| Interventions/Initiatives | Progress Update |
9.1 Establishing a leadership hub for the Vulnerable Families action area
Strengthening Families Steering Group (SF) has agreed to be the leadership hub for the Vulnerable Families action area to lead and drive the work programme. | Supporting activity:
MCC - MCC Child Advocacy Group maintains child poverty focus in strategic planning.
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9.2 Improving referral pathways
Note: The new Family Start service offers great opportunity for improved services targeting young families. Identification and referral criteria will need to reflect nutrition/activity issues for families.
Developmental area/outputs reliant on how Family Start develops. | Work in Progress. |
9.3 Enhancing SF by including diabetes risk factors and complications into their review processes, with defined linkages and referrals to the health sector
Improving awareness and knowledge about the risks vulnerable low income families have in relation to obesity and diabetes, so SF is able to build it into their existing case management programme.
Supporting improved risk identification and referral pathways for appropriate support. | Work in Progress. |
9.4 Improving ‘in home’ nutrition and health service access by providing training for agencies that access at-risk families. Improving health triage for families presenting with multiple problems
The Salvation Army’s existing parenting and mentoring programmes will be enhanced to include
include nutrition, obesity and diabetes prevention aspects; and its staff and volunteer workers will be upskilled to be able to provide nutrition, obesity and diabetes prevention aspects. | Work in Progress. |
9.5 Ensuring food parcels are healthy, well-balanced and nutritious
LBD will work with food parcel providers and the Food Industry to improve quality of food parcels. Healthy and appropriate recipes will be included in the parcels to inform/assist recipients. | Work in Progress. |
