Inspiring lasting change in our communities

Well North Legacy Report 2019 Contents

Sharing our story – the Well North timeline 5 Reflections from our Executive Chairman and Director 6 Helping communities to shape exciting futures 7 Making a difference across our Pathfinders • Well Bradford 12 • Well Doncaster 16 • Well Halton 20 • Well Newcastle Gateshead 24 • Well Oldham 28 • Well Rotherham 32 • Well Sefton 34 • Well Sheffield 38 • Well Skelmersdale 42 • Well Whitehaven 46 Building confidence and inspiring local leaders 50 Measuring and learning from change 52 Inspiring change through arts and creativity 54 Looking to the future – Well North Enterprises 55 Celebrating Well North 56 Thanks and acknowledgments 57

3 Sharing our story – the Well North timeline Well Newcastle Gateshead

Spring 2014 September 2015 Professor Aidan Halligan shared his ideas with Lord Andrew Mawson appointed Executive Chairman. colleagues about starting a new movement to improve Carlisle the health of the poorest people fastest, across a January 2016 number of communities. Aidan and his team created a Next three Pathfinders joined Well North - Well plan to deliver Well North. Bradford, Well Halton and Well Skelmersdale.

Summer 2014 September 2016 Public Health England considered a bid for funding to A further two Pathfinders joined Well North – Well support Well North, and awarded £9 million to cover Newcastle Gateshead and Well Whitehaven. Middlesbrough Well Whitehaven the first three years. April 2017 Winter 2014/15 First Well North annual report published.. Recruitment of a team to set up and run Well North, led by Chief Executive Sam Tunney. January 2018 Well Sheffield and Well Rotherham completed the line- April 2015 up of ten Pathfinders. First three Pathfinders joined Well North – Well Doncaster, Well Oldham and Well Sefton. April 2018 Second Well North annual report published. Lancaster April 2015 York Death of Aidan Halligan. March 2019 At a special event, Pathfinders, the Hub team and Well Bradford Summer 2015 Well North partners celebrate the programme’s Review of Well North’s progress and development of achievements. Preston Leeds Hull new vision and thinking for moving forward under new leadership. April 2019 Well Skelmersdale Well Doncaster Well North Enterprises takes forward the programme’s legacy. Well Sefton Manchester Liverpool Well Oldham Lincoln Chester Well Sheffield & Well Rotherham Well Halton

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Shrewsbury Aidan Halligan’s original ideas for Well North 4 Leicester 5 Wolverhampton Reflections from our Executive Chairman and Director Helping communities to shape exciting futures

I’m delighted to be able to share my thoughts The word legacy conjures up the idea of about Well North and the amazing achievements completion, the end of something, the running of our ten Pathfinders. Over the past four years out of road, the full stop. And this, our Legacy our unique approach has been the catalyst for Report, fulfils a little of those expectations, as we unleashing healthier communities, where local reflect on people, actions and outcomes over the people can live, work and thrive. last 12 months and beyond. However, for me, a legacy is better thought of as something you can Spending a lot of time with our Pathfinder teams, learn from and pay forward to the future. I’ve seen the difference Well North has made on the ground. To unemployed people who have gained From an idea, to a concept, to mobilisation, to a new skills and the confidence to apply for jobs or set movement, for four years Well North has changed up their own businesses. To families who are learning lives, brought health and prosperity in challenging to grow and cook healthy food together. To people locations, unearthed great practice and greater isolated by ill-health or age who are now involved in people – and a whole lot more. community groups and activities. To young people who have been inspired to follow their dreams of a A journey of changes and challenges, a journey career in science or technology. I have been on since 2015. And for the last six months it has been my absolute honour to have And looking beyond these individual stories, Well been custodian of the Well North flame as the North has been about joining the dots and breaking programme completes; working with brilliant Hub down barriers at a community level. We’ve brought team colleagues and great Pathfinder partners. people together to have challenging conversations and encouraged local authorities, the NHS, business, the So while this report reflects on the present charity and voluntary sectors to collaborate in totally programme coming to a close, I believe it also shows new ways. Innovation and enterprise, access to green a legacy, a new strong flame being passed to the spaces and leisure facilities and community cohesion future through Well North Enterprises. A legacy which are all key factors in promoting health and wellbeing. the whole of the Well North movement, past and present, can feel justifiably proud to have ignited. I’m immensely proud of what Well North has achieved, and want to pass on my personal thanks to everyone who has supported the programme: our Pathfinder and Hub teams, partner organisations, Public Health England, our funders, business partners and advisers. And I feel very positive that everything we have learned and shared will have a lasting legacy through the Well North Enterprises team.

Lord Andrew Mawson Mick Hanratty Executive Chairman Director

6 7 8 9 10 11 Well Bradford has helped give Aim: Girlington the opportunity to begin The Girlington Green Mile to make real change happen, and Route: the Green Mile walking feedback is encouraging: route has evolved through community consultation and “I am inspired by the positive will connect key sites within energy to create a long- term Girlington. The community have change and leave a meaningful welcomed the development legacy, you are the glue – so thank and there is keen interest in you.” supporting the scheme. The Akhlak Rauf MBE, Community project was concluded with Well Bradford is anchored in an access into NHS services and a various local health initiatives, activities Champion, Girlington. a guided walk in September NHS Secondary Acute Foundation degree of kudos with local people and events and found local heroes to 2018 of the preferred route with Trust, jointly funded by three local and organisations operating in these back through grant money and peer- “I am motivated to encourage colleagues from the council, partners – Bradford Teaching areas. However, the practicalities of support and promotion. people to get moving and more councillors, key partners and local Hospitals, City of Bradford NHS governance (set up to deal with We offered a grants programme involved.” residents. Plans are in place to Metropolitan Council, and the significantly larger programmes) to local voluntary and community Jenny Horton, Little Lane Church, implement the route by summer local Clinical Commissioning are a significant challenge. There is organisations aligning to one or Girlington 2019. Groups – who match fund the support from senior leaders within more of Well Bradford’s priorities national contribution. The hospital the hospital for the project – but they from our action plan. This has and our other partners in the city have a separate mandate to deliver enabled local organisations to Volunteering opportunities: recognised the need for a different high quality acute care which will promote self-care and wellbeing, Tree and bulb planting within Well Bradford these have also way to tackle inequality in health always be their point of focus. connect communities, positively in West Park: Girlington benefited the community by building and wellbeing was needed if the Overall our Pathfinder is improving impact the life of Girlington Community Centre, in aspirations, getting people back into root causes of ill health are to be local provision and assets, helping residents, nurture local enterprises collaboration with the work or in to further education. Three significantly reduced, ultimately local entrepreneurial individuals and develop the skills and Landscape Department at of our volunteers who had never lessening the requirement for achieve goals that could not have confidence of the community. It’s Bradford Council, hosted a worked before successfully went acute interventions. achieved without us and bringing also an opportunity for organisations successful community tree on to gain full time employment The Pathfinder has three areas fractured communities together to work more closely with Well and bulbs planting event in and one went back to college to of geographic focus – Girlington using ‘Better Health and Wellbeing’ Bradford on future initiatives. West Park, Girlington. The complete their degree in Health and (Inner-city Bradford where people as the organising principle. Basing The grants enabled organisations Centre received funding Social Care. are predominantly Pakistani/ the project with an Acute Foundation to implement 17 proposals valued at through the Well Bradford Kashmiri in origin), Holme Wood Trust has flushed out the pros and £51,641, which focused on delivering grants programme, and saw Communicating through films: (a 10,000 house estate 90% white cons of adopting this approach. sustainable ventures solely for the around 25 local families and children, partner organisations and colleagues Well Bradford has funded six short British, but with a significant traveller benefit of the Girlington community. participate. The event was organised to coincide with National Tree community-led films about the population) and Keighley (an ex-mill In addition to the monetary Planting Week and forms part of the wider ‘health campus’ work stream. people and health in Girlington. town on the outskirts of the district investment, further benefits Participants expressed a keen interest in seeing similar events and activities The films have been co-designed with two significant ethnic minority Highlights and included high levels of community in the area, particularly ones which engaged the younger generation and in partnership with a host of local communities Bangladeshi/Pakistani achievements engagement. Due to strong word left a legacy. organisations and residents including and growing Eastern European Girlington of mouth and promotion through schools, an exercise group, allotment population and a majority white Well Bradford started in Girlington various communication channels, projects, community centres and working class community. This and has made significant progress. 57 applications were received in local churches and mosques. Each Bonfire Community Awards geographical location is the only one We are now working on three large total across the 3 rounds. The grants film emphasises a core health and Ceremony: The Bonfire period out of the three containing significant asset-based projects, including the programme created a platform wellbeing message, and they are traditionally has seen a small minority of pockets of affluent white people). procurement of a wellbeing centre to deliver services in Girlington available to be shown within local the community try to take advantage Basing the Pathfinder at the and new swimming pool that will be for these organisations, which venues such as GP practices, schools of the already stretched resources of hospital has given Well Bradford used by the local community and NHS were either not available or not and other community settlings. the emergency services and engage in considerable ‘convening power’, staff, 24 hours a day. We are supporting identifiable previously. anti-social behaviour and criminality. Clean Girlington: Well Bradford, in In 2017, Girlington was one of several Round Opening date Closing date Number of Number of successful Amount partnership with the local authority areas within Bradford that saw the applications applicants awarded (£) and other local organisations, has worst of this type of activity. Well been working to create a cleaner Bradford acted as a convening power, and provided funding to support a 1 4 September 2017 13 October 2017 23 7 £20,212 environment in Girlington. Several range of activities which acted as a deterrent to negative behaviour. It was organised litter picks/clean up days also an opportunity for Well Bradford to showcase our commitment to 2 29 January 2018 2 March 2018 12 4 £13,134 in hotspots were organised with local supporting the good will in Girlington. West Yorkshire Police, Fire Service partners across the sectors in days of and Bradford Council subsequently hosted an Appreciation Evening in 3 16 April 2018 18 May 2018 12 6 £18,295 action, enforcement and education. December 2018, to thank Well Bradford and local volunteers from different Totals 57 17 £51,641 organisations who had given up their time over the Bonfire period.

12 13 The Neighbourhood Policing Teams organised enforcement patrols Keighley which encouraged the reporting of In Keighley, we have made our initial enquiries environmental anti-social behaviour, about where we can meaningfully contribute and as well as recycling and social have started with two projects: responsibility awareness campaigns. l supporting a local couple to start a ‘park run’ in Information has been cascaded the town from July 2018 through networks and at community l considering ways to work with the Keighley forums and events to raise awareness Pathways project, a drop-in service for people of Council services and to promote facing crisis who would usually end up in active citizenship. mainstream services, which we may choose to accelerate if they can prove impact. Celebrating 70 years of the NHS in Girlington: Well Bradford The park run has been a huge success; in the first teamed up with Bradford Royal two months it averaged 257 runners a week. A further 206 people ran, jogged and walked the course, of whom Infirmary, Cycling UK, ONNA Bike and like this in the park, 84 were first timers and 50 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 24 different clubs took part. We are a wide array of other community bringing so many particularly encouraged by the active involvement of local doctors. organisations to organise and host people together to the #NHS70 in West Park, Girlington. celebrate such a worthy The event was really well received cause. All proceeds by the 500+ attendees, with lots to raised were donated to Our funding and future In 2019, we are looking to allocate do including face-painting, bouncy the Bradford Hospital’s plans funding to support projects including castles, bike rides, arts and crafts, Charity, helping to In 2018, Well Bradford successfully the Girlington grants programme food, information stalls and more. fund medical research applied for the remaining funding (£68,000), the Girlington Squire Lane Feedback from local residents was and improve patient tranches from Well North. This has leisure centre development (£30- that they had never seen an event services. allowed the programme to focus on 50,000), the Girlington Green Mile, working with local communities to the Whetley Mill development and identify priorities where investment setting up a grants programme in A key element of successful delivery in Girlington has been the solid governance arrangements, with would make the most difference Holme Wood, plus £142,000 for a dedicated management group (of funders and local activists) and a steering group, reporting to the and importantly where sustainable programme management/staffing existing Bradford Integration & Change Board, which brings together the most senior leaders from across improvements can be made. across all areas. Bradford and Districts to agree common purpose and hold each other to account. This has allowed all the Expenditure to date includes the The expenditure in 2019 will major health and wellbeing institutions to fully contribute to this part of the project. following activities: ensure Well Bradford leaves a lasting legacy that continues to benefit Holme Wood Activity Funding communities into the future. The Well Bradford is supporting the community on in 2018 provided Well Bradford programme has the Holme Wood estate to actively engage, by focused on establishing work funding various initiatives and encouraging Girlington Grants £51,641 streams within Holme Wood and the community council to have health Programme Girlington, while also undertaking and wellbeing as a focus for its work. Local preparatory work within Keighley. Girlington bike ride £2,400 community leaders and the local authority £60,000 has been spent in Holme worked together to host a joint ‘love your Girlington residents £5,000 Wood developing the range of community’ event on Valentine’s Day 2018, videos health and wellbeing activities which was attended by over 230 local residents. available to the community. We also opened the community centre over the Holme Wood £5,000 Well Bradford also intends to Easter holidays and offered activities for all ages. Activity Week increase the income available for We are looking to raise esteem on the estate investment within communities by by bringing a semi-professional women’s Keighley Park Run £1,500 partnering with local, regional and football team (Bradford Park Avenue Ladies) to national organisations to attract Holme Wood 12 £26,000 be based there, which involves refurbishing the match funding. The allocation of Week Activities local football pitch. We are mentoring a local CIC spend in 2019 is being finalised by play scheme to open an outdoor play centre, Girlington Green £15,000 the partners and aims to bolster, 2019 is an exciting prospect as we and working with partners including the British Mile scoping enhance and develop the people, begin to see some real change in our Army to open up a gym on site. Building on the places and spaces within Keighley, first site, and lay the foundations for local love for horses, we are talking to the British Programme £164,000 Holme Wood and Girlington. the next phase and new locations. Horse Racing board about extending stable lad management/ 2018 has been a busy period of We’re determined to keep up the employment opportunities for local children. staffing across all 3 building relationships, agreeing pace, and to deliver on our promise: areas priorities and getting stuck in. Healthy Place, Healthy People.

