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@jitscotland www.jitscotland.org.uk
JIT is a strategic improvement partnership between the Scottish Government, NHSScotland, COSLA and the Third, Independent and Housing Sectors
Spreading Good PracticeMen’s Sheds
Myra Duncan
2JIT is a strategic improvement partnership between the Scottish Government, NHSScotland, COSLA and the Third, Independent and Housing Sectors
AboutAchieve the outcomes and targets agreed by the national partners:• Provide leadership in the
delivery of health and social care reform;
• Improve performance • Develop more integrated
approaches to health, housing and social care services;
• Embed preventative approaches;
• Adopt an assets-based approach such as co-production, and embed a personal outcomes approach.
3JIT is a strategic improvement partnership between the Scottish Government, NHSScotland, COSLA and the Third, Independent and Housing Sectors
Why co-production?
Integration of Adult
Health and Social Care
4JIT is a strategic improvement partnership between the Scottish Government, NHSScotland, COSLA and the Third, Independent and Housing Sectors
The link between co-production and community capacity building…
In order to co-produce outcomes,
people and communities need to have the capacity – the skills, confidence, support
and experience – to be able to contribute as equal participants…
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Community Capacity Building is…
“...enabling individuals, groups and communities to develop the confidence, understanding and skills required
to influence decision making and service delivery. This could include enabling communities to provide and
manage services to meet community needs.”
The Scottish Government’s definition of Community Capacity Building
6JIT is a strategic improvement partnership between the Scottish Government, NHSScotland, COSLA and the Third, Independent and Housing Sectors
What is a Men’s Shed?
“You make your own Shed,
it is not something you are given”
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Men’s Shed Research
• Why we did this research?
• What did we learn?
8JIT is a strategic improvement partnership between the Scottish Government, NHSScotland, COSLA and the Third, Independent and Housing Sectors
Research – what did we learn?• Rapid spread over past 2 years:
– 49 in existence or being developed (42 confirmed)– 2013, 6 Sheds in Scotland– 2014, 16 Sheds set up – 2015, 20 Sheds acquiring premises or being planned– 18 of 32 local authority areas
• Supported by 5 factors:– Information about Men’s Sheds was widely available – Knowledge of local community needs – The assets of the men in local communities – Capacity and skills within local statutory or third sector
organisations – The flexibility of the concept
9JIT is a strategic improvement partnership between the Scottish Government, NHSScotland, COSLA and the Third, Independent and Housing Sectors
10JIT is a strategic improvement partnership between the Scottish Government, NHSScotland, COSLA and the Third, Independent and Housing Sectors
What we learned…Idea – Heard about Men’s Sheds Is this something we can do here? There appears to be a need here.
Key supports – Community development worker resource with knowledge of the local
community Access to sources of information and knowledge networks
Key challenges – Different agendas of different agencies which might compromise potential
for action
Key learning – Knowledge of the local community, its needs and gaps in services matching
this with ideas of potential initiatives
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What we learned…
‘Build’ the Shed – Get users to shape the Shed development
Key supports – Local knowledge and networks of the Shedders Local media
Key challenges – Having a Shed to show potential users Keeping interest of men when premises are not available for them
to participate in activities
Key learning – Using the knowledge and networks of people involved in a
community initiative to promote it via word of mouth
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What we learned…
SustainabilityKey supports – Capacity and assets of the Shedders e.g. fundraising, decision-making Local sources of funding Enthusiasm for using the shed
Key challenges – Achieving low running costs The need to keep chasing funding Becoming self-sufficient in administering the Shed Attracting younger users The ‘normality’ of the Shed – disadvantage for finding funding
Key learning – Sustainability requires transferring knowledge from supporting organisations to the
community Supporting organisations need to look at their longer term role with community
initiatives Focus on evidence-based investment and application of improvement science may
not be compatible with community-led initiatives
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Learning about community capacity building
• ‘One size doesn’t fit all’ BUT… tailoring will work• Local level organisational support and capacity can
complement community assets – connect and facilitate• Communities must own and make decisions about their
initiatives – support needs to focus on knowledge transfer and self-sustainability
• Non-financial and financial support are equally important
• Community initiatives may not fit neatly into boxes – Organisations need to be flexible with criteria for assessing and metrics of success
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Final thoughts
• Co-produced public services require community capacity
• Developing community capacity is about building on the assets which already exist
• Nationwide programmes, projects or services should be adapted to meet local context
• Less about ‘top-down’ v. ‘bottom-up’… more about ‘How we meet in the middle’
“You make your own Shed, it is not something you are given”
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Thank you
‘Learning about community capacity building from the spread of Men’s Sheds in Scotland’
available at:
http://www.jitscotland.org.uk/resource/report-mens-sheds-scotland/
Mark McGeachie
National Lead – Co-production and Community Capacity Building
http://www.jitscotland.org.uk/
Myra Duncan
JIT Action Group
www.mdconsulting-org.co.uk