BOROUGH COUNCIL

CABINET MEMBER REPORT TO THE COUNCIL

REPORT OF THE CABINET MEMBER FOR CULTURE, HEALTH AND WELLBEING TO THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL ON WEDNESDAY 19TH OCTOBER 2016

Thank you Mr. Mayor for the opportunity to report to the Council the latest developments on various matters relating to the Culture, Health and Wellbeing Portfolio.

Public Health Specialist Team The position of the council in relation to overarching public health indicators such as life expectancy continues to improve as in all boroughs in , however, the gap between Rochdale Borough and England as a whole is not decreasing. The Council has identified childhood obesity as a major outcome of interest which reflects the national emphasis on this area, and, as a priority strategic outcome, it offers the opportunity to impact on other outcomes such as oral health, breastfeeding and school readiness.

Members and public health team officers were invited to present at a ‘Living Well’ Conference, which brought together a range of organisations across the borough to share good practice and celebrate the efforts of those groups and individuals who have made a significant contribution to improving the life chances of local people.

The team has provided significant support to a number of programmes of work which directly relate to public health outcomes across the council and NHS partners. These include an oral health programme initiated through overview and scrutiny, the NHS England funded national diabetes prevention programme (which targets individuals at risk of developing diabetes) and the NHS England funded long-term conditions test bed programme (which seeks to use technology to identify and then manage those at risk and/or diagnosed with a long-term condition).

A restructure of the Public Health Specialist team has been completed, with two posts remaining to be filled (arising from staff leaving and a new post in the structure). The team is working closely with other public health teams from across GM to identify opportunities for collaboration in line with the ambitions of Devolution and the Rochdale Locality Plan.

Rochdale Council continue to expand on the success of its ‘Cardiac Smart’ programme and members of the Public health team were able to present this at the Faculty of Public Health Conference, receiving a commendation for this work.

The Council have funded a further 12 Community Public Access Defibrillators (CPADs) as part of the programme. CPADs are cabinets located on the outside wall of a building so that the defibrillator inside can be accessible 24/7. The cabinets have a key code lock, the code is accessed by calling 999. 4 of the 12 have confirmed locations: Working Men’s Club, The Bobbin Pub, Milnrow, Norden Old Library and Bridge Chippy, Norden. Discussions are currently taking place to identify the remaining 8 sites.

The most significant achievement of late is most certainly that this relatively new area of work has directly saved the life of a Rochdale resident. The Council-funded defibrillator at Tunshill Golf Club was used when a member of the golf club suffered a cardiac arrest. CPR was provided by members of the golf club who had been on a training course delivered by the Council’s Public Health team, hence without this programme of work this resident would have been unlikely to have survived. http://www.rochdale.gov.uk/news/Pages/mans-life-saved-by-local-heroes-using-newly- installed-defibrillator.aspx

1 Some Council members have participated in a one day LGA training workshop that aimed to enable elected members to champion health improvement and prevention in their communities workshop and to understand the change in focus from treating sickness to actively promoting health and wellbeing.

Link4Life Corporate Update: Link4Life have joined other Leisure and Cultural Trusts across to create GM Active, a partnership to maximise the expertise of Trusts as part of GM Devolution.

Link4Life will hold its annual Corporate Planning Session in October to celebrate its achievements in the previous year, and agree its focus and priorities over the next 3 years.

Operational Update: Sport and Leisure:  Marland Golf: A Marketing campaign is attracting new members and new users at Marland Golf Course. A partnership between Link4Life, England Golf (NGB) and Bowlee Golf Driving Range is delivering a 7 week beginners’ course package to increase the number of new users to the course. Taster sessions of TRiGolf are also being delivered to Walking Football Groups as this demographic would be an appropriate market for this product and our golf offer.  Total Gymnastics pilot has now been extended to Heywood Sports Village and Rochdale Leisure Centre, starting in the first week of October. Olympic medalist Beth Tweddle attended two launch events in Rochdale and Heywood on 10th and 11th September; these two new programmes will help further develop the sport of gymnastics across the borough and encourage young children to become more active.  A new Children’s Holiday programme has been piloted at Heywood Civic Centre during the summer holidays combining cinema events with children’s live theatre performances and Wild Shows with live reptiles. The show received with excellent feedback on social media. This programme pilot was funded through Heywood Township grant funding of £2600.

Arts and Heritage:  Rochdale Borough Culture Forum - Link4Life currently in the process of establishing Forum  Three of eight 'Gone But Not Forgotten' workshops at libraries in Littleborough, Alkrington and Darnhill have taken place, sharing information about WW1 with the public.  A revised strategy for exhibitions at Touchstones has been developed, focusing on three distinct strands: ‘women artists’, ‘contemporary craft’ and ‘Northern talent’.  Heritage Open Days – many successful events were held in all four townships in churches, schools, museums, graveyards and other civic buildings, with people accessing the Borough’s hidden treasures for free.  Manchester International Festival has been working in partnership with pupils from Falinge Park High School and Cardinal Langley RC High School on the new English National Ballet production of Giselle directed by Akram Khan.  People’s Art launched on Saturday 24 September, with extensive exhibits by local people.

