Thanks to all those who attended today, another great turn out.
Our guest speakers this month were Chirag (Public Health) and Jo (ICB) who talked to us about dentistry, the barriers in accessing services for our services users and some fact and figures around the poor dental health Leicester has as a city. There is currently a pilot scheme to get those who have challenges access a dentist and Jo encourages services to speak to their services users about this. If you do wish to have more detailed information, please reach out jo.grizzell@nhs.net
Chirag advised him and the team are there to support around education and training and are happy to come along to services to speak to the teams.
The Bridge let is know that they are revamping their bathrooms, so showers will be out of use from Monday 9th November for 3 weeks. They will have some pre-bookable slots at beginning and end of the day for the guests to access the disabled shower but the service will be considerably reduced.
Eilidh (Action Homeless) updated us on the Women’s census that took place in Sept, over the space of a week over 100 questionnaires were filled in, the results should be out in Jan and Eilidh will be updating then on the findings
One Roof Leicester has welcomed some new staff who joined us for the first time. The night shelter is up and running with 24 bed spaces available (these are referred via outreach in city/county, not on presentation at the shelter)
Saffires attended for the first time, so great to have them around the table, please take some time to read out their services on the Service Directory.
The PSPO team are growing, as is the area they cover, more information to come on that.
The One Hub, on Andover Street next to the Dawn Centre is scheduled to open before Christmas. This will provide a collaborative working space for healthcare, housing and practical help to those experiencing homelessness.
Jill from TREC told us about the women’s health and wellbeing group running on Tuesdays for newly arrived refugees and asylum seekers, if you want some more details, please contact abida.hussain@theraceequalitycentre.org.uk
Beth from Open Hands lets us know about a new pilot scheme looking to support carers of individuals accessing services across our sector, particularly those caring for people experiencing severe mental ill health, addiction or other complex circumstances, the details are available in the ‘supporting documents’ Also an update on the plans for the new Compassion Centre, again, please see sidebar for details.
NHS have updated the dates and locations of the roving health unit, offering Flu and Covid vaccinations, please refer to the ‘supporting documents’
With Christmas fast approaching, the Charter will once again provide information and service opening times and meal provision over the festive period.
Services in attendance:
NHS Action Homeless Open Hands
Hits Homes Trust Wesley Hall Leicester City Council
Soundcafe Leicestershire Police PSPO Team
Saffires YMCA Changing Futures TREC
Lloyds Bank Foundation
See you in December
