Health and social care bursary award

Ben and Frances’ project ‘The ADHD Journey Hub’ will co-produce tailored resources with children, young people, and families to meet local needs. By engaging service users and expert-by-experience groups, it aims to reduce stigma, empower the ADHD community, and encourage acceptance and understanding - supporting better education, mental health, and family wellbeing across the Bailiwick.

Ruby's project proposed using resources and games to meet the Sexual Health needs of young people who may not ordinarily engage in mainstream services through educative work, relationship building and clinical work around contraception and sexually transmitted infections. It sets out to prevent harmful sexual behaviours and promote sexual wellbeing.

Nicola and Hayley’s ‘Step Forward’ initiative aims to encourage patients discharged from hospital to be motivated to become more mobile by the use of a pedometer. The scheme will monitor service user mobility levels through steps taken and track progress, providing valuable feedback to both the patient and HSC and allow patients to see how much progress they are making.

Kelly proposed a ‘Cake & Consultation’ programme which would proactively reach out to the elderly population to identify problems with frailty in their infancy, before the patient requires emergency response or hospital admission. Patients would receive milestone birthday cards from the age of 70, from St John and HSC, inviting them to attend frailty practitioner assessments.