Building Sustainable Communities

Fanning Community Sparks into Flames!

November 27, 2013

Vernon, BC Cadet Camp

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Inaugural Forum May 8th in Osoyoos

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Inter-sectoral conversations

Community Sparks• One contact per community arising from

the OS forum - 8 communities• ‘Fanned’ through meetings, phone calls

and information – time consuming because cultivating relationships is critical to success!

• First meeting was with Coalition leadership

• Healthy Community Scan as proposed as a successful engagement tool – strengths base

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First steps

• $1500 micro grants to complete the scan

• Recruited an IH employee for each group

• Monthly calls with IH Healthy Community Local Liaisons (HCLLs)

• Monthly calls with Community Leads

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OK Falls first meeting

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IH Healthy Community Local LiaisonHCLLs represent IH interests and provide practical support - through participation along with other community members - to begin work to create a healthy community action plan. Groups will be comprised of local government and community stakeholders.

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Group capacity will be built• Coalition will host capacity building

workshops

• HCLLs and Leaders provided with Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) Community Capacity Building Tool to monitor progress

• On-going process

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Inter-sectoral conversations

Assessing scan results for capacity

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Academic support for the work

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The sparks are now embers• 8 groups 6 active• In process of completing the scans, and

analysing the findings• Leaders meeting at UBCO in January• Winter OSHLC Forum will transfer

knowledge on research and best practice • $ , capacity building, evaluation support • New action teams (constellations)

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Oliver action ideas• Outdoor exercise/fitness• Incentives to increase physical activity• Healthy built increasing transportation

options• Increasing access to affordable choices • Healthy Eating affordable choices• Neighbourhood Garden Program

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Dr. Andrew Larder, IH Senior Medical Health Officer

“A healthy community is a sustainable community.

In the short term a healthy community makes the healthy choice the easy choice for individuals;

…..in the long term it works to improve the broad determinants of health for the entire population.”

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Thank you!

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Betty BrownCommunity Health

FacilitatorPromotion & PreventionCommunity Integrated

Health ServicesInterior Health

(250) 718-4190betty.brown@interiorhealth.ca