Communities living injury free

Business plan - July 2007 to June 2008

This business plan covers the period July 2007 to June 2008, and focuses on the six strategic objectives as outlined in Communities Living Injury Free's strategic plan. These objectives relate to Communities Living Injury Free's areas of activity:

awareness
collaboration
information
intervention
leadership
capacity

In formulating the business plan, Communities Living Injury Free has taken into account the need to balance the programme's activities between:

working with agencies and with local communities
capacity building/liaison work and undertaking projects
leadership and participation
nationally, regionally, and locally identified needs and activities.

Objective one: To promote a safety culture in Auckland city - putting safety into the heads, hearts, and hands of people who live, work, and play in Auckland city (awareness).

Activities	Contributing objectives*	Performance indicators
Collate, translate, and disseminate key injury prevention messages.	Information	messages used and maintained on an ongoing basis
Implement and sustain an engagement plan with key Auckland City Council staff to: explain Communities Living Injury Free's role explore issues and provide input to relevant policies and strategies and by: displays held during Safety NZ Week and Safekids Campaign launch week to highlight injury issues to staff members.	Information Leadership	community board/committee agendas monitored monthly - relevant issues followed up and reported continuing documented engagement with staff in key areas of Auckland City Council documentation of input into council policy and practice ACC injury prevention through environmental design project within Auckland City Council supported injury prevention information to organisation - sponsored sports teams provided older persons needs analysis for Great Barrier Island conducted as per Auckland City Positive Ageing Strategy.
Maintain and enhance display materials and formats, including the injury prevention game, which can be readily adapted to different environments.	Information	professional clear display materials in place (ongoing) Injury Prevention Game booking system is maintained and availability promoted to injury prevention stakeholders - numbers of users documented and reported.
Support and promote relevant national, regional and city-wide strategies and policies, including the National Injury Prevention Strategy, within Auckland city, focusing on how our activities contribute to wider goals.	Information Leadership	information about relevant strategies shared with local stakeholders and resulting project activity supported linkages with the NZIPS secretariat maintained and documented document linkages between the Communities Living Injury Free business plan and NZIPS and share with regional CIPP's.

Objective two: To instigate, encourage, and develop collaborative models (collaboration).

Activities	Contributing objectives*	Performance indicators
Facilitate the development and support of the injury prevention forum as a model for injury prevention leadership in Auckland city.	Leadership	eight meetings per annum held and documented forum input into injury prevention in Auckland city documented 2008 Forum draft meeting plan developed by February 2008.
Undertake activity to increase community representation and participation in coalition activities.	Leadership	community engagement strategy implementation supported/led. increased community representation and involvement at project level documented.
Provide support for injury prevention coalitions and community working groups to undertake projects to address their injury priorities.	Capacity	support of and participation in coalition community projects documented, eg. PITA Bike Week event, Well Child/Tamariki Ora Days, and Buckle Up 4 Life project participation in, and support of Safekids Campaign documented visual diary of coalition activity updated regularly participation in, and support of Safety NZ Week documented annual presentation of activity to Injury Prevention Forum and Citywide Coalitions meeting.
Facilitate coalitions to develop plans that encourage collaboration on common issues.	Interventions	coalition plan for 2008 drafted by December 2007 coalition plan for 2008 finalised by February 2008 one combined activity planned and executed by June 2008.
Support coalitions to review their activity and projects.	Leadership Capacity	SWOT analysis conducted with GIIPC and PITA coalitions by April 2008 achievements documented and shared.
Respond to opportunistic linkages as appropriate.	Interventions	document responses to linkages made during period.
Encourage regional information sharing and collaboration with other CIPP's.		host four meetings per annum and document outcomes.

Objective three: To build, maintain, and enhance a comprehensive base of information about our communities, injury priorities, and best practice models for injury prevention (information).

Activities	Contributing objectives*	Performance indicators
Collate injury prevention key dates and use this to maintain and disseminate a calendar of events and dates that are relevant to injury prevention workers in Auckland city.	Collaboration Awareness	calendar maintained and distributed monthly.
Engage with Maori communities, providers and organisations in Auckland city to share information, discuss common areas of interest, and link groups with common interests.	Collaboration Interventions	groups/people engaged documented and reported on participate in collaborative forums on Maori injury prevention issues support of Regional Maori IP group activity support planning and implementation of identified collaborative activities Maori 'community stakeholder map' maintained.
Engage with Pasifika communities, providers and organisations in Auckland city to share information, discuss common areas of interest, and link groups with common interests.	Collaboration Interventions	groups/people engaged documented and reported on support of regional Pacific Island regional group activity participate in collaborative forums on Pasifika injury prevention issues Pasifika 'community stakeholder map' maintained
Engage with new settler communities, providers and organisations in Auckland city to share information, discuss common areas of interest, and link groups with common interests.	Collaboration Interventions	groups/people engaged documented and reported on participate in collaborative forums on new settler injury prevention issues host the regional new settler water safety group new settler 'community stakeholder map' maintained.
Develop, implement and review evaluation processes for Communities Living Injury Free, including a peer review process.	Leadership	IPRU report on the incidence of injuries in Auckland city and length of stay in hospital for key priority areas document review completed by December 2007 project planning and debrief templates reviewed by August 2007.
Provide information about: key trends and developments with an injury impact key contributing factors of injury how injuries happen how to minimise them to providers, agencies, community organisations and communities of interest.	Awareness Collaboration	relevant information distributed in a timely and appropriate manner requests for information dealt with in a timely manner annual Auckland City Council injury statistics collated and disseminated to stakeholder database.
Maintain an interactive web page on the Auckland City Council web site.	Awareness	web page regularly maintained review of web page by May 2008.