14 15 most of the physical environment, are stepping forward and developing led commissioning to address and building on leadership in the leadership in the community. and support local needs, as well as community, and ensuring services A key ingredient to our work work with partners as they develop are there for people when they need has been to take time to build ideas and interventions for the area them. relationships of trust with the addressing wider determinants of Community involvement has community, leading to partnership health. been a strength, starting with the working across a host of community We have been robustly evaluating Appreciative Inquiry and continuing interests and issues and ensuring our approaches and ways of working through visits, workshops and those who want to be part of the and have been focusing in 2018 on practical involvement. There has journey can be. building relationship in four other Doncaster has a population of out of work benefits and increasing poor housing and loneliness. Well been progress in the range of social Involving the community in all areas of the borough so we can share of 304,000 and is the largest low rates of self-directed care. Healthy Doncaster has worked to connect opportunities in Denaby Main and areas of the work and building strong and scale out the achievements in geography of any Metropolitan life expectancy is significantly lower local people, health experts, public in the collaboration between new relationships are two elements Denaby Main. Borough in the country. It than England and many people will services, businesses, and voluntary and existing groups. Local people that have resulted in community- boasts lots of countryside spend their later years with ill-health. and community groups eager to and open space and excellent make a difference. connectivity via road, rail, sea Our approach Well Doncaster took a geographical Highlights and achievements and air. Opportunities around Well Doncaster follows an asset- rather than borough wide approach, employment, investment and based approach that recognises local and focused on a key community, tourism are growing at pace and people as the solution; that doing prototyping approaches and Community Hub there are many assets to celebrate. things with rather than to people gathering learning. In 2015 a small ex- A key part of the initial work in Denaby was Doncaster has received national is the best recipe for success in mining village of 4100 people called establishing Denaby Community Library recognition for previous schemes addressing these inequalities. Acting Denaby Main was selected as our and Hub as a key asset for the community. addressing community regeneration as a ‘lightning rod’ around which area of focus. Responding to the Appreciative Inquiry where and health inequalities and has an capacity building initiatives and Since 2015 using the Appreciative residents lamented the loss of the library we established community planning community and universal services Inquiry model, Well Doncaster has worked with partners to reopen the library approach that builds community can align. spoken to over 800 residents of as a Community Hub and it has gone from capacity, supports families and We recognise that everybody Denaby Main and these continued strength to strength with the library open promotes wellbeing. Despite these wants a quality home, a good job conversations with the community four days a week and being supported by efforts there are still persistent and a healthy life to enjoy with have identified local strengths and six volunteers. Library staff and volunteers inequalities compared to other similar family and friends. We believe this co-produced many solutions. Diverse run activities for children and young people areas and in some cases inequalities can be achieved through vibrant plans are responsive and flexible in throughout the year and local community Community Micro Grants are widening. Further work is needed and connected communities that supporting assets in the area, creating groups use the space to meet with b:Friend In 2016 we set up a Community Micro Grant scheme offering around ensuring every child has the improve lifestyles but also tackling a culture of enterprise, celebrating using the space one morning a week for older local community groups the opportunity to apply for up to best start in life, reducing high rates debt, a lack of jobs and training, culture and local talents, making the residents to come together with befrienders, £500 to support initiatives, projects and events. The micro People Focused Group (PFG) established grants applications are reviewed monthly by a panel of local Denaby Bumping Space offering peer support residents who received training and confidently discuss to all ages and Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) what is already happening in the community, the potential Additional funding deliver generalist advice one day a week. The impact of the proposal on the community and whether it is Partnership working and coproduction are key component to our work and we have supported a large number community have come to see the Community value for money. The scheme ended in summer 2018 and of successful bids from statutory organisations, services and community groups bringing an additional total of Library and Hub as much more than just a received 35 successful applications, ranging from gardening £1.073 million into Doncaster. The projects and interventions tackle issues including social isolation, employment library. supplies to create community hanging baskets, to sports

and training, heritage, physical activity, health eating and community events and celebrations. l Volunteer Library: £12,557 equipment for local football and cricket clubs to art supplies.

l Denaby Bumping Space: £10,407 Bumping Space People’s Health Lottery £24,000 Outputs l Citizens Advice Service: £8,200 l 41 applications South Yorkshire Housing Association Big Lottery and European Social Fund £54,000 l 35 successful applications

Heritage Project Esme Fairburn £78, 000 l 10 Panel volunteers

Connecting Communities, Improving Lives Arts Council England £500,000 Outcomes l Development of local community groups Economically Disadvantaged Communities Sport England £100,000 l Development of community spirit through increase in Volunteer for Health Reaching Communities £13,000 community events

l Volunteer opportunities Power to Change Communities Business Fund Reaching Communities £300,000

Small community Investments £4,000 Cost: £22,000

16 17 Allotments Get Doncaster Enterprising the establishment of a Business Club keeping and HMRC registration

2017 saw the establishment of Friends of North In August 2017 Well Doncaster which has gone from strength to l 20 have had support with Cliff Allotments and the group successfully applied commissioned local social strength as new and established business planning for funding to develop the site and hold events to enterprise Aspiring2 to deliver ‘Get business owners meet once a l 18 have had logos designed engage with the community. A programme called Denaby Enterprising’, an approach month to support each other and Shed Heads operates from the site where residents which offers tailored, low level, network. l 7 have received in-work benefits can engage in wood working – it is run by a local one to one business start-up and Aspiring2 have also been working advice volunteer. A highlight was the incredibly successful enterprise support in response to with local secondary school De l 17 start-up micro grant Winter Wonderland event in December 2017 with high rates of unemployment due to Warrene Academy to cultivate an applications have been approved nearly 500 people attending, 360 of whom were health conditions. To help people entrepreneurial spirit among pupils l 11 students for local secondary children from local schools and nursery’s. start thinking about enterprise, by running a community event for school set up an events company The site continues to develop through ground Aspiring2 successfully applied for local residents celebrating the Royal and ran a afternoon tea party for works and clear ups. Two local schools visit the site a Community Micro Grant and Wedding. Working with school the Royal Wedding as part of their curriculum and fruit and vegetables initiated the £10 Challenge where departments and local community grown on site have been donated to community residents and community groups groups, the pupils created a Year 2: Across the borough groups where it is cooked and provides a hot meal to were given £10 to raise as much company to plan the event, manage l 19 receiving 1:1 support residents. A small orchard has been planted on the money as they could for the charity the budget and support the event l 27 attended workshops site with fruit trees donated by Landscape Partnership or good cause of their choice and on the day. and planted with the support of volunteers. they return the £10 at the end of The contract was extended in l 5 Barrier Buster Grants the challenge. With 34 participants 2018 and expanded its coverage l 6 registered with HM Revenue and Outputs and a total investment of £340 outside of Denaby Main to include Customs and trading. l Allotment meetings held every six weeks there was a total profit of £1385.64 the four new areas of opportunity supported by local community team and Doncaster through handmade crafts, baking and has seen similar success and Contract: £32,000 over 12 months Metropolitan Borough Council allotments officer and holding community events for uptake as residents from across the and volunteers 15 good causes, leading to a 407% borough have responded l Support community organisations with produce return on investment. to the approach. Building on this momentum l Enhanced school offer Aspiring2 rolled out a series of Outcomes workshops supporting budding Year 1: Denaby Outcomes entrepreneurs to develop their l l Volunteer opportunities 71 local people business ideas, access support have engaged l Community engagement events around marketing, tax and book with our service l Development of community asset. keeping leading to a business plan l 24 people are and an opportunity to apply for a trading Cost: £800 (Offset by funding bids and donations by Well Doncaster funded Start-up businesses) Micro Grant of up to £500, the panel l 29 have of which is made of local business completed our courses owners. l 22 regularly support our Garage 32 new areas, with £10,000 allocated for An important part of ‘Get monthly business club Garage 32 was initiated by a passionate 2020-21 to match fund with St Leger Doncaster Enterprising’ has been l 17 have had support with book Denaby resident and Housing Homes and support external funding Officer from the local social housing applications. provider St Leger Homes, who saw large amounts of household furniture Outputs: Our plans for the future both Doncaster Health and Wellbeing overlaps between Well North and Board’s prevention framework and Doncaster’s aspiration of a university being skipped after tenants vacated l Two staff members PAT testing Well Doncaster funding is profiled properties. Any fit for purpose furniture trained until March 2021 and it will the local place plan and is a corner city. The approach is also described and white goods left in properties in continue working in Denaby and stone in the council’s approach to as community wealth building in l Reduction in 11 skips - which Denaby was stored locally in garages draw on learning as it expands its tackling health inequalities. This Doncaster’s inclusive growth strategy, equates to £4,400 in savings and over and then donated to tenants in need. reach into four other wards in the means the approach has been again identifying this approach as a 10,000 kilos in waste The project started with just 5 garages borough: Edlington, Balby, Bentley mainstreamed and is a key influencer key building block and a candidate in November 2017 and now has 10 l 78 tenancies sustained as tenants and Stainforth. As we understand in decision making. for mainstream funding. garages. Stock doesn’t stay long and could not have afforded to furnish each community’s priorities we will At a micro level we’ve been We will continue our commitment other areas of the borough have the properties. continue working with partners working with Cormac Russell to robust and innovative approaches contacted the programme requesting to address them innovatively adopting the ABCD approach and to evaluation and will be working to to access the furniture. Outcomes and be driven by the voice of the with Prof David Best to implement raise the profile of the learning we £28,000 has been allocated for 2019- l Cross agency partnership working community. inclusive city approaches. At a have gathered through publishing 20 to cascade the project into the l Development of staff. Well Doncaster’s approach is macro level we are discussing and sharing its findings. highlighted as a key building block of with Well North Enterprises the

18 19 Examples of Well Halton’s work

Runcorn Veterans Association Outputs and Outcomes 2017 - 2018

1 33 veterans volunteered 14,000 hours worth £154,000 Projects included up-cycling, bike repair and gardening. 23 veterans found employment, whilst volunteering at RVA. This equated to 18 full-time posts. Up-cycling Project 63 beds

