MAR13 - Health Inclusion Q3 Update

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REPORT TITLE: Review of ELsHealth & Inclusion Programmes Oct - Dec 2012

DATE: 25 February 2013

DIRECTOR OFOPERATIONS: Agenda Item No: 4.2

CHIEF EXECUTIVE:

Graeme Gardiner

Report Ref: ELREP776

John Comiskey

1. Purpose

1.1 To inform the Board of the work undertaken by the Sport and Physical Activity team inHealth and Inclusion work which supports ELs Purpose, To make a positive difference tocommunities by creating opportunities for everyone to get active, stay active and achieve

more.

2. Decision Required

2.1 No

3. Recommendations

3.1 N/A

4. Key Points

4.1 Partnership work is critical to enabling success in our Health and Inclusion work andthere has been recent success in engaging with our partners. In particular, EL metwith the CEC Senior Health & Social Care team to discuss opportunities for jointworking.

4.2 In the last quarter, EL has secured 159k funding from NHS Lothian to continue thedelivery of our Healthy Active Lives and Ageing Well programmes. This takes theexternal funding for delivering health, physical activity & inclusion projects to 707k

in 2012/13.

4.3 The report on our Social Return on Investment for our City of Edinburgh Counciltargeted programmes will be available in Oct 2013, following a full year of projectoperation.

4.4 Over the last year, EL has led an Equalities Group consisting of partner

organisations, to carry out an Equalities Impact Assessment. The group concluded

their assessment in January, making recommendations which will be integrated intoour 2013/14 Business Plan.


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5. Further details can be obtained from:

Graeme Gardiner on tel. 0131 458 2100 or by email [email protected]

6. Further information

6.1 Partnerships:

A key element of the Sport and Physical Activity Development team is about

developing effective partnerships. We are committed to working with local andnational partners to increase participation, deliver shared priorities and improve thedelivery of sport and physical activity.

Below is a summary of key partnership developments relating to Health & Inclusion

work in the last quarter Oct - Dec 2012:

Senior Health & Social care team John Comiskey, Graeme Gardiner and

Helen Macfarlane had the opportunity to present ourselves to the combinedNHS/City of Edinburgh Council Health & Social Care senior team on 22nd

January. It was a really positive experience and allowed us to communicateto them exactly who we are as an organisation and demonstrate how ourpurpose aligns us very closely to what they are doing. It was a first step, but a

very important first step towards establishing a relationship that could have amajor impact on our organisation in the future. Four subsequent meetings

were identified to take forward specific discussion points.

The Ageing Well Project was represented at the CEC Live Well in Later Life

event that was held at the Assembly Rooms in November. This provided agood opportunity to network with other older adult projects / service providers,

as well as profile Ageing Well.

The annual conference for the Community Access Programme will be held on

1stMarch. This will be an opportunity for Edinburgh Leisure to conduct largescale community consultation. Over 100 organisations will be invited to The

City Chambers which will include guest speakers promoting the benefits ofphysical activity for service users, workshops where organisations can share

best practice and the launch of the 10 monthly Get Active pass.

6.2 Funding:

A total of 707k of external funds have been attracted in 2012/13 to enable EL to

deliver health, physical activity & inclusion projects. This is complimented by anumber of self funding projects.

In the last quarter Edinburgh Leisure has been successful in securing continuedfunding for two major health and physical activity programmes from NHS Lothian:

Healthy Active Minds 72,000Funding secured for 3 years until March 2016Ageing Well 86,520Funding secured for 1 year until March 2014
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We are still awaiting funding decisions for First Steps in Leith application for 13k,submitted to City of Edinburgh Council, Health and Social Care, Tackling Health

Inequalities Fund, to encourage residents within the Leith area to increaseparticipation in physical activity at Leith Victoria Swim Centre.

