Feock Health & Wellbeing

Wellbeing projects

Community Connect Feock and

Healthy Ageing through Innovation in Rural Europe (HAIRE)

We are very lucky to have the HAIRE wellbeing project running in our Parish - (Healthy Ageing through

Innovation in Rural Europe) which started in Summer 2020 and is an EU project, part funded by Feock Parish

Council. HAIRE also supports the ANCHOR project who works in connection with the local PCN Network (Carnon Downs GP surgery) and this project, like HAIRE, also works in association with the University of Exeter.

The HAIRE Project promotes social activities, bringing people together, encouraging new wellbeing

opportunities and services, including volunteer schemes in our community. We aim to provide a

healthier place to live in, reducing isolation and loneliness.

Healthy Ageing through Innovation in Rural Europe (HAIRE)

The Parish Council was invited to take part as a pilot area (one of only two pilots in the UK), in a European Interreg 2 Seas Project, which started in Spring 2020 and runs until Spring 2023, working in association with the University of Exeter and other European partners. The project will build on Community Connect, a wellbeing project which we had previously in the Parish, focusing mainly on people aged 60+ to develop services and facilities that are of benefit. The aim is to reduce the loneliness and feeling of isolation which can affect many of us as we grow older. An important part of the project is to focus on building on the strengths of our community and inter-generational activities.

The project has been developing and testing systems that empower and enable older people (aged 60+ and no longer employed) in rural areas to:

define what support they need;
participate in the design and delivery of services;
develop solutions for themselves to reduce loneliness and improve quality of life, health and wellbeing, based on their own interests, capabilities and preferences, and supported by the voluntary, private and public sectors.

The project aims to:

reduce isolation and loneliness & improve wellbeing in the 60+ age group;
increase collaboration between participating agencies and Voluntary & Community Sector Organisations (VCSOs);
improve rural community vitality;
increase active participation of older people & voluntary sector in service design & delivery;
create new models of service delivery.

We completed the Guided Conversation element of the project in March 2021, and the CREATE phase in June 2021 where we held workshops with residents at Trelissick Gardens to look at the results of the conversations and discuss solutions to the key areas of concern around wellbeing: Communication, Co-ordination and Opportunities.

As part of the project we have put together a new website 'MyFeock' - www.myfeock.co.uk , which has information about local groups and services available as well as the ‘Whats On’ Guide and calendar.

Please get in touch if your group, club, event or society would like to be listed (free of charge). There you will see the activities, events and services we help support and provide. Most of what we do is supported/run by our amazing volunteers. If you would like to help support our services please find our volunteer page or get in touch for a chat. You can choose what you do and what time you able to give.

For further information please speak to our wellbeing team:

Bex Rawbone, HAIRE Project Co-ordinator - bex@feockparishcouncil.co.uk

Cllr Keith Hambly-Staite - Feock Parish Council Wellbeing Lead - keithstaite@hotmail.com

Cathy Whitmore, HAIRE Project Administrator – cathy@feockparishcouncil.co.uk

You can find out more about the HAIRE Project on the University of

Exeter's blog http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/haire/2020/02/05/welcome/

More information will be added to this page soon as the project progresses.

Check out our Facebook page: My Feock Wellbeing

https://www.facebook.com/wellbeingfeock and our twitter account @feockpc

to keep up to date with progress and information about wellbeing locally.

Community Connect Feock

Community Connect which started in November 2018, initially part funded by the Parish Council but is now continuing with other funding due to the success of the pilot project.

Sharon, the Community Navigator works with local GPs surgeries and local groups to help support people in the community to feel less isolated.

Contact:

Sharon Nettleton, Community Navigator, Community Connect - sharon.nettleton1@nhs.net

or 07747 750962

Details of help services provided by the Parish Council are available here