Tip Sheet: Themes to Consider
This sheet offers a range of themes that community planning groups may want to consider as a template when putting together their community plan:
Health and well being
- Access to medical services, doctors, dentists, nurses, opticians, mental health care, foot and hand care
- Projects and ideas which will help people improve their own health and well being
- Project and ideas to help older/disabled people to stay at home longer and to live independent lives
- Support for family life—counselling, sure-start, advice
- Access for the disabled
- First Aid in the Community
Children and young people
- Helping children and young people make a positive contribution to their community. Support for pre-schools, play schools, nurseries and schools
Communities that are safe and feel safe
- Ideas to find solutions to local crime, vandalism, anti-social behaviour and safety problems
- Road safety - safe routes to school
- Support for victims of crime
- Initiatives with the police
- Ideas to reduce crime, e.g. neighbourhood watch, farm watch, good neighbour schemes
- Integration of new residents, welcome packs, work with temporary residents
- Projects involving minority groups, e.g. travellers and migrant workers
- Ideas to keep young people off the streets