59 washers/dryers 27 wardrobes

The borough of Halton is 16 miles with people from our target 26 tables outside of Liverpool and is made neighbourhoods. 23 freezers 16 hoovers up of the towns of Runcorn and l Partnering with the world famous Widnes. The towns are separated Widnes Vikings Rugby Club on 21 cookers 45 sofas by the River Mersey and have an employment project that’s 451 distinct cultures and histories. 28 microwaves completely different! 48 chairs items upcycled Both towns have areas of high l Learning from Well Skelmersdale 13 televisions Runcorn Veterans Association 18 irons/boards 27 cutlery deprivation and poor health, crockery and then successfully duplicating Halton has a very large veteran but Halton also has many great 37 chest drawers their Sewing Rooms project to assets, wonderful green spaces, community. Well Halton create Sew Halton. Referrals Children's Centres: 20 teamed up with Runcorn Social Services: 20 passionate leaders and a vibrant HBC: 6 l Teaming up with Runcorn Veterans Association (RVA) to HousingAssoc.: 16 Military : 17 89 Civilian Families community sector. 5 62 Veteran Families NHS: Assisted Assisted Shopping City to launch the Youth How we used our funding run a number of up-cycling 89 Other: 5 Adopting an asset based approach, Zone and other community areas. Well Halton has used the vast projects. Well Halton selected particular l Supporting our veterans majority of its funding to pump- neighbourhoods and worked with community to develop a bike prime community projects. Grants Well Halton inputs and capacity building support £10,000 capital items /rent. Capacity building support the community to identify the upcycling project, a furniture Runcorn V have been given in various ways. In eterans Association assets, opportunities and potential upcycling project and find a new Additionality Outputs and Outcomes 2017 - 2018 connections around them. Work base. total 32 community projects have £5,000 worth of bikes and support from Cheshire Police been created. Well Halton has also started in these neighbourhoods l Supporting Power In Partnership’s Outputs (Bike) Runcorn Bike Project contributed to feasibility studies and has led to a wide range of unique approach to work with l 9 veterans trained in bike repair. 83 bikes upcycled. capital works, that will bring new 82 9 projects involving over 30 partner NEET young people. l bikes veterans 34 31 young people given a bike. young people assets to the community. In addition, up-cycled trained organisations from multiple sectors. l trained Building community growing areas l Well Halton used some of its funding 52 bikes distributed to veterans/community members who at Children’s Centres and nurseries. towards the cost of key staff. All of needed transportation for work or training. Highlights and Environmental Work Resulting in an Ofsted ‘outstanding’ RVA. House these staff were Halton residents Outputs (furniture) Clearance achievements for Holy Spirit Nursery. Service seconded from their existing posts. l 27 veterans volunteered 3200hrs, 117 pieces of furniture 17 l House 53 Well Halton has done some incredible Winning Innovation Awards at Garden 12 33 clearance Raised beds 3 upcycled. clearance Wagons of Community Skip constructed rubbish removed things over the last two years, these the North West Coast Research & Days The table below shows the l 68 families supported. include: Innovation Awards in 2018 and 2019. breakdown of how Halton’s tranche 1 l 60 tonnes of landfill avoided. Additional Services Provided l Developing a partnership with l Working with Company Shop to and 2 funding allocations were spent. Outcomes the Science Technology Facilities open the first ‘Community Shop’ in All 27 of the veterans reported increased well-being, 9 of the Council (STFC) which has led to the North West. veteran volunteers gained employment. 18 over 3000 STEM engagements 9 131 Impact Veterans Veterans in 10 Funerals custody People in Homeless food poverty l 1 supported veterans 9 veterans into employment – £158,000 in wages added assisted housed to the local economy and saves the state 2£108,315

Feasability studies £30,000 Feasability studies l 27 veterans reporting increased wellbeing scores Capital builds £76,000 Capital builds Sustainability Well Halton will continue to support the veterans. New partners such as Veterans HQ (a regional veterans Grants £210,000 Grants organisation), will work with RVA to access additional resources such as Covenant Funding. The veterans will also expand their paid enterprises such as house clearances. Staff £50,000 Staff In January 2019, Well Halton assisted RVA in finding a new base that can house their varied activities. Science Projects £20,000 Science Projects

Events £6,000 Events 1 Median Wage (non self-employed) - £26,400 per annum (ONS 2017) 2 Other £8,000 Other Public Health England estimate saving of £12,035 per person into work. www.gov.uk/government/news/improving-work-health-for-a-healthy- economy

20 21 Halton Science Partnership Additionality Sew Halton Outcomes Well Halton acted as the catalyst £70,000 of staff and resource by Sew Halton uses textile craft as a l 200 coats up-cycled that has connected local STFC and partners platform to build skills, increase and distributed to local communities to the Daresbury Outputs confidence and reduce fabric children. Technology Campus, a world 2 large family events, 900 people waste. The project is based upon a l 45 Certificates in class facility that sits within the attended, School Space week similar idea from Well Skelmersdale. basic machine sewing borough. Partnering with STFC involving 1596 children from 10 Sew Halton is based in Runcorn awarded. and local science based social Shopping City and is a registered local schools. 361 space events. l 98% of participants enterprises such as Farm Urban and Community Interest Company (CIC). Impact improved their well- MakoEducation, Well Halton has The number of children who Sustainability The partnership being scores. connected the science community Well Halton Inputs wanted to be scientist or engineer continues to flourish and is l to eight local Children’s Centres and £7000 grant for capital items. 5 tonnes of fabric increased from 27% to 42% after currently engaged in a new project ten local schools Capacity building support. £10,000 waste avoided. taking part in Space Week involving our 10 primary schools. grant towards year 2 running costs. Impact The number of children who had STFC have resources to allocate Well Halton inputs Additionality Sew Halton’s SROI thought about going to University to the work. In addition, STFC’s 4 £10,000 funding, community £7000 Match funding, coaching was measured as part of a Halton or doing an apprenticeship partnership with Well Halton, puts insight, connection to communities. from Well North. Support with Healthy New Town Report. It found, has developed a close working increased from 33% to 45% after them in a stronger position to venue from Runcorn Shopping City. for every £1 invested £5 has been relationship with the DWP and local taking part in Space Week secure additional funding. £16,000 grant from WEA. saved by the state. This gives a social council. Well Halton will support the return on investment of £200,000 to social enterprise to develop a varied Outputs Widnes Vikings – Wellness Through Additionality: date. funding mix. 17 textile craft courses delivered, Employment (WTE) £50,000 from other sources such as Sustainability 4 132 participants trained, 26 people Harry Dunsford ‘Sew Halton Economic WTE uses the unique environment of WEA and The Rank Foundation. Sew Halton has begun to produce volunteered 1800 hours between Analysis’ commissioned by NHS England as the Halton Stadium and the Widnes its own products. In addition it part of Halton Healthy New Towns. Outputs them. Vikings Rugby Team, as a fantastic 104 sessions delivered, 66 environment to support the long- participants in first year term unemployed. Classes are run at Outcomes the stadium alongside professional Shopping City Partnership community collection points. Our plans for the future l 46 participants gained an NCFE rugby players. C.V. writing, interview Well Halton has been successful in Level 1 in Employability skills. Shopping City have been Well Outputs techniques and basic skills training Halton’s main private sector 1000s of people engaged. 60,000 connecting a diverse range of assets l 20 participants gained an NCFE are all available. partner. They have adopted the clothing items collected and and partners across the borough Level 2 in Employability skills. of Halton. The Well Halton way of Impact Well North philosophy and have distributed to people in need. Well Halton inputs l 10 participants gained full-time working will be embedded into 1 created a community focussed l Impact £30,000 to support 2 years running employment. £264,000 in wages added to local atmosphere that is improving the the Halton Systems and will help to economy (ONS 2017). Increased sustainability for costs. Supported additional l All participants showing increased town. Shopping City have allocated inform new approaches such as One 2 community projects. Potential for applications work readiness. l £120,350 state savings annually. space to a number of local projects Halton and Healthy Streets. further partnerships including Sew Halton, Art Hub, Halton NHS Clinical Commissioning clothing collections and many Sustainability Group will continue to house the Power In Partnership (PIP) Outputs Impact Shopping City have adopted the 3 others. post of Well Halton Project Manager. PIP is a locally run social enterprise l 6 NEETS recruited to course. l £56,000 saved per young person community approach and will The aim of this role will be to support that aims to improve outcomes for l 1, 6 NEETs recruited to course 2 no longer NEET (Coles et al). Well Halton Inputs continue work in this way. the Well Halton projects already young people not in education, l (ongoing). £672,000 potential saving for all created and to work with partners employment or training (NEET). Well Connecting Shopping City to l 150 sessions held, 750 hours of 12 participants. across all sectors to maximise Halton has supported PIP in the community partners such as tuition/support. l 3 employed adding £40,000 to outcomes. development of Healthy Futures, Well North, Public Health, Young the local economy. In 2019 Well Halton has already a project that works with young Outcomes AddAction, Runcorn Amateur found the veterans a new base, people facing extreme barriers. All 12 no longer NEET, (of the first 6) Sustainability Well Halton has Boxing Club, STFC and many others. 3 went into employment, 2 went to worked with PIP to calculate the extended Runcorn Boxing Club’s Additionality college and 1 has entered another SROI of their work, this data will Gym, secured Well Halton inputs Shopping City have committed PIP course. All 12 have shown a put them in a stronger position to a site for £7000 towards class costs. large amounts of staff time, significant shift in well-being scores. attract funding and commissions. Community Additionality allocated disused space and have Shop and £10,000 of resources sourced by PIP committed their own resources to launched changing the centre. another Outcomes science project 1Median Wage (non self-employed) – £26,400 per annum (ONS 2017) Creation of Art Hub, Dance Studio, with the 10 2Public Health England estimate saving of £12,035 per person into work. www.gov.uk/government/news/improving-work-health-for-a-healthy- training rooms, Sew Halton, schools. economy Youth Zone, table tennis hub and 3(Coles et al (2010)) ‘Estimating the life-time cost of NEET: 16-18 year olds not in Education, Employment or Training’ 2010

22 23 1. Inner west of Newcastle

My Story, My Place, My Future The West End Schools’ Trust (WEST) is a collection of seven primary schools in the west end of Newcastle. Their vision is to enable every learner to achieve the best that they can. Well Newcastle Gateshead collaborated with WEST to create a ‘family reading together’ project in the autumn of 2017. The project’s aim was to support school readiness for children. It was anticipated that families could enjoy reading together whilst supporting their children with the transition to school. ‘My Story, My Place, My Future’ became the overall theme of the project. Seven Stories were invited to assist with the programme. Seven Stories is a National Centre for Children’s books and provide learning and participation programmes in schools to encourage reading. The trust teachers with Seven Stories practitioners chose a selection of books to read which complemented the theme of ‘My Story, My Place, My Future’. The children spent time in the classroom reading the seven chosen books. Then they and their families took part in a wider family reading together programme looking at different texts. In these sessions they read together and used ‘props’ to make the stories come to life. The children and their families visited Seven Stories during the project so that they could see children’s reading sessions and the trip to Seven Stories to inspire literature as an art form, with original work and them to produce their own artwork in an exhibition at manuscripts making exhibitions. Newcastle City Library in the Spring/Summer of 2018, The children used their experience from the family part of the Great Exhibition of the North.

Highlights and l reduce social isolation Fund. To date, we have held five achievements l have credible legacy plans to events which have facilitated fruitful continue their work into the future. partnerships and sown the seeds The Twisting Ducks Theatre Company become more emotionally resilient and school ready. for the development of a number of The Twisting Ducks will deliver creative workshops to Over 39 weeks starting in October 2018, The Twisting Well Newcastle Gateshead Arts Fund The fund has successfully brought local projects. 105 children aged three to five, across seven schools Ducks will plan and deliver a series of ten 1 hour-long The Well Newcastle Gateshead Arts together a range of local artists, within the Bridgewater West End Schools’ Trust (WEST) creative workshops to children across 7 schools within Fund Programme supports projects community, voluntary organisations, “It’s been a lovely opportunity to to help explore feelings and behaviours as part of the West End Schools’ Trust. Parents, grandparents and with a focus on the arts, health and health, education and care services connect with like-minded people, to personal social and emotional development. The aim carers will be invited to participate in the workshops to wellbeing across our four target to deliver projects to make our share ideas, joined up thinking and is to work with children and their families to help them work alongside the children. communities. Applications can be communities vibrant, connected and shared commonality.” Comment The workshops will use story-telling, signified play made at any time for up to £10,000 in healthy places to live. from participant at a Community objects, dance/movement and drama to help children any one year. Conversation in Inner West explore feelings and behaviours as part of their The fund was designed to enable Community Engagement Newcastle. personal social and emotional development. projects that: The sessions will be planned and delivered by an We regularly hold Community l improve wellbeing in their arts facilitator, two group members and a support Conversations in each of our four Our projects communities worker. At the end of the project, the company will target communities with the Since its launch, the Well Newcastle l help to develop resourcefulness hold a participatory sensory arts event themed around participation of artists, community Gateshead Arts Fund has supported a l increase levels of skills and ‘emotional spaces’. Parents, grandparents and carers groups and representatives from number of projects in the inner west engagement will be involved in planning and volunteering at the each local authority to discuss ideas of Newcastle, Byker and Chopwell. l give people access to knowledge event, which will be open to the wider community. for potential projects and promote l develop a sense of place and connected communities the Well Newcastle Gateshead Arts Watch a video about the project here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzV1IQRef0w

