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Community PartnershipsAnnual Newsletter 2015-16
It’s official... Kirklees people are fantastic at helping each other!
Every year, hundreds of community projects help people stay healthy,
happy, active and independent in Kirklees.
There’s something for everyone – including exercise groups and sports,
befriending, gardening and growing projects, lunch clubs and friendship
groups, travel schemes, music, art and drama. Community Partnerships
supports projects like these for people with health and social care needs.
In 2015-16, 118 groups and 140 projects received funding from Community
Partnerships, helping more than 26,500 people. 96 groups received
development support, for example with business planning and fundraising.
Funding comes from Kirklees Council, Greater Huddersfield Clinical
Commissioning Group and North Kirklees Clinical Commissioning Group.
All the activity we support delivers outcomes in the Joint Health and
Wellbeing Strategy or new early intervention and prevention (EIP) priorities.
Social Prescribing comes to Kirklees
Getting out and about is good for everyone’s health and well-being.
In 2016, we commissioned the charity Touchstone to run the Better in Kirklees
social prescribing service, which helps people get involved in activities in their
own communities. Now GPs as well as social workers and others can refer
people who they think will benefit. See pages 14-16.
Developing assets, encouraging innovation
- support for groups and new projects
Groupsoftenneedadviceorpracticalhelpratherthanfunding,oraswell.Weaim
tohelpgroupsbeaseffectiveandsustainableaspossible,andtotryoutnewideas.
Our work helps build a diverse, resilient and innovative voluntary and community
sector that can deliver EIP outcomes. Find out more on pages 10, 11 and 24.
Early intervention and
prevention (EIP)
Community projects play a vital role
in keeping people independent.
With good community support,
people often need less help from
adult care services, GPs and
hospitals. Find out more about EIP
and ‘maximising independence’ on
pages 2, 12 and throughout.
Economic resilience
In 2015-16, Community Partnerships’
support created 56 jobs in the
voluntary and community sector,
helped local people claim almost a
million pounds of unclaimed benefits,
and brought more than half a million
pounds into Kirklees from the Lottery
and other sources. See page 13 .
2,222
volunteers
gave 304,107
hours of their
time
We invested
£1,198,608 in
140 projects
We gave
development
support to 96
organisations
45,579
hours of
funded activity
supported
26,634people
CP funding
created 56 VCS
jobs
People Helping People
£1.2 million invested to help people stay independent in their communities

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The priorities – why do we do it?
Everyone wants to stay as healthy, active and independent as possible. Voluntary and community organisations
(VCOs) play a crucial role, because with good community support, people need less help from adult care
services, GPs and hospitals.
Early Intervention and Prevention
‘Early Intervention and Prevention’ (EIP) is all about
supporting people early to help keep them safe, well
and independent. EIP is a key priority for the Council
and its partners, because it helps save money and
reduces demand on mainstream services. Supporting
communities to help themselves and each other in this
way is a vital part of EIP.
The Care Act
The Care Act 2014 was the biggest change to affect
health and social care in many years. It sets out when and
how an individual might receive support from statutory
services. It identifies ‘outcomes’ which individuals
should be able to achieve to maintain their independence
and well-being. Carers are entitled to support in their
own right. In 2015-16, Community Partnerships helped
community groups and voluntary sector organisations to
help people achieve 7 of the 10 Care Act outcomes.
Managing and maintaining nutrition
Lunch clubs, growing food, cooking
58 projects
5,798 people benefiting
Maintaining Personal Hygiene
Life skills, hygiene parcels
8 projects
Being appropriately clothed
Clothes-swapping, donated clothing,
safe slipper project
11 projects
Being able to make use of home safely
Home safety checks, wheelchair skills,
assistive technology
6 projects
636 people benefiting
Developing or maintaining family
or close personal relationships
Befriending projects, friendship groups,
carers support
7 projects
Over 1,000 people benefiting
Accessing and engaging in work,
training, education or volunteering
Training, work skills, thousands of
volunteering opportunities
4 training and employment projects
116 projects involving
2,222 volunteers
Making use of necessary facilities or
services in the local community including
public transport and recreational facilities
Travel companions, lift-sharing, IT projects,
assistive technology
7 access projects
123 projects and activities helping
24,752 people get out and about

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Priority groups
All the people who take part in the
activities we fund have health or
social care needs, because of poor
physical or mental health. Most of
them are eligible for support under
the Care Act 2014. Most projects we
fund support older people (104/140 or
74%). Most of these older people are
frail and have other needs, including
a long term health condition, physical
disability and/or sensory impairment
or a mental health need. Many
groups support people with a range
of needs – for instance, carers who
also have a mental health need,
or people who have both learning
disabilities and physical disabilities.
Getting local -
support across the
Kirklees Districts
The activities we fund run across
all four Kirklees districts. We aim
to fund a spread of activities in the
four Kirklees districts. If we find an
area where there isn’t much activity
currently, we will try to develop
and support new projects to start
there. For example, in 2014-15, all
the new activities/short breaks for
carers were in South Kirklees, so
in 2015-16 we deliberately invested
in similar activities in the North.
In 2017, we hope to be able to use
more precise neighbourhood data
to target our investment.
Targeting investment to meet
commissioning priorities
We always try to respond to new needs, gaps and priorities as they arise or
are identified. In 2015-16 we targeted a third of our investment at specific
priorities. These were linked to the Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy, Joint
Strategic Assessment and/or Care Act outcomes. In 2016-17, around half of
our total investment will be targeted in this way. See pages 8-9 for more info.
Priority Groups
No of
Projects
Percentage
of total
Carers 55 39%
Long Term Health Condition 66 47%
Older People 104 74%
Other 23 16%
People affected by HIV/Aids 1 1%
People with drug and/or Alcohol issues 16 11%
People with learning disabilities 57 41%
People with mental health needs 75 54%
People with PD or SI 80 57%
(N=140; many groups support more than one priority group of people)
Locality
No of
Projects
Percentage
of total
Batley, Birstall, Birkenshaw and Spen 34 24%
Dewsbury & Mirfield 34 24%
Huddersfield 53 38%
Kirklees Rural 17 12%
Kirklees Wide 25 18%
(N=140; some groups work in more than one district)
Targeted investment themes 15-16 Invested 15/16
Community
Contribution
15/16
No. of projects
MENtal Wellbeing (men’s mental health) £124,660 £112,893 8
Activities for young adults with LD/Autism £127,803 £85,548 6
Dementia Support Activities £73,830 £36,891 4
Public Health food and nutrition £11,258 £31,469 9
Falls prevention £16,388 £10,139 2
Carers Breaks (North Kirklees) £19,085 £78,287 2
Better in Kirklees (social prescribing service) £32,500 Est. £10,000 1
£405,524 £365,227 32

