IMPACT REPORT 2016

VICKI BEERE CEOProject 6 has had a year of review and revitalisation during 2015-2016. We have spent time developing new strategic goals which will lead us over the next 10 years. We have refreshed our core purpose and started developing an incredibly exciting Social Enterprise. In addition to this we have identified significant changing needs of the people who live in our communities and are developing partnerships in order to address the challenges of complex needs, mental health and misuse of prescription medication.

First of all we want to say a huge thank you to all our staff, volunteers, trustees, peer mentors, service users and

partners who have contributed to making this year the success it has been. We have achieved better outcomes for the people who use our services than ever, despite the turmoil of the political and social environment we exist in. During this year we have won an award with Garfield Weston Pilot Light and gained significant funding from the Big Lottery in order to develop our Social Enterprise and sustainability.

This has been a year of increased financial austerity, reduced public spending alongside increased pressure on health, social care and VCS organisations. Leading to increased stress on vulnerable people who live

in the shadow of welfare cuts and foodbanks. Drug related deaths are increasing for the first time in years as a direct result of austerity, budget cutting and small local street drug agencies closing as they lose the battle in the scale of economies war. Life is getting harder and harder for the people who access our services. However by recognising the positive outcomes we have achieved and the incredible stories of recovery that lie behind these figures, we are galvanised to continue to fight to continue helping people help themselves.

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JAN MAYOR CHAIR OF TRUSTEESWhat makes me most proud to serve as Project 6’s chair are the Project 6 People. The austerity agenda has made our work so much harder. It is therefore even more impressive to notice just how cheerfully committed to making a difference our staff remain. It was the commitment of the staff that first drew Project 6 to my attention and I remain deeply impressed by them and proud of their work.

The board has been working closely with the senior leadership team to improve our governance of the organisation. It has given me a chance to really admire the great leadership Project 6 has. Vicki’s commitment and passion are key to the success of Project 6. She has also overseen the good management of our finances, despite the increased demand.

I must also pay credit to the rest of the Trustees – they have worked hard this year to develop our strategy and ensure robust governance.

This year I have had the opportunity to get to know more of our service users. I have heard so many stories of how Project 6 has helped them face the challenges in their lives. I am humbled by their courage in taking the journey to recovery.

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“ I am humbled by their courage in taking the journey to recovery. ”

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OUR VALUESOur Values are integral to every piece of work we undertake.

We instil hope and promote social justice

We trust each other and treat people equally

We believe in the ability of people to change and in our ability to make a difference, we do not give up

We fulfil our key aim to develop self-efficacy and build social capital

Consequently, ‘we help people to help themselves’

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COREPURPOSEThrough enabling self-belief and building inspirational social networks, we will support people to discover and achieve their personal goals and reduce harms caused by substance use and multiple, complex needs to individuals, families and communities.

To achieve this we deliver services in 4 key areas:

ONE Open Access and Community Services

TWO Structured Treatment and Family Services

THREE Alcohol Services

FOUR Recovery Services and Volunteering / Enterprise

Project 6 works to achieve its aims and core purpose through the delivery of an integrated treatment system for substance use across Keighley and surrounding areas. We believe the best entrance into treatment is a wide front door, with multiple entrance points in to a warm, friendly and non judgemental environment.

Our Harm Reduction service is delivered through the specialist Needle Exchange which works to reduce harm to individuals, families and the community through offering direct support to 522 injecting drug users with a returns rate of 108%. This reduces BBV transmission, promotes safer use and also

provides a key route in to Structured Treatment. We have also worked this year in various community settings across the south Asian and Central and Eastern European Communities to encourage equitable access in to treatment.

Structured Treatment Services are the cornerstone of our interventions, offering evidence based psychosocial interventions to 431 individuals in this period. The outcomes demonstrated below by these services are extremely impressive and compare favourably nationally. These services include our specialist stimulant service which offers specialist advice for stimulant and new and emerging substances, delivery of PSIs and Care co-ordination within a specialist prescribing service and a worker who works primarily with individuals from the south Asian community to encourage access in to treatment.