24 25 Reviving The Heart of the West End/The Empty Space emotional wellbeing issues in 3,240 children aged three ‘Reviving the West End of Newcastle’, in partnership with to seven and develop early effective interventions for Sharing stories through dance The Empty Space, is working with 20 parents in inner building resilience. Company of Others is a dance theatre company led west Newcastle to enable them to deliver arts projects/ The project aims to de-stigmatise emotional wellbeing by an artist director/choreographer from Byker. The activities to children in the community. We estimate difficulties, engage children in creative learning and team will work with women living in Byker to record that the project will reach 600 people (12 projects led by development through puppetry, and make targeted experiences of endings that have had a significant participants, each reaching 50 people). interventions with children identified as having emotional impact in their lives. wellbeing difficulties. Partners in this project include These experiences will be used to craft a production The Story Well: Mental Health Puppetry for at-risk Healthworks Newcastle, the Community Family Hub and called ‘Crackle. Dust’, which will be performed at Byker Schoolchildren 4M puppets. Community Centre on 4th May 2019 for the women, North East Wellbeing, who specialise in emotional To date, 357 children across eight schools in the their friends, family and the local community. wellbeing, have been working with primary schools in the West End of Newcastle have benefitted from puppetry A call out is underway for 300 women to take part, inner west of Newcastle since September 2018. They are workshops. 149 of these children have been identified as and the project will enable the creation of an all In their ‘Reaching Out‘ project, they will engage 20 delivering a project using interactive puppetry to identify requiring further intervention. female performance ensemble that will produce and isolated young people aged 16-25 to work together perform further work in the future. to create their own musical body of work. The project will culminate in the ‘Reaching Out Festiva’, where Reaching young people through artist collectives participants will perform their work at selected venues. 2. Byker St. Michael’s Church and Community Cafe in Byker are The young artist collectives facilitated by the project Community Play collaborating with Skimstone Arts to develop artist will continue to develop and make work beyond the “I Have Seen the Enemy” will be a community collectives of young people. funded period for the benefit of the local community. play exploring themes of war, produced from spring to autumn 2019. During this period, community groups will create the play and Northern Stage will actively develop 3. Chopwell The project will also ‘refresh’ the group and support leadership skills across all aspects of the Community Centre Wall Hanging its continuation by developing new activities that will project. Quick Crafters are an arts and crafts group who meet appeal to a wider community. It is estimated that at The partners in this project are Avondale at Chopwell Community Centre. They will develop a least 18 people will benefit from the project House, a residential home for veterans, wall hanging in mixed media, working with socially and refugee groups, Northern Stage and a theatre economically disadvantaged adults and the aid of a Encouraging creativity in Chopwell company from Bradford called Commonwealth. professional artist. Canny Chanters/Chopwell Arts will deliver a pilot Well Newcastle Gateshead will be a catalyst The artwork will celebrate the life of the village, its programme of creative arts ‘taster sessions’ starting in funder for this project. landmarks and history. The piece will be displayed in spring 2019. Activities will include singing, dancing, autumn 2019 at the Centre and will depict points of painting, photography and film-making. There will Arts and mental health interest around the Chopwell area, such as St John’s also be a ‘Meet the Artists’ showcase of local arts and Tyneside Women’s Health are delivering a pilot Church, the soldier statue, the miners’ wheel, the crafts artists. The project will benefit 500 people and programme of ‘taster’ art activities for women community centre and Chopwell woods. outcomes include an annual Chopwell Arts Programme affected by mental issues. The programme developed and co-designed by the local community. will provide opportunities for dance, drama, singing, poetry and creative writing and 60 women will benefit from the project. The project outcomes include a showcase Our funding Our plans for the future event and the ability to market-test income generation from creative activities. The Well Newcastle Gateshead Arts Fund has provided a total of £48,944 in Applications are expected from project funding to local community and voluntary organisations:£26,987 in the projects in the Felling area during inner west of Newcastle, £19,957 in Byker and £2,000 in Chopwell. spring, from organisations wanting A total of £184,911 has been secured in partnership funding and in-kind to develop creative activities around support by funded projects, doubling our investment of £90,034 in our target story telling sessions in six nursery communities to date. groups and working with children The Well Newcastle Gateshead Committee has also recently approved five to develop community sculptures bids for projects in Chopwell, the inner west of Newcastle and Byker ranging inspired by nature and displayed in from facilitating arts sessions for socially isolated adults, to the production public outdoor areas. of a play exploring themes around endings/closure with the participation of Our future programme delivery is women who have experienced mental health issues. The total requested for ultimately defined by the community these bids was £41,090. and will become more concrete Our projects are currently benefitting 2,580 people in our target over time as we receive and approve communities. more bids from individuals and Looking ahead, we are budgeting to spend £171,000 in total in each of our organisations working in our four four target areas from 2017/18 to 2020/2. We will also allocate £20,000 funding target areas within Newcastle and towards an embedded researcher to evaluate our projects in 2019/2020. Gateshead.

26 27 Highlights and achievements Throughout our journey and by working together, people and partners across Oldham have learnt, grown and achieved a range of things. We’re proud of all highlights, big and small, that matter to residents.

As a co-operative borough, Make it Pay Oldham is committed to Under this theme, we launched the developing a co-operative future innovative Food Enterprise Fund where residents, partners and (key to our focus on ‘Make it Pay’) staff work together to improve the to invest £150,000 in community borough and create a confident, enterprise through food and growing, healthy and ambitious place. In targeting scale-able investment at Oldham, it’s about ‘everybody initiatives which increase access to doing their bit and everybody l Invested in 10 sustainable l an active and enabling fresh, healthy food and generate benefiting’. This is critical in our approach to community food enterprises (total partnership, joining-up networks a sustainable income for the local Community involvement in growing and food – from grassroots target of 45). to boardroom. and working together to coordinate neighbourhood. Outputs and outcomes Oldham means more than asking Well Oldham also hosted an Growing Oldham: Feeding activity. Grow More l Completed Business Case for Veg in residents for their views. As one of Enterprise Workshop at Veg in the first Well North Pathfinders, we Ambition is our shared vision being To invest in community growing, the Park Growing Hub Critical change moments the Park Growing Hub, inviting want to empower local residents to delivered through: we provided an £8,000 enabling l Secured £96,000 from Thriving There have been a number of critical community organisations and l a whole-system programme and grant to secure matched funding of Communities and approval of take greater control of their own lives, local businesses to explore ideas, approach to food. change moments that have shaped £96,000 towards a portacabin/café/ £126,000 investment their health and their communities. opportunities and challenges to our local approach: enterprise space for Veg in the Park l Installation of fully operational l Two day workshop – reframing our sustainable food businesses. in Waterhead Park. This has created a portacabin/enterprise/café/shop focus for Oldham from Holts and sustainable community-led growing Outputs and outcomes (total target 2 additional fully There are five main priorities that guide this work and that support improved Lees to a borough-wide approach site that can sell fresh, locally grown l 30 attendees at Enterprise operational hubs) health outcomes, and we have commissioned visuals for priority areas to on food through Growing Oldham: fruit and vegetables. Immersion Session l Job created for employee to showcase the different activity going on. Feeding Ambition (with a place- We also provided a £150,000 l manage/run hub based approach continuing 12 ‘pitches’ for Enterprise Ambitions investment for Phase 1 of Northern l and increasing through Thriving l 8 completed Business Model Roots and a new Eco-Centre as a Approval of Northern Roots Phase 1 1. MAKE IT PAY ENTERPRISE – growing co-operative enterprise and Communities). Canvas on food/growing demonstrator site, to enhance the (programme capacity, new depot, entrepreneurs, increase profit in Oldham, support l Enterprise Immersion Workshop enterprises borough’s reputation as a ‘green and brand, agri-park)

local economy l – identifying opportunities and l £1,000+ raised from a Community growing’ borough while boosting Tackling food poverty and fair ambitions for food/growing skills, enterprise and employment. access to food. 2. GROW MORE PRACTICAL GROWING – within communities, at Food Festival enterprise and providing a platform growing sites, invest in the place, bringing people to consider proposals (this was the together foundation for the Food Enterprise COMMUNITY CAPACITY – growing community Fund). assets, empowering residents to act, working co- Share More Outputs and outcomes l Crowdfunding for the Community operatively We focused on sharing food and feeding children and families Summer – 3,684 healthy meals provided Kitchen at Oldham Food Bank - through Holiday Hunger pilots during the summer and Christmas (6 week summer term) raising £20,000+ for commercial 3. SHARE MORE TRANSPORT AND DISTRIBUTION – increasing holidays. We took a locally-led approach, working with existing l 19 different sites, 4 jobs created. access to fresh, healthy food for all, moving food standard facilities (used as an activity providers and community partners and bringing together l 12 attendees for Safer Food, Better across the borough anchor for the Holiday Hunger enrichment activity and access to fresh, healthy, local food. Business training programme. provision to prepare and store This initial pilot has helped secure £45k from the Education 4. LEARN MORE EDUCATION AND SKILLS – teaching skills, raising meals). Partnership for a joint £90k programme to help improve access l Distribution boxes for hot and cold awareness, education on healthy food, knowledge storage. l Visit to RHS Bridgewater Gardens to food and activity for children across all school holidays for the and ability to choose a healthy diet – building links with key strategic next two years. We also allocated £30,000 for a Food Partnership WORKING WITH SCHOOLS – creating links and partners, and inspiring leaders in Coordinator (including £10,000 of external funding from Sustainable Christmas – 200 food portions, 60 food opportunities in partnership, educating young people Oldham around large scale sites. Food Cities) to drive forward work on food poverty and holiday parcels, 160 items of clothing l Holiday enrichment activity, reduction l Veg in the Park Business Plan – hunger, working closely with members of the Food Network to deliver Oldham’s ‘Year of Food’. A further £15,000 of funding was of food waste. 5. WASTE LESS REDUCE FOOD WASTE – minimise waste, use approved alongside the Food allocated for a Programme Manager to drive the project strategically. l Increased access to healthy meals. surplus food, feed bellies not bins Enterprise Fund as a ‘stone that rolled’ to invest in existing hubs.

28 29 Influence, networks and partnerships Outputs and outcomes CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT AND DELIVERY 2019-2021 Thanks to connections through Well l 10 Food Partnership meetings North, Oldham have partnered with bringing cross-sector partners and FOOD POVERTY the Royal Horticultural Society in leads together. Holiday enrichment & healthy food for disadvantaged children £90,000 developing a practical and strategic l 20 attendees for a Vision Session at relationship that shares knowledge Lees Park Eco Hub. Food Bank and Emergency Food Providers to increase fair access to food £20,000 and experience across organisations. l Clear action plan for the future of This includes learning visits between Emergency food provision £20,000 food develope. sites, sharing best practice and closer l ENTERPRISE & FOOD collaboration. ‘Year of Food’ programme – series of events, festivals, workshops and Food Enterprise Fund for Community Enterprise £60,000 Outputs and outcomes opportunities for celebrating and growing interest in food (total l Connections and relationship with YEAR OF FOOD ACTIVITY RHS leads. target of 12 activities). Reputation and recognition Oldham Year of Food Activity £25,000 l 6 leads visiting RHS Bridgewater to Inspiring ideas Through this way of working we share knowledge and inspiration. NORTHERN ROOTS We have enabled and empowered are pleased to be recognised in the l Edible Bus Stop at RHS Tatton. local residents, partners and officers to following ways: Phase 1 and Phase 2 development £150,000 powered by renewable energy. attend case study visits to the Bromley l Awarded the ‘Sustainable Food REDUCING OBESITY - WHOLE SYSTEM APPROACH £10,000 l 8 partners and leaders inspired by by Bow Centre to learn, understand Cities Bronze’ Award (2018) for visit to Bromley by Bow. and share experiences that help taking a holistic approach to food FOOD WASTE REDUCTION PILOT £5,000 l Hosted visit for 15 leads from RHS achieve local ambitions for the and working in partnership and Salford Council. benefits of communities in Oldham. ENGAGEMENT l Shortlisted for the ‘Community

Involvement’ Award for the Local Learning visits and exchange of experience with partners £10,000 Learn More We have also strengthened local Government Chronicle Awards We are working with schools to COMMUNICATIONS partnerships between members of (2018) Growing Oldham: Feeding Ambition, improve educational attainment l Exemplar case study for Sustain’s Promotional material, communications and evaluation £10,000 developing relationships across through food, and reducing obesity guide to ‘Food Growing in Parks’ networks, including Oldham Food through a whole system action plan. MANAGEMENT (2018). Network and Get Oldham Growing, whilst focusing on ways in which we l Shortlisted for the Co-operative Project management £30,000 Council of the Year 2018. can enable and support action. CCIN POLICY LAB Co-operative approaches to sustainable food (external funding secured) £10,000 EXPENDITURE 2017-2019 TRAINING & EDUCATIONAL COURSES £4,221 FOOD POVERTY TOTAL £444,221 Holiday Enrichment & healthy food for disadvantaged £26,999 children TOTAL PROGRAMME BUDGET £792,750

Food Partnership Coordinator for Holiday Hunger £40,000 Our plans for the future ENTERPRISE & FOOD The Well North programme is a key programmes with shared priorities to this will require considerable and Food Enterprise Fund for Community Enterprise £148,305 pillar and driver of our wider food continue and sustain delivery. at scale system change across the programme and food partnership council, partners and residents. We GROWING approach. There are a number of Scaling up and increasing impact want to grow from local networks Veg in the Park portacabin/café/enterprise space installation £103,825 critical programmes and initiatives This includes the opportunity of and relationships into a wider, active, that underpin this activity, including Northern Roots as a demonstrator site leading movement with people, food ENGAGEMENT Get Oldham Growing, Green Dividend giving residents more opportunities and growing at the centre. As well as and Oldham Food Network. To sustain to get involved in green and growing making fair access to food a priority Learning visits and exchange of experience with partners £4,400 and develop our Pathfinder further we projects. As well as working with our for everyone. COMMUNICATIONS intend to focus on: Education Partnership to collaborate in tackling access to food during Doing our bit Promotional material, communications and evaluation £10,000 Seeking matched funding school holidays. Oldham will continue sharing, MANAGEMENT In addition to the critical programmes learning and growing by hosting a and initiatives, we have secured Growing a Food Movement future Pathfinder Network visit in Project management £15,000 £192,000 matched funding for Beyond this we are seeking to the Borough to connect, exchange additional activity and are seeking fundamentally transform the local experience and develop ideas by TOTAL £348,529 contributions from a range of food system in Oldham. To achieve working more closely together.

