Bute Health and Wellbeing Network MeetingMinutesDate 3rd May 2019Time 11:00-13:00Venue Moat Centre, RothesayAttendees Alison Craig – Marie Curie

Angela Coll – Health Improvement Team, HSCPCarol Jones – A&B Council, Adult LearningDee James – Network Co-ordinatorDorothy MacDonald – Achievement ButeEvelyn Glass – MacMillan & The Lade CentreIsobel Strong – Bute Drugs & Alcohol ForumLynsey Feeney – The HubMarie Sweeny – A&B Family MediationMichelle Rusden – Police ScotlandNicola Hall – Argyll & Bute Rape Crisis (Notes)Petra Pearce - TSIRosie McKenzie - DWPShona Edwards – Children & Families, BDAF & ButefestWenxin Tang – Social Work StudentYennie Van Oostende – Versus Arthritis & Stepping Stones

Apologies Debra Nelson - AddactionKaz Molloy – Womb Cancer AwarenessRachel McNicol - AlienergySandy Ogilvie – Fyne FuturesSharon MacDonald – Community Learning

Agenda Item1 Welcome and Introductions

Dee opened the meeting by welcoming everyone and introductions were made round the table.

Welcome new Co-ordinatorDee is delighted to be back in the role as Co-ordinator and is passionate about the work on Bute.

2 Previous minutes & matters arising The minutes of the previous meeting were agreed and there were no matters arising meeting.

3 Health Improvement Team link worker – Angela CollFollowing Yennie’s retiral Angela Coll has been nominated as our Health Improvement Team Link worker, Angela is currently working with the ADP on alcohol brief interventions and asked that we all complete a very quick scratch card to gauge our alcohol consumption, this can be used to highlight any intervention that may be useful. Cards were circulated and we were invited to participate if we wanted.

Conversation CafesAngela provided an update on the Locality Planning Groups (LPG), following a strategic consultations these have been reduced from 8 to 4 across the region. The LPGs will still meet and will include 3rd Sector input and from there the Health Improvement Team will

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arrange ‘Conversation Cafes’ based around a priority topic agreed by the LPG. It is important that these cafes are we attended as they can make a real difference and important that Bute’s voice is heard. It would be important for the Network and Network members to promote. Each café will have a Service Lead and speakers relating to the topics with time for discussion, topics have not been agreed yet, if anyone would like to put forward an idea for a topic then they could let Dee know. Some ideas were gathered from round the table these were:

Mental health Youth services Children who don’t meet the criteria for SDS - what support is available? Residential options for elderly Transition gap for 16-18 year olds who have additional needs.

Dee will pass these on for consideration and is happy to do this with additional suggestions also but did clarify that it won’t mean those topics will absolutely be included.

There was a lively discussion around the cafes, there was the feeling that they weren’t being minuted but Angela believes they will be scribed, members also wanted to know what the outcomes would be. Dee will seek clarity on these matters and let the group know.

There was an agreement that any topic that was locally relevant but not part of a conversation cafe could be discussed within the Network meetings.

4 Grant Fund – 2019Nicola updated the meeting on the grants this year, Bute has £5000 to disseminate to local groups with bids capped at £750, and although this is less than last year it is still really positive that in this financial climate we are still in the position to have this fund. The criteria was discussed, scoring debated and possible factors that may affect applications being successful.Volunteers for the scoring panel were invited.

5 Guest SpeakersMichelle Rusden, Police Scotland - Keep Safe & Third Party Reporting Initiatives Michelle is the Police Local Authority Liaison Officer for Argyll and Bute based in Lochgilphead. Police Scotland run the ‘Keep Safe’ initiative along with 'I am Me' Charity who are based in Paisley. Keep Safe is basically a network of public buildings, offices, shops, cafes, restaurants etc , who sign up to be a 'Keep Safe Place' which the public can access and use when they are lost, need to use the phone, need a place to shelter when waiting on a lift, are feeling particularly vulnerable and need a relative called for them etc. So far we have 30 premises signed up to this in Argyll and Bute including Calmac, Housing Associations, Charity Shops, Chemists and Care Homes. The existence of these Keep Safe Places helps some of the most vulnerable in our communities by encouraging independent travel and confidence to go outdoors into the community. Premises who sign up receive a 30 minute training session from Police Scotland and are placed on the Keep Safe App. More information on Keep Safe can be found on www.IammeScotland.co.uk If you are interested and would like some further information on this popular initiative please contact PC Michelle Rusden via email Michelle.Rusden@scotland.pnn.police.uk Suggestions for possible premises on Bute included The Lade Centre and Fyne Homes, if anyone has any more ideas please let Michelle know. Everyone felt this was a great initiate and pledged to share information with their networks. The Bute Alcohol and Drugs Forum are hosting an event in June and invited Michelle to come along. Work is underway to increase the number of Third Party Reporting Centres (TPRC) within Argyll and Bute. 

