Live Well Wakefield

Nova works collaboratively with SWYPFT to deliver the social wellbeing service, Live Well Wakefield.

Nova Wakefield District and South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust (SWYPFT) deliver Live Well Wakefield, which is commissioned by Wakefield Council and Wakefield’s seven Primary Care Networks. The service specialises in holistic, personalised care approaches for Wakefield’s adult residents, delivered through social prescribing and supported self-management projects and interventions.

What is social prescribing?

Social prescribing recognises that our health and wellbeing is impacted by a range of factors (such as housing, finances, and social isolation) and involves working with individuals to identify their non-clinical needs, creating personalised care action plans, and making connections to local support to help people to address their needs in order to live healthier and happier lives.

What is supported self-management?

Supported self-management provides an opportunity for individuals living with a long-term physical or mental health conditions to develop tools, and techniques to improve self-management of their own conditions, leading to improved overall wellbeing.

Live Well Wakefield provides a range of peer led, face to face and online programmes and workshops, with sessions focusing on topics such as managing symptoms, setting realistic goals, problem solving, decision making, distraction techniques, and dealing with difficult emotions.

How does this link to the VCSE sector?

The service is keen to work in partnership with local VCSE organisations to bring sustainable personalised care options to local residents, such as the Core20PLUS5 funded project led by Live Well Wakefield and delivered in partnership with two local Community Anchors. The project utilised the lived experience of Community Anchor volunteers to support residents impacted by health inequalities to overcome any barriers to accessing healthcare, in order to facilitate attendance at their appointments. This support led to improved health outcomes, confidence, and development of independent life skills. Community Anchors provided support to individuals within the project to engage in activities to create greater connections, and support networks within their local community, whilst Live Well Wakefield supported the individuals to address their wider non-clinical needs via social prescribing.

As part of the Live Well Wakefield service, Nova administers the Live Well Small Grants, a funding stream designed to ensure VSCE organisations have the resources they need to continue to offer important services, and to adapt to the needs of their communities.

How can you connect with Live Well Wakefield?

Live Well Wakefield regularly invites VCSE organisations to speak at their team meetings to help keep the team up to date with local VCSE support available to individuals accessing the service.

If your organisation would like to speak at a Live Well Wakefield team meeting, or if you have any promotional material that can be shared with local adult residents, please get in touch with the team directly at livewellwakefield@swyt.nhs.uk

To find out more about the service go to the Live Well Wakefield website.