As this will be our last North East Place and Wellbeing Network for the year, why not set your teams background to a winter festive nature-based theme for the meeting next Tuesday. With the wintery weather this week, there are bound to be some snowy local pictures to share!

Our next North East Place and Wellbeing Network is Tuesday 26th November via MS Teams. Please add this to your own calendar and take a note of the teams link to access the meeting from below:

NE Place & Wellbeing Network 26 November 24 (10-11am)

Proposed Agenda –

1. A ‘Sense of Place’ - We will be introducing Sarah Eggleton, Community Engagement Officer, for The National Trust for Scotland.

Sarah has been in post since January, based at Fyvie Castle, working on a project called ‘Engaging Communities’.

This project aims to tap into the unique ‘sense of place’ that our NTS properties hold, connecting people and heritage, removing barriers to access, and delivering projects that produce significant benefits for people and communities.

Three prominent strands for future community engagement activity have emerged at Fyvie:

Access & Inclusion
Skills Development
Wellbeing

Focusing on Wellbeing, Sarah will be talking about her findings from community consultation, the activities piloted through the project so far, and the work NTS intend to continue in this area.

2. Social Prescribing Update – Alison Hannan will be able to provide an update on progress around Social Prescribing to include work as part of the Aberdeen City LOIP Nature-based Social Prescribing as well as work Alison is involved with in developing a toolkit for future social prescribing projects e.g. information governance, project management guidance and templates.

3. North East Place and Wellbeing Network Future - Communications – Development on the NHS Grampian ‘Plan for the Future’ Webpage has a dedicated page focusing on ‘Places’. The North East Place and Wellbeing Network has been provided with a page to promote the work of the network.

Noticeboard of other Activities to be shared with the North East Place & Wellbeing Network:

Upcoming Events – If you have any up-coming events and would like to put out across the North East Place and Wellbeing Network, please contact alison.hannan2@nhs.scot and we can add to the Noticeboard on the NHS Grampian Plan for the Future webpage, as well as posting out to the network members. 

28th November (9.30-3pm) PHS and transport partners are hosting an on-line conference -  'Collaborating Towards a Health, Equitable and Sustainable Future in Transport’ – To register follow link to Eventbrite here.

Published Articles or Websites of Interest –

• A private Occupational Health company published an article recently regarding social prescribing: Does social prescribing boost employee wellbeing?

•  Link to NHS Grampian Director of Public Health Annual Report can be found here. This year the report reflects on the collective work done together with partners across the North East to reduce the inequalities that determine poor health.

•  Mental Health Foundation Article on Connecting with Nature benefits Our Mental Health can be found here.

•  PHS has published an Interim Assessment of NHS Scotland Greenspace. The report can be found here.

• An article published in England (post pandemic) on place can be found here.