Family Services and interventions have strengthened during the course of the year under our restructure and for delivery and integration purposes are now managed by our Structured Treatment Manager who has adopted

an impressive 27 individuals f inding full-time employment

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OUR SERVICES

a whole family approach. These services are aimed at specifically reducing harm to families. The interventions provide direct benefit to families, young people and children, concerned others and grandparents/kin carers. Over this period we supported 108 parents , 208 young people, 42 Concerned others and 21 pregnant drug and alcohol users through our Maternity and Families work.

Our Alcohol Services are predominately based in primary, secondary care and the community. We work across the whole of AWC delivering a range of screening, advice and info sessions and Brief interventions to alcohol users. Last year we worked with 488 individuals to assist them to reduce their

alcohol consumption to safer levels or stop completely. In Secondary Care we continued to support some of the most chaotic and frequent attenders in the area to engage, then make and sustain positive changes to their lifestyles. Working with 156 individuals

to assist them to make these changes. In addition to this we screened 8640 individuals in secondary care, offered 1280 individuals brief advice, assessing 271 individuals in to structured treatment support and recovery.

Within our Progress Recovery centre our Structured Recovery Programmes (SRP) and Aftercare provision continue to develop exceptional outcomes to the individuals who engage with them. The programmes supported 229 individuals in both SRP and Aftercare: SRP is a 12 week programmes to consolidate their recovery goals and build social capital. 106 individuals engaged on our aftercare service, an impressive 27 of individuals finding full time employment. We have further consolidated

our pathways in to peer mentoring and volunteering creating a clear pathway through the service. The exciting development of our new social enterprise will strengthen these further in the coming years.

Our WaVE project continues to deliver excellent social value to the individuals involved, the organisation and the community. Volunteers are recruited, trained, inducted and supervised by a dedicated Volunteer Manager. 70 Volunteers undertook a number of key roles across the organisation including: Duty and Reception Cover, Buddying and Support, Group Support and delivery, activities support and delivery and other specialist roles within activities such as cook and eat and at our Allotment.

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Through enabling self-belief and assisting individuals to build inspirational networks we can support individuals to develop their social capital and sustain their recovery goals.

At Project 6 we give people the time, space, skills, support and toolkits to make and sustain positive behaviour change. We achieve this through believing in people’s ability to change and using evidence based psychosocial interventions to assist them. The journey down our street is based on building motivation and aspiration, installing hope and having expectations of recovery.

Our Open access services provide a vital wide front door, enabling access to individuals from across the whole of AWC. Our Needle Exchange referred 28% of the individuals accessing the service in to our Structured Treatment Service.

Our Structured Treatment, Family and Alcohol services worked with 431 individuals to encourage self-belief and make and sustain positive changes. 36% of those individuals moved on to access our Recovery Services.

Finally while accessing our Recovery Services and re-building social networks;

HELPING PEOPLE HELP THEMSELVES

In our annual service user survey the following outcomes were captured:

100% of individuals asked would recommend Project 6 to friends or family

89% said that they were developing tools and techniques that help them help themselves

63% were starting to develop social networks

87% of people would come back to Project 6 if they needed to

54% of individuals moved on to Aftercare. In addition to this 27 people found work and 66 moved on to Peer Mentoring and Volunteering.

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REDUCING THE HARM TO INDIVIDUALSThis is a fundamental aim of Project 6 which remains true to our Harm Reduction roots while fully embracing Recovery.

In this period we achieved the following exceptional outcomes:

In our annual service users survey 100% of individuals said that “since coming to Project 6 the harm caused to me by drugs or alcohol has reduced”

83% of Individuals leaving our Brief/Enhanced Brief Intervention Service leave drinking at controlled safer levels or abstinent

77% of individuals leaving our Structured Treatment Services leave in a planned manner, either using at controlled safer levels or abstinent

88% of those individuals leaving our Structured Recovery Programme also leave in a planned manner, either using at controlled safer levels or abstinent

In addition to this we have exceptionally low levels of people coming back in to service, as their recovery goals have been overwhelmingly sustainable. On average only 7% of individuals come back to our services within 6 months of being discharged.

