South Tandridge Health and Wellbeing Network

Our network

Over the past year, our network has worked to identify and collectively action many areas to improve health and wellbeing in the local area.

Bringing together local residents and community partners who collectively wish to improve the health and wellbeing of local people, and the delivery of local NHS services.

Our aim is to:

• Meet with other local people and organisations who are creating health in their area
• Celebrate all that is going on within the local community
• Take stock of how relationships between local people, local organisations and the NHS are changing and developing
• Reflect on local experience of NHS services
• Shape a collective vision to build upon

Neighbourhood development in the South Tandridge Neighbourhood Health and Wellbeing Network.

Over the past year, our network has worked to identify and collectively action many areas to improve health and wellbeing in the local area.

East Surrey Health and Wellbeing Network Feedback South Tandridge 2024 plain text [docx] 234KB

Below is a selection of the South Tandridge Neighbourhood highlights.

1. Community feedback: Lack of support for parents with SEN children.
   Latest update: The neighbourhood network has facilitated information sharing around the need for peer support groups for parents, and connections between professionals. There are now 2 peer support groups set up: one by the Local Area Coordinator for Hurst Green and by the Vicar from Lingfield and Dormansland Church.
2. Community feedback: Community Spaces - Hurst Green Courtyard.
   Latest update: 2-year collaborative project based on the requests of residents to have visually pleasing place to sit and chat outside the shops. Growing Health Together, Surrey County Council, Oxted Parish Council, Aggies Hall, and Creative Community have worked this project to produce the garden planters with integral benches. The first phase has already received positive feedback with residents using the space daily. 
3. Community feedback: Lack of support for LGBTQIA+ locally, previous groups stopped in COVID and never restarted.
   Latest update: Founder of Accessify and the Vicar from Lingfield and Dormansland Church have started a peer support group for LGBTQIA+.
4. Community feedback: Young people’s mental health.
   Latest update: Counselling for young girls at Oxted school delivered by a Wellbeing Coach with excellent outcomes for the girls that attended the course including significant improvement in their perception of themselves.
5. Community feedback: Park Play in Hurst Green.
   Latest update: Connections in South Tandridge network have facilitated the connection of Active Surrey, Surrey County Council, the Community Link Officer, and local schools to enable the funding of ParkPlay outside activities in Hurst Green.
6. Community feedback: Memory Café at Head2Head.
   Latest update: Connection between Dementia advisor and Head2Head CEO at the network meeting has led to the establishment of a Memory Café that is open to people with dementia and their carers.
7. Community feedback: Lack of local support for the unemployed.
   Latest update: Community Link Officer has liaised with the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), citizens advice and St John’s Church to start a local one-stop shop. Plans to expand this and include breakfast offering.

Illustration below shows how the members of the Health and Wellbeing network are working together to improve their local area.

Thank you to local illustrator and live scriber Annalees for joining our recent sessions and helping to bring our progress to life.

View and download all scribes on the Growing Health Together webpage