Key Projects

Strategy aim 1 – All children get the best start in life and go on to achieve their potential

 This aim is focused on two priorities: 

  • Develop our approach to give every child the best start in life. 
  • Support children and young people to develop well. 
Council staff standing with a Family Hubs banner.
Rotherham’s Family Hubs and Best Start in Life

The Council received £3.4million in government funding to help deliver Family Hubs and the Best Start in Life programme locally, adding value to the existing support available for families in children’s centres and early help buildings. Families with children aged 0 to 19 (or up to 25 for those with special educational needs and disabilities) can access information, advice, and support across a range of areas, including: pregnancy and birth, preparation for parenthood, health and wellbeing, education and childcare, family support and parenting, employment and training.

Further details can be found here: Rotherham Family Hubs and Best Start in Life

 

Strategy aim 2 – All Rotherham people enjoy the best possible mental health and wellbeing and have a good quality life

This aim is focused on four priorities: 

  • Promote better mental health and wellbeing for all Rotherham people. 
  • Take action to prevent suicide and self-harm. 
  • Promote positive workplace wellbeing for staff across the partnership. 
  • Enhance access to mental health services. 
Strategy aim 2 best possible mental health
Rotherham's Social Prescribing Service

Social prescribing is part of a wider multi-agency approach to care planning in Rotherham for targeted patients living in the community. Rotherham’s social prescribing service supports adults with long-term health conditions and mental health issues improve their health and wellbeing by helping them to access community activities and services.

Find out about events happening across the borough here: Events – Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

Strategy aim 3 - All Rotherham people live well for longer

This aim is focused on two priorities: 

  • Ensure support is in place for carers. 
  • Support local people to lead healthy lifestyles, including reducing the health burden from tobacco, obesity and drugs and alcohol. 
Council staff standing in a Hospital room.
A Changing Places facility has been installed in the gardens of Wentworth Woodhouse

The specialised toilet provides a purpose-built environment, designed specifically to help disabled visitors and individuals with complex care needs. This is the fourth facility to be installed in the borough after the Council was awarded £490,000 in government funding.  

The newly installed facilities are part of a huge regeneration project to transform Wentworth Woodhouse with plans for the site to provide a world-class visitor destination, event spaces, overnight accommodation, restaurants, and commercial office spaces once renovated. 

Changing Places facilities have previously been installed at Rotherham United’s New York Stadium, Magna Science and Adventure Centre, and Grimm & Co. Additional spaces are also planned for Clifton Park Museum, Rother Valley Country Park, Gulliver’s Valley Theme Park and Resort, and Thrybergh Country Park.  

 

Strategy aim 4 - All Rotherham people live in healthy, safe and resilient communities

This aim is focused on four priorities: 

  • Deliver a loneliness plan for Rotherham. 
  • Promote health and wellbeing through arts and cultural initiatives. 
  • Ensure Rotherham people are kept safe from harm. 
  • Develop a borough that supports a healthy lifestyle. 
Digital Inclusion staff member supporting a member of the public to access the Council website on their phone.
Supporting digital inclusion

A workshop was held in November 2022 with residents and organisational representatives. This session was used to agree how best to support Rotherham’s most digitally excluded communities, and to identify the actions that would be needed to deliver the outcomes set out in the Digital Inclusion Strategy. 

Following this, a Digital Inclusion Action Plan was developed, which sets out a range of targeted activities and initiatives for the last 12 months, including working with local organisations to deliver safety talks to community groups, providing support across neighborhoods and showing residents how to complete a range of common tasks on their phones, tablets, and devices, recruiting Digital Champions, linking in with existing volunteer groups to make sure all communities can benefit from the available support and advice.  

Find out more about the support available here:  Rotherham Digital