Further Funding Available

Following the successful distribution of Sport England’s Together Fund to clubs and organisations across Lincolnshire, we’re delighted to be able to release £70,000 of further funding to benefit community groups and clubs in the county. The fund exists to help reduce the negative impact of coronavirus and support grassroots clubs and community groups working with our target audiences to grow and enable more people be more active.

To support clubs and organisations who would like to apply for Together Funding with their applications we are hosting a free online workshop on Thursday 1 December. If you’re considering applying for Together Funding for your organisation reserve your free place by following the link below. You can find out more about the fund and the eligibility of your group, organisation or project on our funding pages.

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Technology Enabled Care

We would like to invite you to join our Personalisation Huddle. The huddle is an informal catch up of like-minded colleagues in health, social care and the voluntary sector to gain an understanding of what’s happening in the Lincolnshire Personalisation Programme. We plan on bringing in colleagues from other areas across England and Lincolnshire to showcase best practise in personalised care. The huddle is once every six weeks via MS Teams for 1.5hrs and the agenda will be sent out 2 weeks in advance. Feel free to drop in for all or the part of the huddle.

The next Personalisation Huddle is 9.30-11am on Friday 25^th November and the focus is ‘Technology Enabled Care (TEC) – using technology creatively for increased independence, wellbeing and safety’.

Technology is increasingly a part of everyday life and is continually being developed, increasing the possibilities for how care technology and every day technology can be used by the people we work with to improve their lives and achieve outcomes. As professionals we increasingly have a role in ensuring that people can understand, access and use technology to enable them to achieve the outcomes they want from their lives. In this session we will share some of the learning from our Technology Enabled Care work within Adult Care, share some stories of people who are using technology within their lives and provide an opportunity for discussion and sharing of ideas relating to technology and how it can be used.

Click here to join the meeting or alternatively email lhnt.itsallaboutpeople@nhs.net to be sent a calendar invitation

Stakeholder Update

Let’s Move Lincolnshire Strategy Update

You can read the full Let’s Move Lincolnshire strategy here. Partners can pledge their commitment to achieving the strategy here.

1. STRATEGIC OVERVIEW

We’ve released the Active Lincolnshire annual impact report for 2021-22. Alongside reporting on the impacts achieved through collaborative partner working, the report recognises the challenges faced in a year where restrictions still existed, fluctuating and apply pressures on residents and the physical activity and sport sector alike.

The Active Lincolnshire Sport and Physical Activity Awards took place on the 3^rd November, recognising 14 incredible winners and highlighting the stories of a further 27 runners up. Lincolnshire is incredibly lucky to have so many people providing a varied offer of opportunities that meet the needs of residents facing the highest inequalities to leading an active life.

The initial workshop for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion principles of Let’s Move Lincolnshire was on 18^th October, hosted at the City of Lincoln Council officers. Bringing together representative from 15+ organisations that work across the county, with communities that face greater inequalities to leading active lives including organisations working with disabled people, people from ethnically diverse communities, gender and sexuality, and lower socio-economic groups. Read more.

• RECOVER AND REINVENT

The Together Fund has announced a further £70,000 of funding available for clubs to apply for in January and February 2023. You can begin applications now for the panel to review at the end of January. Our most recent project to be funded is Wragby Warhammers Baseball Club. Please share these stories as we hope they will encourage others to apply for funding.

We met with a core group of regional national governing body representative to discuss the Uniting the Movement strategy from each organisational perspective looking for common purpose, opportunities to collaborate and investigating big issues including cost-of-living, workforce (skills and recruitment) and the Levelling Up agenda.

This month’s leisure leads meeting focused on the challenges faced by public leisure in meeting the net zero targets and navigating the energy crisis. Community Leisure UK presented on their work supporting public leisure and environmental sustainability, highlighting challenges, practical solutions, and sharing case studies from their member bodies. They also talked through their work with the Carbon Trust delivering environmental action training to CLUK members and partners. Read our blog on the current challenges in reducing emissions in a rising energy costs world.

• CONNECTING WITH HEALTH AND WELLBEING

In the latest episode of ‘Tale of Two Counties Health Podcast’ Matt and Charlie are joined by Sue Jarvis (Maternity and Neonatal Programme Manager at NHS Lincolnshire ICB) to talk about the work in Lincolnshire connecting physical activity to maternity services. Sue explores the topic through the lenses of policy, workforce, patients and processes, providing advice on considerations other health care professions can make to create similar change in their pathways.

