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MWIA report summaries THE IMPACT OF ‘GROW YOUR OWN FOR THE OVER 50s’ FUNDED BY TARGET:WELLBEING ON MENTAL WELL-BEING Mental Well-being Impact Assessment (MWIA): Report Summary Helen West & Louise Holmes July 2009 Introduction A Mental Well-being Impact Assessment was carried out to look at the effect that the ‘Grow your Own for the over 50s’ project could have on mental well-being. ‘Grow Your Own’ is an allotment project for the over fifties, growing organic produce and promoting healthy eating, physical activity, and ‘green’ lifestyles. The project is delivered by Come Alive at 55 and Rotters Community Composting, and funded by a Big Lottery ‘Target:Wellbeing’ grant. Mental Well-being Impact Assessment is a process that looks at the potential positive and negative effects of a project on mental well-being. It is used to develop evidence-based recommendations to increase the benefits for those who are involved in the project, and explore ways of measuring these effects. This MWIA was commissioned by Liverpool PCT. Aims To identify how ‘Grow Your Own’ may affect the mental well-being of those involved. To identify ways to maximise the positive effects and minimise negative effects. To develop measures of mental well-being to see how ‘Grow Your Own’ affects people. Mental Well-being Impact Assessment (MWIA) “Well-being is about being emotionally healthy, feeling able to cope with normal stresses, and living a fulfilled life. It can be affected by things like worries about money, work, your home, the people around you and the environment you live in. Your well-being is also affected by whether or not you feel in control of your life, feeling involved with people and communities, and feelings of anxiety and isolation.” (Coggins & Cooke, 2004). The Mental Well-being Impact Assessment toolkit (Coggins et al., 2007) helps to identify how the project has an impact on mental well-being by affecting people’s feelings of control, resilience, participation and inclusion. This is done by holding workshops for the people involved in the project, looking at the populations affected by it, and reviewing the research evidence. A workshop was held for ‘Grow Your Own’ on 15 th October 2008. 12 project participants, 3 course tutors, and 2 Directors of Come Alive at 55 attended the workshop. 2 facilitators guided them through the process. People affected by Grow Your Own The researcher compiled a ‘community profile’, looking at the type of people in Speke and Garston. This focused particularly upon deprivation, older adults and physical health problems. The people taking part in the workshop identified that the people who would be affected by the project are: 8
MWIA report summaries People already taking part in the project - over 55 years old and the majority of whom are women. New people who may join The local community Other projects who may follow the example set by this group The staff at the Centre Other courses in the Centre Family of the participants of the project The project targets older adults, a population group who would experience particular benefit from participating. MWIA workshops The MWIA toolkit presents evidence of how Control, Resilience and Community Assets, Participation, and Social Inclusion affect mental well-being. Participants at the workshop were asked whether ‘Grow Your Own’ had a positive or negative impact on aspects of these, and the importance of that impact. They were then asked to look at their top priorities in more detail, and suggest ways to improve them. The protective factors that the groups decided were of high importance and had a high impact are shown below. MWIA Area Increasing Control Resilience Participation Inclusion Sense of control Problem solving Enough money to Not completed Key over work live on due to time Determinants Sense of control Spirituality Activities that over finances bring people together Knowledge and Emotional Opportunities for ability to make healthy choices well- being social contact Having your say/Being heard Feeling involved A focus on these protective factors by ‘Grow Your Own’ will help to promote the mental well-being of the participants of the scheme. Appraising the evidence The researcher reviewed the published literature about gardening, physical activity, diet and greenspace. She assessed whether the evidence was consistent with the workshop discussions, and concluded that the literature review confirmed the findings from the workshop. The review showed evidence that physical activity, a healthy diet, social contact, and spending time in a natural environment are good for mental well-being. It highlighted the need for projects to address the poor health of the population of Garston and Speke, and confirmed that the approach taken by ‘Grow Your Own’ has the potential to do this. 9
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REFERENCES Alcohol Concern (2002).
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