Sunderland World Mental Health Week (WMHW) 2012

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1 Sunderland World Mental Health Week (WMHW) 2012

2 2 Contents The Partners 3 Executive summary 4 The Message..5 Aim, objectives and outcomes..6 Sunderland WMHD road show round the city...7 Saturday events 1. On the bus in town centre Mowbray Park walk for wellbeing Family activities- City library & Arts centre...11 Evaluation.12 What s next.. 13 Report produced by Jackie Nixon, Promoting Health Engagement Lead, Public Health. Special thanks to Sunderland Volunteer Mentoring project volunteers, Sunderland Public Health Promoting Health Volunteers; Mental Health Matters Sunderland Service User Voice volunteers and HMRC volunteers. The events would not have been possible without their contribution.

3 3 The Partners Trish Sullivan -Promoting Health Volunteer Coordinator Anna Gillingham- Sunderland Volunteer Centre Anne Loadman - Community Children Adolescents Mental Health Service (CAMHS) Rob Braines- Promoting Health Volunteer Jackie Nixon Public health Jacqui Reeves Washington Mind Dorothy Gardiner Sunderland Mind Christine Brace - Community CAMHS Jolene Dunbar - Sunderland City Council library services Helen Clay - Mental Health Matters (Sunderland Service User Voice) Other partners:-sunderland Wellbeing Network, HMRC, IAPT team, Headlight, B Active N B fit and NTW chaplain service.

4 4 Executive summary World Mental Health Day takes place on the 10 th October every year, and has been in existence since 1992, started by the World Federation for Mental Health. Since 2009 it was agreed that local promotion of World Mental Health Day would be in the context of promoting the message of five a day for health and happiness. The Foresight report mental capital and wellbeing (2008) gave the conclusion of 400 scientists that five simple steps incorporated into daily life can fortify mental health. Locally we decided to have World Mental Health Week with a main aim to raise public awareness about mental health issues. The week promoted open discussion of mental disorders, and investments in prevention, promotion and treatment services. In the UK mental illness now accounts for more disability-adjusted life year or DALYs lost per year than any other health condition 1, 20% of the total burden of disease in the UK was attributable to mental illness (including suicide), compared with 17.2% for cardiovascular diseases and 15.5% for cancer. No other condition exceeded 10%. Aim - Partners came together to work collaboratively to coordinator week long activities for World Mental Health Week 2012 in Sunderland, the focus being on encouraging people to think about our Five-a-day for health and happiness - actions and behaviours which can lead to feelings which are crucial to wellbeing, such as happiness, contentment and enjoyment. Events Road show round the five areas of the city promoting and engaging with members of the public, using local libraries as venues to access local people. Event in city centre on active bus engaging and promoting with members of the public tackling stigma and discrimination of mental health and having conversations. Event in city library taking family approach to engage and promote positive wellbeing. Walk for wellbeing in Mowbray Park. All of the events were a great success and well attended. Overall engagement was estimated with over 3000 members of the public getting the message of five a day for health and happiness. There were evaluation questions asked to find out about knowledge and understanding of the messages. This gave a picture of where in the city the messages were known and also highlighted where engagement was needed further. The evaluation also showed that we had taken a life-course approach reaching all members of the communities. 1 World Health Organisation (WHO) calculates the cost or burden of disease using a composite nonmonetary measure, the disability-adjusted life year or DALY, which combines morbidity and premature mortality in a single figure.

5 5 The Message A summary of effective and cost effective interventions to improve mental health and well being has been produced for NHS SoTW by national expert Lynne Friedli (available on request). There is also good quality evidence for the Five Ways to Well being : Connect; Be active; Take notice; Keep learning; Give (New Economics Foundation 2009). Five a Day for Health and Happiness 1. Connect With the people around you. With family, friends, colleagues and neighbours. At home, work, school or in your local community. Think of these as the cornerstones of your life and invest time in developing them. Building these connections will support and enrich you every day. 2. Be active Go for a walk or run. Step outside. Cycle. Play a game. Garden. Dance. Exercising makes you feel good. Most importantly, discover a physical activity you enjoy and that suits your level of mobility and fitness. 3. Take notice Be curious. Catch sight of the beautiful. Remark on the unusual. Notice the changing seasons. Savour the moment, whether you are walking to work, eating lunch or talking to friends. Be aware of the world around you and what you are feeling. Reflecting on your experiences will help you appreciate what matters to you. 4. Keep learning Try something new. Rediscover an old interest. Sign up for that course. Take on a different responsibility at work. Fix a bike. Learn to play an instrument or how to cook your favourite food. Set a challenge you enjoy achieving. Learning new things will make you more confident as well as being fun. 5. Give Do something nice for a friend, or a stranger. Thank someone. Smile. Volunteer your time. Join a community group. Look out, as well as in. Seeing yourself, and your happiness, as linked to the wider community can be incredibly rewarding and creates connections with the people around you.