30 31 Our funding We have allocated funding to delivering activities across each of the three elements of our vision:

Waverley is a great place to work –£49,000

l Supporting the STEM outreach team to deliver the national primary and secondary engineers Our Pathfinder is based in programme and the leadership Waverley (the old Orgreave award. colliery site) and will use opportunities provided by the l Working with the school improvement team to develop links Advanced Manufacturing Park between schools and the AMP. (AMP), the new housing and local l Supporting a Rotherham secondary school to access the St centre development and the Paul’s Way Science Summer School in London, hosted by planned green spaces to benefit Professor Brian Cox. the local and wider Rotherham l Engaging with business leaders at the AMRC. community. l Social Enterprise start-up support. The Well North philosophy is underpinned by a strong belief in backing grass roots social enterprise Waverley is an active community – £60,000 projects identified by community l Improving access to the lake including paths and groups and individuals. signage. Part of the Enterprise Team, our l A partnership project between Waverley and the Pathfinder has an activity budget Royal Horticultural Society to plan and develop a which will be grown through match community garden. funding to instigate initiatives which will have a positive and sustainable l Working with Rotherham Metropolitan Borough impact on Waverley and the Council, Sustrans and key stakeholders to undertake surrounding areas. The following month we increase aspiration in Rotherham’s a feasibility study of sustainable transport links to 2018/2019 has seen Well reconvened the Hub team to refresh young people, by encouraging them Waverley. Rotherham move from inception the vision set out in 2017. At this to look for careers in science and l Supporting the Innovate UK/Sport England bid. into action. Kris Mackay joined South meeting we agreed that the project engineering. We are also planning to Yorkshire Housing Association in will deliver a programme of action maximise job creation opportunities August as the Project Co-ordinator which meets the strategic vision (see for local people as the Waverley and set about developing our key table below). development grows. Waverley is a great place to live – £80,000 partnerships and vision for the As we move into 2019, the project As part of this, we have also teamed l Conducting an Appreciative Inquiry with the project. is moving from planning into up with the Advanced Manufacturing communities at Waverley, Treeton and Catcliffe to In October 2018, the Well action. We will be undertaking an Research Centre (AMRC) and a local understand their wants and needs. Rotherham partnership visited Appreciative Inquiry throughout academy trust to progress plans to l Supporting the Events team at Waverley Residents work with the St Paul’s Way Trust the Bromley by Bow Centre to get February and March which will form Association to develop and deliver a sustainable School in London and the Well North inspired about what can be achieved the basis of our future work with programme of events. through bringing together the right the local community, with plans to Hub team to bring the Professor Brian people and moving forward with a run a micro grant programme in Cox’s Science Summer School to l Strengthening the links between Waverley and the commitment to excellence. May. We are developing plans to Yorkshire. Exciting times are ahead! surrounding communities. l Improving the links between residents and businesses. Building strong and resilient communities

Waverley is a great place to work Waverley is an active community Waverley is a great place to live Building STEM aspirations across Designing healthy communities Supporting the emerging Rotherham and maximising the and maximising the opportunities community to connect, grow and opportunities for education, in the green spaces thrive employment and volunteering at Waverley

32 33 Taking Root Taking Root is all about building a collaborative network of community gardens, food and health projects in South Sefton and connecting our network of 100+ volunteers to enable a sharing economy to build community resilience, improve health and well- being and to have fun. This year they have co-ordinated three Taking Root network meetings to bring together the social economy, public and private sector to creatively design collective actions to make a difference to the communities of South Sefton. Based in the Linacre area of Thanks to the support of Well Sefton, they have been able to Bootle, located in the south of the expand activities and now have two social enterprises: Lotus Brook borough, Well Sefton is working to and The Gateway Collective. These both deliver support to existing improve the health and wellbeing community garden groups and help to set up new ones, adopting of those living and working in a variety of approaches, including working with organisations to Bootle by creating a vibrant establish new community gardens and identifying potential sites and connected community of and engaging local residents/businesses to get involved. They are people, living in a more pleasant working with the aim of entering the Britain in Bloom competition. environment. Well Sefton partnership is made up of a series of organisations all working #DestinationBootle and the local swimming pool. l creating murals along the canal towards the common aim of creating SAFE Regeneration has continued SAFE has levered in additional side www.saferegeneration.org. a brighter Bootle. The collaboration to move forward with the capital funding support (£275,000) from uk/blog/well-sefton comprises Living Well Sefton (LWS), programme, successfully submitting Homes England, Sefton Council l working with people with dementia Safe Regeneration (SAFE), Sefton the pre-planning application and access fund and Power to Change through its award-winning growing Council, Taking Root in Bootle, completing the site investigations to bring its vision for Bootle Town programme ‘Green Dream’ YKids and the South Sefton Clinical for a canal side neighbourhood Centre to fruition. In the third www.saferegeneration.org.uk/ Commissioning Group. development which includes and final year of the Well Sefton the-echo-environmental-awards In 2019 we are entering the third over two hundred homes (shared programme SAFE will submit its full l Writing and performing theatre and final year of the Well Sefton ownership/social and extra care), planning application with funding works that are then performed programme. Year 2 has been community business centre, eatery identified to complete the £33 and the very successful Lock & extremely busy but also our best yet. and guest accommodation. The million-pound scheme by 2021. Quay Community Pub, the only All activity carried out by Well Sefton scheme also features plans for a http://destinationbootle.org.uk/ community pub in the Liverpool partners is based on working to geo-thermal energy scheme that Creative engagement programme City Region. improve the health and wellbeing of will make the site completely self- SAFE continued to engage www.saferegeneration.org.uk/ those living and working in Bootle. sufficient, with capacity to provide communities in creative activities, community-pub energy to surrounding facilities such contributing to the regeneration of as the Bootle Strand Shopping Centre the neighbourhood: Highlights and achievements Pay It Forward Day Living Well Sefton, working with the for local wildlife by distributing Bootle Music Festival Well Sefton partners delivered a raft Orrell Trust, Venus and the May Logan wildflower seeds to local community SAFE planned and delivered the Bootle Music Festival which featured a of activities to embrace the power of Centre, facilitated a whole range of groups. Not put off by the rain, sizable Wellbeing Field. Over the two-day festival, 3,500 people enjoyed giving and to encourage the people activities to promote random acts of groups of community gardeners from music from Hue & Cry, Space and the Real People with 2 stages with 18 of Bootle to spread love among the kindness, including making your own Regenerus’s Taking Root in Bootle acts performing. The event was supported by local businesses which community. ‘Pay It Forward Day’ is a ‘message in a bottle’ so that people project created wooden planters to contributed £28,000 to the cost; tickets to the event raised £12,000. The worldwide movement that promotes could pledge their random act of gift to passers-by and to residents Bootle Music Festival alone saw 500,000 people engage through social random acts of kindness with the kindness and get a small decorative around the local neighbourhood to media. idea that those who experience an bottle to write a name tag of the brighten up the area. The festival will continue in year three with exciting acts already confirmed. act of kindness pass it on to others. person they plan to do a deed for. Matt Ashton, Well Sefton Lead Taking place on 6th and 7th July, the event will be ticketed and is expected The activities on the day trended Children from Springwell Park School and Director of Public Health for to be self-financing, making it a sustainable event beyond Well Sefton. nationally on Twitter with volunteers also taught older people at the Orrell Sefton, said: “Pay it Forward Day www.saferegeneration.org.uk/news/bootlemusic from YKids present at Bootle Market Trust to play Bocca. is an opportunity for the Bootle Matthew Dodgson, Director at ICS Liverpool and Festival Sponsor, said: “In where they handed out vouchers for SAFE Regeneration used Pay it community to truly come together the 30 plus years I’ve been around this area I never thought the day would a free drink at the North Perk cafe, Forward Day to build on its ‘Green and make acts of kindness something come that I would see an event like that bring the community together. positivity pouches and offered free Dream’ environmental work. The that happens throughout the year.” It was an absolute joy to be a part of. You should all be very proud of face painting. focus was on creating more habitats yourselves!”

34 35 Project Activities include... Spending

#DestinationBootle l On-line awareness raising campaign

l Printed media

l Short films for Well Sefton l Delivery of community leadership development £258,000 l Creative well-being programme

l Bootle Music Festival

l Underpass clean-up and murals

Community growing l Facilitation of the Taking Root Network

l Grow community groups

l Ministry of Food

l ‘Mobile chef’ £147,000

l ‘Junk food café’ style projects

l Training /projects teaching cooking

l Development of food poverty plans

Creating community l Increase in local capacity

l Development of new partnerships Ministry of Food they were sad that the project was “The feedback from the l Establishment of new businesses £118,000 Abigail Nevill, Project Manager of ending, and expressed that they community lunch was fantastic. Ministry of Food, said: “My remit was would love for it to carry on. Everyone who came enjoyed the l Bootle Children’s Literacy Festival and Magical Bookshop to address food poverty and poor “The young people all seemed to food and sitting with their families l Pay It Forward nutrition in the local community. really enjoy the cooking process, around a table – they said that the

We wanted to teach basic cooking from the chopping, to cooking the atmosphere was wonderful. It was Social Prescribing l Living Well Sefton Primary Care pilot skills to local parents and children. food on the induction hobs. They a real success. We had five of the l Support for Bootle residents We also sought to talk about were all engaged and followed the families volunteer to help cook all budgeting and how to prepare well instructions correctly. the food for the lunch and they l One to one support £68,652.50 when doing the food shop and talk “One thing that they all all felt so proud to be serving the l Group work in community venues about food wastage. The aim was particularly enjoyed was to sit community. l Support for participating GP practices to make it accessible, engaging, down as families and eat together “At the World War 1 event in the educational and lots of fun. I am around a table at the end. They community garden, approximately Business growth l Post created to support and work with all partners working with local families and would not normally do this at home 95% of the people who came to my students from Kings Leadership but after doing it in the project, station tried the food and said that l Agreeing priorities for Well Sefton and Bootle Academy The Hawthorne’s Free they would think about doing it at they were glad they tried it. Many l Researching funding opportunities £25,000 School. home. I believe we helped their self of them said it tasted like scouse l Establishing mechanisms for submission of funding bids “The aim for the families was to confidence in cooking and created and it helped them in their personal l Ensuring the funding/applications fit with Well Sefton become more connected with an environment for them to nurture reflections when thinking about food and in their relationships. their relationships as a family. Two the men who would have fought in l Providing funding for sustainability We wanted to give parents the of the mums worked in a school WW1. confidence to cook healthy and kitchen and they took some of the “Through engaging with the local Total £616,652.50 filling meals both with and for their recipes that they had learnt to the community at the Harvest Festival children. We encouraged families to kitchen. day, I believe it inspired some to come and have fun, feel valued and “A couple of the students have cook with different vegetables safe and learn basic food hygiene. thrived in baking and I believe and try new foods. All who tried “They all learnt new skills in food now have an aspiration to do the two recipes said that they hygiene, how to plan and budget more baking. Other students told enjoyed the food, and some came well for a weekly shop and how me that they had cooked some back for seconds. The event was Well Sefton in the future to safely use cooking equipment, of the recipes with their mums at a real success and had a great All partners involved in Well Sefton want to continue the positive work they have been doing once the allocated such as knifes and hobs with their home, something they had never atmosphere.” funding has ended and they are working to make this happen. Recently they appointed a business growth specialist to children. The atmosphere each done before and it helped their support, expand and improve their activities. The aim is to make sure partners are less reliant on external funding and week was fantastic and they all said relationships. can bring in more money, for example by attracting investment, and selling their goods and services to other people. This is a crucial part of helping to make sure that activity in Well Sefton is sustainable.