The people - who makes it all happen?
Working together
to deliver early
intervention and
prevention outcomes
We strongly believe that working
together leads to the best possible
outcomes for the people of Kirklees.
All the people and partners involved
are vital.
Peer supporters
Many of the people who volunteer
to help also need some support
themselves. Over half of funded
groups are ‘user led’ which means
that there are no staff - for instance,
they are run by older people for
older people, or by disabled people
for disabled people. People who use
services are often the experts in
running them and improving them.
Volunteers
In 2015-16, 2,222 volunteers gave 304,107 hours of their time to CP funded
projects. This time was worth at least £2,079,017. In 2015-16 we used the
Minimum Wage to calculate the value of volunteer time, but of course
it is often worth much more than that, especially when volunteers give
management, accountancy and legal skills.
The Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS)
Community Partnerships works with not-for-profit organisations run by
people in Kirklees, including charities, community interest companies,
social enterprises, and small community groups. In 2016 we worked
collaboratively with dozens of organisations. New VCS partners in
2015-16 include Kirkwood Hospice and Touchstone. VCS organisations
are often close to the people they support, can respond to new needs
quickly and innovate more easily than bigger statutory organisations.
We encourage the groups we work with to join Third Sector Leaders,
the umbrella organisation that “speaks on behalf of not-for-profit and
charity organisations which support individuals and communities across
Kirklees”. https://thirdsectorleaderskirklees.org
Climb hills in your wheelchair
Experience Kirklees is a project run by Experience Communities CIC. It supports disabled people
to be as independent as possible, stay active and meet new people. It is run by and for individuals
with physical disabilities and sometimes complex needs. Group members support each other to
enjoy wheelchair walks and rambles using all-terrain wheelchairs, which allow them to climb
local hills and go further afield. The group leader and some of the walk leaders are wheelchair
users themselves. Experience Kirklees now also works in partnership with the Council to
improve disabled access – for example, removing inaccessible foot stiles and replacing them with
wheelchair accessible gates. They also create films to show accessibility, so disabled people can
enjoy the countryside independently. One of the people we referred talks about how it changed
her life in The Examiner: http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/pioneering-
wheelchair-skills-course-helps-11123444
200 £10,000 81p £28,100 584

Looking after people not just housing
We worked with the housing charity Communities Who Can (CWC, formally known as KFTRA) to reach people
with social care needs who were not already in touch with CWC or Adult Social Care, and who might be
reluctant to get support from the Council until their needs became serious and harder to meet. With support
from us, CWC worked with 90 different tenants’ and residents’ groups, running 8 new activities and reaching
around 10 new people per group.
Comoodling!
We want to create a strong culture of sharing in Kirklees,
so that we can help each other to do good things in our
communities. Kirklees Council is sharing stuff, space
and skills through Comoodle, and local organisations are
getting involved too. All CP funding applications are now
checked by the Comoodle team, to see whether anything a
group needs could be lent rather than bought. In 2015-16,
several of the groups we work with have used Comoodle,
including Age UK, One Good Turn, The Welcome Centre
and Hoot. Read some of the stories here:
http://www.comoodle.com/sharing-stories/
Mainstream service partners
We work with many different organisations – whoever is
needed to get things done! We work particularly closely
with the Partnership Commissioning Managers who
plan services for vulnerable adults in Kirklees. In 2015-
16 we also worked closely with Greater Huddersfield
Clinical Commissioning Group and North Kirklees
Clinical Commissioning Group (CCGs), Public Health
Kirklees, South West Yorkshire Foundation Trust, the
council’s GAP team, Adult Social Care operational
teams and Children’s Services. We are also working
with Locala on Better in Kirklees and Falls Prevention,
and Cities of Service on the Out and About Project.
Bringing communities
into care homes
We worked with the care homes contract manager,
planning and running a network event to make care
home providers aware of what VCS organisations
could offer them. 55 care homes attended - the largest
network attendance all year – and 100% said the event
was useful. As a result, many care homes engaged VCS
to run new activities in their care homes and signed up
to the dementia reading friends scheme.
Community Partnerships team
And last but not least, us! The Community
Partnerships team sits within Adult Social Care,
Commissioning and Health Partnerships. You can find
a list of team members’ names inside the back cover.
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“Work with Community Partnerships
has led us as an organisation to
embrace a new strand of working.
Before our involvement with you, our
focus was on houses and environment.
Now we are interested in the people
who live in those houses. It has really
invigorated the organisation”. -
Communities Who Can

The pounds – overview of investment
In 2015-16, Community Partnerships invested £1,198,608 in 140 projects, funding 45,579 hours of activity.
This supported 4,366 people each week and at least 26,634 people over the whole year. The two Clinical
Commissioning Groups each contribute £200k to the Community Partnerships investment budget; Kirklees
Council contributes the rest.
^What is ‘community contribution’?
Community partnerships grants only cover part of the costs
of community projects. Groups contribute donations, people,
time and other resources, and most people who take part
pay a small fee too. We value and measure these ‘community
contributions’ because we know that without them, community
activities would not take place. This year, for every £1 we
invested, the community contributed £2.96. This is up 67p or
31% compared with last year.
*What is ‘unit cost to funders’?
Unit cost is a term widely used to describe how much a
service costs per person per hour. We talk about ‘net cost
to funders’, meaning how much it costs the Council and
CCGs - and therefore the tax payer – to fund a project, per
person per hour. The full costs are higher, but the community
group running the project and the individual participants are
contributing too, so the cost to the tax-payer is lower.
**Counting numbers of beneficiaries
We report how many people benefited in total and each
week, but different groups have very different patterns of
activity – for example, some run two different activities
a week and some only meet once a month. So we have
adjusted figures to get a weekly average: for example, 100
people each month is 23 per week on average.
Grants Total spend Total
community
contribution ^
(vol hours value,
in-kind value &
fees and charges)
Ratio of total
spend to
community
contribution
Average
unit cost to
funders*
Average grant
awarded
Number of
projects
<2k £61,578.50 £412,378.06 £1 : £6.70 £0.72 £1,207.42 51
2-10k £274,190.71 £991,717.99 £1 : £3.62 £0.92 £5,376.29 51
10-20k £283,083.86 £699,773.20 £1 : £2.47 £3.17 £14,899.15 19
20-50k £579,755.27 £1,443,483.08 £1 : £2.50 £3.52 £30,513.44 19
Total/Average £1,198,608.34 £3,547,352.33 £1 : £2.96 £1.75 £8,561.49 140
Total investment 2015-16
Total investment activity 2015-16
Grants Number of
projects
Average number of
people benefiting
weekly**
Number of
sessions
delivered
Total Hours of
activity delivered
Number of people
to benefit at least
once over the
course of the year
<2k 51 903 2,970 6,873 4,600
2-10k 51 1911 5,825 17,834 5,994
10-20k 19 688 2,852 7,955 7,965
20-50k 19 863 3,881 12,917 8,075
Total/Average 140 4366 15,528 45,579 26,634
The number of people receiving a ‘regular’ service (at least once a month) 12,000
KEY: Understanding the
investment dashboard
You can find information about the funding we
have given to groups and how it has been used
throughout this report. Look for these icons.
Number of people supported
The grant received
The unit cost to funders
What the community gave
The time volunteers gave

