Submission History: Motion by Councillor Laura Doherty:-
"Council notes the Live Well Community Referral Programme pilot which began in June 2022 and is designed to support people with a wide range of social, emotional, or practical needs to engage with Glasgow Life services; and is focused on improving their wellbeing and contributing to better health equity in the city. Council further notes Live Well links people either by health or community workers or through self-referral to activities in Calton, Bridgeton, Parkhead, Shettleston, Tollcross and nearby areas towards Springboig.
Council believes those who could benefit most from Community Referral include people with low mood, anxiety and stress, people who are socially isolated and/or lonely and those with long-term conditions who frequently attend either primary or secondary health care. Council recognises the benefits for those taking part include:
- Becoming more connected with their community
- Meeting new friends
- Improving their mental wellbeing
- Increasing their physical activity levels
- Learning new skills, volunteering or finding wellbeing information
Council commends Live Well's creative approach to green social prescribing, which links them to nature-based interventions and activities, and concurs with the positive feedback from participants on the range of wellbeing activities provided by Glasgow Life and community organisations in the pilot area which include art and creative activities, social groups, museum activities, walking groups, exercise classes and sports, family activities, computer basics, learning and skills classes and volunteering.
Council further recognises how shaping existing services to remove barriers can result in more take up among people who would not usually have participated, ultimately improving their physical and mental wellbeing.
Council further commends Glasgow Life's co-production of tailored programmes - Singing for Fun, Healthy Body Healthy Mind and Coffee and Culture initiatives - created in response to a local need for more accessible sessions and participants ideas.
Council believes community responses to local health and wellbeing issues are a vital way of addressing needs early on and minimising the need for more intensive statutory services further down the line.
Council instructs the Chief Executive Department to work with colleagues in Glasgow Life and Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership to bring an update on Live Well to the Wellbeing, Equalities, Communities, Culture and Engagement City Policy Committee in winter of 2023 to inform the potential rollout of a phased citywide approach." 
This is the history for the submission "Motion by Councillor Laura Doherty:- "Council notes the Live Well Community Referral Programme pilot which began in June 2022 and is designed to support people with a wide range of social, emotional, or practical needs to engage with Glasgow Life services; and is focused on improving their wellbeing and contributing to better health equity in the city. Council further notes Live Well links people either by health or community workers or through self-referral to activities in Calton, Bridgeton, Parkhead, Shettleston, Tollcross and nearby areas towards Springboig. Council believes those who could benefit most from Community Referral include people with low mood, anxiety and stress, people who are socially isolated and/or lonely and those with long-term conditions who frequently attend either primary or secondary health care. Council recognises the benefits for those taking part include: - Becoming more connected with their community - Meeting new friends - Improving their mental wellbeing - Increasing their physical activity levels - Learning new skills, volunteering or finding wellbeing information Council commends Live Well's creative approach to green social prescribing, which links them to nature-based interventions and activities, and concurs with the positive feedback from participants on the range of wellbeing activities provided by Glasgow Life and community organisations in the pilot area which include art and creative activities, social groups, museum activities, walking groups, exercise classes and sports, family activities, computer basics, learning and skills classes and volunteering. Council further recognises how shaping existing services to remove barriers can result in more take up among people who would not usually have participated, ultimately improving their physical and mental wellbeing. Council further commends Glasgow Life's co-production of tailored programmes - Singing for Fun, Healthy Body Healthy Mind and Coffee and Culture initiatives - created in response to a local need for more accessible sessions and participants ideas. Council believes community responses to local health and wellbeing issues are a vital way of addressing needs early on and minimising the need for more intensive statutory services further down the line. Council instructs the Chief Executive Department to work with colleagues in Glasgow Life and Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership to bring an update on Live Well to the Wellbeing, Equalities, Communities, Culture and Engagement City Policy Committee in winter of 2023 to inform the potential rollout of a phased citywide approach."".
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