36 37 The Dransfield Foundation made a generous donation to SCLC of over £16,200. The Managing Director of Dransfield Properties, Mark Dransfield, said: “We are delighted and very proud to be able to make this contribution to our local community here in Stocksbridge. Thank you to everyone who takes part in our bike ride every year and of course to every single person who donates Stocksbridge, an old steel town to our fundraising efforts – it really is 12 miles north west of Sheffield appreciated.” with a population of 16,000, is going through significant transformation with a major new fully DDA compliant main entrance, (CCG) in Sheffield. Discussions have by Sheffield City Council, there retail park and town centre – Fox reception, office and public meeting already taken place with the IAPT is a willingness to work with the Valley - at its heart. This was built space and café for both the public service, South Yorkshire Physiotherapy community in developing the park. by local developer Dransfield and centre users. The project also Service, the Stocksbridge Neuro Meetings have taken place with a Properties which was instrumental includes wheelchair stairlifts to access Rehabilitation Centre and Disability variety of potential partners including in bringing Stocksbridge to Well refurbished and disabled friendly Awareness with Sport to provide a the Land Trust, Royal Horticultural North’s attention. This led to Well changing rooms and showers. psychological service, training sessions Society, Green Estates in Sheffield, North discovering the impressive Once completed, this work will At the same time, work has the council’s Parks & Woodland work undertaken by 4SLC Trust, enable the Leisure Centre to introduce been taking place to establish department, local stakeholders a local community organisation a range of new locally provided new contacts and partnerships including the Stocksbridge Town which re-opened the local physical, health and well-being to help take forward plans for the Council – and plans are in place to leisure centre under community services in partnership with the NHS development of Oxley Park. Whilst establish a new ‘Friends of Oxley Park’ management, turning around a and Clinical Commissioning Group this is still owned and managed group to take this forward. failing publicly run facility into a thriving social enterprise. This ‘can do ‘approach led to Well North supporting Stocksbridge in becoming one of the newest Pathfinder areas to be established – Well Sheffield. Unlike previous Pathfinder areas, this is directly Highlights and community led by 4SLC Trust as the achievements local community anchor organisation. Since its launch, Well Sheffield Stocksbridge has an ageing has concentrated on creating a population with a variety of health- ‘masterplan’ to develop facilities at related issues due to above average both the Leisure Centre and Oxley levels of physical activity. A further Park by opening up access to both 5,000 new homes have been and integrating the two to provide a planned, with a number already major community resource. built, and major new developments This process started with a team of are currently underway. Together architectural students from Sheffield conversations that helped to lead us with the under-used and under- University undertaking a detailed on to the next stage. developed 30-acre Oxley Park piece of research and development This work showed that key to adjacent to the Leisure Centre, this as part of its ‘Live Project’ programme. unlocking the potential of the Leisure offers a tremendous opportunity Funded by Well North, this project Centre was improving access into to contribute and develop new looked to produce a ‘vision’ of and around the building and Well approaches to improving the health what a redeveloped Leisure Centre, North then funded the tendering and and wellbeing of the community. integrated with a redeveloped park commissioning of an architect – TP A key issue is to build on the might look like, based on community Bennett – to undertake and options comprehensive network of and stakeholder consultation. study to best achieve this. This community providers, encouraging The final report we produced process has now been completed them to work more collaboratively to was an impressive document that and work is well underway to address gaps in local provision and proposed a variety of innovative raise the necessary capital and remove barriers to access. options, and opened up a range of revenue funding to create a new

38 39 Other highlights and achievements Outputs and outcomes include: l Two new six-month volunteer co-ordinators posts l Well Sheffield’s Stocksbridge have been created and we are hoping to create a Community Leisure Centre being further 6.5 full time equivalent posts. shortlisted for the Move More l There have been 53 active volunteers in the Leisure Power of Sport 2018 Award at Centre over the past year, and they gave a total of Sheffield’s prestigious Celebration 8,250 volunteer hours. This donated time equates to of Sport held at the Sheffield savings of over £72,000 a year.

Institute of Sport (finished as l We held 2 volunteer fayres during the year, with runners up). over 130 people attending and 40 potential new l Stocksbridge Community Leisure volunteers expressing interest in getting involved.

Centre leading the delivery of l 75,000 of additional income has been generated. an Asset Based Community Development contract secured through the People Keeping Well (PKW) programme developing a local volunteer strategy, linking with Move More, and distributing a £5,000 community grants pot. l Zorro Lounge fundraising for the Leisure Centre by donating 50p from every burger and 10p from every coffee sold during their first month of trading – raising a total of £1208.80. Danny Champken, Communications Manager for Loungers Ltd, who run the new outlet, said: “Stocksbridge Community Leisure Centre has Activity Expenditure caught our attention as a wonderful Developing and implementing plans to improve access into and around the Leisure Centre 133,100 cause that strikes a chord with all members of the Stocksbridge Marketing and publicity for the Centre and its facilities 4,500 community, so we’re delighted to fundraise on its behalf.” Visiting the Bromley by Bow Centre to share ideas and bets practice 400

Since it was established, Well Managing the delivery of the Well Sheffield programme 58, 582 Sheffield has attended all the Well creating a place where people can We were pleased that Well North Total £103,418 North cluster meetings in Manchester make connections, grow and thrive, Director Mick Hanratty was able to and has been welcomed into the encouraging self-confidence and a attend the successful Christmas Fayre Pathfinder family. Programme ‘can do’ entrepreneurial approach in held at the Centre which saw over managers visited the Bromley local communities. Mark and Andrew 1000 people attend. This was a major We have also either secured or Improved access and relocation role. This is strategically important in by Bow Centre, which provided also discussed the ambitious plans event with community stalls, music, applied for around £841,000 of of the current offices will enable the helping amalgamate the work of Well some inspirational ideas that were for both the Leisure Centre and singing, dancing and entertainment additional match funding from Centre to establish a new health unit Sheffield and the PKW Partnership transferred back into the thinking of neighbouring Oxley Park, and the that showed Stocksbridge organisations including the National in the freed-up space to deliver new together. developing the Centre and Park. potential for SASC to be a partner. community at its best. Lottery and Sport England. services and the contract work that is As the new accountable body, Well North Executive Chairman Other visitors included Dr Rupert The most recent work involves now secured 4SLC will play a lead role in Lord Andrew Mawson accompanied Suckling and Vanessa Powell Hyland, the production of a social impact Our plans for the future The transfer of accountable body promoting greater partnership Mark Bickerton, newly appointed both from Well Doncaster, and assessment report, demonstrating Completion of Phase 1 of the status from the Well North Hub to working with local community Director of Investments at Social meeting up with Kris McKay, Project the difference the Leisure Centre masterplan will enable SCLC to South Yorkshire Housing Association groups and submitting tenders for and Sustainable Capital (SASC), on a Co-ordinator for Well Rotherham. has made in the community over continue progress and maintain (SYHA) will further cement the commissioning work through the visit to Stocksbridge, to see firsthand Well Sheffield-funded activities also the last five years of community its current sustainability. Opening close working relationship between Clinical Commissioning Group in the transformational projects taking include a marketing initiative via the management. Well Sheffield up access to the Centre and the two organisations. As a result Sheffield, encouraging delivery by place there. This included a tour local GP surgeries to promote Well is working with researchers at improvements to facilities will of SYHA withdrawing as the lead local community organisations. This of the Stocksbridge Community Sheffield to all their patients, and Manchester University to develop increase revenue streams from the and accountable body for the will open up opportunities for us to Leisure Centre, where Mark heard the commissioning of a promotional a questionnaire that will capture café, meeting room hire, increased Stocksbridge & Upper Don People work with Well North Enterprises and the history of the community taking video of the Leisure Centre through further quantitative data to help the membership and higher Keeping Well (PKW) Partnership, the People Keeping Well Framework over a failing public institution, Well North. inform future development. attendance rates. 4SLC Trust will now take on that to gain further match funding.

40 41 MissKick - the brand for female footballers. A recent graduate of the Skelmersdale Social Innovators Programme, Grace Vella shares her story: Grace says she credits the start-up programme with giving her the confidence and skills to allow her initial idea to develop into a successful business. Whilst still attending the course, student and Company Director Grace, launched MissKick in the summer of 2018 to raise the profile of the women’s game, and break society’s boundaries around stereotypes in girls’ With a population of some 40,000 Highlights and football. people, Skelmersdale is a town achievements Grace says: “Because I am a girl, I have to work that in West Lancashire on the River little bit harder to gain recognition and opportunities BetterPoints Tawd, between Wigan, Liverpool, in football. BetterPoints is a behaviour change and Preston. “That’s why I started MissKick, I wanted to create app, providing an easy way to track something that all girls in football could be a part of and reward people for undertaking Well Skelmersdale is a social and support - whether that be the girl pushing to activities such as walking or movement focused on improving the make the England squad or the girl who likes a kick cycling. In excess of 500 people in health and wellbeing of the people about on the field with her mates.” Skelmersdale are now using the of the town. Its goal is to create the Grace has big ambitions for MissKick, seeing it BetterPoints app. conditions that allow both the people become more than just a clothing brand: “I want to App users are rewarded for making and place to reach their full potential, develop MissKick football academies, tournaments and small lifestyle changes, earning creating healthy environments for coaching courses for girls.” points to buy vouchers for high healthy living, challenging negative Launched at the Skelmersdale Athletic National Girls street shops or to make as charitable perceptions and focussing on the Tournament, MissKick quickly achieved a national donations. skills and resources. profile with an appearance on Sky Sports. Grace says Skelmersdale mum Kimberley says: none of this would have happened if she hadn’t joined “I find myself wanting to walk for Well Skelmersdale social media the Skelmersdale Social Innovators Programme: “If ever longer periods of time to see the statistics the opportunity arises to apply for this Entrepreneurs points add up. Me and my son have l Facebook: 689 followers. Junk course, I couldn’t recommend it highly enough.” opted to walk to and from school Food Café video of April 2018 rather than going in the car. really great for my mental health, viewed over 13,000 times. “I struggle with my weight and the eating healthy and exercise really l Twitter: 500 followers and has app is motivating me to do exercise does boost my endorphins to put “I believe that Well Skem is an “I believe that Well Skelmersdale will, at last, issued more than 1500 tweets. alongside healthy eating! This is me in a great mood.” undercurrent flowing through help bring about ‘the change for the better’ everything I do here. The values Skelmersdale is waiting for. Thinking outside Social Prescribing direct access to the widest range mean that I can always check out if the box and taking risks to make this happen Over the recent decades, there of services in their neighbourhood what I am involved with is supported gives me a buzz and is definitely what I want to has been increasing awareness that can help improve their health.” be involved in.” that a person’s health outcomes One of the ways social by the right attitudes.” are influenced by a wide range of prescribing has transformed Cerys Smye-Rumsby, Community Ann Petty, local Missional Leader, Oaks Church, Tanhouse, factors and that healthcare may people’s lives in Skelmersdale is Development Worker at West Lancashire CVS Skelmersdale. only contribute as little as 10% around bereavement. Four local (Council for Voluntary Services). to one’s health and wellbeing, men, all of whom have lost their other factors being housing and wives, were individually referred employment, for example. to the social prescribing service. Skelmersdale residents can now It was identified that they would Grow Your Own GP Grow Your Own operates across improve the connectivity between be referred by their GP to a social benefit from peer support. With The Grow Your Own GP programme West Lancashire as a whole, but the college, Skelmersdale and the prescribing service. This service no fit for purpose group available aims to address the projected targeted work to raise aspiration rest of West Lancashire. then works with the individual nearby, a new bereavement shortage of GPs in the area whilst also amongst children and young Other exciting and innovative to identify the main non-medical support group was formed. The developing the conditions which people is focussed in Skelmersdale. events include the college being issues affecting their health and the group has met weekly since early encourage local people to have an The programme aims to enhance decorated as a hospital theatre, services that could help. December 2018. One of the interest in becoming health and care the ‘science capital’ in the area. a ‘live’ autopsy and a ‘prepare to Dr Rakesh Jaidka, from Excel regular faces at the group said: “If professionals from an early age. The initiative has seen West be a doctor’ session – all activities Primary Care in Digmoor, said: it was not for your service I would It is well known that nationally Lancashire College introduce designed to increase interest and “Social prescribing is good news not have got through Christmas, there is a shortage of GPs and other science A levels to their curriculum excitement in health and wellbeing for our patients. It gives them and I would not be here today.” health and wellbeing workforces. as well new public transport links to careers amongst local youngsters.