6.3 Impacts:

Work is progressing on the Social Return on Investment report for all five of the Cityof Edinburgh Council funded projects (Active Lives; High Flyers; Jump In; Positive

Destinations; Looked After & Active) and the sportscotland funded Community SportsHub project. The report will be available in October 2013 and will demonstrate theoverall financial impact of these projects.

6.4 Reducing Inequality:

Equalities Impact Assessment Over the last twelve months the Sport & PhysicalActivity Team (SPAD) have been leading an Equalities Impact Assessment on key

areas of the business. The City of Edinburgh Council, Manager for Equalities,Diversity and Human Rights Projects helped to identify partners within NHS, CEC

and Voluntary Sector to be invited onto a steering group. The Group conducted aschedule of meetings to review and analyse how well Edinburgh Leisure meets theneeds of a range of target groups. The following areas of the business were

analysed:

Children and Young People Services

Disability Services

Older Adults Services Low Income Households

Black and Minority Ethnic Services

In January 2013 the group finalised the Equalities Impact Assessment whichidentifies seven recommendations for implementation which will be referred to in ELs

business plan.

Leith First Steps Womens Only Swim Session averages 47 visits per week to swim

sessions. After detailed consultation the Female only swim sessions are re-introducing swimming lessons in January 2013 as many of the Black & minority

ethnic women attending this session need further support with their swimming skil ls.

6.5 Pathway Development:

Edinburgh Leisure have introduced the 10 monthly Get Active pass as a tool to

encourage those on the lowest incomes to get active and to encourage transitionfrom funded projects to mainstream activities The Board paper on Implementation onMembership packages updates the uptake of this card.


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6.6 Strategic summary of City of Edinburgh Council project performance:

The five City of Edinburgh Council funded programmes have been successfully

implemented and participation has grown over the last quarter. Measurement ofsuccess will encompass the indicators used in the Social Return on Investment

report.

For an overview of performance please see below.

Summary of City of Edinburgh Council Funded programmes:

Project/

service name

Location Equality

group

targeted

Target

Per year

Usage to date Progress to date

Active Lives Craigmillar /

Niddrie

(Additional

Year 1 SIMD

Areas

identified -

(Lochend /

Craigentinny

- MSC)

APLC

(Muirhouse

/ Pilton)

Older

Adults /

50 +

Health

Groups

Low

Income

Househol

ds

500 Older

Adults Per

Year

(2012 Year

1)

Active Lives

commenced at

Jack Kane on the

15th

of January for

a six-week pilot.

20 participants

have attended in

first 3 weeks.

Project to

commence in

APLC, MSC & GLC

over coming

months.

Physical activity project to encourage inactive

older adults living in identified Scottish Index

of Multiple Deprivation areas (SIMD) to

pursue a more active lifestyle, using a peer

mentoring delivery model.

The project delivers community-based

physical activity and social opportunities

which encourage and support inactive older

people (aged 65+), from specific SIMD areas,

to live and keep well by being active and

socially involved within their community.

Over 15 local agencies consulted and

informed of project. Active Lives staff

presented at various forums including

neighbourhood partnership meetings,

equality and di versi ty event in Craigmillar and

to members of the East Edinburgh Older

Peoples forum.

Active Lives staff working in partnership with

Jack Kane team to plan and host community

event on 13th February to celebrate the

implementation of Active Lives at Jack Kane.

Active Lives team have implemented areferral process for NHS Keep Well staff (Keep

Well is a NHS programme targeting adults 45

64 in SIMD areas who are at risk of ill

health). Keep Well staff will now refer

participants to Active Lives which will lead to

a significant increasein referral numbers.

Looked After &

Active

City Wide

Programme

Looked

After &

Accomm

odated

Children& Young

People

500 Young

People Per

Year

(2012 Year1)

Looked After &

Active Access

cards designed

and launched on

1 October 2012.

To date there are

Looked After and Active is a programme of

activity targeting children and young people

throughout Edinburgh who are looked after

and accommodated in young peoples

centres, foster placements, in through care &aftercare programmes and who are looked

after at home. The project encourages young


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129 young people

and 87 carers

with Looked After

and Active Cards

which grant

access to gym,swim, fitness

classes, and

badminton.

people to meet the daily physical activity

guidelines of 60 minutes per day.

