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Adur & Worthing Communities Team

The Adur and Worthing Communities Team works with different communities in Adur and Worthing to tackle local community needs.  It does this by working in areas and with groups who need services most but may access them least.

The key functions of the team include:  Connecting Communities; Healthier Communities;  More Active Communities;  Encouraging the Voluntary and Community Sector

The team is also involved in a variety of other programmes and initiatives, including:

• Leading safeguarding work for children and young people and vulnerable adults
• Working with other council departments to help secure investment for park equipment to enable free use for young people and families
• Working on a smoke-free parks initiative with local schools
• Developing a garden sharing scheme, matching together those looking for space to garden and those who have space but can no longer maintain their gardens.

Connecting Communities

Managing the local strategic partnership to bring agencies together and develop shared priorities (the joint Sustainable Community Strategy: Waves ahead) based on community need.

For more information and for ways to get involved please contact:  Community.planning@adur-worthing.gov.uk   

Working locally in neighbourhoods with residents and partners to create networks to help join groups up around important issues (e.g. employment and skills, reducing isolation at grass roots level).

Working with communities to ensure local needs are identified and addressed through Neighbourhood Action plans.

For more information and for ways to get involved please contact: Mel.shaw@adur-worthing.gov.uk 

Helping and encouraging communities to get along better together by working with a range of different minority, marginalised and disadvantaged groups.

For more information and for ways to get involved please contact: John.Kelly@adur-worthing.gov.uk

More Active Communities

Providing opportunities for more physical activity by

• working with or setting up voluntary groups to run their own programmes,
• improving access to activities for vulnerable groups
• developing partnerships with schools to increase young people’s health and wellbeing
• preventing anti-social behaviour by engaging young people in positive activities and
• developing outdoor exercise and play to increase activity levels and promote wellbeing.

For more information and for ways to get involved please contact:   Julian.Stevens@adur-worthing.gov.uk

Healthier Communities

Adur and Worthing Wellbeing Hubs seek to improve health and wellbeing in communities.  They provide free friendly advice and support to residents to help them: get fitter, lose weight; eat well; stop smoking; drink sensibly; manage stress and get more active.  Programmes are being developed to address key issues: exercise schemes, activities for older people; health and wellbeing support for those out of work; early identification of cancer and workplace health. 

For more information, see Adur and Worthing Wellbeing Hubs visit www.adur-worthingwellbeing.org.uk or phone: 01903 221450

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