Submitted by Carrie Brookes on 17 Jun 2020 - 3:34pm
Middlesbrough Children’s Services Recovery Group
Coronavirus has had a huge impact on all of our services. For many services, the implementation of lockdown resulted in a dip in service demand, now with lockdown easing some services demand levels are returning to normal.
To help support the forward planning of the Middlesbrough Prevention Board and the work of the Middlesbrough Children’s Services Recovery Group we are asking key partners to complete this quick survey below before the 24th June;
Please find the link to your survey here - https://arcg.is/0afKeT
If you have any queries about the survey, please just give Rebecca a call.
Rebecca Scott, Advanced Public Health Practitioner - BSIL Public Health South Tees, Email: rebecca_scott@middlesbrough.gov.uk Tel: 01642 727656
Free physical activity for older adults booklet
Public Health England has made the attached booklet regarding physical activity for older adults during the pandemic available as a download and printed resource.
We are asking for your help to promote this excellent resource to local older people:
- We have 5,000 printed copies of the booklet on order – can you offer a route for distributing these to relevant populations in South Tees in fairly large numbers (i.e. we can’t be posting out copies to single households)? If so, please email Imran_Naeem@middlesbrough.gov.uk
- Do you have any social media channels to share the digital version? Assets are provided as links below.
Printed copies are also being distributed within 250,000 shielding boxes by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs to people defined as extremely vulnerable on medical grounds.
- Link to the booklet hosted on the Middlesbrough Council website for use with social media postings: https://www.middlesbrough.gov.uk/sites/default/files/CV-active-at-home-booklet.PDF
- Social media assets (available on this link until 22nd June 2020): https://we.tl/t-nWXawHyDaD
Psychological First Aid training
Public Health England has launched an updated Psychological First Aid (PFA) digital training module, aimed at all frontline and essential workers and volunteers.
The course aims to increase awareness and confidence to provide psychosocial support to people affected by COVID-19. PFA is a globally recognised training in emergency situations and PHE have developed this new course as part of their national incident response, and in partnership with NHS England, Health Education England, FutureLearn and E-Learning for Health.
The course is free, and no previous qualifications are required. It takes around 90 minutes to complete and is also available in three sessions for the learner to complete at their own pace. By the end of the course, outcomes will include: understanding how emergencies like the COVID-19 pandemic can affect us, recognising people who may be at increased risk of distress and understanding how to offer practical and emotional support.
As well as considering how the training could be used within your own organisation, we would be grateful if you could promote the launch of the training via your channels.
If you have any questions about this activity, please contact publicmentalhealth@phe.gov.uk.
ICO cookie rules, COVID-19 and what it all means
In response to the global health pandemic COVID-19, the ICO has suggested a degree of flexibility will be given to organisations around compliance of the cookie rules. They have acknowledged the current health situation with a pragmatic and empathetic response. You can read that response from the ICO here.
This will come as good news for charities and not-for-profit organisations in the short-term. Now that you can relax a little, we’ll explain why the rules are important, how cookies impact your website and users, and what you need to do.
It’s Men’s Health Week
https://www.menshealthforum.org.uk/mhw
Streetgames
From late April to early May, StreetGames conducted research with around 200 young people from across the StreetGames network comprising: participants, volunteers, young advisors and former volunteers. The research questions focused on giving young people a voice during the coronavirus pandemic, to learn the different ways the situation may be affecting them. This document looks to share the key findings from their feedback.
Places of Worship Protective Security Funding
The Home Office has announced the fifth round of the Places of Worship (POW) Protective Security Funding Scheme is now open for applications until 23:59 on the 9 August 2020.
The Places of Worship Protective Security Funding Scheme is a key commitment of our 2016-2020 Hate Crime Action Plan and more than 180 places of worship have been awarded grants to install measures such as protective alarms, security lighting and access controls.
The scheme is open to places of worship and associated faith community centres (we define this as a community centre run by a place of worship or near a place of worship that is faith based, and where regular worship takes place) across England and Wales.
Further details of the funding scheme and how to apply are provided via the link below.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/places-of-worship-security-funding-scheme
