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Community Liaison - January 2008
community.liaison@kirklees.gov.uk
Who is Community Liaison?
Community Liaison is a team within Kirklees Adult Services. We provide funding and work with volunteer organisations to
support and development their ideas of health and social care projects. With the partnership of Neighbourhood Renewal we
can help more local voluntary and community organisations. We focus on ideas for activities that support older people,
people with a disability or sensory impairment, people with mental health needs and learning disabilities and unpaid
carers. We enable voluntary and community organisations to deliver their ideas of health and social care projects in local
areas.
What is Neighbourhood Renewal?
The Neighbourhood Renewal Gateway project is managed by Kirklees Adult Services and funded by Neighbourhood Renewal. It is
a partnership project between Kirklees Council, Health Services and local voluntary and community organisations. The Gateway
project benefits the Neighbourhood Renewal areas of Kirklees, including all or parts of: Almondbury, Botham Hall and Trees
in Golcar, Crosland Moor, Dalton, Rawthorpe, Newsome, Fartown, Batley, Fieldhead estate, Windybank estate, Dewsbury South,
Dewsbury West and Chickenley. The project will enable new ways of working to be developed to improve access to public
services and other support in the community.This includes promoting independence, health and well-being, while reducing
people’s feelings of isolation and loneliness.
Who do we support?
For us to be able to help your organisation you must work with one or more of the following groups of people:
- Older people over 55
- People affected by HIV and Aids
- People with learning disabilities
- People with mental health needs
- People with physical and sensory disabilities
- Carers
Our role in the project is to support and help organisations. We do this through:
Community grants
Grants of up to £3000 per year are for organisations to finance their ideas for local health and social care
projects. These projects aim to get people out of their homes to do an activity or to socialise with people in their
communities to stop them feeling isolated or lonely. Your organisation may also promote healthy living and community
cohesion and give social care information and advice.
Community contracts
A contract can be awarded to an organisation to provide a service needed by Kirklees Adult Services. Contracts have
a target of £5000 per year and fund ideas from the community at large for local health and social care projects.
The needs of community are fed through various channels like Gateway to care to our Commissioning agents. Based on the
popularity and the need of these ideas, we ask for volunteers of the community and provide the funding to work these
projects. Local events are held twice a year to commission these services. For dates of these events please telephone
01484 225142.
In addition to grant and contract funding, the following are also on offer:
Capacity Building
Contracts of up to £5000 per year for local health and social care projects. This is a new type of funding. A
contract will be awarded to an organisation that can provide a service needed by Kirklees Adult Services. Local events
will be held twice a year to commission these kinds of services. For dates of these events please telephone
01484 225111.
Physical Activity Development
A range of services has been developed, targeting older people to encourage an active lifestyle. The programme includes:
- Walk leader training
- Sport for life
- Moving more often courses
- Physical activity motivator courses
- Pathways to health
Transport buddying
A project designed to encourage people to get out more, using public transport. Volunteers will be trained to support
people from their home, to the place they wish to go to, and then back home.
Luncheon clubs
Currently around 40 luncheon clubs have been funded by Adult Services. This project supports luncheon clubs to become
financially independent.
Shopmobility
This service is very successful, and this investment is designed to enable a community organisation to develop the project
into a new social enterprise.
Community arts project
This project helps Kirklees Adult Services to provide specialised training to Adult Services staff and to offer a wider
range of opportunities to older people, and hopefully ensure that staff can gain enough experience to keep the project
going on a long-term basis.
Volunteering project
A wide range of voluntary and community organisations have come together and proposed that a team of volunteers should be
recruited. Recruiting older volunteers and older people's befriending schemes are the main targets.
Kirklees Adult Services, Community Liaison
Gateway to care,
30 Market Street
Huddersfield
HD1 2HG
Tel: 01484 225142
Fax: 01484 226917
Email: community.liaison@kirklees.gov.uk
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