Community wellbeing and inclusion group

One Northern Devon (OND) and Northern Devon Futures (NDF) have an agreed partnership strategy: ‘Thriving in Northern Devon’. The community wellbeing and inclusion action group is one of six action groups alongside economy, children and young people, housing, climate and health equity.

The Action Group will form the single point of contact for strategic matters concerning our Communities in Northern Devon. It will act as an advisory and delivery role and be accountable to the OND and NDF Board.

Vision: Thriving communities for everyone

Aim: Within each community, local people, groups and organisations are supported to come together, develop a shared voice that reflects what matters to different groups, build on their strengths and take collective action. This shared voice is connected into the wider system so that communities in Northern Devon are equal partners in decision-making.

Objectives The objectives (Aligned to National Lottery, Neighbourhood Health & Devon’s Joint Forward Plan priorities) of the CW&I Group are to:

• Support communities to deliver the PLANT objectives
• Share the strengths, needs, priorities, outputs and outcomes of each of our local
  communities to OND & NDF
• Shape recommendations for system-level partners based on what we have learned
  from our communities
• Strengthen two-way communication and feedback loops so that community insight
  informs system-level decision-making

Communities will be supported by the CW&I Group to enable the following PLANT objectives:

• Partnership facilitation: Local people and organisations are supported to work as a joined-up team, underpinned by the right community infrastructure and a well-trained, well-supported community development workforce.
• Listening and learning: Actively engage the community, especially disadvantaged and seldom heard groups, so we can learn from their experiences and understand what matters locally.
• Analysis and agreement: Develop a shared understanding of local strengths, needs and priorities, combining local engagement and population health data (e.g. JSNA, PCN social prescribers).
• Nurture community assets: support VCSE groups and organisations to work in partnership with public services, and build financial resilience
• Take action and track: Create and deliver a collective action plan that harnesses local assets and addresses priorities, needs and gaps. Monitoring progress against shared outcomes.

For more details, see our aims and objectives in full  and the wider OND-NDF strategy (CW&I objectives are under section 5)

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