About Community Solutions
Community Solutions is a successful, cross-sector health and social care investment and improvement programme for North Lanarkshire, established in 2012, the goal of which is to improve people’s health, wellbeing, quality of life and equality by investing in community-led initiatives which build community, family and individual strengths and resources, with a focus on prevention, early intervention and recovery.
The programme is an innovative, effective and respected partnership and collaborative initiative between statutory and community and voluntary organisations and the public.
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Health and Social Care Partnership North Lanarkshire (HSCNL) is responsible for planning, commissioning and overseeing the delivery of community health and social care services across North Lanarkshire. HSCNL provides core and project funding for the Community Solutions Programme, as well as governance and delivery support for the programme.
The North Lanarkshire Children’s Services Partnership, is responsible for planning, commissioning and overseeing children and young people services across North Lanarkshire. North Lanarkshire Council provides funding on behalf of The Children’s Services Partnership, for the Community and Voluntary sector to support children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing, which is managed through the Community Solutions Programme.
Voluntary Action North Lanarkshire (VANL), the local Third Sector Interface (TSI), hosts and manages the programme on behalf of HSCNL and the Children’s Services Partnership.
The diverse, large and vibrant Community and Voluntary Sector (CVS) operating in North Lanarkshire, receives funding through the programme and other sources to provide information, support and care to individuals, families and groups and work with local people to strengthen community capacity, resources and resilience.
Local people support programme planning, delivery and evaluation as service users, carers, volunteers and residents.
Values
Community Solutions takes a value-based approach.
It places the person at the centre of the service, helping them to live their best life and supporting their human rights by:
Collaborative working and co-production
To achieve goals and improvements where we develop equal relationships between people who use services and people who provide services – with support provided ‘with people’ rather than ‘to them’. This means involving local people - including those receiving support - and service providers in the CVS and statutory sectors to facilitate a positive and participatory cycle of planning, delivery, evaluation, learning and continuous improvement.
This approach is informed by the Ladder of Participation and National Community Engagement Standards.
Performance Management, Evaluation, Learning and Improvement Framework
Community Solutions has a framework which sets out the programme’s approach to performance management, evaluation, learning and improvement to support funded projects and the programme as a whole.