6 6 Aim Aim, objectives and outcomes Partners came together to work collaboratively to coordinator week long activities for World Mental Health Week 2012 in Sunderland, the focus being on encouraging people to think about our Five-a-day for health and happiness - actions and behaviours which can lead to feelings which are crucial to wellbeing, such as happiness, contentment and enjoyment. Objectives To arrange a road show around the city reaching out into all areas of the city Ustilising local volunteers to engage with members of the public within city centre on activate bus. To hold family event and engage with children and parents/carers. Walk for wellbeing in Mowbray Park to promote be active Outcomes Raised awareness of mental health and contributed to tackling stigma and discrimination through conversations with approximately 3,000 people. Promoted five a day for health and happiness to improve emotional health and wellbeing which is a set of evidence based public mental health messages aimed at improving the mental health and wellbeing of the whole population. Further developed relationships with partners, which was key to the success of the week long event and reaching out into the five areas of the city. Raise the awareness of the wellbeing directory paper copies and online Raise the profile of A life worth living which us a local suicide prevention campaign within our communities

7 7 WMHD 2012 Road show round Sunderland City The road show started in the North and moved round the city each day until Friday. There was one lead worker each day with two local volunteers supporting. They set up information stands and engaged with members of the public. The five libraries that were used as venues were prime locations as other services were located within the building including community cafes, tea dance sessions and sheltered accommodation so there were lots of opportunities for engagement with local people. The resources for five a day for health and happiness were well received by all members of the public. It did highlight that in some areas of the city the message was not known and only knew of five a day in relation to fruit and vegetables. Monday North- Bunny Hill Customer Service Centre Local ladies were attending the tea dance.

8 8 Tuesday West Silksworth Library Promoting health volunteers Wednesday Washington Customer Service Centre Washington mind workers engaging with local people

9 9 Thursday East- Ryhope Library Sunderland Mind worker and member of the public Friday Coalfields - Houghton Customer Service Centre Local volunteer

10 10 Saturday events Sunderland City Centre On the bus. The planning group decided after evaluation from last year to take a different approach to engagement. In previous years we had held family events which were very well attended and successful but the planning group felt that we were not reaching out to the wider community and engaging with the stigma and discrimination of mental health. We used the active bus as a base for engagement in the middle of the city centre. This was an excellent way of using resources; the bus was in town from 9.30am till 2.30pm. Over the five hours we had ten local volunteers with workers who engaged in conversations with members of the public. This was also an excellent opportunity to engage with young people, who were interested in improving health and wellbeing. Young people and local volunteers at the active bus

11 11 Walk for wellbeing Mowbray Park..... The walk for wellbeing was lead by two walk leaders from Sunderland Mind and B active N B Fit. There was a history commentary of the park included in the walk by one of the walk leaders. Local people and worker before the walk Family event- City Library and Arts Centre Community CAMHS with volunteers organised a series of Olympic based activities in Sunderland city centre Library, linked to the mental health five a day for health and happiness. The event was attended by around 80 people of all ages, who enjoyed the variety of activities and the friendly atmosphere. On offer were: a hula hoop challenge (be active); making a gold medal for someone they appreciated (give); spot the difference (take notice); learning to say hello in different languages (keep learning) and making a huge paper chain (connect). CAMHS worker explaining to families about five a day for health and happiness

12 12 Evaluation Over the full week of activity there was approximately engagement across the city with over 3,000 people. There were 200 evaluations completed by members of the public across the week and in the town centre. Evaluations completed Questions used for the evaluation 1. Have you heard of five a day for health and happiness?

13 13 Most of the respondents who had heard of the message were people in the city centre that lived all around the city. 2. What do you do to feel good? Smile at people, exercise, doing puzzles, walking, shopping, read books and play bingo, visit library, relax, watch TV, make healthy shakes, go to gym, swimming, meeting new friends, enjoy the scenery, I like to look after my grandchildren, dancing, snowboarding, doing voluntary work, sunshine, having good health, going to concerts, walking my dog, 3. How useful have you found today? Found it really useful we need to talk about mental health Need to look after myself as my daughter has bi-polar I think its good that people know about emotional health I think it s been amazing because people don t know about mental health Reminding me to continue to be focused on what is good for me Staff and volunteers really helpful and engaging ambassadors What next To continue raising awareness of five a day for health and happiness throughout the year, to build into the work plan of Sunderland wellbeing network. To engage with frontline workers so the message of five a day for health and happiness gets out into the community. To target the areas where the five a day for health and happiness message hasn t reached through promoting more particularly Coalfields and West area. To begin planning for next year building on the success and findings of this year. To collect more specific data on engagement in relation to gender, postcodes and age.

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