Key differences
in this year’s investment
We invested £300K less and funded fewer medium-
sized projects this year (£2-10K) – just 51 compared
with 75 last year. The average grant was 4% smaller
(£8,561 compared with £8,920). Groups delivered
8% fewer sessions (15,528 compared with 16,926)
but 6.4% more hours in total (45,597 compared with
42,846).
Projects receiving under £2K always offer exceptional
value for money: this year, the average ‘unit cost’ of
the 51 projects under £2k was just 72p per person per
hour (ppph), compared with 73p/ppph last year. The
average for the 51 projects between £2-10k was 92p,
which is much lower than last year’s £2.46 ppph. In
contrast, the average for projects awarded £20-50K
was much higher than last year (£3.52 rather than
£2.52) because most of this funding was targeted
to reach people with more specific needs. Overall,
groups did ‘more with less’ in 2015-16, especially
because the people participating in activities often
have higher levels of needs than they had in the past.
It’s less lonely if you join a lunch club
Church of Christ the King Lunch Club is a weekly
lunch group for older people in the Mirfield area.
The members are between 70 and 90 years old and
for the majority of them, the lunch group is the only
time they leave their house. In recent months, the
lunch club have linked in with a local care home
who have given ‘in-kind’ a mini-bus; staff member
and driver to provide door to door transport for the
members who need it.
Other transport is also provided by volunteer
drivers which give members a chance to discuss
their issues – recently a scam involving older people
has been highlighted through these informal chats.
24 £1,500 79p £10,068 820
Dust off your dancing shoes
Dance Ability is a weekly dance group for people over 50 years of age. It combines gentle exercise with
dancing to music. This form of exercise is aimed at mature people of varying ability and is carried out by a
paid instructor. Many of the members then socialise after the session. The sessions are focussed on keeping
people active and therefore independent for longer. The group also receives referrals through Better in
Kirklees (see pages 14 to 16).
19 £561 £1.30 £3,906 450

Targeted investment 2015-16
Targeted investment allows us to invite VCOs to respond to new needs and priorities as they arise. The process
is very powerful, because VCOs often have ideas for meeting needs that commissioners have not thought of, and
can often respond quicker than mainstream services.
Working together
for men’s mental health
In early 2015, new figures were released showing
that suicide is the single greatest cause of death for
men under 45 in the UK. We worked with the Mental
Health Commissioning Manager, Public Health and
SWYFT’s Creative Minds Partnership to develop
the MENtal Wellbeing project to address this and
support men’s mental health generally. We invited
community organisations to apply for funding to
develop new activities or services to support men’s
mental wellbeing and resilience.
We invested £156,722 in seven projects including
Respect Judo, Men’s Sheds, conservation work
and healthy eating with physical activity. The seven
organisations are now working together to share
good practice and information, enabling them to
cross-refer and make the most of the funding. We
have also worked with them and Public Health to
design an evaluation.
Lead officer: Emily Tidball
Boosting memory and mood with
Dementia Reading Champions
There are around 800,000 people in the UK with
dementia. Many lose their independence and need
to be looked after, so dementia support is a high
priority. In 2015, we invited organisations to apply for
funding to develop Dementia Reading Champions in
Kirklees. Five different organisations – Yorkshire
Children’s Centre – Community Connections,
Grace’s Place, Volunteering Kirklees, Autism Plus
and Side by Side Memory Group received funding.
They worked together to deliver the project,
share best practice and avoid duplication of
work. They recruited and trained volunteer
reading champions to read aloud to individuals
and deliver reading groups in care homes and
sheltered housing, with individuals in their homes
and groups of people in the community. Early
evaluation shows increased memory activity
and heightened levels of wellbeing, mood and
confidence in people participating in the project.
Lead officer: Gemma Jenkinson
Awesome activities for young adults with learning disabilities and autism
Commissioners identified that young adults with learning disabilities and/or autism found existing
services unappealing and needed more interesting and exciting activities to engage them. Large
numbers of young people with LD/Autism reach adulthood and aren’t eligible for Council support, but
they need some help to lead meaningful and independent lives. We invited VCOs to run new activities
that would help these young people make connections with other people, encourage peer support,
and build confidence and independence. 5 projects were funded offering a range of activities,
including help for people with LD to set up their own activities. We are supporting the organisations to
make the right connections with children’s services and put in place effective referral mechanisms.
Lead officer: Darren Tordoff
£156,722
invested
£64,181
invested
£127,803
invested
7projects
funded
5projects
funded
5projects
funded
990
people
supported
1192
people
supported
416
people
supported
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Eating well in Kirklees - Public Health food and nutrition investment
The Public Health team and Community Partnerships joined forces to target some investment into projects
focussed on food and nutrition – ‘Kirklees Eats Well’. Organisations were invited to apply to deliver projects which
helped people to eat a balanced diet, cook healthy meals and enjoy food as a family or group of friends. Support
and advice is available through the Kirklees FINE project, for example around healthy eating and getting
the messages out into communities. 9 projectes were funded benefiting a wide range of people. For example,
Clare House hostel will offer weekly cook and eat sessions to people who are homeless and rough sleepers.
Newsome Junior School will involve children in growing and cooking different foods and will be able to take fruit
and vegetables home with them, and parents will be involved too. Also see page 19.
Lead officer: Emily Tidball
Preventing falls
Having a fall can mean a long stay in hospital, a
period of rehabilitation and a loss of confidence in
doing everyday things. Community Partnerships
supported 3 pilot projects to test out different ways
of preventing people from falling in the first place;
one of these needed no funding. Two funded projects
trained their existing befriending volunteers to carry
out home safety assessments to identify falls/trip
hazards and train up new volunteers to become ‘falls
prevention buddies’. See page 22 for more details.
Lead officer: Gemma Jenkinson
Short breaks for carers
Supporting unpaid carers to maintain a good
quality of life whilst caring for a friend or family
member is an ongoing priority. By investing in
community activity for carers they can access
something enjoyable which also gives them a break
and enables them to meet other carers in similar
situations. 3 projects were initially funded in the
Huddersfield area. Another two projects in North
Kirklees were identified to run in 2016-17. The
activities include gardening and growing things, art
and crafts, social time and computer classes.
Lead officer: Phil James
£11,258
invested
£16,388
invested
£63,271
invested
9projects
funded
2projects
funded
5projects
funded
1,394
people
supported
325
people
supported
660
people
supported
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Forward planning:
targeted investment
2016-17
In 2016-17, we expect that around 50% of
all the funding we award will be targeted
on one of the following themes. All
opportunities will be released via Yortender.
Visit www.yortender.co.uk to register and
sign up for alerts about other opportunities.
Targeted investment themes 16-17
Date
advertised
(est.)
Short breaks for parent/carers of disabled children May-16
Developing the resilience of young adults aged 16-25 with
low-level mental health needs - tbc
tbc
Activities for working age people with physical disabilities Aug-16
Activities for young adults aged 16-25 with learning
disabilities
Nov-16
Carers – details to be confirmed Dec-16
Emerging EIP priorities tbc

