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Thornhill
residents flocked to the Your Health Your Community
Your Vote event, to decide how to spend £50,000
on health and wellbeing projects. The event, which was
one of the first of its kind in the UK, specifically
relating to health and wellbeing, enabled residents
to hold the purse stings for a day and decide which
projects they would most benefit from, and ultimately
which ones would make a difference to the health and
wellbeing of the community. |
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Each
year the Thornhill Community Health Group,
made up of local residents and agency representatives
from the PCT, Southampton City Council and Thornhill
Plus You, allocate a pot of funding to
pay for small projects which aim to improve the health
and wellbeing of the local community. This year the
group invited Thornhill residents to decide how the
money should be spent. |
The
group received applications from 18 projects, totaling
over £100,000 in funding. With only £50,000
up for grabs, each project had just three minutes to
pitch their ideas to secure the votes of the public.
Ten
of the 18 projects secured funding; they included:
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| Project
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Funding
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| Thornhill
Crafty Crafters
The
money will help the group who work with many
disabled residents to cover basic costs and
purchase specialist materials and equipment.
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2,000
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| Anti-bullying
Programme (YMCA)
The
project can now provide a school and community
based anti-bullying programme focussing on children
aged 9-12. This will involve an awareness raising
campaign in the form of a road show in local
schools and provide a Key Worker for Thornhill
to support up to 60 vulnerable children. This
will include one to one support for victims
of bullying as well as bullies. |
5,000
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| Our
Lives, Our Health, Improving our Life Chances
(SCIL)
The
group will provide a peer-led service for disabled
people in Thornhill that would include activities
such as keep fit, swimming, outdoor activities,
general health promotion, advocacy, promotional
materials, signposting and general support to
access services. |
5,853
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| Summer
Fun! (Motiv8 Thornhill)
The
team now have funding to continue their successful
‘Yellow Leaflet' which contains hundreds of
activities and events for young people during
the school term breaks. |
1,423
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| Looking
out for me (No Limits!)
A
project called ‘looking out for me' will now
be able to run specifically in Thornhill and
will work with up to 10 young people over six
weeks at local youth centres, encouraging young
people to work towards an accredited qualification.
The programme will focus on health issues such
as teenage pregnancy, sexual health, substance
misuse. |
3,600
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| Water
Walkers (Thornhill Young Advisors)
The
young people were awarded funding to purchase
‘water walkers'; giant hamster balls that people
of all ages can climb into and race across a
swimming pool. |
1,345
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| Health
Kicks
Funding
will go towards setting up a SFC supported male
health project in Thornhill, including a ‘Saints
Thornhill' football team and linking with local
organisations concerned with health promotion.
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5,000
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| Street
Sport (Southampton City Council Parks Project)
The
Street Sport programme will provide non-structured
activities in a range of settings where young
people congregate. It will offer 8 sessions
per week in Thornhill, including activities
such as BMX/skateboarding, street football,
cricket, volleyball, table tennis. Activities
will run on weekday evenings and will be flexible
according to young people's needs. |
8,650
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| Eyes
on Thornhill (Action for Blind People)
The
project will raise awareness of the risks of
being affected by the major causes of blindness
and the preventative steps people can take,
by creating promotional materials, forming a
local advisory group and carrying out outreach
work around Thornhill. The project will also
provide practical support for people who are
visually impaired, by advocating on a range
of issues such as making benefits claims. |
8,000
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| The
Star Project
The
project will run sexual health and relationship
workshops in Hightown Primary School , Kanes
Hill Primary Schools and Woodlands Community
College for years 5, 6, 7 and 8 pupils. Previous
work in the Thornhill schools has been received
very positively. |
9,129 |
If
you would like to know more about the Your Health Your
Community Your Vote event, or the Thornhill Community
Health Group please contact Paula Windebank on 023 8091
5402 or email pwindebank@thornhillplusyou.co.uk.
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