Active Lincolnshire attended the Live Longer Better National Conference as one of the 24 Active Partnerships with a focus on active ageing. Jo Blackwell from the University of Lincoln delivered a lightening talk for the event sharing information on the 6-month research project on Active Ageing and Physical Activity. We are currently exploring how we grow this work in 2023 and welcome any partners with a focus on older adults getting in touch with Lorna Leach.

• CREATING POSITIVE EXPERIENCES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

The children and young people network meets later this month to work through the next phase of developing the theory of change for the children and young people strand of the Let’s Move Lincolnshire strategy. The next phase of the Habit 5 led research is now live. The survey is for children and young people and is open until end 30 November. Please share.

Over the next 3 years 27 schools in Lincolnshire will receive funding as part of the Opening School Facilities programme to open the school estate beyond the school day, connecting the local community and increasing the opportunities available. We are currently out to tender for a programme manager to lead this work across the county. Deadline is the 23:59 on Sunday 20^th November.

• CONNECTED COMMUNITIES

Our work in Mablethorpe began when several Active Lincolnshire staff spent the day exploring the town, meeting service providers and residents, and learning about the place through their experiences and views. This broke down some pre-conceptions, reframed realities, and identified opportunities to create system change. Read more in the Active People and Place Manager Blog.

That was followed later in the month when strategic partners from the local authority, health and communities’ sectors, police, Lincolnshire wildlife trust and the local leisure operator met at the Coastal Centre in Mablethorpe to explore the development of a place-based physical activity movement. The event included a walking tour of the areas receiving Towns Fund investment, and presentations from Withernsea Local Delivery Pilot and Active Lincolnshire.

• ACTIVE ENVIRONMENTS

At the Lincolnshire Sport and Physical Activity Awards, we announced a new countywide bike donation scheme. Over the last 6-weeks we’ve been conducting a scoping exercise and applied an evidence-based approach to decision making to understand demand, infrastructure, and identify opportunities. The project will deliver through local hubs that include bike donation, restoration and maintenance, skills training and qualifications, and learn to ride programmes. We are seeking partners who are interested in taking an active role in the project. Please contact Emma Tatlow.

• AGILE SYSTEMS

Active Lincolnshire continue to meet with strategic partners to develop new ways of working, create collaborative solutions to tackle big issues. This month we’ve attended:

• Greater Lincolnshire Nature Partnership to learn more about the Local Nature Recovery Strategies and consider the role of the physical activity and sport sector in this agenda.
• The Integrated Care Partnership Strategy Planning and Development workshop to ensure that physical activity is considered in the development of this important document for the future health and care sector and partners in Lincolnshire.

For professionals who work with parents

The Money and Pensions Service hugely successful programme, ‘Talk Learn Do: Parents Kids and Money’ demonstrates that supporting parents to develop the confidence and skills to talk to and teach their children about money can positively impact on the financial wellbeing of both parents and children. Since 2016, we have worked with over 1,500 professionals across the UK to deliver TLD to parents and carers they support. We are now looking to upskill more professionals so they can deliver Talk Learn Do to parents they work with.

What is Talk Learn Do (TLD)?
TLD is a facilitator led group session that encourages parents of 3–11-year-olds to talk to their children about money and create opportunities for their children to experience managing it. The programme provides parents with tools, ideas, and fun activities to help include money in everyday conversations and activities.
With the increase in personal finance related news and ongoing cost of living pressures, there continues to be a demand for financial wellbeing work with parents and training for professionals who support them.

We are working with Campaign for Learning and Quaker Social Action to expand our training programme for professionals who support parents across the UK. The training is free and open to organisations across the UK. Each organisation will initially be allocated one training space on a first come first served basis. Further spaces to be allocated if available.
Timing
• Weds 16th November
• Wednesday 23rd November
• Wednesday 7th December PM
• Thursday 12th Jan
• Tuesday 17th January
• Wednesday 8th February
The workshop sessions are expected to run for three to four hours with breaks in-between.
Location
Training will take place virtual
Requirements
Participants will be expected to take part in an optional short survey before and after the training. This will help MaPS to understand the effectiveness of the training.
For further information and to indicate interest, please send an email to Evelyn Omoike: evelyn.omoike@maps.org.uk

The Journey to making that happen

As stated in the Let’s Move Lincolnshire strategy, Active Lincolnshire believe that each of us should have access to spaces, facilities, services and support that empowers us to be active, fueling good physical and mental health, raising living standards and helping us feel part of our communities. Activity should be a natural part of our lives no matter who we are and not dependent on ability, background, gender, bank balance or postcode.