Development highlights
Community Partnerships officers are involved
in two different types of development: support
for individual voluntary and community sector
organisations and broader development work.
We support groups with a range of challenges
they might meet, including business planning,
developing their focus on social care
prevention or building future sustainability.
Often this support goes alongside a grant,
but sometimes organisations don’t need our
funding at all: our development support has
been enough to enable them to start something
new or improve their current offer. We gave
development support to 96 VCOs in 2015-16.
We also support and sometimes lead broader
development work, including setting up new
partnership groups and projects. A lot of
development work relates to our targeted
investment - see page 8-9. We also offer
support around community engagement, and
involving Adult Social Care’ users and their
carers in service development.
Phil’s highlights
Phil’s highlight this year was working with One Good
Turn (OGT), an organisation that is growing very quickly.
Their aims are to tackle poverty, reduce isolation and
improve lives. Many of their volunteers and the people
they support have health and social care needs and
really value the information, peer support and free
items the organisation offers. As well as support with
business planning, Phil has helped OGT to introduce new
schemes such as the Bee Smart project. This provides
suits to people to go to job interviews in, and is supported
financially by a bank. Phil has also helped OGT to
increase their volunteer base, improve their monitoring
and evaluation processes and access other funding.
Laura’s highlights
Laura oversees the day-to-day management of our investment programme, but in 2015-16 she also co-
managed the team and led on some development work. She especially enjoyed working with the Kirklees
Dementia Action Alliance (KDDA), which was formed to “bring organisations together to improve the lives of
people with dementia, including bus companies, taxi firms, police, fire and rescue services, retail outlets, the
local authority, charities, care providers and health trusts, CCG’s, faith groups, local associations, schools and the
business sector”.
We gave KDDA funding and development support, and they are going from strength to strength. Kirklees
Dementia Action Alliance were national finalists in the Alzheimer’s Society Dementia Friendly Awards 2015 -
nominated for Best Dementia Friendly Community Initiative from over 300 applications.
Find them on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/KirkleesDAA/.
“Community Partnerships have been
extremely supportive and have been
instrumental in introducing the KDAA as
part of an overall Kirklees Partnership
enabling us to provide a ‘platform’ to
raise awareness of dementia. You also
facilitated opportunities to expand our
work through various mechanisms and
opportunities of persuasion for example
District Committees, and helped share
information, which helped us develop a
new delivery model”. -
Kirklees Dementia Action Alliance

Grant monitoring needs to
change - watch this space!
We know our monitoring is challenging for
many organisations. We collect information
about activities that have taken place,
spending and outcomes, which means we
can clearly show that VCO projects deliver
EIP outcomes and make an important
difference to people’s lives. But we think
we’ve got the balance wrong and we ask for
too much monitoring information – and we
know at least some VCOs agree! So we are
reviewing our processes and will be making
some changes in the second half of 2016.
Sharing learning with the Cabinet
Office and New Economics Foundation
Community Partnerships has been part of a new national project
called Enabling Social Action, run by the New Economics Foundation
for the Cabinet Office. Manager Fiona Weir has been sharing learning
and good practice in conferences, interviews and teleconferences
throughout 2016. The project aims to develop advice and guidance for
local public sector services seeking to improve through social action.
This builds on our work with NEF in 2012 around Building Social
Capital. You can find out more here http://www.neweconomics.org/
projects/entry/enabling-social-action and here http://bit.ly/2bel983 .
Griff’s highlights
Griff has led on a range of community
engagement activities this year, particularly
helping Adult Social Care users and their carers
to be more involved in service planning. He
supported users and carers to be involved in the
Care Act implementation, and they helped test
and improve the new assessment processes.
Griff also helped users and carers review
Connect to Support, the online marketplace for
social care support (also see page 17).
Gemma’s highlights
Gemma has been working with Disability Sport
Yorkshire for the past 2 years. The aim of
the project is to develop a range of social and
sporting opportunities, training and mentoring
schemes and volunteering and job opportunities
for adults with disabilities and additional needs.
With Gemma’s help, they have expanded the
range of activities that welcome people with
disabilities, and more disabled people are taking
part in mainstream sports.
Emily’s highlights
Emily’s highlight in 2015-16 has
been working on two rounds
of targeted investment, Men’s
Mental Health and the ‘Eat Well’
Food programme - you’ll find
more details elsewhere in the
report. She now leads on mental
healthworkandendoflifesupport.
Darren’s highlights
Darren is proud of his work with Stanley’s Training project this year.
Stanley’s supports adults with autism and/or learning disabilities to gain
a range of skills and qualifications to prepare them to have a good quality
of life and hopefully enter paid employment. Stanley’s needed to develop
more robust processes and stronger relationships with their key referral
agencies, so Darren has helped them to do this. Now they have a more
focussed approach to meeting a person’s needs and are achieving even
better results. With Darren’s support, they have also increased their
referral rates from special needs schools and social work teams.
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‘Maximising independence’ is one of the Council’s top priorities and a key EIP theme. All of the 140 projects we
fund help people to be as independent as possible. Many projects help people achieve Care Act outcomes like
managing and maintaining nutrition, developing relationships, or making use of local facilities. Some help people
make friends and build networks of support, so that they are less isolated and more likely to have help in a crisis.
Projects that work with people with complex needs can be more expensive than average. But investing in projects
that help people develop their independence in the short term means that they need less support over the whole
of the rest of their lives, so it still makes good sense.
Supporting families with learning disabilities
Routeways (Ravensthorpe Community Centre) received funding to develop a culturally appropriate service
mainly but not solely for BME adults with a mild to moderate learning disability. Groups meet three times
a week, and activities are based on what people want to do, including cooking, cricket and other types of
sports activities.
Through discussion, the organisation has built a good understanding with local BME communities. They have
developed a very person-centred approach to planning activities which parents and carers trust in, so now
they are able to get a break from their caring role, while people taking part in activities learn, have fun and
develop more independence.
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CASE STUDY:
“A fantastic role model”
- Ivan’s story
Ivan is a young man with learning
disabilities who has taken part in
the Sports Leadership Programme
run by Disability Sport Yorkshire
and funded by Community
Partnerships. This has given
Ivan new skills, qualifications
and job prospects. In fact, he has
now been employed by Stanley’s
Training Project as an Activity Leader at their
sports sessions. For the first time in his life,
he is getting paid to work, which is a huge
achievement for him. Ivan now also helps at
the Deighton Bright Stars Table Tennis Club
and volunteers for KAL at their Get Active
sessions. There, he has taken an autistic
participant under his wing, encouraging and
helping him to engage him in the sessions. He
has become a fantastic role model.
Ivan says: “I have changed for the better.
I don’t just stay home and eat. I’m busy. I go
out, and do things. I’ve made new friends.
I’m more helpful to my Mum and I think she’s
noticed (she tells us she has!). I want to learn
more, and I like new challenges. I can even
cook on my own now.”
Learning to use your new wheelchair
‘Wheelchair Skills’ is an exciting new training project for
people who have recently become wheelchair users. It is
run by experienced wheelchair users themselves, who
are part of Experience Communities CIC. After services
and users identified that learning to use a wheelchair
was a real problem for people who have recently
started to need one, we worked with commissioners
and this user-led group to develop a solution. There
is an introductory course to improve people’s basic
manual wheelchair skills such as pushing and turning.
Participants can then move on to advanced skills such
as back wheel balancing, dealing with kerbs and other
obstacles, and transferring from the floor back into their
wheelchair. People’s goals include successfully using
public transport rather than relying on taxis, or learning
how to transfer the wheelchair in and out of the car. One
user said: “It helped me to become more confident and
able to use my wheelchair by myself and not have to rely
on others”. This is a pilot and is being evaluated. We are
now helping the organisation to work with Children’s
Services to see whether it can be extended to disabled
young people wanting more independence.
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£26,845
£24.86
£7,650
1,000
NEW
Maximising independence

