Slough LINk Reports
This page provides links to key reports produced or contributed to by the Slough LINk.
Click on the title of the report to access the document.
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FURTHER INFORMATION
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Frisky Over 50?
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May 2012 |
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As part of the Community Chest 2012, Thames Valley Positive Support report on the sexual health of over 50's in Slough
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Protected Meal Time Audit
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Dec 2011 |
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Slough LINk have conducted ward visits over a number of months in order to evaluate protected meal times and patient nutrition. The report contains findings, recommendations for improvement and other patient feedback around general care issues.
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Personal Budget Survey
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Nov 2011 |
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Slough LINk have conducted a survey for recipients of Personal Care Budgets in Slough, following the a similar survey conducted in 2010. This year's survey asked more questions and received far more responses. The findings have provided some areas for the council to consider. More work will be conducted in 2012 to imporve the support for those receiving Personal Budgets as a result of this report |
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Means of Development and Survival "Childcare Needs and Family Wellbeing"
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Mar 2011 |
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As part of the 2011 Community Chest Fund, Means of Development and Survival carriend out some research around the needs of parents visiting the Job Centre. The aim of the report was to explore what job seekers with children believed to be the impact of unemployment on health and well-being. |
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Berkshire Women's Aid 2011 Health Attitudes Survey
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Mar 2011 |
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As part of the Community Chest Fund residents that lived in a local refuge were involved in some reserch that offers insight into the relationship between the victims of domestic abuse and the health support they have accessed, if any. It also provides us with a greater understanding of victims’ experiences when taking children to medical services.
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Alzheimers Cafe Consultation Report
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Feb 2011 |
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As part of the Community Chest, Slough Alzheimer's undertook some research to establish the need for a Dementia Café in Slough. A questionnaire was devised and sent to 450 addresses. |
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Slough LINk Personal Budget Survey
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Feb 2011 |
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The Slough Link, over the summer of 2010, have received a number of comments and queries about self directed support in Slough. In order to try and understand the impact that personal budgets were having the LINk conducted a personal budget survey on services users undertaking the pilot scheme in Slough. The survey was designed to gauge what changes or influences personal budgets had on service user’s lives, choices and the care they received. |
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Youth LINk Survey and Focus Group
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Jan 2011 |
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The Youth LINk is an attempt to engage specifically with a section of society that does not usually participate in traditional forms of communication on health, well-being and social issues affecting their lives. This project meant the LINk could focus purely on the younger population of Slough, increase our knowledge of issues affecting young people and potentially increase our younger membership. |
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Working Well
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Sept 2010 |
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The Slough LINk have been supporting Slough Business and Community Partnership (SBCP), along with other partners, to undertake an initiative in Slough to promote health and well-being at work. Workplace well-being is especially important in a town that is home to Europe's largest trading estate, housing 400 companies that employ 17,000 people. As well as this Slough has a thriving commercial and retail hub outside its trading estate.
Since 2004 SBCP has worked with the Centre for Workforce Development at Thames Valley University on a number of occasions to raise the issues of work-based health with its members, with varying degrees of success.
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| Slough LINk Annual Report 2009/10 |
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June 2010 |
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Slough LINk annual report from April 2009 - March 2010 |
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Age Friendly Slough
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Dec 2009 |
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The aim of this project was to find out how "age friendly" Slough is when it comes to transport, public spaces and access. |