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Enhancing Community Inclusion Through Bridge Building Initiatives

The Community Bridge Building service aims to foster inclusion by enabling individuals who are excluded from mainstream community networks. It promotes discovery and interaction with local facilities and organizations, focusing on listening to individual needs and collaborating for solutions. The initiative emphasizes personalized support, mapping resources, and fostering community capacity. Outcomes include reduced reliance on institutional provisions, increased social inclusion, greater personal choice, and improved independence. The model involves training, support for accessing services, and has shown positive results in employment and community engagement.

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Enhancing Community Inclusion Through Bridge Building Initiatives

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  1. Community Bridge Building Appendix 1 Lynn Wightman & Peter Smith

  2. Community Bridge Building The aim of a bridge building service is to promote inclusion by assisting and enabling individuals excluded from mainstream community networks to discover, explore and interact with facilities and organisations in their own neighbourhood.

  3. Supplementary Domains Domains Family and Community Services Health & Well Being Education/Training Volunteering Employment Arts & Culture Sports & Leisure Faith

  4. Community Bridge Building Listens to the person who tells them what they want Does not guess what people want Works with people and not doing things for them Explores ways at overcoming issues or concerns Maps area Supports for a time limited agreed period Agrees action plans that are not set in stone Connects with the community Builds Community Capacity

  5. Outcomes Lower numbers in building based provisions Greater person centred choice Increased Social inclusion Increase in personal budgets More localised provision Greater independence Independent travel

  6. Making Community Bridge Building Work Extended hours of support A domain approach to assessment An overall picture of what people want Colleagues and champions Mapped and visited venues Understanding hosts policies and procedures Allies in the host organisations Training to host agencies Support for individuals to access host agencies

  7. Bridge Building Pilot • The STEPs pilot scheme • Findings A Stepping Stone Approach to Employment

  8. Anna Identified: Objective 1 (Training and Development) Objective 2 (Employment) Objective 3 (Travel) A Stepping Stone Approach to Employment

  9. Anna Next Steps A Stepping Stone Approach to Employment

  10. ADAM Identified: Objective 1 (Family & Neighbourhood) Objective 2 (Volunteering) Objective 3 (Employment) A Stepping Stone Approach to Employment

  11. Adam Next STEPs A Stepping Stone Approach to Employment

  12. What would happen without intervention? Increased traditional day care Continued rise in social care budget Transport costs Declining Health Excluded from everyday life Social isolation Lack of economic inclusion Increased support for Carers A Stepping Stone Approach to Employment

  13. STEPs Supported Employment Service A Stepping Stone Approach to Employment

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