REDUCING THE HARM TO COMMUNITIESProject 6 has been embedded in the community we serve for 27 years. Our aim is to meet the emerging and often complex needs of our diverse communities whilst challenging and reducing the stigma that people using substances often face. AWC has unique demographical and geographical challenges, we

In this period we have also:

Delivered over 12000 Interventions in the community

Delivered 3500 BIs across the whole of AWC

Delivered over 3,800 crisis and duty intervention to over 2,000 individuals

Worked in partnership across multiple communities; awareness raising and giving advice and info for Carers week, Self-Care week, Safeguarding week, Alcohol awareness week and specific Young Peoples CSE events

Trained 100 staff/professionals in various interventions substance use interventions

Our volunteers have committed approximately 5000 hours of volunteering within P6 and the community

have areas of high, multiple deprivation in Keighley, wealth in Ilkley and of rural isolation and poverty across Craven.

In addition to being based in all 17 primary care practices across the region we have developed a satellite service in Ilkley to meet the unmet needs of the community there.

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REDUCING THE HARM TO FAMILIES

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This year we have restructured our Family Services, integrating the team in to our wider Structured Treatment Team and incorporating our new post of a Young Peoples Resilience worker. This has resulting in a much more seamless service for individuals and their families and the ability to adopt a whole family approach. The whole organisation has become much more family focused as a result from our specialist NEX to our Aftercare service.

In this period we achieved the following outcomes:

71% of people asked in our annual survey reported that since coming to Project 6 things had improved for their family

100% of the families we supported directly reported being happier/able to cope

83% of Concerned Others supported reported an improvement in their wellbeing

72% of Concerned Others supported reported an improvement in family relationships

100% of young people supported reported increased self- confidence, self esteem and resilience

70% of young people supported felt more able to identify risks and

60% of young people supported reported reduced substance use

The whole organisation has become much more family focused

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Jane initially self referred to Project 6 for support with her alcohol use. At the time of referral she was drinking daily, had lost her job and driving licence and was self-harming.

The Family Worker conducted a family assessment and quickly ascertained that the Janes family were also experiencing difficulties due to her alcohol use. She was referred in to the Family Service and was offered support for her husband through the Concerned Other Worker and for their child through the Family Worker.

All three family members were able to be supported with a holistic, integrated approach. Through this

approach we were able to see the whole picture.

Dad, who worked full-time, was struggling to manage the situation, was unclear how to support Jane and ensure that their daughter was kept both emotionally and physically safe. The fact that all the family were attending appointments at the same time also meant that the parents were immediately available to discuss any concerns about the daughter that had arisen during the session with the Family Worker. Working with the whole family also offers an assurance to the child that they are valued and included. Difficult situations in the home or with the parent can be

JANES STORY

mental and physical health and her familial relationships.

Dad engaged well during his Concerned Other sessions and therapeutic interventions follow the evidence based PACT programme.

The child engaged in regular therapeutic interventions with the family support worker whereby the therapeutic tool called ‘My Web’ formed the direction of the sessions.

This approach has proved very successful in working with this family and a number of positive outcomes have been achieved across the family unit.

discussed in a safe, supportive environment. The daughters feelings were recognised information given in an age appropriate way to help the daughter manage and cope with the situation.

In order to have an inclusive package of care for the child a CAF (Common Assessment Framework) was instigated and a Family Action Plan created.

