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HEALTH AND WELLBEING
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Our focus As a Council, we are focused on improving the quality of life of everyone living and working in the Borough, both now and in the future. The stories in this issue are themed around the key areas where we are making a positive difference to people’s lives.
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Improving the health and wellbeing of people who live and work in the Borough and supporting and creating sustainable communities. We want all our residents and people working in the Borough to live long, healthy and happy lives.
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Park Sport goes virtual The Council’s yearly summer sports programme organised by the SportWorks team went ahead despite the pandemic, with over 1,500 local children and their families taking part. To ensure the safety of those who took part, all activities took place outside and could be completed in small, socially distanced groups. The programme was largely free and the majority of tasks were timeflexible. The Adventure Story element,
created by The Point Eastleigh, was held at our country parks, with an interactive story trail at Itchen Valley and a photo trail at Lakeside. Discover Your Parks involved a geocaching hunt and a weekly photography competition. Virtual Challenges featured weekly videos
Maintaining an attractive and sustainable environment that residents value, and which can allow residents and businesses to thrive.
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Securing sustainable economic growth, high yet stable employment and a shared prosperity for residents, now and for generations to come. It is about ensuring every one of us has a good standard of living in strong, safe, sustainable communities.
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Teaming up with food banks Our relationship with local food banks (Eastleigh, Hedge End and Hound), has allowed us to ensure everyone in the Borough had a chance to take part. Families who used the food bank were given priority booking for the interactive story trail and 80 Park Sport bags containing a range of sports equipment were donated to the food banks for them to give out.
Domestic abuse - help available
Housing and Development Creating homes and communities to meet residents’ current needs now and in the future. To help support a buoyant house market, it is essential that there is a sufficient supply of suitable, high-quality homes that can meet the diverse needs of residents both now and in the future. Building new homes and communities provides opportunities for people looking for affordable rent, or a new home to meet their changing needs.
created by local activity provider, from dance and boxing to tennis and netball, as well as downloadable game cards.
The next step for Health Walks Health Walks have returned with a pilot scheme in Chandler’s Ford. This is being offered to existing health walkers using a booking system to ensure a maximum of five walkers to a walking leader. We thank the volunteer walking leaders who are trialling this new process. The Council’s HealthWorks team have also been working hard to reinstate other services as quickly and as safely as possible. The team, who usually operate out of the Health Hub at Places Leisure Eastleigh, have been working from home during lockdown and have continued to support residents with existing medical conditions, are at risk of coronary heart disease and/or have an inactive lifestyle.
The referral scheme to support these residents is planning to return and will be advertised as soon as we are able to. The low intensity exercise classes are being explored as both virtual and a reduced offering at venues – the team are working closely with all the venues to ensure any return of services abides by government guidelines. Find out more: www.eastleigh.gov.uk/healthworks
The coronavirus lockdown led to a sharp rise (of 65%) in the number of calls to the National Domestic Abuse helpline, with Hampshire Police reporting an increase in incidents locally. There is help and support available for anyone experiencing domestic abuse. The County Council is the social services authority for the Borough and their Hampshire Domestic Abuse Service website provides up-todate information and access to a range of local support - www.hants. gov.uk/domesticabuse. Telephone advice is available on 03300 165 112 Weekdays 9.30am-5.30pm (5pm Fridays). Disabled women are twice as likely to experience domestic violence as those without disabilities. Stay Safe East provides specialist and holistic advocacy and support services to disabled victims and survivors of abuse - visit www.staysafe-east.org.uk
