Final Report from the West Dunbartonshire HLI Board. 

• This report was compiled at the request of the WDHLI Board after the decision to close the project was made in July 2007. The report looks at how the project was originally set up and makes some observations on how the project worked in practice. It includes lessons learned by the staff and Board which they would like to pass on to other projects. The report also notes the WDHLI’s position within the wider context of other Healthy Living projects across Scotland and the current struggle for sustainability.

The Board made the decision to close the project reluctantly, and this report lays out some of the reasoning behind that decision. The Board also wanted to record the ‘closure with dignity’ strategy which they adopted, and the effect this had on the final stages of the project.  To download click here  (PDF 900Kb)

• This is the second and final report on the evaluation of the Healthy Living Centre (HLC) Programme in Scotland. To evaluate the success of the programme, a series of national, regional and local evaluations of HLCs was commissioned. In Scotland, a longitudinal process evaluation of the HLC programme was conducted using a case study design over two phases.  To download click here  (PDF 800Kb)

• This newsletter will look at the experience of Building Healthy Communities (BHC) in Dumfries and Galloway, The Annexe Healthy Living Centre, Glasgow and Community Health Improvement Partnership (CHIP) East Ayrshire, in sustaining their work beyond Big Lottery Funding (BLF) and highlight some of the common factors in their sustainability approach. We will look in detail at 4 aspects of sustainability which are common amongst the Healthy Living Centres (HLCs). To download click here  (PDF 517Kb)

• This report will summarise the presentations from the Healthy Living Centre Conference - Nov. 2006, provide an insight into the discussions that took place in the various workshops and review delegate’s responses from the evaluation forms and ‘Option Finder’ technology (a digital voting system which allows delegates to register their opinion). Eighty Five delegates attended the event from a diverse range of organisations including agencies such as Health Scotland, local authorities, HLCs and community health partnerships.  To download click here  (PDF 1MB)

• The HLC Evidence Summary Paper is intended for a wide range of agencies and organisations who have a focus on Health and Wellbeing.  The document highlights how the HLC approach impacts on health improvement priorities such as mental health, cancer, coronary heart disease, strokes and sexual health through partnership working, community development and service user involvement.  To download click here  (PDF 2.52MB)

• The Sustainability Workshops 2006:  These are the reports on a series of regional workshops developed by The HLC Support Programme and CHEX. 
  Largs - to download click here  (Word)
  Aberdeen - to download click here  (Word)
  Edinburgh - to download click here  (Word)
  Glasgow - to download click here  (Word)

• ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­The Dundee Healthy Living Initiative Research Report was produced by Dr. Susan Lewis (PhD Social Anthropology) over a 2 and a half year period from the beginning of the project in March 2003 until September 2005.  The research focuses on the effect of the Healthy Living Initiative on community defined objectives and goals. The overarching research theme is to answer the question: what is it about the programme which makes it work? To download click here (Word 1.03MB)

• Summary of findings from 6 HLCs in Scotland from reseach conducted by RUHBC.  The document reports on the first phase of a process evaluation of six Scottish Healthy Living Centres. The evaluation has examined approaches taken by Healthy Living Centres to improve the health of disadvantaged groups and reduce health inequalities.To download click here (PDF 98kB)

• The Scottish Executive commissioned the Research Unit in Health, Behaviour and Change (RUHBC), University of Edinburgh, and the MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit (SPHSU), University of Glasgow, to conduct an evaluation of the Healthy Living Centre Programme in Scotland. The evaluation, conducted over a three year period (2002-05) has explored the pathways between activities, processes, contexts and outcomes in a purposive sample of six HLC projects, using a longitudinal research design. The sample of HLCs was selected to reflect the range of interests, anticipated health outcomes and geographical locations of the 46 HLC projects within Scotland. To download click here (PDF 927kB)

• This report is intended to provide information and an analysis of the work and impact of the Healthy Living Centre Support Programme (HLC SP) in its first year of operation.  The report is structured in a way which will assess achievement of outcomes identified by the Support Programme Team and key stakeholders, and the delivery of agreed outputs for year one.  To download click here (Word 617kB)