42 43 Lathom High’s EmBRACE programme – delivering Examples of activities include workshops with pupils Growing entrepreneurialism impressive change focusing on anger management and healthy behaviour, and Well Skelmersdale has become a catalyst for building an inclusive Childhood experiences affect the ability of children to encouraging pupils to see how they talk to themselves in a economy. Although Skelmersdale is home to a number of multinational learn at school. Since autumn 2017, Well Skelmersdale positive voice. businesses, recruitment from the local community is low. There has worked with Lathom High to introduce the EmBRACE Jane Galbraith, Headteacher at Lathom High, considers are multiple issues that need addressing, which can be tackled (Emotionally and Brain Resilient to Adverse Childhood that the EmBRACE programme is already making a collaboratively. Social businesses play a vital role in this, providing routes Experience) programme to tackle the effects of adverse difference, with increased attendance in school, students to work-readiness for the most socially excluded. childhood experiences, rising from things such as violence doing better on internal assessments and a 70% overall One project already proving a success is the Skelmersdale Social in the home, problem drinking or criminal activity. reduction in fixed term exclusions, especially among boys. Innovators Programme. Launched in February 2018, the vision was simply to identify and nurture passionate local people with innovative ideas, creating social enterprises on their doorsteps. Many of the participants have lived Expenditure Actual 2017 - 2019 £ Well Skelmersdale continued £ experience of the social issues they were hoping to address. development Due to the success of the programme, Social Business is now becoming a recognised contributor to the local economy. A local Skelmersdale BetterPoints 42,000 Growing, eating, cooking – tackling food poverty project 72,000 entrepreneur has been invited to sit on the Skelmersdale Place-Based Economic Development 20,000 Board, providing forward-thinking examples of how established Arts & Culture as a Vehicle for health 30,000 private business can re-think their Corporate Social Responsibility by Communications 27,000 ‘grandfathering’ fledging business. Tanhouse as a place 55,000 Education 2,000 Disabilities and Health 30,000 Growing Entrepreneurs 90,000 Phillip brings phototherapy to the heart of Digmoor Intervening in the early years 45,000 “Well Skelmersdale is about ensuring Promotional 1,000 Phillip’s active childhood and enjoyment of many different everyone can find a way to reach Football theme 30,000 sports ended abruptly when he was diagnosed with Leadership Development 16,000 osteoporosis aged 13. With breaks in his hip bones and their full potential. Skelmersdale is Recovery College 30,000 back, he was left bedridden, with his mental health at an all a unique community, it is awash with Governance & Future Forms 10,000 time low. Several years later the broken bones in his hips so much talent. I’m passionate about STEM 60,000 finally healed and he started to learn to live with his ongoing Mug Club 4,000 spreading the effects of this so that Sub Total 352,000 medical condition and completed a Photography degree at Social Prescribing 38,000 the University of Central Lancashire. everyone can see that it’s possible to Phillip is now hoping to use his experiences and skills reach your own goals.” Sub Total 250,000 to bring the therapeutic benefits of arts to others. A photography exhibition in Birleywood Health Centre drew Kathryn Kavanagh, Lead manager – Health on his experience of living with a hidden disability, he Inequalities, NHS West Lancashire Clinical created a series of photos of people, showing their x-rays Commissioning Group. Our funding and how it’s been spent overarching themes of: physical and mental health and superimposed onto their bodies when lit up from behind – To date, Well Skelmersdale expenditure has been focused wellbeing; improved environment and strengthening our diverse local communities. bringing to light their unseen disability. Phillip says, ‘it was “Well Skelmersdale is all about on building a team, backing and developing local leaders a real turning point for me when a doctor gave me a copy and spending on specific programmes that have taken The Birchwood Food Project is an expansion of the of my x-ray which clearly showed the breaks in my bones. change, a change driven by the flight. Over the lifetime of Well Skelmersdale, energy and existing junk food café approach by increasing the Seeing it in black and white helped me begin to come to community for the community. Two focus has consolidated around larger vehicles for change number of cafes, introducing pop-up Cafes at events and terms with my situation. It also helped me to show the quotes by George Bernard Shaw that are relevant to the local community. Future financial developing an E-Health App. people involved in my life exactly what was going on.” commitments are set aside to support the development Young Mums is a project, aimed at increasing the really capture the essence of this for of these. resilience and resourcefulness of young mothers. me: “Progress is impossible without Interventions have been brought together in a creative and dynamic way that include wellbeing events, change, and those who cannot Our plans for the future change their minds cannot change mindfulness and baby massage activities and ‘Mindful This report provides a snapshot of what is happening, Biophilia’ baby walks. anything.” AND “The reasonable but Well Skelmersdale has ambitions to grow further, A Community Leadership Programme – local people man adapts himself to the world; reaching more sections of the community. As well as who are passionate about making a difference, willing to the unreasonable one persists in further developing the themes already showcased, Well collaborate, be entrepreneurial, and form a movement Skelmersdale plans to continue developing larger vehicles trying to adapt the world to himself. to foster better conditions in which to live, learn, work for change that are relevant to the local community. and play are being recruited for a 6 – 9 month leadership Therefore all progress depends on the Specific projects being developed for the future include programme. This will include residential masterclasses, unreasonable man.” the following: networking workshops, a Well North Leadership Tanhouse Together is a locally driven community Competency framework 360 degree appraisal and Mike Maguire, Chief Officer of NHS West development project to make Tanhouse a better place coaching sessions. Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group. to live and a place to be proud of. The programme has

44 45 l A place where new ideas and entrepreneurs can emerge, develop and flourish;

l A place where people enjoy better lives through improved health and well- being. Mirehouse is facing a major change through the development of West Cumbria Mining, a new development Well Whitehaven – Vision for The Well Whitehaven Pathfinder which borders the estate – a decision the Valley aims to promote the began with partner engagement is due in spring 2019. In addition, the development of a vibrant, thriving, during 2017/18 and early work with decision not to proceed with the nuclear united community, making it a stakeholders through the Infinity new build project at Moorside impacts place where people enjoy living Festival and the development of a on the estate through the Associated and working, where good health Steering Group. On receiving funding, Development sites that were planned is an expectation not a privilege, we commissioned ACTion with for an area within the Well Whitehaven where people have opportunities Communities in Cumbria to help boundary. Although the project is currently and work; and where enterprise to deepen Well Whitehaven’s reach paused, the options and uncertainty linked is recognised, supported and into the community, to involving with these developments remain. encouraged. those that were not already engaged The Mirehouse estate was built through existing initiatives. A in the 1950s for workers in the ‘development phase’ was undertaken Highlights developing nuclear industry and for between August 2018 and January Well Whitehaven relaunched on 17th November 2018 at Valley School with a Pilot Prioritising Budget event at which those living in poor housing ‘slums’ 2019 to drive the programme forward, community members voted for their favourite projects. Thirteen projects were submitted with request for funding in the town centre and dock areas of with greater community involvement. totalling around £122,000. Six projects were successful, with around £95,000 awarded to support them and we expect Whitehaven. We agreed with local people the these projects to be fully delivered by July 2019. Mirehouse has had many priorities for action going forward. programmes that have invested in us This development phase aimed Name of group Project Value £ over the years, including the Single to encourage greater co-ordination Regeneration Budget programme. across the public, private and third l Delivering projects that improve Mirehouse Community Centre Play Area upgrade >60,000 Although good work has been done sectors, stimulating joined up the physical environment of the with positive results, long term solutions within communities and Valley. Mirehouse Residents Group Community Centre Refurbishment >10,000 transformational social and economic piloting new approaches focused l Working with existing and Mirehouse Residents Group Maintain a central office 10,000 change remains both a challenge and on improving health, well-being and new community groups and an opportunity. employability. organisations to facilitate improved Mirehouse Residents Group Youth provision 6,000 The success criteria for the collaboration. development phase are judged to be: Mirehouse Community Centre Billy Dicko’s Community Fitness Gym >4,800 l Supporting the community, l Confirmation that the delivery encouraging them to work St Benedict’s RUFC Support for youth section 3,000 phase has strong community together to identify and develop engagement, ownership and enterprising ideas that will continue Total 93,800 leadership. to fund improvement programmes.

l Achievement of outputs. l Supporting programmes that l Programme delivered to time and provide opportunities for budget. employment and improve

l An outline framework for employability for work that pays. Mirehouse that enabled the community to plan for sustainable, Well Whitehaven aims to deliver the inclusive regeneration. following benefits: l Suitable and sufficient physical Our project objectives are to deliver and social resources to support transformational change across the the continued development of a Mirehouse Valley by: healthy neighbourhood;

l Supporting and enhancing the l Programmes that deliver well- delivery of existing and new prepared and educated future programmes that align with our generations who aspire to be the vision and aims. best they can be;

46 47 Some of the unsuccessful All groups will Our achievements projects had similar aims to those be offered project l Participatory Budget model tested. which gained the most votes development Saturday 17 November The number attending the Pilot – intergenerational activities, support and have Valley School event on 17th November exceeded community clean ups – and so fully developed expectations and it was deemed groups will be working together project plans 10.30am 2.30pm a great success. Thirty five people to ensure these initiatives are to ensure costs, attended and 22 were eligible to vote undertaken. risks, delivery and because they lived within the Well One project - Operation Walkway sustainability Whitehaven boundary and remained Our funding - was a priority for everyone at the are taken into until the end of the event. event but did not receive enough consideration prior Cash: votes to secure financial support. to the community l One officer in place – August 2018 Recognising it’s important to stop voting events. l Additional officer in place – January Well North £400,000 parents and children getting wet feet Greater publicity 2019 when walking to school, the Steering will be generated l Asset register for Mirehouse created Match funding – cash £350,000

Committee have committed support within the the and updated £750,000 and resources to this scheme. community, l Community engagement framework There will be additional Open creating the Come and Decide Come along, hear the ideas that will help to in place. In kind: Community Priorities meetings held potential for improve your community, and vote for your favourite in April, May and June 2019 – with more community Only those living within the Well Whitehaven Boundary will be allocated voting cards Well Whitehaven partners £259,490 Voting will take place after all groups have presented their project ideas Our future challenges each event having a funding budget members to Attendance for the duration of the event is expected l Transferring a sense of ownership of of £50,000. We aim to build health, attend and vote Copeland Borough Council £117,122 Refreshments and lunch will be provided Well Whitehaven to the community entrepreneurship and new ideas into for the projects Let us know you’re attending the next phase. that are important (for catering purposes) by Tuesday 13 November l Enterprise approach – embedding Copeland Community Fund £204,467 Email: [email protected] or 01946 598485 and embracing new ways of creating to them. £581,079 wealth

l Partnership across sectors – developing relationships between Spending commitments to 31st December 2018 the private sector and the community and taking them to a Staff resource £14,920 deeper level Engagement programme £10,000 l Raising aspirations – turning ideas into new and exciting approaches Project delivery – Participatory Budget event £100,000 and more innovative solutions £124,920 l Building sustainability into the programme to keep momentum going beyond the initial support provided by Well Whitehaven We anticipate future spending of £380,000, to cover project delivery, an engagement programme and staffing. l Continuing to build and maintain trust.

Our plans for the future

Well Whitehaven introduced its Social Impact Strategy, which will also be to learn to define their the Pathfinder approach of seed places an onus on the supply chain priorities in a way in which the funding and joint delivery with in demonstrating tangible and private sector can respond, and the private sector early on in its measurable social impact. Well Whitehaven has a lead role in application. Well Whitehaven is testing piloting new approaches to enable Private sector companies are approaches for the supply chain in this to happen. already showing how community learning how to become involved Well Whitehaven can benefit not priorities can be delivered through with communities. We see that only from active private/commercial their supply chain taking an delivery long-term as Sellafield Ltd partners, but also localised funding active role in operational delivery. moves through its Transformation long-term and the role of initiatives Sellafield Ltd is playing a significant Programme and transfers key such as Cumbria Exchange. role in supporting this approach, agendas into its supply chain. both as key funder and through The challenge for the community

48 49 Building confidence by inspiring and supporting local leaders

Donna Bradshaw from partner Prospect Business Consulting has advised the programme since it started. She pioneered our leadership development work with her team, and looks at how Well North’s innovative approach to leadership has evolved.

“People who give a “People with a deep “Those who come together and damn, and get up in connection to the put others and the place before the morning and do community and its people themselves, taking action to help something about it!” and make a difference.” and improve lives.”

These are some of the many which helps ways our Pathfinders described people to leadership to us. Starting three self-assess years ago, the Hub team began their own conversations with Pathfinders leadership about how we support those qualities. This Self assessments High Impact people making an impact in tool can also One to one communities – whether people be used for using the Well North Influencing coaching are from business, arts, sports, 360 degree Leadership Tool masterclass food, making, providing services, assessment – community groups – paid or where you can unpaid. What we were interested ask others for in is how do we find these people feedback. and support them and the work We also they are doing? learned that Personalised Collaboration and 360 feedback So we began a huge number of people wanted pre programme calls leading with others conversations and we learned an something assessments awful lot from the Pathfinders. Firstly, very different in with every delegate masterclass the words leader and leadership terms of style – can create an issue – people don’t not chalk and often see themselves as a leader talk classroom and can feel that the term can be style workshops. off-putting. However, others felt that Very much like Myers Briggs Self as leader the Well North programme was an Well North’s Action opportunity to “make the word leader immersion Pesonality Type two day residential Learning our own” – defining what it means for events with Indicator Test masterclass them. Pathfinders, So we did precisely that. In people wanted workshops, webinars and chats we to work started to unpack what it is a good creatively First across the line for the This provided great investment – their passion, commitment and leader does in a community – what and in a programme were Well Skelmersdale, in their 11 delegates – who were inclusion of all makes for a very do they need to know? How do they way that opens up new ideas and been designed around this launching in January 2019. Jackie an inspiring and amazing group powerful mix. behave? What sorts of attitudes and facilitates the building of trust and work with our Pathfinders – and Barringer from the Hub Team of people. Their work enriches, The leadership programme will values do they have? How can leaders learning together. Matt Worden, each Pathfinder has the option to and Kathryn Kavanagh from the supports and improves the lives of continue as part of the offer from Well work together to make big things Well North’s Artist in Residence, has access the programme and tailor it to Pathfinder worked together very Skelmersdale people in many ways, North Enterprises. To find out more happen and sustain change? Of injected significant creativity into the their people. The menu of options is closely to recruit to the programme. including through the use of the go to: wellnorthenterprises.co.uk/ course there was a wide diversity of programme activities, as has Richard summarised below – and Pathfinders Well Skelmersdale opted to include arts, dancing, sport, food provision, our-offer/energise-your-people/ opinion and lots of ideas and fantastic Cottier, an actor who specialises in have opted for the elements and coaching, 360 assessments and the domestic abuse support, cancer examples, which we then distilled personal impact and presence. content that best suited their local Myers Briggs Type Indicator alongside support, running social enterprises into the Well North Leadership Tool The leadership programme has circumstances. the masterclasses. and voluntary groups and more