Sadly, this is not yet the case in Lincolnshire. To address this, we require a conscious effort to understand and address the inequalities faced by less active residents. While in reality, people aren’t just defined by ability, ethnicity, gender, income or anything else, there are clear patterns in the lives and backgrounds of people who feel social excluded from physical activity. We decided that we can’t look at any one factor in isolation, but instead must be prepared to embrace the complexities of people’s lives.

The past has taught us that we cannot do this alone, we must apply a user-led approach and bring the lived experiences of others to the table to enable us to remove barriers and create positive environments that allow everyone to be active in the ways they choose.

We have committed to working in collaboration with stakeholders, organisations, businesses, policymakers, statutory bodies, community leaders and residents to create the changes Lincolnshire needs to be equitable.

The start of making this happen is to bring together stakeholders to explore HOW we work together to ensure the work of Active Lincolnshire and the Let’s Move Lincolnshire partners is informed by, and representative of, the needs and experiences of the people facing the greatest barriers to accessing and participating in physical activity.

18 stakeholders, from organisations representing disabled people, ethnically diverse communities, women and girls, people with health conditions came together for our first Equality, Diversity and Inclusion workshop to debate three key areas.

• Establishing an advisory group to inform the strategic direction and prioritisation of the Let’s Move Lincolnshire strategy. We debated the remit, membership, deliverables, and structure to inform the coming terms of reference.
• Working together beyond the steering group to bring the knowledge and expertise of individual organisations and individuals to ensure the work better serves residents. The group identified ideas and actions to take across all layers of the system from policy to individuals, including advocacy roles, improvements to websites, communications, physical environments, recruitment and skills development.
• Identifying success. How we measure and evidence the impact of our work to tackle inequalities.

This workshop was the first time we’ve tried to work across all the protected characteristic groups and address inequality as a whole rather than group by group. We didn’t know if it would work, but we’re delighted that it did. We’re excited by the people in the room and those that want to be part of this group but were unable to attend this inaugural meeting. There is a real sense of common purpose with bold ambitions and simple but effective ideas being brought into the mix with a willingness to collaborate and build on each other’s learning, knowledge, and resource.

If you’d like to get involved please contact Ian Brown, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Manager.

Focus on Pre and Post Natal Physical Activity

Connecting Physical Activity and Health

In this month’s newsletter we focus on our work supporting pre and postnatal physical activity. Over the past couple of years, we have been working closely with Better Births Lincolnshire, ULHT Maternity Services and the physical activity sector to upskill the workforce and advocate the benefits of being physically active before, during pregnancy and the postpartum period with an aim of increasing physical activity levels from conception to reception age.

Pre & Postnatal Physical Activity Network In mid-October we held our first Lincolnshire Pre & Postnatal Physical Activity Network meeting where 12 physical activity providers from across the county came together to discuss current opportunities, barriers faced by new and expectant mothers in accessing provision and thoughts for the future. The next meeting is taking place on 7th December and we would be keen to hear from anyone who is currently delivering sessions/activities specifically for expectant and/or new mum’s, or anyone that holds a qualification in the subject, or shares our interest in ensuring these women have access to suitable and accessible physical activity in Lincolnshire. If you would like to hear more about this work, please get in touch with Donna Sutton.

Email Donna Sutton

Upskilling the Workforce: Pre and Postnatal Physical ActivitySince the start of our work in this area we have so far funded 20 physical activity instructors across Lincolnshire to undertake their Level 3 Pre & Postnatal Exercise and Nutrition qualification to upskill and gain the knowledge and understanding to develop safe and effective sessions for each stage of pregnancy and during the postnatal period. With a few more funded spaces available we are working with local providers in the sector to fill gaps in provision across the county. Specific focus areas moving forward include the East Coast and South Lincolnshire.Training OpportunitiesOther training opportunities include the Health Education England (HEE) e-learning for healthcare module Pregnancy and Postnatal Period: Being Active. Once you have completed the HEE module you will become eligible to become a physical activity Ambassador for Lincolnshire through the Active Pregnancy Foundation Ambassador Training. The training costs £175 but there may be a couple of funded places available through Active Lincolnshire. Follow the link below to find out more about the above training and other upskilling opportunities or get in touch with Donna Sutton to enquire about a funded place.

Find out more

Mablethorpe Modelling Blog by Matt Evans Our Active People and Place Manager, Matt Evans, reflects on a recent visit to Mablethorpe, and asks the question “What does a place need in order to embed physical activity within its local health and care system?”

Read the Blog

Let’s Talk: Pregnancy and Fitness Jamie-Lee, Group Exercise Co-ordinator at Active Nation Lincoln, delivers multiple Les Mills classes every week from their Birchwood and Yarborough locations. In this post Jamie-Lee who is currently heading towards the end of her own pregnancy talks about her recommendations for pregnant women and physical activity. Follow the link to read more and watch her video.