‘Economic resilience’ is one of the council’s top priorities. We want to create opportunities to bring money in to
support the district and help individuals be more economically resilient. Community Partnerships support voluntary
and community sector organisations to play a role in developing the Kirklees economy. In 2015-16, our funding:
Economic resilience
Information, support and a million
pounds for over 50s
Age UK Calderdale and Kirklees run a service,
providing information, advice and support
for people aged 50+ on issues such as money
matters, welfare benefits, employment rights,
affordable warmth and much more. It allows
individuals to gain information and access to
appropriate services early on, before their
issues become unmanageable or they need
crisis support. In 2015/16 the service supported
approximately 1,300 older people to claim £1
million in unclaimed benefits. This allowed
people to live at home longer, access more social
activity and maintain their health and well-being.
1,300 £15,000 £5.07 £6,481.20 416
CASE STUDY: Getting back into work – J’s story
J joined the Supported Volunteers programme at the Welcome Centre after more than 10 years out of work. She
is a single parent and also looks after her nephew after an accident left his mother severely disabled. She lacked
confidence, experience, skills and motivation when she started volunteering at the Welcome Centre, but with
support, she moved onto another volunteering role, and has now secured two part-time jobs. J says : “Volunteering
has increased my confidence and made me more determined to succeed. I have a more positive outlook on life
which has benefited my family as a whole.”
hours of volunteer’s
time given
(equivalent to 158
full-time jobs)
304,107
jobs created in
the VCS with CP
funding
56 of external funding
brought into
Kirklees for EIP
activity
£512,000
in state benefits
helped to be
claimed by older
people
£1m
individuals
supported into
employment by
5 projects
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Better in Kirklees
Better in Kirklees (BiK) is a new social prescribing
service that helps people with social care needs get
involved in community activities. During 2015-16, BiK
was directly delivered by the Community Partnerships
team and has gone from strength to strength.
Towards the end of 2015, the service was commissioned
and the contract to run it was won by Touchstone, a West
Yorkshire based support and advocacy charity. The
Touchstone contract began in February 2016, but they
did not begin delivery until April, so the information
reported here relates to the service we ran.
Who is supported?
All of the people referred to BiK
have care needs, and two-thirds
are eligible for support from Adult
Social Care. In 2015-16, we only took
referrals from social care teams, but
the new service will take referrals
from GP surgeries too.
Why do we need BiK?
Lots of people find community activities
by themselves… But other people don’t
– perhaps because they don’t know
what’s available, or because they can’t
get there or don’t feel confident enough
to go. BiK helps people find activities
they like and get a bit of support if they
need it. It helps community groups find
new members and thrive. And it helps
reduce pressures on hospitals, doctors
and social services.
A new lifeline for GPs
Did you know that patients often visit their GPs because of loneliness
or other social problems? The government estimates that a fifth of
GP time is spent this way – meaning less time for them to deal with
medical problems and higher costs for the NHS. Better in Kirklees
Social Prescribing Service now enables GPs in Kirklees to refer
these patients to appropriate community activity. Social workers and
some other professionals can refer too.
CASE STUDY: Helping others even when you
need help yourself – L’s story
L was struggling to leave the house due to her mobility problems,
agoraphobia and alcohol issues. She wanted some social contact as
well as being able to do something or contribute to something in her
local community; she was initially referred to Out and About, another
scheme to help people get out using 1-2-1 volunteer support. This
wasn’t quite right for her, she wasn’t ready to leave her house and go
out. Instead she now bakes for the Friends of Beaumont Park who
collect the baking from her and she has a befriender who visits her
once a week and helps her with her garden activity.
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Keeping community groups ‘well’ too
The BiK network is growing: 120 community organisations and individuals had joined the Better in Kirklees network
by the end of 2015-16. These groups all welcome people with social care needs, and are happy to give people a bit of
extra help to get involved, if they need it. The community groups love receiving new members, which often helps them
keep things running. Referral calls sometimes provided groups with an additional chance to discuss any problems
they may be having either within the group or even about their own wellbeing, and get some support from us.
‘Ring, Ring!’ – reducing loneliness
The BiK telephone calls have given people someone to chat with or even get things off their chest and discuss their
everyday worries. Some people have complex needs, so the workers taking calls have needed really good listening
skills. Even when some of the information hasn’t always seemed relevant to the call, people have found a friendly ear
supportive and caring. The calls helped to find out what activities or hobbies people may have done in the past and
the suggestion of a community group then stemmed from this. Some people said the BiK calls gave them something
to look forward to. Sometimes, BiK workers have helped with other issues such as housing, financial or nutritional
worries, and they have contacted colleagues within the Council or outside agencies where appropriate.
CASE STUDY: Starting volunteering
in your 70s – Ms A’s story
Ms A is in her late 70s and has ME. She had become
socially isolated which was also starting to affect her
mental health. A Health Trainer had been visiting her
and referred her to BiK. We spoke with Ms A about
her interests and options and it became apparent
that she wanted to become a befriender as she enjoys
meeting new people and helping others. She can drive
and likes to get out and about, so she was referred to
Yorkshire Children’s Centre’s ‘It’s Only Me’ befriending
service. Ms A was matched with another isolated lady
and became a regular befriender. She now volunteers
for ‘It’s Only Me’ and Royal Voluntary Service.
No. of referrals by eligibility
criteria (Apr 15 - Mar 16)
Care Act eligible
Fair Access to Care Services
(FACS) eligible
Below Fair Access to Care
Services (FACS) eligible
Not Care Act eligible /
no assessment level specified
267
54
169
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“I was really nervous about meeting new people whoI didn’t know in a park that I didn’t even know existed!During the walk, getting to know Craig, Laura andKate showed me that experiencing the outdoors wasstill an option for me, which I previously thoughtwouldn’t be possible after my accident.”Marie | Experience Community participant

