Meeting documents

Trevor Boyd, Michael Saxby, Elaine Hassall, Andrew Smith, Julie Imhoff, Cllr Nick Naylor, Mathew Randle

The minutes of the Chiltern and South Bucks Joint Strategic Partnership meeting held on 19 October 2015 were received; copies of which had been previously circulated.

RESOLVED that:-

The minutes were approved and accepted by Councillor I Darby as a correct record. 

Rachel Prance - Principal Officer - Communications, Performance & Policy: Chiltern District Council and South Bucks District Council.

Rachel Prance delivered the presentation. At the last meeting of the Joint Strategic Partnership on 19 October 2015 the theme covered was:

“What does the ageing population mean for us across Chiltern & South Bucks over the next 10 years?”

This took the form of a workshop covering the issues currently faced by older people in the south of the County.

The Strategic Partnership looked at a number of themed case studies including:

Loneliness and social isolation

Physically frail

Dementia

Carers

Finance

Three actions from each group were taken away by a Task and Finish Group and the aim was to work towards an overarching vision and outcomes plan. 

Preparation work has started on this but the Task and Finish Group, which comprises of people from CDC, SBDC, Carers Bucks, BCC Prevention Matters, Trading Standards and Thames Valley Police decided to focus on working towards a vision of creating a dementia friendly society in Chiltern and South Bucks. This incorporates each of the themes discussed at the JSP meeting late last year.

To put this in context, 6,500 people living in Buckinghamshire have already been diagnosed with dementia and this will rise to over 8,000 people by 2020.

The group has recognised that good work creating dementia friendly communities is already taking place in Great Missenden, Denham, Burnham and Iver but wanted to look at ways of how this could be brought together and expanded across the south of the County.

Working with the Alzheimers Society and local carers groups a ‘Confronting Dementia’ event was organised for 17 May.

Rachel Prance - Principal Officer - Communications, Performance & Policy: Chiltern District Council and South Bucks District Council.

This was organised as part of Dementia Awareness Week (15-21 May), with Chiltern District Council, South Bucks District Council, Bucks County Council, the Chiltern Clinical Commissioning Group, Bucks Fire and Rescue, Thames Valley Police and Trading Standards, with support from the Alzheimer’s Society and wide range of local community groups, getting together to raise awareness of dementia and help communities get on the road to becoming dementia friendly.

It was held from 10am to 2pm at St Michael & All Angels Church in Amersham.

The event included a wide range of activities to take part in; information about dementia, what support there was in the area and refreshments donated by Tescos Amersham with proceeds going to the Sycamore Club in Amersham.

The information stalls at the event were:
NRS Healthcare
Chiltern Music Therapy
Thames Valley Police
Sycamore Club
Amersham Library
GLL/Better
Alzheimer’s Society
Chiltern & South Bucks Community Safety team
Carers Bucks
Bucks MIND
Community Impact Bucks
Chiltern Dial-a-Ride
Chesham Doctors Voluntary Ambulance Drivers
Bucks & Surrey Trading Standards
Quality in Care
Bucks CC Prevention Matters
Healthwatch

The event was well attended by members of the public; lots of networking took place; dementia friends training was given; future events, awareness raising (including positive press coverage) and training is now likely to happen elsewhere across the south of the County.

Natalie Judson (Prevention Matters, Bucks CC), Yvette Hitch (Thames Valley Police) and Scott Messenger (Thames Valley Police) were invited to talk about the day.

Natalie Judson explained there was a meeting on 7 June 12:00 to 13:30 in the Small Committee room at CDC. This meeting was open to businesses and people who may be affected by dementia. The aim of the meeting is to find out what they need to do within the area to become dementia friendly and put an action plan in place. Natalie Judson invited members of the Joint Strategic Partnership to suggest some contacts who may be interested in attending the meeting. These contacts can be given to either Natalie Judson directly or Rachel Prance.

Yvette Hitch commented that the event had been very successful and well attended. The day showed how much we can achieve when we work together.

Scott Messenger spoke about Street Associations which aims to bring the community together and get to know people on your street. This could help to identify vulnerable people and help people get access to the right support.

Bob Smith - Acting Chief Executive: Chiltern District Council and South Bucks District Council.

Bob Smith gave the presentation. The Joint Sustainable Community Strategy was last reviewed in 2013 and is now due for a refresh.

The purpose of the strategy is to set out a vision for each district, identifying the Joint Strategic Partnership’s long-term aims. The strategy sits at the apex of all strategic and service plans across each district, enabling the promotion of our long term vision for improving our economic, environmental and social wellbeing.

    

The key themes in the strategy are:

Thriving economy

Sustainable environment

Safe communities

Health & wellbeing

Cohesive and strong communities

The joint policy team has been through the strategy and updated the key information. A copy of the draft, revised version of the SCS was circulated with the meeting’s agenda with a request for feedback.

The strategy belongs to everyone and input is important. Feedback should be sent to Rachel Prance and this will be incorporated into the strategy. The aim is to publish the revised version by this summer.

Martin Holt - Head of Healthy Communities and Christine Gardner - Active Communities Officer both for Chiltern District Council and South Bucks District Council

Martin Holt led the workshop. The overriding question was how can the community support itself and deliver services to those in need. There are many social problems including social isolation, obesity, diabetes, crime and disorder. These problems can be overcome through delivering local solutions.

The well-being plan focuses on local solutions. It has six key themes:

·         Facilitating community participation, community appraisal and the

sustainable development of communities

·         Supporting services that improve opportunities for older people to live fuller,  safer, more active and ultimately more fulfilling life styles

·         Improving the health and well-being of the population and reducing health inequalities

·         Providing an environment for young people to enjoy, stay safe, be healthy, make a positive contribution and achieve economic well-being

·         Helping to stimulate and support a vibrant local economy

·         Helping to support, promote and celebrate the rich and diverse wealth of cultural heritage

The attendees were divided into six tables and each table had two themes to cover. Each table was tasked with providing feedback on the current themes to see if they were still relevant and suggest improvements. Tables were also asked to review the current activities taking place to achieve the current themes and see if any additional activities should be added. Each table fed back their findings.

October 2016 and will be held at the South Bucks District Council offices in Denham.