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We joined over 80 colleagues from organisations and the local authority in Salford to explore their latest #BeeWell data and plan action in response. The room brought together people who had little understanding or experience of utilising #BeeWell data, and colleagues that have supported our initiatives over the last 5 years. Here’s what we did, and what partners are doing to respond to the voices of young people.
What was the session? How can my area take part?
Every year, we publish the latest survey insights from across Greater Manchester, this year exploring what 57,000 young people told us about their wellbeing. Whilst we publish the full reports with Greater Manchester data, we also provide the data for each of the ten local authorities in GM, hosting workshops and creating bespoke reports to provide further insight and support action.
On the day, we shared the data on young people’s wellbeing over the last five years, local data on the headlines selected by our Youth Steering Group, and made connections to strategic priorities for Salford. We demonstrated how to use the #BeeWell dashboards, including our bespoke ‘at a glance’ local authority dashboards specific for each area. Things got competitive with a “treasure hunt” to find specific figures and receive sought after #BeeWell merch. Following discussions then focused on increasing visibility of wellbeing support for young people across the city, connections to work on child-friendly city and action responding to the key themes in the data.
If you would like to host a #BeeWell session in your local area, reach out to beewell@manchester.ac.uk.
What is happening to respond to the data in Salford?
We heard about a breadth of ways colleagues in Salford are already acting in response to the voice of young people. Partners are using the data to inform local commissioning, strategies and evaluation, guiding decision making on improvements for services and to direct work. We also heard about how #BeeWell insights are used to support schools, for example in SEND provision, advising on SEMH and MHST planning.
And, Salford Community Leisure have previously shared, data from #BeeWell informs their service design across the city: Spotlight On Healthy Choices: Salford Community Leisure tell us about how they utilise local #BeeWell insights – #BeeWell. We also had commitments from individuals following the session, to share back the insights with colleagues, link to existing provision in schools to curate bespoke support, guided by the data and utilise the insights to inform the direction and evaluate the success of the Salford Child Friendly city work.
“This session was genuinely valuable — it’s helped galvanise partners across Salford around what the #BeeWell data is telling us, and what we need to do differently as a system. By turning insight into shared action, we’re strengthening our collective focus on young people’s wellbeing and supporting our ambition to be a Child Friendly Salford.” – Cathy Starbuck, Director of Education and Inclusion at Salford Council.
There’s already demand to make the workshop annual, as we’ve done in Rochdale – we look forward to this workshop again next year, and hearing about even more action taken to support young people’s wellbeing.
