1. An initiative of the Think Local Act Personal Partnership
Developing the power of strong, inclusive communities to boost health and well-being for all
An initiative of the Think Local Act Personal Partnership
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2. The Building Community Capacity Project
Initially (from 2009) to help build social capital into strategies for transforming social care

3. Activity
Working together and sharing learning: 20 places have helped to shape this
Spreading best practice - 50 case studies
Website at
Some work on measuring social capital and cost effectiveness

4. Next - support HWB boards
Encourage and help health and well-being boards to support the inclusion and maximise the contribution of older and disabled people in local communities
Support HWB boards to help people avoid delay or reduce unnecessary use of acute/long term health and social care via building social capital

5. Approach
October: Provide HWBs with a draft framework for strategy and activity to build social capital, linking to examples and evidence
Oct-April: Support an exemplar group of HWBs to use the draft framework/its elements in developing and implementing local plans
Work in synergy with other initiatives and offers (LGA, regional networks etc.)

6. Approach
Share developing learning via web-resources, regional HWB and personalisation networks, work with Public Health England
April Finalise and disseminate framework via DH (Active Communities Development Group), LGA etc.
2014/5 subject to resources phase 2: further delivery support via regional networks and programmes

7. Work with Exemplars Recruit 6-12 HWBs (by October)
Local facilitated and co-productive review and planning session using framework and TLAP tools in context of local HWB strategy
Local use of agreed level of consultancy support based on initial plan
Evidence support via LSE
Facilitate peer support
Web-based forum for exchange and good practice
Work in other TLAP and partner offers
Regional elements?

8. Expectations
Exemplar HWBs will sign up at cross agency senior level to use the framework co-productively and incorporate elements into local strategy
HWBs will cover local costs (venues etc.)
Action agreed at planning session will take place October-April
Outcomes and activity reported into programme by April 2014

9. The draft framework Developed by Clive Miller and Catherine Wilton

10. Scope: a strengths and asset based approach

11. Focus and format of a framework
Enabling the development of strong and inclusive communities and the importance of this as an integral part of Health and Wellbeing Strategies
The benefits of re-designing and tailoring public services so that professional expertise complements people’s own lived experience 
The critical role that Heath and Wellbeing Boards can play in enabling more effective coproduction of outcomes
Signposting evidence and examples of the community based approach
Format
Web based
Use of links – to enable the framework to be of use to both novices and those with experience in community capacity building and coproduction

12. Key contents
Section 1: Making the case for a strengths and assets based approach to boosting Health and Well Being
Explaining – the asset based approach to community development and the strengths based approach to effective coproductive service redesign
The evidence – improvements in health and well being and consequent savings from investment
Key policy drivers and initiatives – to enable the new approach including: the care and Support Bill; TLAP’s Making It Real; the National Collaboration for Integrated Care and Support.

13. Section 2: What Health and Wellbeing Boards can do
A. Focus on both assets and needs – e.g. use of bottom up community asset mapping processes to inform JSNAs.
B. Provide community and cross-sector leadership - to challenge and change current practice within their own sectors and work across sectors.
C. Promoting a vision and shaping the strategy – using Making It Real’s ‘I’ statements; building the strengths and assets approach into all aspect of the core agenda of the HWB.
D. Shape priorities around building stronger communities and maximising co-production – the priority criteria HWBs might use to decide when, where and in what to invest to enable the new approach.
E. Co-ordinate cross-sector investment – and invest in portfolios of approaches that both deliver the improved outcomes and net out gains across sectors.
F. Evaluate and share the learning – in terms of improved outcomes and lived experience; culture change and savings