Agenda item

Report of Liz Gaulton, Director of Public Health and Wellbeing

The Board considered a report of Liz Gaulton, Director of Public Health and Wellbeing which provided an update on the outcomes of the Place Forum meeting on 11^th June, 2019 and the Year of Wellbeing activities and plans.

The report indicated that at the last Place Forum meeting members had received an update from Professor Sir Chris Ham on progress being made in the STP (now to be called the Coventry and Warwickshire Health and Care Partnership) and members had supported in principle the proposal to establish a System Partnership Board, Minute 8 above refers. The Forum had also discussed proposals to develop a shared vision for population health based on the ambitions and outcomes in the Health and Wellbeing Concordat. Members had endorsed the need for a strategic framework and supported the population health model. They received presentations from Moat House Community Trust and Grapevine on the different approaches they had been piloting of engaging with and mobilising communities, using an asset-based approach, Minute 10 below refers. The Forum had also been updated on the progress and impact to date of the Year of Wellbeing and considered ways of securing the legacy for the year.

The report detailed the actions that had been agreed by the Forum as part of the Place Pan, a copy of which was set out in an appendix to the report. The next Forum meeting had been arranged for 5^th November and the report detailed the proposed focus of partner activity.

The update on the Year of Wellbeing reported that activity to increase the visibility of the Year of Wellbeing campaign in Coventry was progressing well, with the social media presence expanding. There was a reliance on local teams developing and sharing content to assist with the measurement and understanding of activity throughout the year. All activity would be collated towards the end of 2019 to determine the size and visibility of participation in the campaign and all partners would be asked to contribute towards this.

There had been a slow-down in sign-ups for the Year of Wellbeing newsletter and members were requested to encourage their staff and customers to sign up. There had also been a slow-down in pledging activity, which could mean the target of 1,000 pledges would not be achieved.

Consideration was currently being given as to how the evaluation of activity would be undertaken.

In relation to increasing child physical activity in primary schools, the capacity to get into primary school had been increased by working with the Schools Games Organisers who supported PE premiums and school games activity. It was anticipated that the challenging target of increasing activity in 100 schools was achievable. The report also reported on the success of the approach to review loneliness and social isolation activity in the city by shining a spotlight on innovative and successful ventures.

Members were encouraged to:

Link Year of Wellbeing social media content to corporate Twitter feeds and ask relevant staff to tweet/retweet content;

Pursue opportunities to promote the Year of Wellbeing and prevention services in public-facing media materials;

Encourage newsletter sign-up and individual pledges;

Register for the Thrive at Work workplace wellbeing accreditation programme;

Request Year of Wellbeing materials for market stalls at local events.

Members expressed their support for the Year of Wellbeing activities and acknowledged the importance of having a lasting legacy, building on the energy and enthusiasm generated by the Year. It was suggested that there could be an opportunity to pick up issues such as housing and homelessness and climate change, that had been raised elsewhere in the meeting, through the Place Forum and the emerging system strategy.

RESOLVED that:

(1)  The outcomes of the Place Forum meeting held on 11^th June, 2019 be noted.

(2) The ongoing activity as part of the Coventry and Warwickshire Year of Wellbeing 2019 be noted.

(3) The recommended actions for Health and Wellbeing Board partners (detailed in Section 5.2 of the report) to further promote and progress the Year of Wellbeing 2019 be supported.