Shaping Places for Wellbeing
Argyll and Bute Council · 6 February 2024
Back to Bute and Cowal Area Community Planning Group — 6 February 2024 and its agenda
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Shaping Place for Wellbeing Programme: Dunoon update Jan24 The update below summarises some of the recent work of the Shaping Places for Wellbeing programme in Dunoon. Community Link Lead At the end of March, we will say goodbye to Becky Hothersall our Community Link Lead, who has been working with community organisations in Dunoon to bring their perspectives on inequalities and priorities for wellbeing into the decision-making processes we have been involved with, as a project. Also sharing what we have learnt from the data and highlighting the value of community insight. A report on Becky’s work will be available on the Dunoon project town webpage. Thanks to Becky and all the best in her new role with the Poverty Alliance, further exploring data and inequality in Argyll and Bute. Sharing our learning There are two impact stories on the Dunoon project town page of the website - Work with the Dunoon Community Development Trust and the Council on plans for an active travel hub https://www.improvementservice.org.uk/products-and- services/consultancy-and-support/shaping-places-for-wellbeing-programme/local-project- action/dunoon/dunoon-an-impact-story - Work with Police Scotland on the Local Policing Plan for Argyll and Bute https://www.improvementservice.org.uk/products-and-services/consultancy-and- support/shaping-places-for-wellbeing-programme/local-project-action/dunoon/dunoon- impact-of-local-policing-work The Knowledge Hub page hosts all of the impact stories from other project towns as well as all the evidence we use to inform assessments. Anyone is welcome to join the group to access the information and ask questions. If you still feel a bit unsure about the work of the Programme and what we are trying to do, this new video produced by Public Health Scotland might be useful https://vimeo.com/857079090/f13fa5d099 Place and Wellbeing Assessments Completed Waterfront regeneration proposal (Levelling Up Bid) Dunoon Active Travel Hub
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HSCP Joint strategic plan and joint commissioning strategy Argyll and Bute Local Policing Plan 2023-26 Argyll and Bute Council Economic strategy Report from the first three assessments are available on the Programme website Trying out your own Place and Wellbeing Assessment: Are you creating or updating a plan, policy or strategy for your organisation? If so, are you interested in exploring how it will affect a place and its impact on the wellbeing of people and planet? If so, the Shaping Places for Wellbeing programme has produced a guide on how to carry out your own Place and Wellbeing Assessment, and can deliver training on how to do it. Guide to Place and Wellbeing Assessments Supporting the assessment recommendations We have been supporting the owners of the plans which have been assessed to consider how to include the recommendations into plans that are in development or due to be renewed, including: - Dunoon Active Travel Hub - HSCP Joint strategic plan and joint commissioning strategy - Argyll and Bute Local Policing Plan - Argyll and Bute Council Economic strategy In addition, specific pieces of work to take forward recommendations from the Levelling Up Bid proposal (which was unsuccessful) have included: Active travel: The Dunoon Community Development Trust is leading on the creation of an active travel behaviour change plan for Dunoon in partnership with the Sustainable Transport Team in the Council. The Shaping Places for Wellbeing project is assisting with data, insight and evidence as well as a working group to oversee the development of the plan. Public transport: Supporting discussions about infrastructure investment in the harbour area, specifically the facilities to replace the portacabins and the wider wellbeing impact a building could have in Dunoon. Data led decision-making The programme website has been updated with a description of our approach to collecting data to inform decision-making, what data we used, how we used it and what we have learned https://www.improvementservice.org.uk/products-and-services/consultancy-and-support/shaping- places-for-wellbeing-programme/our-data-journey Data reports produced for Dunoon will be made available on the Dunoon project town page of the website.
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Further contact and information Project Lead – Alex Wilde Alex.Wilde@improvementservice.org.uk Community Link Lead – Becky Hothersall Becky.Hothersall@improvementservice.org.uk Programme website https://www.improvementservice.org.uk/products-and-services/consultancy-and-support/shaping- places-for-wellbeing-programme Keep in touch via our twitter account https://twitter.com/place4wellbeing/status/1478748497566445570