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This report sets out the Council’s intended health and wellbeing priorities for 2025-2028.

The Committee unanimously resolved to:

(1)          Support the Council in developing its revised Health and Wellbeing Strategy based on the priorities set out in the report, and as included in Appendix 1 of the report.

The Committee received a report setting out the Council’s intended health and wellbeing priorities for 2025-2028.

The Committee considered the following matters:

a)            Successful Projects. Following a comment from a Member, the Community Development Manager stated that over the past few years the Community Development team had been involved in many successful projects, including work with the Good Company and Epsom Pantry, work with Surrey Lifelong Learning Partnership, the delivery of the Skills Hub, the rollout of household support funds, and the arrangement of various bespoke community projects and events.

b)            Support for Victims of Domestic Violence and Abuse. In response to a question from a Member, the Community Development Manager explained that the strategy focuses on supporting select groups, one of which is those whose health and wellbeing is disproportionately impacted by their life circumstances, with one such circumstance being experiencing/surviving domestic abuse/violence. She stated that this would also align with the objectives of the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment.

c)            Monitoring the Success of the Strategy. In response to a question from a Member, the Community Development Manager stated that Officers would be working to collect data via the monitoring of outcomes and the recording of feedback from those using the projects and services brought to fruition through the strategy in order to ascertain areas of success and opportunities for improvement.

Following consideration, the Committee unanimously resolved to:

(1)          Support the Council in developing its revised Health and Wellbeing Strategy based on the priorities set out in the report, and as included in Appendix 1 of the report.