All projects, funded by the Public Health Agency and administered by Developing Healthy Communities' Clear Project, are obliged to comply with the guidelines set out in your short-term funding approval welcome pack as outlined below:

1. Nutrition Guidance
2. PHA Quality Standards
3. Purchase of Incentives
4. Monitoring Outcomes Tools
5. Take 5 Steps to Wellbeing
6. Equality Monitoring (Section 75)
7. Project Branding / Logos
8. Support Services Available
9. Comkit
10. Other useful resources

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Nutrition Guidance

If any food is being provided as part of the programme delivery, the following must be adhered to:

• All grant recipients and facilitators / tutors must watch the 30-minute 
  webinar on basic nutrition awareness on YouTube – Healthier diet, Healthier You available on the following link: Healthy Diet, Healthier You - YouTube
• Please download a copy of the nutrition criteria from the PHA here.

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PHA Quality Standards

All Award 2 funding recipients must undertake a self-assessment against the PHA Quality Standards for services promoting mental and emotional wellbeing and suicide prevention Core standards (and additional sections if relevant to your project).  

• PHA Quality Standards - Download
• PHA Quality Standards - Resource Hub

If you need further guidance or advice with this, please contact the Clear Project Tel: 028 7138 3386.

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Purchase of Incentives

Organisations providing vouchers / incentives to project participants must incorporate the following principles of good practice. 

• Download - Incentives Policy here.

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Monitoring Outcomes Tools

There are a number of monitoring tools that can be used to evaluate project success.  Some project funding will specify the monitoring tool required.  

Projects will be expected to use the agreed tool(s) with their participants from the start of the project and provide a summary of the results in the final project monitoring report (PMR). 

Step 1: Recording Tools - See information below on the following tools

• GHQ
  • General Health Questionnaire (GHQ)
  • GHQ Scoring
• Likert Scale
• Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale
• Strengths & Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) - Info
• Warwick Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (WEMWBS)
  • WEMWBS
  • SWEMWBS
  • WEMWBS Frequently Asked Questions
  • WEMWBS Permission & Registration

Step 2: Reporting Back - See below the template for recording* your outcomes tool scores.  This should be completed and returned with your final PMR.  

• Report back - Proforma for Recording Outcomes Scores

*NOTE: For confidentiality purposes please do not use participants' names when recording scores.

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Take 5 Steps to Wellbeing 

Most of us know when we are mentally and physically well, but sometimes we need a little extra help to keep well. These steps are five simple ways in which people can maintain and improve their mental wellbeing. Translations into 11 languages are now available on the Take 5 Website.

Take 5 Resources

• Website
• Toolkit 
• Shortened evaluation form
• Activity evaluation form
• All tools
• Flyer (A5)
• Poster (A3)

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Equality Monitoring (Section 75)

As a requirement of your funding, you must report back on Equality Monitoring (Section 75) and your project outcomes, as this forms part of your final Progress Monitoring Report (PMR).

Step 1: Recording - See below the blank form, which can be printed off and handed out to participants.

• Blank Form - Adults

Step 2: Reporting Back - See below the link to report back when the information has been collated.  This should be completed for your final PMR.  

• Report Back - Adults

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Project Branding/Logos

All recipients must ensure that all publicity material relating to their programme carries the logos of the PHA and the Clear Project and includes the wording “Supported by the Public Health Agency through the Clear Project”.   

You can request the logos from the Clear Project prior to publication.

You will need to forward flyers/publicity material to the Clear Project in advance for approval of logo use.  See contacts for your areas below: 

• Belfast: Claire - [email protected]
• Northern: Pauline - [email protected] 
• Southern: Sinead - [email protected] 
• South-eastern: Pauline - [email protected]
• Western: Carol - [email protected]   

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Support Services Available In Your Area

You must promote the range of services available in your area to help improve mental health and emotional wellbeing to bring comfort, hope, and support to as many people as possible. 

Please Visit the PHA's website for the following;

• Mental Health & Wellbeing - Directory of services to help improve mental health and emotional wellbeing (z-card)

• Drugs & Alcohol NI - On this site site, you can find information if you use alcohol or other drugs and want support or, if you're affected by someone else using alcohol or other drugs.  You can also find out what each service does and details of other support services. 

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ComKit

The Public Health Agency (PHA) would like to make everyone aware of ComKit.  This is an online platform to support communities following a sudden death that is a suspected suicide. It was designed to help people react and deal in a caring and appropriate way.  This has been developed with Urban Scale Interventions (USI) in partnership with Families’ Voices Forum as well as community and voluntary groups. 

ComKit provides guidance on key public messages to communicate and details of support systems to direct people to.  The aim is to guide people through the process and to better understand every step, in how to remember a loved one and how to support those in need.

Find out more about ComKit

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Other useful resources and links from the Public Health Agency

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