Healthy Living Resource Centre
| Description | The Centre will open in October 2007. It will bring about step changes in local health inequalities by tackling particular health issues like smoking, obesity, poor housing, mental health and community regeneration by changing how services are delivered locally, reducing barriers and improving health choices. |
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| Setting | Easington Colliery and its surrounding areas. Easington Colliery is the most deprived area in England as defined by the English Indices of Deprivation (2004). |
| Populationting | All residents living in Easington Colliery and its surrounding areas. |
| Intervention summary | A number of core services will be delivered through the centre such as podiatry service, cardiovascular suite and a children’s gym. Sessional activities will include smoking cessation, weight management, healthy eating and community safety. |
| Outcome Summary | None yet. A number of outcomes will be measured such as life expectancy, smoking cessation rates and obesity levels. |
| Startup Cost | £750 000 |
| Running Cost | To be determined. |
| Funding | Mixture of funding – Primary Care Trust, Northumbrian Water, Neighbourhood Renewal Fund (NRF) and Horden and Easington Colliery Neighbourhood Management Pathfinder. |
| Started | January 2006 |
| Ended | Centre to be opened October 2007 but the project will be ongoing. |
| Location | Easington Colliery, County Durham, England. |
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Background
The Healthy Living Resource Centre will open in October 2007. It will bring about step changes in local health inequalities by tackling particular health issues like smoking, obesity, poor housing, mental health and community regeneration by changing how services are delivered locally, reducing barriers and improving health choices.
What is the problem you are trying to solve?
The local health inequalities in Easington Colliery and its surrounding areas
How many people are running this project and who are they?
County Durham PCT runs the project. There is one centre coordinator, Fiona Gillespie.
What local population are you targeting?
County Durham Primary Care Trust (PCT); Horden and Easington Colliery Neighbourhood Management Pathfinder; District of Easington Neighbourhood Renewal Unit; East Durham Local Strategic Partnership; and Northumbrian Water.
How many people are you targeting?
The target for the project is initially all residents living in Easington Colliery and its surrounding areas but the Healthy Living Resource Centre will be open to anyone who lives within the district. The target audience is approximately 28 000 although the district’s population is 93 300.
Interventions
What interventions are you using to address the problem?
A number of core services will be delivered through the centre such as a podiatry service, cardiovascular suite and a children’s gym. Sessional activities will include smoking cessation, weight management, healthy eating and community safety.
A number of awareness raising consultation events have been planned to determine service activity within the centre and to find out the views of the community.
Is the project design based on evidence? If so, please state reference.
No.
Outcome
What outcomes or planned outcomes are you measuring?
A number of outcomes will be measured such as life expectancy, smoking cessation rates, and obesity levels.
Do you have any outcomes or results yet? If so, what are they?
None yet
Is your project relevant to a government target or guideline?
N/A
Feedback
What obstacles did you have to overcome to set up this project?
Funding and developing a coherent service plan that marries together health improvement and the social regeneration agenda of the Horden and Easington Colliery Neighbourhood Management Pathfinder.
What have you learned about the project so far?
The value of partnership working and of consulting with the community
What would you do differently?
Nothing as of yet