Healthwatch Kingston's Open Meeting - Cold weather services for vulnerable people (12 December 2024)

News - 12 December 2024

Healthwatch Kingston welcomed local people to our December Open Meeting, which focused on cold weather services for vulnerable people and we learned about winter services for rough sleepers.

There was also an update from the All Age Learning Disability Partnership Board and Involve, and from the Autism and ADHD Partnership Board.

Our team provided an update about Healthwatch Kingston's Including Communities and Including Digitally Excluded community engagement reports and recommendations and we concluded with highlights from the project work of Youth Out Loud! (our group of young Healthwatchers).
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Healthwatch Kingston Open Meeting Event Details:
Date: Thursday 12th December, 2024 
Time: 13:00 to 16:30
Address: Kingston United Reformed Church, 
Richard Mayo Centre 5, 
Eden Street, 
Kingston upon Thames 
KT1 1HZ
 

Our Open Meeting Agenda covered:

1pm - 2pm: Festive Public Networking Lunch - Festive food and refreshments

2pm - 2.10pm: Open Meeting Chair’s Welcome: Kathryn Yates, Chair, Healthwatch Kingston and Stephen Bitti, Healthwatch Kingston, CEO

2.10 pm – 2.40 pm: Kingston Winter Plan Services: Julia McDonald, Corporate Head of Service for Adult Social Care Strategy, Partnerships and Transformation, and Joanne Moulton, Director for the for the Communities Transformation Programme, RBK. Maggie Lam, Deputy Director, Primary & Community Care – Kingston & Richmond, NHS SWL ICB.

2.40 pm – 3.00 pm: Autism and ADHD Partnership Board - Achievements this year: Julia McDonald, Corporate Head of Service for Adult Social Care Strategy, Partnerships and Transformation, RBK

3.00 pm – 3.20: All Age Learning Disability Partnership Board - Achievements this year: Kezia Coleman, Projects and Outreach Officer, Healthwatch Kingston, Katy and Mario, Involve, RBK

3.20 pm – 3.35 pm: BREAK (15 Minutes) 

3.35 pm – 4.00 pm: Winter services for rough sleepers: Lorna Brooke, Corporate Head of Community Housing, RBK; Jim Tompsett, Sub-regional rough sleeping coordinator, SWL

4.00 pm – 4.25 pm: Including Communities, Including Digitally Excluded and Youth Out Loud! update: Candy Dunne, Deputy Chief Officer and Scott Bacon, Engagement Officer, Healthwatch Kingston

4.25 pm – 4.30 pm  - AOB and thank you: Kathryn Yates, Chair, Healthwatch Kingston and Stephen Bitti, Healthwatch Kingston, CEO

4.30 pm - End of meeting and Happy Christmas David, Healthwatch Kingston

 

Contact details

For any questions about this event, please contact: info@healthwatchkingston.org.uk

Download the Easy Read Open Meeting Agenda here:

Easy Read Agenda for Healthwatch Kingston's Open Meeting - ‘Cold weather services for vulnerable people’ and the All Age Learning Disability Partnership Board - Thursday, 12 December
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Slide Decks for Healthwatch Kingston's Open Meeting - ‘Cold weather services for vulnerable people’ Thursday, 12 December

Download the updated (14.12.24) HWK Open Meeting Slide Deck 12 Dec 2024
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Download the Kingston Council Winter Support and Advice Slide Deck - 12 Dec 2024
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