Health Interventions The Functional Fitness programme continues to expand with 8 courses planned for 2016/17 through funding from the CCG. Over 110 participants have completed the courses in the Rochdale Borough over the last 12 months. We have expanded the courses to include community venues within the BME community with 20 Asian ladies completing at Deeplish CC. 2 The Healthy Workplaces initiative continues to grow with organisations such as Greater Manchester Police (GMP) and Fothergills joining the scheme. Health MOT’s have been delivered to staff at GMP and are currently being organised with Fothergills, Pennine Care and St Mary’s Primary School.

Sport and Physical Activity  StreetGames: Link4Life are one of seven organisations from across the country to deliver a pilot StreetGames and Tennis foundation project targeting inactive 14-25 year olds living in the Borough.  Walking Football Tournament: Heywood Sports Village hosted the annual Walking Football Tournament with 9 Teams from across the North competing for the Trophy. Wakefield were the 2016 winners.

Upcoming Events  OnCourse Swim Academy Management Software will go live in October. This upgrade will see the digitisation of the swimming lessons programme and the introduction of a web-based parent portal will allow parents to track their child’s improvement and development.

 Touchstones are holding a Magic Day on Sunday 9th October, activities include mask making, storytelling, magical art and craft activities. There are also two performances of ‘Mavis Sparkle’ by M6 Theatre Company.

 The official opening of the brand new Art Café at Touchstones takes place on Thursday 27th October. Invitations to celebrate this occasion will be sent out soon.

Drugs and Alcohol – key points The fall in the number of Alcohol related Hospital admissions has continued and we have now seen improvements for 3 consecutive years - achieving an impressive 17.7% reduction in the rate since recording began in 2009, from 751 per 100,000 (1,500 people) to 618 per 100,000 (1,200 people). This is the greatest improvement across Greater Manchester by a significant amount.

The process and plans to collaborate with MBC in the commissioning of fully integrated drug and alcohol services from April 2018 are now well underway. This will ensure that we can continue to deliver services that meet the needs of our population by achieving the necessary economies at an organisational level rather than at the point of front line delivery. A key priority will be developing a model that will address the exceptionally high number of opiate users that have been in ‘treatment’ for many years. This is an issue for both boroughs (much higher than the national average) and is impacting on long term health problems.

In relation to awareness raising and campaigns:- We are supporting Healthy Futures in their campaign to lobby for a 9 o’clock watershed for alcohol advertising (a bus will be on The Butts on 29th October). Plans are being developed for promotional activities to take place in Alcohol Awareness week (14th – 20th November); the Psychoactive Substances publicity material is in production and will be used in a communications campaign and Early Break have secured funding to develop and emotional and wellbeing ‘Micro-site’ – dealing with low level behavioural and emotional issues.

Events Management The period July – September has been a busy one across the borough with 42 events taking place. These include: several sporting events (cycling, running, triathlon, walks, Link4Life’s Big Games events); Summer fun days; It’s a Knockout challenge and the Springhill Dragon Boat race at Hollingworth Lake. The programme of events managed by the Council has been a packed one starting with the well-received Wind in the Willows 3 children’s promenade theatre show in the Town Hall.

The 9th annual Feel Good Festival was, once again, a successful event, despite the unseasonably wet weather affecting some of the planned activities. The chef’s marquee proved very popular as did the line-up on Stage 2 managed by Link4Life colleagues. The two day Festival ended with approximately 5000 people enjoying the Saturday night music event headlined by the Fratellis.

On the weekend of 16th – 18th September a three day celebration of Rochdale’s favourite daughter Dame Gracie Fields, ‘Our Gracie’, took place. Firstly, a 50’s themed dinner dance during which the guests were treated to a menu created by our own Andrew Nutter and performances of songs and dancing from the era. Saturday saw some amazing children’s activities at Touchstones facilitated by our Link4Life partners and the creation of a scratch choir facilitated by Rochdale Music Service. On a beautiful sunny day, the grand finale of the weekend was the unveiling ceremony of the statue with the charismatic Roy Hudd taking centre stage and regaling the audience with stories of his friend Gracie. Following the unveiling, the choir sang three Gracie songs, Sue Devaney performed a rendition of ‘Thingummy Bob’ and ‘a nice cup of tea’ was served inside the Town Hall.

The last event of this period was the BMW Williams’ Rochdale Half Marathon, 10k and Fun Run which again started and finished outside the Town Hall. With an improved route that included the scenic Hollingworth Lake the race was once again hailed a successful sporting event for the Borough.

Councillor Janet Emsley Portfolio Holder for Culture, Health and Wellbeing

Thank you Mr. Mayor, I will be pleased to answer any questions from Members of the Council about these or any other matter relating to the Culture, Health and Wellbeing Portfolio.

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