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TO JOIN THE TASK AND FINISH GROUPS FOR THE COST OF LIVING CHALLENGE

You may be aware Lincolnshire has created a Cost of Living Challenge Task and Finish Group to address the current economic climate and its impact on households and businesses etc.  LVET is part of this work and a member of the T&F Group.  This has led to the development of 4 subgroup workstreams: Warm Spaces, Economic Resource, Food Support and Communications.  We have attached a draft document for the subgroup responsibilities and keen to have further voluntary sector representation across the four groups.  There will be LVET representation for the wider voluntary sector perspective, but it would be good to have local VCSE sector groups involvement and to be able to share this opportunity with other voluntary and community sector organisations across the County.

If you are unable to get involved for whatever reason in the above subgroup streams, there will be opportunities through LVET to share your thoughts and get involved that way.

If you would like to be involved or have any questions, please email (emily.ward@lvet.org) with your name, organisation, job title and which of the subgroup you are interested in by Friday 18^th November 2022.

All Working groups will:

1. Working Group Lead to coordinate with the other subgroup chairs to share knowledge, report progress and emerging concerns collectively to the Lincolnshire Cost of Living Challenge Group
2. Working Group Lead to report progress to the Lincolnshire Cost of Living Challenge Group
3. Working Group Lead to report emerging concerns to the Lincolnshire Cost of Living Challenge Group

Actions:

1. The four subgroup leads will meet on a fortnightly basis to update on progress, share learnings and respond to feedback regarding emerging pressures. An update from this meeting with be shared with the Cost of Living Challenge groups ahead of the fortnightly meeting.
2. Each subgroup lead will approach nominated and required colleagues representing organisations form the Cost of Living Challenge group to  create the working the specific groups to take actions forward

Draft responsibilities of the 4 Subgroup Workstreams:

Warm spaces: Claire Moses/ group members to be established

1. responding to feedback regarding pressures

Economic Resource: Martin Walmsley/ group members:

Food Support: Nova Roberts/group members to be established

1. Provide a link to the objectives set by the Lincolnshire Cost of Living Challenge Group and pressures identified from all key stakeholders.
2. Provide localised feedback on challenges to the access and supply of food and use of Food Banks  
3. To understand how the districts and stakeholders can further support residents accessing the Food Support
4. To understand how the districts and stakeholders can communicate and signpost to Food support
5. Co-ordinate activities in response to the actions directed by the Lincolnshire Cost of Living Challenge Group

Communications: Joint leads Sarah Curtiss and Steven Welsby/group members to be established

1. To provide targeted communications directing people towards helpful local and national resources and links
2. To work with other CoL group chairs to ensure consistent messaging is delivered in a consistent manner across the county
3. To liaise with partners and ensure messaging is clear and concise and doesn’t promise anything that can’t be delivered
4. To ensure all communications are delivered in an empathetic and positive way were appropriate
5. To build trust with customers that the advice they are receiving is balanced and not biased in any way
6. To analyse what is being done to communicate support nationally in order to learn from previous campaigns to get the best possible outcome

Membership to each group to be finalised (those already confirmed detailed below):

Warm Spaces

Lead: Claire Moses, South Kesteven District Council

• Paul Carrick, City of Lincoln Council
• Nichola Holderness, South East Lincs Partnership
• Diane Krochmal, West Lindsey District Council
• Evonne Rogers, North Kesteven District Council
• Sian Wade, Transform Lincoln
• Karen Whitfield, South Kesteven District Council

Economic

Lead: Martin Walmsley, City of Lincoln Council and North Kesteven District Council

• Paul Carrick, City of Lincoln Council
• Sue Fortune, Lincolnshire Community Foundation
• Simon Hawking, Acts Trust
• Caroline Killeavy, Lincolnshire YMCA       
• Graham Metcalfe, Department for Work and Pensions

Food Support

Lead: Nova Roberts, West Lindsey District Council

• Carol Drury, South Kesteven District Council
• Jon Hinde, InvestSK
• Evonne Rogers, North Kesteven District Council
• Grant White, West Lindsey District Council
• Amy Colley, Lincoln Food Bank TBC

Communications

Leads: Sarah Curtiss and Steven Welsby

• Patrick Astill, South Kesteven District Council
• Abi Cuffling, West Lindsey District Council
• Other TBC from NKDC  (Hannah Williams or Helen Pack) 

TBC Representatives from City of Lincoln Council, , Boston Borough/East Lindsey/South Holland District Council