Working with the Cycle of Change the Structured Treatment Worker ascertained that Jane was initially ambivalent about her alcohol use. Through the use of Motivational Interviewing and the associated tools such as decisional balance activities Jane was able to consider for herself the negative impact of her alcohol use on her

positive outcomes have been achieved across the family unit

Jane’s alcohol use decreased therefore reducing physical harm to her

Jane’s mental health improved and there have been no instances of self harm and subsequent hospital admissions

Jane engaged with bereavement counselling on site which reduced her depression and anxiety

Daughter reported 20/20 improvements in physical health, wellbeing, happiness and ability to deal with problems

Furthermore, the family relationship had also significantly improved

Since the Dads initial engagement he measures a high ‘personal welfare’ score, overall, a good sense of ‘general well being’ and importantly a significant increase with his ‘family and close relationships’

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OUR PEOPLEOur TrusteesJan Mayor ChairJenni Farrow TreasurerDawn Townend Secretary and Safeguarding LeadEnid FeatherMilton PearsonPam Essler

Senior and Operational ManagersVicki Beere CEOLynn Lawson Director of Development and CommunicationsCorinne Yeadon Structured Treatment and Families Service ManagerDebra Chalmers Volunteer and Enterprise ManagerJack Spalding Harm Reduction Co-ordinatorPhil Taylor Alcohol Services ManagerPhil Woodward Recovery Services ManagerChristine Steel Finance Officer

PARTNERSHIPS Project 6 recognises that the people who come through our door often have multiple and complex needs. We would like to say thanks to our partners who we have worked with this year to help us provide the time, space, support and skills for the people we work with to make and sustain positive changes. Many of these organisations work with us on site to provide a one stop shop service therefore reducing gaps between services and maximising opportunities for recovery.

AddactionAiredale NHSFTBangladeshi WelfareBradford Community Environment ProjectBradford District Care Foundation TrustCellar TrustCruseFreedom CounsellingKeighley DVSLifeline BradfordSalvation ArmyGP SurgeriesWest Yorkshire Probation ServicesYorkshire Ambulance Service

PEOPLE AND PARTNERSHIPS

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PEOPLE AND THE FUTUREThe austerity agenda which has impacted on local authorities in particular and the increasing financial gap facing the NHS are impacting on the VCS in an unprecedented manner. We can expect this situation to worsen over the next few years. Achieving sustainability is our key challenge for this coming year. Measuring our outcomes, impact and sustainability are a key focus for the organisation.

Over the next 12 months Project 6 faces the critical challenge of a re tender situation for our Core Services. In order to meet this

delighted to announce that we will be launching our Social Enterprise; Training@p6.

challenge we have formed the Ignite Partnership with our local partners Bridge Project and Addaction. We are working together to develop a recovery focused community model for all substance users across Bradford and AWC.

In addition to this we will use the next year to broaden our strategic objectives and develop our highly successful model in to the fields of complex needs and wellbeing/ mental health. Our therapeutic interventions belief that recovery is achievable and sustainable in Keighley will provide much needed support to those whose needs are so complex it prevents them engaging effectively in substance use services.

As the final piece of the jigsaw in our recovery journey we are

We have been supported in developing these innovations by a number of sources. We were delighted to win a Garfield Weston Pilotlight award this year and have started the process of strategic analysis and business planning with our business mentors this summer. We also received a grant from the Big Lottery Sustainability Fund which will be invaluable in developing the initiatives above and ensuring the success of Project 6 for many years to come.

This enterprise will initially provide training and volunteer opportunities for individuals completing their treatment with Project 6 and allow them to develop skills in:

Marketing

Business

administration

Financial

management and budgeting

Research and

development

Training planning

and delivery

Evaluation

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HOW CAN YOU GET IN TOUCH?By telephoning us on 01535 610180

By emailing us at reception@project6.org.uk

By coming into the project reception at 11-19 Temple Street

Visiting the harm reduction service at6 Temple Street. Tel: 01535 610480

Project 6 provides a duty service, between 1-5 Monday – Friday so that you can call at these times and a worker will see you or if you prefer you can make an appointment.

We are open Monday 10am-5pm Tuesday 10am-6pm Wednesday 1pm-8pm Thursday 10am-5pm Friday 10am-5pm

Needle Exchange Saturday 12pm-3pm

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