Issue - meetings

Report of the Assistant Director Wellbeing and Housing.

Purpose of report

To receive an update on the Wellbeing Strategy and agree Outcome and Evaluation measures.

Recommendations

The Overview and Scrutiny Committee resolves:

1.1         To request the Executive to note “Everybody’s Wellbeing” Wellbeing Strategy, agree the Evaluation baseline measures and action plan measures

Resolved

(1)   That having given due consideration, the Everybody’s Wellbeing Strategy Impact Assessment report be noted.

The Committee considered a report from the Assistant Director Housing & Wellbeing, providing an overview of the “Everybody’s Wellbeing” Strategy and

baseline outcome measures planned to be collected from the annual satisfaction survey and six-monthly citizen space surveys.

The Portfolio Holder for Healthy Communities introduced the report, informing members that feedback from the surveys would be collected to assess the need and impact while also linking into the Wellbeing Service plan. As well as working with performance team, annual satisfaction survey questions around wellbeing would be asked and collected to produce a baseline of where residents currently see their wellbeing and how they interact with areas of the wellbeing service, enabling the wellbeing team to establish a base and continually ask these questions on a six-month period to review progress. Action plan measures would be reported a quarterly basis.

In response to a question on the impact of Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) on the future of the Strategy as well as service levels across the district, the Assistant Director Housing & Wellbeing advised that LGR was in its very early stages, and as such would not impact on plans for several years. Work carried out in the interim would look to provide a firm foundation for whatever form of local authority existed in the future.

In response to a question regarding public participation in the surveys and what initiatives were in place to boost interaction, the Assistant Director Housing & Wellbeing advised that measures were being taken to involve young people more and that it was important to capture as many residents as possible. The council actively used its current social media channels for outreach but would also look into other platforms as appropriate.

Resolved

(1)                 That having given due consideration, the Everybody’s Wellbeing Strategy Impact Assessment report be noted.