cane and Able Social Group, Men in Sheds, Breathe Easy and the Winslow Community Bus.

Great Horwood, Little Horwood, Mursley and Newton Longville To the East of Winslow is the village of Great Horwood which has a very proactive and supportive Parish Council that support a Pub Lunch Club in the Crown and a Doctors Car Service into Winslow. Both Great Horwood and Little Horwood also have Coffee Mornings with a drop in post office. The nearby village of Mursley has a Pub Lunch Club, while Newton Longville (on the edge of Milton Keynes) has a Free Church which also runs a Lunch Club and Coffee Morning.

Granborough and The villages of and North Marston run parallel to the A413 south of Winslow and north of Whitchurch. The Crown in Granborough hosts a monthly Pub Lunch Club and a weekly Coffee Morning while North Marston has a fantastic Community Shop at the heart of the village.

Hardwick, Weedon and Whitchurch. These villages are just outside of Aylesbury and therefore residents often choose to travel into the town to access services. In fact Weedon is the only parish in the Aylesbury Vale North Locality which is actually in the Greater Aylesbury Local Area. The Old Schoolroom in Weedon has recently been refurbished and is a great little community hub for groups such as the Tuesday Club, Art Classes, Weedon Film Nights and the Friday café, once a month. Hardwick has Whist afternoons and Bowls evenings and the residents of Whitchurch are served by the Whitchurch News.

Great Brickhill & Wing Local Area

Physical attributes and features of the area

The Great Brickhill & Wing Local Area is similar in size to the Winslow & District Local Area (although it would be significantly larger if it included the parishes in the Ivinghoe area that fall into the AV Central locality. It is approximately 43 square miles in size again (around 111 square kilometres) and comprises 10 parishes which are home to 10,218 people. The area is very similar again to the other local areas in the locality with most of the parishes are made up of one or two small villages or hamlets. Wing is the largest parish in the local area (2,745) followed by Stewkley (1,840).

Most parishes (but not all) have a church, a pub and a village / parish hall. Very few have shops and fewer still, a post office. The mobile shop / post office mentioned in the other local areas also appears in some of the parishes in the Great Brickhill & Wing Local Area.

Public Transport

The following is the list of Bus services that exist in the Great Brickhill & Wing Local Area. For detailed timetables and stops click on the link in left hand column or visit http://www.transportforbucks.net/Buses- and-trains/Bus-timetables.aspx

32 Buckingham - Milton Keynes - Bletchley - Newton Longville

50 The Horwoods - Winslow - Bletchley - Milton Keynes

70 Milton Keynes - Leighton Buzzard - Dunstable - Luton - Luton Airport

151 Akeley - Buckingham - Thornborough - Buckingham

153/154 Newton Longville (154 only) - Stewkley - Aston Abbotts - Weedon - Aylesbury

162 Bletchley - Leighton Buzzard -

164 Aylesbury - - - - Leighton Buzzard

165 Hospital - Mandeville Estate - Aylesbury - Leighton Buzzard

167 Ivinghoe - Cheddington - - Leighton Buzzard

There are no mainline train stations within the locality, however, the nearest stations to the Great Brickhill and Wing Local Area would be Leighton Buzzard and Milton Keynes Central both of which have regular trains to London and Birmingham. Those in the south of the local area may find it easier to use Tring, Aylesbury Parkway or Aylesbury stations.

Community Transport

The Winslow Community Bus provides an excellent service in the villages around the locality. It has 17 volunteer drivers and one part-time coordinator. The service provides routes into Buckingham and Aylesbury on market days and can pick people up from their door. It is also available for hire by groups for trips and excursions.

Users of Winslow Community Bus describe it as not just a valuable service to get people around but also a social experience in itself as regular users are able to catch up with each other during the journeys.

Aylesbury Vale Dial-a-ride provide a door to door service for isolated, vulnerable adults in the AV North Locality. Journeys are by appointment only and there is a charge for the service.

There is at least 1 community transport schemes in the Great Brickhill & Wing Local Area. Stewkley has a volunteer driver scheme. As with the other local areas, it is likely that there are more unofficial car schemes available and as the asset mapping is an ongoing exercise, these should be discovered in the coming weeks and months.

Prevention Matters Categories

A full list of assets mapped to date is available in a separate document entitled, Asset Spreadsheet – AV North Report, however this is a summary of the findings.

Wing, Stewkley and Mentmore Wing is the largest village in the LAF with a population of around 2700 and has more services which means that people from other villages sometimes come into Wing to use the services. However, Wing is also only a mile from the Befordshire border and the large town of Leighton Buzzard and therefore some of the residents will travel into Leighton Buzzard to access clubs and services.

Wing itself has a weekly coffee morning at Wantage Crescent (Vale of Aylesbury Housing Trust), a fortnightly lunch club at the Village Hall and an active Community Library. It also has two day centres, Buckinghamshire Care in the Bungalows in the grounds of Carey Lodge and Golden Years in the lounge at Wantage Crescent. Stewkley has light sporting activities such as Badminton and Short Mat Bowls in the Village Hall and a WI group. Mentmore is the home of Horses Helping People, who run activities for people with disabilities and a project for people with early onset dementia.

Aston Abbotts, Wingrave and Aston Abbotts has a number of social gatherings including Bingo, Whist drives, a ladies club and coffee mornings all of which take place in the Church Room.

Wingrave has a pub lunch club in the Rose and Crown and Café in the Park which is in the pavilion at Wingrave Park. There are a number of exercise classes which take place in the community centre and a Community Choir at the Methodist Church. Rowsham is part of the same parish and has a roving coffee morning which meets in people’s houses.

Great Brickhill, and Great Brickhill is a very active community right on the border with Milton Keynes with many of the groups based around the village church. The relatively new and very impressive parish hall looks out onto the equally impressive cricket ground. The parish hall is home to the weekly coffee afternoon drop in (with

mobile post office), the Good Companions group and Short Mat Bowls. Other activities in the parish hall include the Women’s Institute, Yoga, Badminton and Ballroom Dancing.

Drayton Parslow has a pub lunch club in the Three Horseshoes pub and the Women’s Institute meet in Greenacre Hall. There is also a Book Club and two churches who host the Drayton Parslow Singers group. In Stoke Hammond the Methodist Church has a weekly coffee morning and the sports club hosts darts and pool among other activities.