Health and Wellbeing News, Events and Opportunities – November 2024
November 5, 2024
Welcome to Cumbria CVS’s Health and Wellbeing News, Events and Opportunities for September ’24. This page will be updated regularly, so we are delighted you have landed here today and hope that you will keep coming back for updates during the month.
To catch up on our News, Events & Opportunities from October2024, click here
Lots of the News, Events and Opportunities information will also be appearing in our regular Health and Wellbeing Bulletin. This Bulletin is sent out to all current members of our two Networks: Action for Health and the Mental Health Provider Forum. If you have found this page useful why not join either or both Networks by following these links:
News – we will be using this as an opportunity to pick out particularly important/interesting articles from our most recent Bulletin and/or highlighting information that might be time sensitive.
Events – we will be using this as an opportunity to highlight events of interest to organisations interested in health and care issues including Network events. Most of these will be local Cumbria events but some maybe regional.
Opportunities – we will be using this to highlight health and care focused funding and project opportunities, representative roles and working groups you might want to get involved in and much more. These will focus on Cumbria but may also include regional opportunities.
If you’ve seen something you think we should be sharing, let us know! Email us:
Clare Edwards claree@cumbriacvs.org.uk
Holly Ferguson hollyf@cumbriacvs.org.uk
Sarah Penn sarah.penn@cumbriacvs.org.uk
NORTH CUMBRIA NHS area – Consultation re changes to Yewdale Provision launched
Many of you will have seen recent press reports about ‘risk of closure’ of Yewdale Ward the mental health in-patient ward at West Cumberland Hospital.
Denise Majer in her role as Chair of Cumbria Mental Health Provider Forum has received the attached letter about this matter from CNTW Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.
It is important that our sector gets involved in the consultation and shares the information about the consultation broadly with staff, volunteers and people who use our services.
Please do read the letter. We would suggest that you pay particular attention to the section towards the end entitled Engagement Process (see text below). This section provides links and details about how to get involved in the consultation process including a survey.
Engagement process
Although no formal decisions have been taken in relation to any future changes to the provision of mental health adult acute inpatient services in West Cumbria including the future of Yewdale Ward, we are writing to you as part of our engagement process to seek your views. We have developed some frequently asked questions in Appendix A which outlines the current situation, the rationale for change, and any impact of future service change. We have also developed an online survey available here which we are encouraging our partners and stakeholders to share with their constituents and communities. This period of engagement also includes discussions with service users, carers and staff within CNTW, to provide an opportunity to discuss our plans for ensuring continued high quality and safe care.
More information and an online survey can be accessed via our website We want your thoughts on mental health services in Cumbria – Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
Organisation who would like to discuss the plans further and who wish to raise thoughts, contributions or concerns can contact:
westcumbriaengagement@cntw.nhs.uk
Cumbria Mental Health Provider Forum are keen to organise opportunities for members to meet with staff from CNTW as part of the consultation. We will let you know as soon as we have arranged a meeting.
COPELAND area – Copeland Primary Care Network
Copeland Primary Care Network has now split into two different networks: Copeland Alliance (covering Lowther Medical, Fellview and Seascale Surgery) and Copeland Haven (covering Distington, Mansion House and West Croft surgeries) which means the Copeland Wellness Service has split too.
Please see the posters below for each team to find out what each is offering and how to access support.
Click here for more information
COUNTYWIDE – Mental Health Provider Forum
Wednesday 13th November 2024 10:30 – 12:30
Online – via MS Teams
These events are always an opportunity to meet with other people from third sector organisations who have in interest in all things mental health and mental wellbeing in North Cumbria. The events are also a space to hear about the latest developments in relation to health and care and keep up to date with new initiatives, services and projects as they develop.
Speakers confirmed are:
WEST CUMBRIA area – Val Carter & Holly Palmer – Introducing Focused Therapies
SOUTH CUMBRIA area – Lisa Harrison – Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust – Refreshed Trust Strategy
WEST CUMBRIA area – Susan Hogg & Abbey Williamson – Introducing Family and Friends hub
Julie Lawlor – Providing an update
COUNTYWIDE – Denise Majer – Mental Health Provider Forum Chair business
Click here to book on
NORTH CUMBRIA area – Longtown ICC Meet the third sector event
Longtown ICC Meet the third sector event
Thursday 23rd January 2025 12 noon to 2pm (set up from 11.30am)
Longtown Community Centre, Arthuret Road, Longtown, CA6 5SJ
Space for 30+ organisations – a great opportunity for third sector groups to connect with colleagues from health and care services and to showcase their services. Third sector groups/organisations are to book a table space at the event .
This event has been requested by statutory sector staff from Longtown ICC. Staff from NCIC (including district nurses, OT’s, physios, specialist respiratory etc services) local GP surgeries (including nurses, care navigators, social prescribers) CNTW, ASC (including Reablement & social work staff), HAWCs, local home care agencies & care homes, NWAS, CHOC etc will all be invited and encouraged to attend by their managers (staff in these categories do not need to book).
We are keen to get 20 or more local organisations together for the event.
SORRY – we are not able to offer any power/sockets for stall holders
If you would like to know more about the event please contact:
Clare Edwards claree@cumbriacvs.org.uk
To book a place, please click here
COUNTYWIDE – The social biobehavioral research group – Studies
Older adults aged 55 or over living in the UK – help us understand how you engage with leisure activities by completing the short survey. 🎨
Social prescribing referrers (GPs, healthcare professionals), community organisation facilitators and family of people with severe mental illnesses – we want to hear from you to understand how to improve access to social prescribing for people with severe mental illnesses. 📈
SOUTH CUMBRIA area – Minds 4 All – Young People facing Inequalities in Mental Health
Child action Northeast are offering some FREE informal training on Mental Health and the Inequalities Young People face whilst accessing Mental Health Services.
The training is funded by Lancashire & South Cumbria, Integrated Care Based services who are required to transform Community Mental Health services for young people.
If you work with Young People aged between 16-20 in a well-being capacity then this training will benefit you and your organisation in helping you to understand the challenges and barriers young people people.
Click here for more information