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Third Party Reporting Centres support members of the public who have been the victim of a Hate Crime. When a member of the public does not wish to approach the Police, does not have access to a computer, or would just prefer some personal support, the staff within the TPRC are there to support and assist the member of the public in the completion of a Police Scotland Online Hate Crime Reporting Form. Examples of Third Party Reporting Centres are Housing Associations and Support Services such as Citizens Advice Bureau. Third Party Reporting Centres are required on Bute so if anyone would be keen to sign up please contact Michelle.

Petra Pearce – TSI PaPaPetra introduced the Pathways and Partnership (PaPa) & Recovery Outcomes tool to the group.

The PaPa tool has been developed by the Argyll & Bute ADP with the HSCP and adapted from the Recovery Outcomes Web tool developed by the Scottish Government in partnership with a broad range of stakeholders. Its purpose is to help plan, implement and measure areas of recovery and support in its broadest sense as a self-management tool.

It provides clear visual information about the areas of work of individual services under 10 different categories of health and wellbeing as defined by Scottish Government. These categories are: children and young people, housing and independent living, mental health and emotional wellbeing, money matters, offending, physical health and wellbeing, relationships, self-care and nutrition and substance use.

Petra took the group though the tool and asked for feedback, for example are the headings appropriate/too many? etc. We asked how the public know about PaPa and can access it. It’s currently a word document but there is an understanding that not everyone has word and that perhaps an app may be better. Perhaps it could sit in the Healthy Argyll and Bute website, Rosie felt this could be a good tool for her customers at the DWP. Feedback is very much needed and Dee emphasised the need for this.

Marie Sweeney – Family MediationMarie is a Family link Worker with Argyll and Bute Family Mediation who provide family mediation and child contact centres with trained staff working within the policies of Relationships Scotland, they cover all rural areas with their main office being in Oban. They support families going through divorce/separation with children as the focus with trained mediators doing the work.

Anyone can self-refer or referrals also come from the police or solicitors, referrals can be taken through ABAN or directly to the service, support can be delivered on Bute and Family Mediation can arrange room hire. At an intake appointment the next appropriate action can be decided as mediation may not always the best option.

Family Link posts are Big Lottery funded and those services are free, they can help with parenting plans, to see how they can help the adults see how they can affect the child’s life forever.

There is a Health and Wellbeing funded project in Oban – ‘Be Heard’ for children.

Further details about the range of services available can be found at www.relationships-scotland.org.uk/find-a-local-service/family-mediation-services/argyll-and-bute

Alison Craig – Marie CurieAli has now returned from maternity leave and has a new job role – Community Engagement Officer for Argyll and Bute, Marie Curie have defined the area in the same way as the new LPG groups as the 4 areas have different needs. One common need however, is the struggle to recruit and keep nurses, a misunderstanding is that you would need to be a qualified nurse but this is not true in all cases – some posts are healthcare

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assistants.

Ali feels we are in a good position at the moment as her role has no set boundaries and can be utilised for maximum benefit to the communities, if anyone has any ideas for the role please let Ali know at alison.craig@mariecurie.org.uk

Alison has noted that palliative care and dying are omitted from the Community Plan. Other issues that might be considered are:

The heavy reliance on volunteers, what support is in place for them and would a ‘Hub’ be an idea for all volunteers on Bute? Dorothy suggested Impact funding supports volunteer development.

Where can we talk about death and dying? Hospices have ‘death cafes’ where people can they are very popular, through discussion t seemed like this was an unmet need for Bute.

A helpline open outside of ‘office’ hours would be really supportive.

There are currently no Helper volunteers on Bute.

Dee thanked the presenters – al the topics were really interesting and informative and we all learned something from listening.

6 Facebook The Bute Network is the first of the Networks to trial its own Facebook page, so far it is going really well and getting lots of likes, please promote this widely and give feedback to Dee. Dee has been advised to post each day, please let Dee know if there’s anything you’d like to share. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1050402201820464

7 AchievementsThe projects who were funded last year are starting to submit their monitoring reports and it is great to see the achievement that they have made.