50 51 Measuring and learning from change

Over the past five years, an internal The Well North Hub identified these Change is catalysed in communities through Evaluation Team from The University Internal Evaluation Team activity – 2014-2019 seven mechanisms for creating of Manchester has worked hand in change in communities. The Visual RELATIONSHIPS | LEADERSHIP | CONNECTIONS hand with the Well North Hub and Analogue Scale was developed to Pathfinders to evaluate the Well measure progress against each of North programme. The ethos of 400+ 32 42 the seven mechanisms over time. by using 7 change mechanisms events and meetings attended Grant applications Validated Critical the evaluation has been to provide written and Change Moments This will allow the Evaluation Team to real time support for Pathfinders to submitted, 15 investigate which mechanisms are at DEVELOPING A successful totalling NARRATIVE – FERTILE develop their action plans, offer open £7 million play in each of the Pathfinders, and ENVIRONMENT access tools and train community the most important success factors researchers. 120 over time. Interviews completed The rapid cycle approach allows An early lesson learnt by the ELEVATING THE MICRO DEEPENING the Evaluation Team to provide Well North Hub team was that TO THE MACRO AND RELATIONSHIPS TOP - MIDDLE - BOTTOM feedback that can influence the 71 19 success was due to “relationships, INFLUENCING POWER programme by highlighting the Well North Marmot indicators connections and leadership”. Social 102 indicators collected collected over 6 INTEGRATING positives, and teasing out the Pathfinder and control sites identified across 7 domains policy objectives Network Analysis (SNA) allows us to EVIDENCE, negatives. This approach allows the EVALUATION AND map out the relationships within the LEARNING BY evaluation results to be used within Well North programme. By visualising BACKING DOING BUILDING TEAMS, SKILLS the lifetime of the project, rather than Prof Aidan these networks we can identify how ENTREPRENEURIAL PEOPLE AND CLEAR LEADERSHIP AND ‘CAN DO’ ACROSS HUB AND after the programme has ended, Halligan Memorial the Well North programme has CULTURE PathfinderS allowing better use of resources. lecture at the stimulated relationships between and Realist evaluation enables the 6 30 8 International within Pathfinder sites. Over time, Evaluation Team to understand what Realist evaluation Pragmatic evidence Publications Festival of reports synthesis reports written drafted Public Health the SNA maps will demonstrate the UNDERSTANDING THE works, why it works, how it works and growth within each Pathfinder site. DISRUPTION OF POLITICAL, FOCUSING ON PRACTICAL ACTIONS if it would work elsewhere. Through The Well North Star is a tool ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE DAY BY DAY in-depth interviews and searching that allows members of the local of the evidence, they have gained are engaging with local people, encouraged set up a social community to decide what health © Well North insight into the setting, objectives co-creating plans and helping them enterprise to make films. This and wellbeing issues are important to Pathfinders have prioritised local and the expected results of the reach their full potential. also led to an improvement in his them. The tool can be used for local Evaluating the visits to the Bromley grant schemes to cut the red tape activities. This also lets them know Critical Change Moments mental health, self-confidence, skills people, organisations and the region By Bow Centre showed how this and deliver grants directly to local about any unintended consequences, have been described by Well North and knowledge base. A left-field to measure and understand the mature social enterprise has both people to make the changes they both positive and negative. Examples Executive Chairman Lord Mawson example of a business start-up. state of their health and wellbeing. inspired and encouraged the of the evaluations have been shared The training for collecting data can Pathfinder projects to become lead need. The Evaluation Team have as those moments when you shout l Connecting an established social observed that the local ownership with Pathfinders and published on ‘Eureka’. These moments can make be used by the public and these agents in their community. As the entrepreneur who had set up a of these grant schemes brings with the Well North website. the difference between a project tools have been developed by the founder of the social prescribing sewing enterprise in Skelmersdale it better value for money than other Working in partnership with the failing or succeeding. The Well North Evaluation Team and published on movement, the Bromley By Bow with a potential entrepreneur who grant schemes that local people don’t University of York, the Evaluation team developed a tool for collating the website. Centre has provided Pathfinders with replicated the business in Halton. have a say in. Team is assessing the use of identified Critical Change Moments. Using the methodology a blueprint for community led services. l Supporting a female entrepreneur The Evaluation Team have used a resources and calculating the The Pathfinders continue to identify developed by the Evaluation Team Many Pathfiders have had a focus in Bradford to organise community combination of existing methods, return on investment of all Hub and these moments and share them with to engage with hard to reach on horticulture and growing. This bike rides that coincided with the and bespoke evaluation techniques Pathfinder activities to see how cost- the Evaluation Team, demonstrating groups, members of the community has included links with community Tour de Yorkshire passing through and tools to support the Hub team effective Well North has been. real engagement and the impact on have been trained in research gardens, allotments and the Royal the area. The events aimed to build and Pathfinder sites to measure the The Hub and Pathfinder interviews community level improvement. techniques such as collecting data. Horticultural Society. This has led to with local leaders revealed a real confidence, ignite people’s interest Through this process community Pathfinders aiming for a more vibrant, impact of their activities. Resources, in cycling by breaking barriers tools and techniques are freely enthusiasm for encouraging Examples of critical change moments members gain skills, and act as local and sustainable food economy to participation and to increase available from the Evaluation team at: grassroots community change. The include: familiar and friendly faces to help - eating better, local choice, cooking Pathfinders have highlighted how the uptake of cycling, particularly discover information that is relevant skills, reducing the carbon footprint well.northevaluation@manchester. l An unemployed individual who among Pakistani women. ac.uk the key success factors in their areas engaged with Well Halton was to local people. and building resilient communities.

52 53 Inspiring change through arts and creativity Looking to the future – Well North Enterprises

Early in the Well North programme skilled facilitators, used creative Lucinda we realised how important it would methodologies and activities to McArthur, Chief be to utilise ‘creative thinking and encourage new thinking that helped Executive of doing’ to achieve our ambition of breakthroughs to happen. Creative Well North unleashing healthy and enterprising activities support people to share Enterprises, communities. We wanted to: what’s important in their lives and the outlines l encourage different ways of seeing building of trusting relationships. the exciting and to have conversations that took Matt was invited to work with possibilities that the Well North inspiration from turning convention students to create an artistic response legacy vehicle now offers. on its head to the Infinity Science Festival I am really excited to be working in September 2017. The festival, with Andrew Mawson and other l show creatively and visually the held at West Lakes colleagues to develop a new social amazing work that was emerging Academy, Egremont, business. Well North Enterprises across our Pathfinder sites. was for young people has been created at the request of So, we engaged Matt Worden, a from schools across Public Health England for legacy, visual artist, to work as our artist in Cumbria. Professor replication and spread of the residence. Matt has a long history Brian Cox both learning from Well North. of helping people understand both hosted the event Well North Enterprises will themselves and the world around and was the keynote support local communities to drive them through pictures. speaker. The Festival change from the ground up. We attracted significant innovate, challenge and connect local and national people, enabling them to turn media coverage. local challenges into opportunities, Matt conceived an delivering what matters most to installation piece as local people. The Well North Enterprises team the development of the Queen an inclusive activity We inject positivity, resilience, have a 35-year track record of Elizabeth Olympic Park. that would produce a site-specific reports we present information disruptive thinking and a business creating entrepreneurial, healthier We have also distilled all the sculpture linked to the festival theme. in different formats to ensure we mindset when it’s needed most – and more sustainable communities learning from the ten Pathfinders It was meant as a metaphor linked to communicate effectively with varied transforming neighbourhoods into in the UK and overseas. Drawn into a model of change, and a the theory of the ‘butterfly effect’. audiences. Matt has produced dynamic communities where local from the public, private, charitable flexible three-stage process of In addition to single artistic projects animations of events and workshops, people can live, learn, play, work and business sectors we have an ‘diagnostic’, ‘immersion’ and and exhibitions Matt has worked plus illustrations that capture the and thrive. We’re the real, longer eclectic team with a unique set of ‘mobilisation’, which delivers As our resident artist, he uses his for long periods in Pathfinder sites, critical change moments and term and entrepreneurial solution; skills, approaches and contacts. sustainable results. To enhance this, skills to capture the special moments coming alongside local people and amazing developments being a new approach to rebuilding Under Andrew Mawson’s we can draw from other elements that community members experience supporting new initiatives. One achieved across Pathfinders. communities and transforming leadership, we draw on his learning of our business offer, including in visual form, and to engage people such project is the development of health. and experience from his journey provoking new thinking, accessing in new conversations by showing new Health Campus in Digmoor, Well North Enterprises is a social that started at Bromley by Bow, our networks, energising your them how to use creative thinking Skelmersdale where an existing business with an accompanying which now operates on 30 sites people and resourcing your vision. to confront the challenges they community led project, Evermoor business ethos. We are growing in East London, has over 40,000 We are harnessing this knowledge face. Here are just a few examples of Hub will co-locate with a new relationships with the business patients and has generated 83 and our experience to ensure that Matt’s work with Well North – you NHS primary care and GP practice. sector to enhance our offer and businesses, and more latterly Well North Enterprises sits alongside can see many more in his portfolio Matt has been using art activities bring added value to our clients, St Paul’s Way Transformation communities, helping them to realise ‘The Art of the Possible at: https:// to develop a ‘state of readiness’, value that unlocks even further the Project. Andrew played a key their dreams, unlocking the potential wellnorthenterprises.co.uk/matt- building links between the volunteers opportunities in people and places. role in the Olympic legacy and in people and places. launches-an-exciting-arts-project- who run the community centre, the portfolio/ staff at the medical centre and the If you’re interested in pushing yourself, your team or your community further on embracing change and raising At Well North immersion wider community. the ambition, do please get in touch: www.wellnorthenterprises.co.uk [email protected] events Matt, working with other In addition to producing written

54 55 Celebrating Well North Thank you!

Well North owes its success to so many inspired and inspiring people and organisations:

The late Professor Aidan Halligan deserves particular recognition for seeing both the need and the opportunity to create Well North. We are proud that the difference Well North is making to many lives and communities is a fitting tribute to Aidan’s inspiration, vision and compassion. We are grateful to Chief Executive Sam Tunney, who worked with Aidan to make his vision a practical reality and with Andrew Mawson to anchor and develop Well North following Aidan’s untimely death.

Thanks also go to:

l Duncan Selbie and his team at Public Health England

l The Well North Board and Executive

l Pathfinders and their local partners

l The Hub team

l The University of Manchester

l Well North Ambassadors Mark Ashton, Nikki Davis and Paula Gamester

“I’m very proud of the great work being done across our Pathfinders to ‘join up the dots’. l Special advisers including Lord Crisp, Professor Dr Sir Sam Everington, Professor These connections and conversations are at the heart of Well North’s success. It’s all about Sir Ian Kennedy, Professor Sir Michael Marmot and Rob Trimble people, not systems or structures – we’re improving health and wellbeing by taking a l Our business partners: Brewin Dolphin, Dransfield Properties, OCS and the RHS radically different approach.” l The Bromley by Bow Centre team l All the many other partners who have encouraged and supported us, from the Lord Andrew Mawson, Executive Chairman, Well North voluntary, charity, and commercial sectors.

l Those who have made time to meet and listen to us: Secretaries of State, Andrew was among over 60 colleagues from across the Hub and Pathfinder Government ministers, senior civil servants plus local and national leaders in teams who met in March 2019 to celebrate Well North’s achievements as the the public, business and social enterprise sectors. programme came to an end. Follow Well North’s story at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQOfYaB8qao&feature=youtu.be

Duncan Selbie, Chief Executive of Public Health England, was a special guest at the event and thanked all those attending for making Well North such a success. Watch a video of Duncan sharing his reflections on Well North at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g9MZaXYH-M&feature=youtu.be

Thanks also to Matt Worden for the cover design, Charlie Snowdon at Charlie Snowdon Graphic Design for design/production and Jill Hulme for editing/co-ordination.

56 57 “Everything comes down to relationships and people. There are four things that matter to everyone: having a reason to get up in the morning, something meaningful to do, enough money to live on and sharing affection and friendship. Well North had the vision to realise this is what will help people to live longer in good health – and to put it into practice across ten communities.” Duncan Selbie, Chief Executive, Public Health England

Well North is a partnership between Public Health England, The University of Manchester and Health Innovation Manchester.

The programme ended on 31st March 2019 but its legacy will be continued by Well North Enterprises: www.wellnorthenterprises.co.uk [email protected] @WNEnterprises1