July 2002- Progress Report 1
Summary
General Administration
Profiling Black and Minority Ethnic Groups in Cardiff
Equity: Assessing mental health and social care
needs
Empowerment, promotion & outreach
Effectiveness: Establishing Monitoring frameworks
Efficiency:Documenting & disseminating project
activities
Action Points
Summary
The month of July
was spent consulting with members of the steering group, developing
the administrative infrastructure, and branding as well as raising the
profile of the project. I also spent time developing the project plan
and identifying modules or areas of activity (each of which has been
identified in this report by an asterisk*).
General
Administration
- The creation
of a contacts database ( 150+ entries including AWETU contacts, the
project's contacts, GPs and centres in the three areas; key local
organisations; Health groups, authorities and councils)
- Agenda and minutes
of steering group meeting held 6 July 2002 sent to SG members, advisers
and Pro. Sashidharan
- Letters of introduction
sent to Steering Group Members,
Partners & Advisory Members, Funders and Assembly Members
*Profiling
Black and Minority Ethnic Groups in Cardiff
The need to promote
the health need of Black and Minority Ethnic people in Cardiff lies
at the heart of this project and gathering, collating, and documenting
information about the groups we target is fundamental to the success
of this project and a core area of activity.
Meetings held in
July 2002
- Owen Jenkins
and Sion Ward - Cardiff Research Centre (Cardiff Council Department
responsible for collection, analysis and interpretation of statistical
data, including the census, as well as related research and forecasting)
- Akli Ahmed -
Expert on Somali community (researcher for the 'Barefoot' Health Workers
Project
- Steve Kaireh
- The Buzz Café (Information centre in Grangetown)
- Pat Gregory
- Alan Herbert
*Equity:
Assessing mental health and social care needs
One of the key aims
in this module during this first phase of the project (June - October
2002) is to profile existing mental health and social care services.
In July I met with people engaged in mental health and social care provision
to (1) introduce the project ; (2) learn about the key areas of responsibility
; and (3) tease out what they consider to be important issues in the
two areas of provision.
Social Care, Health
& Mental Health
1. Tony Hendrickson - Black Voluntary Sector Network
2. Tim Bennett - Community Mental Health Team (sg)
3. Bronwen Bermingham - Manager - 'Barefoot' Health Workers Project
(sg)
4. Neeta Baicher - Neville Street Project
5. Martyn Jenkins - Cardiff Community Health Council
6. Akli Ahmed - Researcher for the Somali community - 'Barefoot' Health
Workers Project
7. Judy Noble - Family and Community Care (postponed to September)
Organisations visited
in July 2002:
- Black Voluntary
Sector Network
- Neville Street
Project (previously the Multicultural Resource Centre)
Organisations contacted
for visits in August 2002
- Somali Advice
Centre
- Minority Ethnic
Women's Network (MEWN Cymru)
*Empowerment, promotion & outreach
- Began to organise
event for Black History Month (more information will be given at team
meeting 6 August 2002)
- Established a
listserv: the aim of the listserv will be to disseminate information
and provide an electronic framework for a flow of information from
other projects related to our work. The p name of the listserv (following
jiscmail conventions: BME-WALES-HEALTH - SOCIAL CARE. Established
29 July, there are now 22 members!
- Met with staff
of non-statutory organisations to introduce the project and find ways
to create a meaningful exchange of information. These organisations
provide an important access points to residents and are of great potential
re. promoting mental health and social care as related to the aims
of the project (as well as generally); hosting focus groups to gauge
perceptions of illness, usefulness of existing services and issues
in need of attention.
*Effectiveness:
Establishing Monitoring frameworks
- Began work on
a literature review of established monitoring frameworks related to
specific areas: mental health provision; 'race' and ethnicity; culturally
sensitive and anti-racist practices.
*Efficiency:Documenting
& disseminating project activities
- Completed webpages
application form
- Started work
on webpages & homepage
- RSB gave
short introduction to the project to AWEMA Health committee
- RSB gabe short
introduction to the project to AWETU management committee
Action
Points
Meetings requested
in August 2002
1. Jenny McBride
- Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Whitchurch Hospital
2. Multicultural Health Resource and Information Centre
3. Abdikarim Abdi Adan - Somali Advice Centre
Meetings requested
in September 2002
1. David Williams
- Mental Health Support Officer (Cardiff & Vale NHS Trust)
2. Martin Ford - Senior Nurse Manager (Community Mental Health, Gabalfa
Clinic)
3. Margaret Wiltshire - Principal Social Services Officer - Pendine
Centre
4. Steve Maddern - Community Mental Health Nurse (Links Community Mental
Health Team)
Web design:
- Signatures from
team,from Norman Wholley and then from Head of School. The form will
then be submitted for approval;
- Secure web software;
- Investigate cost
of securing help with the initial design of website.
Dr. Roiyah Saltus
- Blackwood
Tuesday, 03 September 2002
Back to Progress Reports
|