“Having a 96 year old mum, who also has
sensory impairments helps me to relate to
the people I ring. It helps me understand
they sometimes may not want to try new
things straight away or how lonely they can
be through losing family and friends”
Jenny | BiK Worker
“Emotional but rewarding”
The BiK workers have found some of the individuals’ stories upsetting but they
have also found the project immensely satisfying, being able to place people in
a group or find them a befriender, as well as feel they have made a difference
to that person’s life. They’ve also found it really rewarding to hear about
individuals who had been referred going on to become volunteers themselves.
CASE STUDY: Overcoming anxiety – P’s story
P had lived in her neighbourhood for a couple of years but wasn’t sure what social groups were available.
She struggles with anxiety, depression, panic attacks and has physical health issues also. She had thought
about joining a gym as a way of meeting people, but didn’t have the confidence. She was referred to BiK to get
out a bit more and meet new people. P discussed her interests with us and how far she could travel.
She was referred to four local community groups who all contacted her directly to discuss what they did and
where/when they met up. Of the four, the U3A club at Cleckheaton Town Hall suited P the best, so she attended
one of their coffee mornings. Following this, she has also signed up to a few of their short courses over the
winter months. P’s confidence has increased and in addition to looking after her grandchild twice a week, she
now volunteers twice a week – which she says has changed her life.
Next steps for BiK – Introducing Touchstone
Touchstone is a Leeds based organisation with a wealth of knowledge and experience of
providing mental health and wellbeing services in communities. Their motto is ‘inspiring
communities, transforming lives’. In 2015-16 they won the contract to run and develop
Better in Kirklees. Community Partnerships officers are still supporting BiK development
and doing some reviews for existing users, but all new referrals now go to Touchstone.
Touchstone are already part of a consortium providing social prescribing services in South,
East and West Leeds, so they bring this experience to Kirklees. They will build on the
existing BIK project, offering support to individuals referred by GP surgeries as well as from
Adult Social Care. Touchstone will develop the existing networks of organisations so that
they are prepared to accept people with differing needs and are able to welcome people and
support them. They will also develop peer champions – a pool of people who are willing to
help other people to get out and make the most of their communities.
You can find out more about Better in Kirklees online at: www.kirklees.gov.uk/betterinkirklees
“I feel very positive
when we’ve managed
to place somebody,
improved their quality
of life and made them
feel less isolated”
Hayley | BiK Worker
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Users and Carers help
plan Care Act changes
We recruited and supported a group of
service users and carers to get involved
in Care Act planning with council
managers. With their involvement, the
new assessment processes have been
tested and the ‘customer journey’ has
been improved. Language used in some
written information is clearer. Connect
to Support, the online web ‘market
place’ has been updated.
Looking for social care or support?
Search online at:
https://kirklees.connecttosupport.org
Making use of necessary facilities or services in
the local community including public transport
and recreational facilities or services
The Care Act says that people should be able to get around the community
safely and be able to use facilities such as public transport, shops or
recreational facilities. We supported communities to help with this.
There’s an overview of the
Care Act outcomes on page 2.
The following pages give more
detail of our work to support
these outcomes.
Safe Places
Scheme
established
access projects
including 2 travel
projects and 4 IT
projects
7
Assistive
technology to
help people get
around
Better in
Kirklees
supporting
people to get out
and about
123
funded activities
helping
24752
people
CASE STUDY: Increasing independence
with new technology – a KVIN user’s story
Kirklees Visual Impairment Network (KVIN) supports people who
are blind or visually impaired. One of their services allows people to
try out new equipment so they can work out what will help them most.
They made a massive difference to this service user: “I was having
trouble making myself hot drinks, until KVIN told me about the one cup
kettle, which I was able to try out before I bought one. I can now make
my own hot drinks at home safely. I was also able to try out a laptop
and a range of smart phones at KVIN and as a result I have bought
my own laptop and smartphone, after I learned how accessible it was.
I have learned to use apps on my phone that tell me bus times so I
can access public transport. I have also improved my skills in using a
screen reader and other software. I think it is good to have ‘mentors’
who understand living with sight loss on a daily basis. It is empowering
to know that these people are there and can do these things.”
Crosland Moor Community
Centre – over 55s Digital
Inclusion Sessions
Local Services 2 You
IT sessions
Whitfield Wellbeing ‘Tea
and Tech’ sessions
Drop-by Community
Centre IT sessions
Disability Sports Yorkshire
– improving access and
inclusion in sport and
physical activity
KVIN assistive
technology project
Yorkshire Children’s
Centre Travel Companions
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The Care Act