Looked After and Active provides children,

young people, and carers with Leisure Cards

which offer free access to swim, gym, fitness

classes and badminton at all EdinburghLeis ure sites.

Positive

Destinations

Through Sport

City Wide

Programme

Children

& Young

People

NEET CYP

Not in

Employm

ent,

Education or

Training

200 Young

People Per

Year

(2012 Year

1)

150 Young People

engaged in

Positive

Destinations

programme as of

January 2013.

Edinburgh Leisures Positive Destinations

through Sport utilises the capacity of sport to

transform lives, i ncrease motivation,

encourage learning and support personal

development.

The project is targeted at young people Not in

Employment, Education or Training (NEET).Each young person is s upported through a

development and l earning through sports

programme that offers a range of vocational

sporting qualifications. The project

encourages participants to progress on to

Further or Higher Education and from there

into employment within the leisure Industry.

4 Sports Leadershi p and Sports Qualifications

courses delivered to 49 Young People across

the city

7 Work Based placements have been

established within Edinburgh Leisure sites for

Young People. These young people have

completed 56 days of work experience in

total , experiencing 392 hours of work based

learning within Edinburgh Leisure si tes.

Key partnershi ps formed with Scottish

Swimming; Sports Leaders UK; CEC Active

Schools and Jet Programme; Citadel Youth

Centre, Access to Industry, Leith Academy

Excel Group.

High Flyers City Wide

Programme

Children

& Young

People

Disabiliti

es /

Addition

al

Support

Needs

200 Young

People Per

Year

(2012 Year

1)

111 visits were

made to the High

Flyers

(Gymnastics,

Athletics &

Tennis) sessions

in l ast quarter.

High Flyers is an exciting new programme

makes a positive difference to communities

by creating opportunities for children and

young people with a disability to get active,

stay active and achieve more. The

programme offers sport classes for children

and young people to experience a range of

activities and enhance their physical literacy.

High Flyer sessions are offered as coached

classes. Working closely with Scottish

Disability Sport and existing sport clubs High

Flyers bridges the gap between grass roots

and sport club engagement whilst promoting

the disability sporting pathway from


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Playground to Podium. Experienced,

qualified coaches deliver tailored sessions

with the support of our volunteers.

High Flyers officially launched with a taster

event at Meadowbank in October. The eventwelcomed approxi mately 100 participants.

High Flyer sports established for tennis,

athletics and gymnastics which has seen a

25.2% uptake.

The High Flyers survey was conducted

following the High Flyers launch with 59

respondents. 54.1% of respondents were

unaware of ELs exis ting provision for children

with Additional Support Needs. 79.5%

reported that their children were physically

active for 15 hours per week or less which iswell below the recommended guidelines.

Jump In City Wide

Programme

Children

& Young

People

Disabiliti

es /

Addition

al

Support

Needs

500 Young

People Per

Year

(2012 Year

1)

64 visits were

made by young

people with

Additional

Support Needs in

last quarter.

316 visits were

made by nursery

aged children inlast quarter.

Jump In is an exciting new learn to swim

programme targeting nursery aged children

living in SIMD areas as well as children &

young people with addi tional support needs.

32 pupils from Granton Primary Nursery

completed the Jump In programme at Ainslie

Park Leis ure Centre. Four Pupils with

additional support needs completed the Jump

In programme at Leith Victoria Swim Centre.Out of the participants 25% had never been

swimming before. 22% had never been to an

EL venue. 92% of respondents said their

water confidence and ability had increased as

a result of the programme.

100% participants are continuing the Jump In

programme for the second block which is due

to restart in January 2013.

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