8 AOBVersus ArthritisYennie gave an update on a project that she is involved with – Versus Arthritis. This is a self-management programme which is forging healthy living partnerships. Currently there opportunities for partners in Campbeltown, Cowal & Bute and Helensburgh for volunteer recruitment.

Transport to Inveraray can be arranged if someone needs it – if any organisations are interested in being involved they should contact Yennie, the requirement would be to

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deliver 2 courses for 2 years.

Sexual Health ConferenceThere is still some space on the Sexual Health Conference on the 10th May in Dunoon if anyone would like to attend.

BDAF NewsBDAF are hosting an event in the Discovery Centre on the 14th June.

Bute HubLynsey gave an update on the ‘Bute Hub’ that she had tried to get up and running last year but it sadly wasn’t sustainable at that time due to a lack of volunteer helpers. It isn’t operational at the moment but the hope is that will be soon as some funding has been secured and it is hoped that volunteer training will be possible.

This is the flyer previously used which gives an idea of the support provided.Update from Alienergy ‘ALIenergy’s Affordable Warmth and Energy Efficiency Service- Support for all vulnerable households throughout Argyll & through a variety of funded projects. Offering FREE home visits, income maximisation checks and advice.  We have a large team of Advisors who offer informal advice, presentations, and FREE training workshops to health and social care workers, carers, community groups and individuals/households. Affordable Warmth and Food in Argyll and Bute (AWFAB)- Funding received from Big Lottery to deliver drop in sessions at local foodbank venues and work with organisations offering support with food and cooking. Please contact Rachel, if your organisation would like to know more about getting involved. Money Skills Argyll- Digital Skills approved as ALIenergy’s second strand so our advisors can offer support with online tariff comparisons, setting up online energy accounts, researching information and advice on heating controls, DIY measures, etc. Digital Energy Advice in Argyll and Bute- Promoting the use of digital technology to deliver energy advice. Our advisors now have tablets so they can carry out online applications, online tariff comparisons and search for information while sitting with clients in their own homes. We host #ArgyllEnergyHour every Friday morning 10-11am on Twitter, contact Rachel if you would like to be a guest tweeter and promote your organisation or host a specific discussion.’cool2talk service A reminder about this service, cool2talk is an online service for 12-26 year olds.  They post

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a question to the service and receive a bespoke answer within 24 hours/365 days per year.  There is also up to 4 sessions of online counselling available. SMHFA TrainingScotland’s Mental Health First Aid - Young People course was delivered in Bute in March with 12 participants.

9 Date of next meetingMonday 10th June 11am-1pm, Moat Centre, Rothesay

The scoring panel will meet following the meeting.

Action Points

Agenda Item

Action By who By when

3 Forward ideas for Conversation Cafes Dee By 10th June

3 Clarify whether Conversation Cafes will be scribed/minutes taken & what outcomes there will be

Dee By 10th June

4 Volunteers for HWF scoring panel All By 24th May

5 Contact Michelle Rusden if interested in Keep Safe or 3rd Party Reporting

All Asap

5 Provide any feedback on the PaPa tool to Dee All By 10th June

5 Forward suggestions to Alison Craig, Marie Curie on her role development

All Asap

6 Forward items to Dee for Facebook sharing All As required

8 Contact Yennie for information on Versus Arthritis volunteer recruitment.

All As required

Throughout the meeting Dee asked for suggestion on flipcharts;

Ideas for Jessica McGillivray (1000 Voices TSI) for ‘what’s on’ on Bute

Thoughts/suggestions on the format of the meeting

These are captured below.

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What’s On - ButeDiscovery Centre

Winter Garden

Appletree Nursery

Help Project, Bishop Street

The Lade Centre

Bute Advice Centre, Bishop Street

McMillan Nurse, drop in The Lade Centre (Tues & Wed 2.30-4pm)

Bereavement Counselling, every Tuesday in the Lade Centre

Complimentary Therapies available for long term conditions or life limiting conditions, Thursdays 12-4pm in the Lade Centre

Third Party Reporting Centre – ACHA offices

Keep Safe Places – ACHA, Rothesay pier Calmac

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Maybe cut out the coffee break and ask people to bring a packed lunch for networking at the end.

Time limit on presentations to

keep to point

Keep on topic!

Thoughts on our meeting…

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A possible update 2 minutes from each

person at the table at the beginning of the

meeting.

Some time at the end 30 mins to break out and exchange details

over a cuppa.

Really good to get back to meetings and meet

everyone

Standing meetings!!