Lowestoft Rising Presentation Coastal Community Team Phil Aves

Lowestoft Rising Presentation Coastal Community Team Phil Aves

Governance Model

Priorities and Focus • Mental Health and Well-Being • Aspiration and Potential (Raising the Bar) • Drug & Alcohol and Homelessness Services • Integration and Collaboration • Pride in Lowestoft – Building on what makes Lowestoft great!

Pride in Lowestoft-Done • 2018 Summer Festival including ‘Lowestoft Got Talent’ & Big Band Event– funded through WDC, LTC and SCC Cllrs and People Health Lottery. 4 th Year for event. • Royal Green Events notice board erected 2018 • Suffolk Day sports on Beach event-300 children. • Walk in the Park Events May Half term • High Sheriff visit in March and June 2018 – Sam’s Café, Orbis Energy and Food Bank. Sentinel Leisure Facilities. Award Winners too. • LR with Museums- Increased volunteering and activity at all 3 Museums involved in project.

Pride in Lowestoft- Doing • • Youth Cultural Festival October Half Term in Town. 2019 Summer Festival- Planning started First Light Festival 2019 - Sea Front new Festival Lowestoft CEP “Big Sing”-Suffolk Day 2019 - using Beach Tackling the current Street Drinking problem in Town Youth Take Over Day November- Mental Health Land Shore “ The HOLD” Project around lost Fishing Community. Clare Angell & Phil Aves

Aspirations – Cultural Education Partnership “LCEP” • The Grit, Grit Fest-Sparrows Nest • Watertight Words, glass topped wall with etching on sea defence • Once Upon a Festival, Orchestra’s Live and Untold Tales –Marina led CEP schools projects • Great Places – joint work with Gt Yarmouth on Culture and heritage • £ 568, 000 worth of project delivery in schools/colleges via LCEP in 2 years.

Mental Well-Being • Mental Health Ambassador – Tod Sullivan – now employed by Access Community Trust and Chair of Feedback Mental Health User Network • Secured Churchill Fellowship to travel to America to research mental health best practice • 300 people attended trauma related Mental Health Conference Feb 2018 • Transition Ambassadors being trained as Mental Health Champions • Meeting introduction scheme – ‘how do you feel today’?

Mental Well-Being • CCG leading on potential Crisis Café – out of hours mental health support • Lowestoft ‘Walk and Talks’ to help people to stay connected – work, schools and businesses • Launch of ‘Sporting Memories’ at the Library aimed at Over 55’s (particularly men)

Interventions • Increased referrals into the Interventions Process – over 150 cases so far. 25 Open cases currently. • Early engagement of our 3 MEAM workers having positive impact on street homeless. MH provision now added. • Ongoing multi-agency case conferencing tackles the most demanding cases on monthly basis • Severe Weather Emergency Provision (SWEP) provided through Access Community Trust at Fyffe Centre – even during ‘Beast from the East’ only 5 people accessed

Integration and Collaboration • Cohort 4 of Collaboration Academy – Ageing Well Panel/Council completed. Ageing Well fayre created. • Cohort 5 = Growing well –CYP Starts Nov • £ 380 k secured through Big Lottery for 3 Community Enablers in Lowestoft * • Partnership work to save Food Bank * • Street Chaplaincy Scheme – day time pastoral support led by Churches • LTC invited to join LR Sponsor Group • VCS Market Place event at Kirkley Centre

Case Study : Lottery Success • More than £ 380 k secured from the Big Lottery for Lowestoft • Bid led by Community Action Suffolk and WDC on behalf of Lowestoft Rising • Funding for 3 Community Enablers focussing on Kirkley, Harbour and Kessingland • 3 year project focussing on social action, volunteering and community projects

Case Study : Partnership response • Signpost East-led Food Bank collapsed in November 2017 • Interim solution quickly deployed by Access Community Trust to maintain food bank service across most sites • 22 tons of food moved by volunteers to new storage site • Lowestoft Community Church led project to launch new Food Bank in February 2018 • College and church volunteers working together • 6 day coverage across Lowestoft plus outreach service

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