Objective four: To collaboratively develop and implement effective injury prevention interventions in the priority areas with the involvement of key stakeholders (interventions).

Activities	Contributing objectives*	Performance indicators
Undertake activities to lead and support the regional driveway run-over project.	Collaboration Awareness Information Leadership	leadership of driveway run-over project driveway resource developed and distributed
Support community working groups to develop and implement injury prevention initiatives of their choice.	Collaboration Leadership	SWOT analysis of Otahuhu and Onehunga working groups completed by December 2007 further discussions held with Otahuhu and Onehunga working groups on future projects by April 2008.
Plan and implement collaborative project activities, including training and development opportunities, focusing on Maori in Auckland city.	Information Collaboration Awareness	negotiations and planning with iwi provider by December 2007 project plan for one project by February 2008 one project implemented by June 2008 capacity building activity documented in six monthly reports outreach to Maori communities in general projects documented.
Plan and implement collaborative project activities, including training and development opportunities, focusing on Pasifika communities in Auckland city.	Information Collaboration Awareness	project plan for one project by December 2007 one project implemented by April 2008 capacity building activity documented in six monthly reports outreach to Pasifika communities in general projects documented.
Plan and implement collaborative project activities, including training and development opportunities, focusing on new settler communities in Auckland city.	Information Collaboration Awareness	Selwyn College Safety forum by December 2007 completion, evaluation and modification of new settler train the trainer resource pilot with Refugees As Survivors by December 2007 promotion and extension of new settler train the trainer resource to appropriate organisations by April 2008 evaluation of new settler train the trainer resource and process by December 2007 six monthly forum for new settler trainers investigated by April 2008 capacity building activity documented in six monthly reports
Complete a Footpaths R 4 People project with stakeholders in one Auckland city locality.	Information Collaboration Awareness Leadership	project plan completed by October 2007 project completed by May 2008.

Objective five: To provide a leadership role in injury prevention issues within the Auckland city area (leadership).

Activities	Contributing objectives*	Performance indicators
Support the work of citywide and regional forums, such as the pool fencing forum, Step Ahead governance committee, older persons falls group, regional school pedestrian safety network, and regional walking/cycling reference group.	Awareness Collaboration	attend meetings and provide input as appropriate - ongoing. co-host (with North Shore) the regional pool safety group.
Develop the Communities Living Injury Free Business Plan 2007 to 2008, incorporating a process of feedback from key stakeholder groups.	Collaboration	stakeholder input into Business Plan documented links between Business Plan and National Injury Prevention Strategy documented clear, cohesive business plan adopted by June 2008.
Participate in the development of relevant citywide, regional, and national strategies and policies, and encourage local injury prevention stakeholders to do likewise.	Information	input provided to proposed strategies/policies documented input provided through membership of the IPNANZ national committee and National Falls Strategy Stakeholder Reference Group support/lead resulting submissions from Auckland City's injury prevention sector to proposed relevant plans and strategies.
Provide leadership support to local coalitions.	Capacity	leadership role undertaken, enabling these coalitions to focus on injury prevention activity - ongoing.
Collaborate with relevant council groups to plan and implement annual community safety awards.	Capacity Awareness	involvement in planning and implementing 2007 awards undertaken documented.
Review and research key trends, developments, and emerging injury issues in Auckland city, making recommendations for improvements where appropriate.	Information Awareness	involvement documented
Review media articles/advertising and work with stakeholders to respond appropriately.	Information Awareness	document support given to the injury prevention sector response to media articles and advertising.

Objective six: To work collaboratively with other agencies and communities to develop the capacity of Auckland city's injury prevention sector to respond effectively to current and emerging injury prevention issues (capacity).

Activities	Contributing objectives*	Performance indicators
Provide support and opportunities for local injury prevention workers to undertake training and development.	Leadership	local workers assisted into training and development opportunities - ongoing review of process and usage by December 2007.
Support communities in Auckland city in identifying injury issues and addressing these using a community development approach.	Information Awareness	support for community-led projects, and the process used in these, documented.
Develop staff expertise and knowledge of the Health Equity Assessment Tool (HEAT) and Ministry of Health provider quality specifications for public health service version1.1.		documents reviewed, understood and applied by December 2007.

* Contributing objectives refer to other objectives of this programme to which this activity contributes.