cost per person
per hour
£2.31
The Care Act
Developing and maintaining
family and personal relationships
The Care Act says local authorities should consider whether people are
lonely or isolated. Most of the activities we fund help people to be less
lonely and support them to make new friends. Some focus particularly on
this – 6 carers’ projects, 3 befriending services and 2 friendship groups.
Better in Kirklees has also supported many isolated individuals, helping
some of them get out and about for the first time in years.
Loneliness
and Isolation
Being lonely and isolated can have
very bad effects on a person’s health
and wellbeing. Research shows that
people who are lonely are more likely
to be ill and visit their GP more often.
They suffer from a range of problems
from depression to digestive
problems, obesity and heart disease.
Isolated people are also less likely to
have someone to call on in a crisis,
unsurprisingly, and are more likely to
end up in residential care. Getting out
and about and making friends can
really help.
Better Futures for the
Blind Befriending
Cloverleaf LD Carers’
Network
Autism Friendship Group
Age UK Nearly Neighbours
National Children’s Centre
Befriending
Whitfield Wellbeing Centre
carers’ group
Paddock Community Trust -
Monday Mix carer’s group
projects focused
particularly on
relationships
11
people were
specifically supported
to build or strengthen
relationships
over
1000
of people got out
and about more
often
Thousands
Making new friends
Hum Tum is a friendship project which enables adults with learning
disabilities from South Asian communities to socialise, build friendships
and expand their social networks. Adults from Asian communities are less
likely to access services for adults with a learning disability. The project
organises a range of events including picnics, movies, bowling, park visits,
Mosque visits and much more. The project has also helped strengthen
relationships between people with learning disabilities and their parents.
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£10,462 360

CASE STUDY: “I fled from him in my 80s”
– an abuse survivor’s story
This lady moved to Kirklees recently, after decades spent in an abusive
marriage. She lives alone, and told us how support from community projects
has helped her.
“I was matched with a volunteer befriender who is amazing. She comes to see me
once or twice a week and we go out to art galleries and to the theatre. She’s helping
me do things I love. The service is a life-line; I now have something to look forward
to. I am also a member of a service which I use at least once a week to go shopping.
I have been sad from a very young age and now I smile to myself. Sometimes I look
up to the sky as he died in December last year and go na na na nar nar! I survived”.
Caring for Carers - Jacqui and Steve’s story
Oakes Community Café received funding to develop their volunteering
and extend the Café to create a lunch club and activities to aid health and
wellbeing. It helps many people who attend get out and make friends.
Jacqui and Steve are husband and wife. Jacqui organises a weekly café and
monthly lunch. Steve has dementia which has progressed quickly so that
his communication is now limited. He receives some formal care support,
but Jacqui is his main carer. Juggling all her responsibilities is sometimes
very challenging, and Jackie says she couldn’t have done it without fantastic
help and support from the volunteers, some of whom have a learning
disability – a great example of people who need help also helping others!
Care Act
implementation
group – carers and
service users involved
in developing new
assessments and
services
Funding
for 5 carers
short break
projects
69 £5,555.82 27p
£32,893.24 2324
Support for carers
The council and its partners want carers to be
able to carry out their caring role and maintain
their health and wellbeing. Caring can put huge
pressures on relationships, so sometimes
carers need support – whether that’s a
break from caring or some time together
doing something fun. In 2015-16, Community
Partnerships funded and supported a range of
activities for carers and new developments.
New
Carers
Charter

The Care Act
116 projects
offered
volunteering
opportunities for
2222 volunteers
Accessing and engaging
in work, training,
education or volunteering
The Care Act says that adults should have the opportunity
to apply themselves and contribute to society through
work, training, education or volunteering, subject to their
own wishes.
We fund projects that help people to access volunteering
opportunities, training and paid work. We encourage and
support groups to recruit and train volunteers, which is
important because people with social care needs often
find it hard to get paid work, and volunteering gives them
valuable experience. We fund 4 projects which help
people to access training and employment, including
people with learning disabilities, who need alternative
approaches to help them towards employment.
CASE STUDY: A sporting chance to find work
– Rebecca’s story
Rebecca has a learning and physical disability, and was also
unemployed and lacking confidence. She was introduced to
Disability Sport Yorkshire (DSY) through Real Employment, where
she joined their Sports Leadership Programme. Rebecca gained
several qualifications, along with new confidence and friends.
She started to volunteer by visiting special schools and telling the
children about the Sports Leader’s Programme and opportunities
in sport. DSY could see potential in Rebecca and interviewed her for
the role of Assistant Sports Development Officer with Disability Sport
Yorkshire – she got the job! Rebecca now works 8 hours per week
on the Get Active programme and also works in Kirklees Council’s
Sport and Physical Activity Team doing administrative duties.
CASE STUDY: Building skills and independence
with horses – Dayle’s story
Dayle has learning disabilities and is one of the volunteers at the
charity Dial Wood, who run riding, carriage driving and horse-
care activities. Dayle has completed his Grade 1 Carriage Driving
Proficiency Test – learning to drive a pony at a walk and trot around
cones in the arena. He has also completed the ASDAN programme
‘Towards Independence’, learning horse care, riding and driving,
and other tasks including how to produce evidence of his learning
using photographs and written work. Dayle has really enjoyed the
training and has a huge sense of personal achievement from the
qualifications he has gained. Dial Wood only continues to run because
of a dedicated group of volunteers ranging in age from 12 to 65.
22,047 people
accessing training,
volunteering or
employment through
this year’s projects
23 individuals
supported
into paid
employment
13,210
sessions
delivered
£1.74
cost per
person per
hour
4 training
and
employment
projects

Managing and maintaining nutrition
The Care Act says that every adult should have access to sufficient food and drink to
maintain nutrition and be able to prepare and consume that food and drink.
Getting hold of good food, and preparing or cooking it, can be incredibly difficult
for some people. Community Partnerships funds projects that help people do
this and so remain independent.
5798
people were
supported in
food projects
58
projects
provide meals
for people or
help them grow
and prepare
food
6,231
food
project
sessions
delivered
£1.06
cost per
person per
hour
More than just a meal
Huddersfield Mission’s evening café runs in winter offering a free
wholesome meal and company to any adults who choose to use the service.
Along with a meal, there are quiz nights and ‘open mic’ nights where people
share their talents. The Sikh community, Huddersfield University Islamic Society
and staff from Tesco help run the café along with other volunteers. Many people
are marginalised in society and are often quite socially isolated. Some may be
struggling financially and hence benefit from the free provision, whereas others
may just appreciate the warmth, company and entertainment that it offers.
For some it’s a lifeline. J explains: “I live on my own. It can save your day”. B says:
“It’s kept me in employment, gives me the strength to work when I have no money”.
The Kirklees Food Charter
The Council wants to help everyone be able to grow, buy, cook and enjoy good food.
Eating nutritious food reduces diet related conditions like diabetes, and minimises health inequality and food poverty.
http://www.kirklees.gov.uk/you-kmc/partners/publicHealth/pdf/KirkleesFoodCharter.pdf
In March 2016, Community Partnerships and the Council’s Public Health Food
and Obesity programme team worked together to fund projects that would
run new and interesting food projects which will be able to continue after the
initial funding. 34 applications were received and 9 new projects were given
up to £1500, including cooking groups, allotments, growing projects and a
pop-up café. The projects will deliver throughout 2016/17. Also see page 9.
Eat Well with Community Partnerships and Public Health
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Northstead TRA
The Cabin
Pennine Domestic Violence
Group
Fixby Junior and Infant School
Newsome Junior School
Huddersfield Mission
Thornhill Community Pre-School
Foundation
Clare House Hostel

