COMMUNITY ALLIANCE BROXBOURNE AND EAST HERTS 

We will run activities to support local people to help with their mental wellbeing. These will include arts, crafts, digital skills, and gardening.

CVSBEH will provide a safe community space on Sele Farm where local people can access support, activities and services to improve their lives. These services will focus on mental wellbeing.

Grant to CVS Broxbourne & East Herts

We would like to make the Nigel Copping Community Building a Covid-friendly community hub where local people can access services relating to wellbeing, mental and physical activity and employment.

We would like to make our Waltham Cross Community Skills Hub a Covid-friendly community hub where local people can access services relating to wellbeing, mental and physical activity and employment.

Grant to CVS Broxbourne & East Herts

The project will run from 1 October to 31 March 2022 and promote the importance of the take up of vaccination against Covid-19; to reaffirm the safety of the Covid-19 vaccination; the high risk of ....more

The project will run from 1 October to 31 March 2022 and promote the importance of the take up of vaccination against Covid-19; to reaffirm the safety of the Covid-19 vaccination; the high risk of serious illness and long term complications in young men from 18-34 in the district of Broxbourne. Many young adults think they are “invincible” and don’t need the vaccine to protect themselves, a healthcare leader has said. After the initial rush, interest has waned. The grant will be used to pay for additional hours for two members of staff and resources: Communications and Publicity Support Officer will be paid for an additional 5 hours per week to increase activity and social media channels relevant to our target audience. New materials will be produced using the Young people’s Engagement toolkit from Hackney as guidance. Getting these conversations started is daunting, so we need to ensure we have collated a variety of great resources. Our communications strategy will be to try to instil some urgency among those who have not yet been vaccinated. “It’s very important to make the vaccines accessible to young people, for clear messaging on social media, and for them to see role models promoting the vaccine,” confirmed a local GP. Resources and materials will include: • production of webinars with ‘experts’ and role models • short information videos on specialist topics such as fertility and pregnancy • YouTube channel • Twitter, Instagram and Facebook Youth and Community Engagement Officer for 3 x 2 hour sessions per week to work in the community to provide a face to face presence for the project as there has never been a more important time by listening and addressing common questions and concerns. There may also be some benefits to East Herts due to geographical proximity and the availability of promotional materials. With the booster vaccinations going ahead in the Autumn combined with the flu ‘jab’ there may be opportunities to increase knowledge and access to specific groups. Other public health messages as required by partners and stakeholders can also be shared. We have chosen to focus on Broxbourne as figures show that: • 56.35% of 18-24s have had their first dose and 16.01% second dose (63.55% and 17.39% across Hertfordshire) • 55.44% of 25-29s have had their first dose and 18.89% second dose (63.49% first dose and 21.23% second dose across Hertfordshire) • 57.29% of 30-34s have had their first dose and 27.25% second dose (66.43% first dose and 27.34% second dose Hertfordshire) Nationally NHS England’s figures show 1.4 million men aged 18 to 24 had received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine as of 11 July – 57% of the population, according to mid-2019 population estimates from the ONS. For women of the same age, 1.5 million had received one dose – 65.8% of the population, giving a gap of 8.8 percentage points. That has narrowed slightly from the previous week when it stood at 9.7 percentage points. We believe that this difference is replicated in Broxbourne hence our desire to focus on young men aged 18-34. If we find that the project needs more intensive resources at the beginning of the delivery period, we will increase our resources in this period and sorted the delivery period appropriately. This may be necessary due to the urgency of the requirements to increase vaccine take up in this particular demographic.

"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more

"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."

We would like to carry out psychotherapeutic work in craft and music therapy at care homes and for mentally ill people.

The organisation will use the funding to continue running the community skills hub and to extend the outreach to more people in the community.