Projects

See details of our current and past projects

Current

Ageing Well

NBCT have been working with the ICAN programme for 2 years to deliver a pilot Ageing Well programme focussed on supporting Asian communities with a view to learning from this. The proposal is to extend this work to support African and African-Caribbean Communities and people living with dementia. We have delivered important outcomes that demonstrate the need to develop specific Black community led programmes that can reach people in Black communities to enable equal access and to ensure that services are linguistically, socially and culturally appropriate.

Active Communities

NBCT has developed an important strategic partnership with Northamptonshire Sport to deliver the Moving Together Forum bringing NBCT Black organisations and other partners together to develop a strategy and action plan to overcome inequalities in access to sports, leisure, and physical wellbeing. This has been an exciting development and created an excellent model of a strategic partnership in overcoming inequalities and addressing unequal access in Northamptonshire. We want to thank Northamptonshire Sport for the very significant efforts and work with NBCT and other partners.

Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and Autism (MHLDA)

From January – June 2023, NBCT were commissioned to support the building and driving of the Equalities Enabler Framework for MHLDA Services for equality groups. A key project aim was to consider the need to develop a service model that could, enable equal access to services, overcome barriers to access, provide preventative support, enable people to get the right information and knowledge of services at the right time, enable existing services to become more culturally competent.

Health Campaigns

NBCT has been involved in delivering health campaigns which started during Covid enabling Black communities to access the right information, increase vaccination, testing and to remain safe. We have supported weight management and diabetes work and reported on this to demonstrate how we can reach Black communities and provide relevant health and other information and support. Recently we have been working with the ICB partners to deliver the Healthy Heart campaign with 7 NBCT partners.

Past

Healthy Heart Campaign 2023

Introduction

Black (Asian, African-Caribbean and African) Community Organisations came together to identify undiagnosed Atrial Fibrillation (AF) and Hypertension (HTN) in Black communities where health inequalities and limited engagement with services were key factors.

Core Aims

The identification of undiagnosed AF which would enable participants to successfully engage with treatments.
To capture information and insight about how to better engage with Black Communities and to understand barriers to accessing services.
To provide a more informed route for general health advice and help measure longer term health benefits.

Organisations Involved

Bak Up CIC
United African Association
Northampton Bangladeshi Association
Power of the Mind
Sikh Community Centre and Youth Club (SCCYC)
Northampton Life Chapel
Amalgamation
Shine CIC
Asha-Deep

The purpose of this project identified the need for opportunistic screening. Initially it was suggested that this should be using the approved NICE innovation ‘KardiaMobile’ – (for detecting atrial fibrillation) and blood pressure monitors. This was going to enable direct AF and HTN testing to the community alongside a range of health promotion support. It was intended that where ‘KardiaMobile’ indicated a potential abnormality patients will be reviewed by an AF nurse to confirm results and refer patients to General Practice for confirmation of diagnosis where required and then standard medical treatment would be given, alongside social prescribing, addressing issues such as medication adherence, exercise, smoking, alcohol use and dietary factors (NICE, 2018). It was intended that then the AF nurse would then follow the participants up, to ensure they are successfully engaged with their GP practice.

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DEFRA Project: North Northants

Introduction

Black (Asian, African-Caribbean and African) Community Organisations came together to develop a collaboration and deliver food provision for Black communities across the county. The collaboration was led by Support Northamptonshire and grants were accessed through all 3 rounds in the North of the county.

Core Aims

To provide a food provision service to those in the Black communities most affected during the COVID-19 pandemic
Deliver hot meals and food parcels to those most in need
Identify and respond to and new needs identified
To respond to the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on Black communities in Northamptonshire

Organisations Involved

Asha-Deep
United African Association
Power of the Mind
Wellingborough Afro-Caribbean Association

R ead DEFRA North Evaluation Report 2021

DEFRA Project: West Northants

Introduction

Key learning:

We have been able to extend our reach into communities and identified new
communities who were in desperate need.
We been able to make a real and tangible impact in people’s lives during such a
difficult time
Some people have managed to return to work as a direct result of the project
We have learnt new skills in monitoring outcomes and seeking views from service
users
Sharing of resources, skills and experience has been helpful to meet community
needs
Organisations feeling more confident and able to take on new projects and tasks

Organisations Involved