In Kirklees, we have a shared vision of “healthy people enjoying a great quality of life for longer”.
Plans to achieve this are set out in the Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy
http://www.kirklees.gov.uk/beta/delivering-services/pdf/health-strategy.pdf.
Communities have a vital role in supporting people’s health and wellbeing, so Community Partnerships works closely
with health services to help this happen. Greater Huddersfield Clinical Commissioning Group and North Kirklees
Clinical Commissioning Group (the CCGs) each contribute £200,000 to the investment budget, decide grant
awards with us and are working closely with us on a number of projects including Better in Kirklees. Colleagues
from Public Health and South West Yorkshire Foundation Trust (SWYFT NHS) sit on the Community Partnerships
investment panel and work with us on particular projects. We are developing our relationship with Locala CIC, for
example working with them on a Falls Prevention project.
Health and Wellbeing
Hearty exercise
Huddersfield Heartline offer weekly exercise sessions which
support cardiac patients, their carers and anyone else from
the community interested in a healthy lifestyle. The regular
classes are provided by a qualified fitness instructor (in
accordance with the British Heart Foundation regulations).
The exercises can be carried out at varying levels depending
on the individual’s ability and requirements.
Ways to Wellbeing
Support to Recovery (S2R) run ‘Ways to Wellbeing’, a short course
that helps people develop personal resilience to life’s challenges,
improve wellbeing, learn new ways of coping with stress, anxiety and
depression. The course is group-based to allow participants to share
experiences as they wish and help them to realise that others may
have similar problems. People build a personal ‘toolkit’ they can use
whenever they need it. A follow-on peer-support group is being set
up. S2R are also looking to run a course from a Kirklees GP surgery.
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200 £25,370 £1.12 £16,000 1,000
“Nikki is always asking me why I don’t paint
anymore, I lost all my confidence and with the
stroke I find it difficult to control the brush, but
she is helping me to pick the brush up again by
painting with me, we have a giggle!”
Anonymous user of the Yorkshire Children’s
Centre Befriending Service | Age 89

Crafting new friendships
Howlands is a group run from a fully accessible, grade II listed
building in Dewsbury town centre. It particularly supports
people with disabilities and mental health issues, including
people with multiple and complex needs. Some are very
isolated. Through arts and crafts activities, people can learn
new skills, make friends and enjoy a sense of purpose in a
safe environment with people who understand their needs. We
gave Howlands some funding for a development worker, and
over the past 12 months they have expanded their membership
and supported more adults with a wider range of needs.
STOP THE PRESS: In January 2016, Howlands were
successful in receiving a first stage ‘Reaching Communities’
capital grant of £50,000 to develop their refurbishment plans
and make the access even easier.
300 £18,400 £1.18 £49,856 1,440
“I was thinking about Howlandslast night, because I love cominghere. You really look after me”.Colleen | Howlands participant
Developing Falls Prevention
In 2015-16, we ran a targeted investment round to help
people at risk of falling (see page 9). Alongside this, a
Falls Prevention group formed, including the funded
organisations, the Falls Nurses from Locala and others.
The group decided to test a few different community
approaches to preventing falls, and will evaluate
them to decide the future direction of Falls Prevention
activity. A pilot scheme was also set up in GP practices
running Move More Often sessions targeting people
who had a high chance of falling in the next few years.
Watch out for more news next year.
In 2015-16, Saiqa Iqbal
left to take up a new
commissioning role at NHS
England, and Natasha Evans
went to live in Australia.
We wish them both well!
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The Community Partnerships Team
Community Partnerships Manager:
Fiona Weir
Grant Programme Manager:
Laura Caunce
Involvement Lead:
Griff Gay
Funding and Development Officers:
Phil James, Gemma Jenkinson, Saiqa Iqbal, Emily Tidball, Darren Tordoff
Business Support Managers (and grant assessors):
Tracy Griffiths, Lisa Hodgson
Business Support Officers (and BiK officers):
Jenny Jimenez, Natasha Evans, Hayley Sadler
Support Officer for PJ:
Paul Gunning

Contact us:
Community Partnerships
Directorate for Commissioning,
Public Health and Adult Social Care
4th Floor North, Civic Centre 1, High Street
Huddersfield HD1 2NF
Internal: 860 5142
External: 01484 225142
Email: community.partnerships@kirklees.gov.uk
Facebook: communitypartnerships.kirklees
North Kirklees
Clinical Commissioning Group
Greater Huddersfield
Clinical Commissioning Group
Funding applications
up to March 2017
Our Open Investment programme runs all
year round. Groups may apply at any time.
Applications up to £10,000 are considered
every fortnight. Applications for £10-50,000,
are considered every 8 weeks.
At least 50% of funding awarded in 2016-17,
including most funding over £10K, will be
targeted at a particular priority - see page
9. Note that our average award is around
£5,000, and more than a third of grants
awarded are under £2,000.
We always discuss applications and often
negotiate changes, so please talk to us before
starting any application.
Groups applying for council funding must
register with the Grant Access Point (GAP).
Contact 01484 414824
or email: funding@kirklees.gov.uk
The Community Partnerships Offer
When people first hear about us, they often hear about the grants programme. But in fact grants make up less than
half of our work. Community Partnerships supports communities to help people be independent and healthy – and
funding is just one of the things we can offer. Get in touch if you think we can help you with any of the following…
Development support for
individual groups
Developing a management committee
Recruiting volunteers
Business and financial planning
Help building contacts and finding
partners
Demonstrating impact and outcomes –
‘the difference you make to people lives’
Planning for the future – ‘sustainability’
Information
Tools and resources for running
your group
Monthly e-bulletin
Facebook page
Development projects
Supporting new work focused on
maximising independence, early
intervention and prevention
Facilitating partnership working
between VCS and statutory sector
Encouraging challenge and change
Building community networks
Funding
Grants of £50-£2,000 for projects that
support people to be independent and
healthy
Grants of up to £50,000 for targeted
work with vulnerable people
Help finding other funding
Better in Kirklees
(run by Touchstone from April 2016)
Supporting Adult Social Care users to
access community activity
Helping GPs find community activity
that may help their patients
Peer support and networks
Involvement and engagement
Supporting user and carer
involvement in the partnership
commissioning boards
Supporting the council to engage with
vulnerable adults
Supporting other community
engagement

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