Welcome to the first GM i-THRIVE Newsletter

This newsletter will update you on the progress of our programme, key i-THRIVE learnings, upcoming events, and relevant information.

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Meet the team...
You may have heard of us, you might have already met us, and you’ve definitely been emailed by us, but we still wanted to say hello…

Name: Paul Wallis
Role: Clinical Lead for GM i-THRIVE
Email: paul.wallis@mft.nhs.uk
Brew of choice:

Name: Angela Daniel
Role: Programme Manager GM i-THRIVE
Email: Angela.Daniel@mft.nhs.uk
Brew of choice: Black Tea

Name: Natasha Ibrahim
Role: Programme Manager Manchester i-THRIVE
Email: natasha.ibrahim@mft.nhs.uk
Brew of choice: Tea

Name: Ashleigh Mutton
Role: Project Co-ordinator GM i-THRIVE
Email: ashleigh.mutton@mft.nhs.uk
Brew of choice: Cappuccino

Our team are based on site at Manchester NHS Foundation Trust, splitting our time between the Central and South Manchester hospital sites.

Please don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions or just to say hello.

If you have any general queries, you can contact: gm.thrive@mft.nhs.uk

7 Minute Briefings
We’ll be doing our best over the coming months to get the thrive message across through engagement events, meetings, and presentations. Fortunately for us, a lot of the hard work in articulating thrive has already been done!

The 7 Minute Briefings provide clear and concise explanations of all the elements of the thrive model. These briefings really help with understanding the different sections of the model, and what is involved in each section. You can find all the briefings here:
http://www.implementingthrive.org/implemented/toolkit/toolkit-phase-1/stakeholder-engagement/7-minute-briefings/

Dictionary Corner
Never ones to be afraid of asking a potentially silly question, there’s something everyone starting the GM i-THRIVE team has asked: What’s the difference between i-THRIVE and Thrive?

In case you were wondering too, here’s a quick explanation of our terminology:

THRIVE: the conceptual framework for a new way of thinking children’s mental health services. The framework was developed by authors from the Anna Freud Centre and the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust.

i-THRIVE: meaning ‘implementing THRIVE’. The i-THRIVE programme is taking the principles of THRIVE and translating them into a model of care called i-THRIVE.

Thriving: The term used for when a child, family or community are not currently needing individualised mental health advice or help. This refers to a large sector of the population that is resilient and has well supported emotional wellbeing.

Thrive-like: When some-thing is thrive-like, it is embodying all elements of the THRIVE framework, in the way that it operates. We may refer to a new way of working, a training course, or a project as ‘thrive-like,’ if it represents the principles of thrive, and works towards the same outcomes.

Current Projects
To help us with the implementation of thrive, we are in the process of understanding the current work happening across GM. To achieve this, we asked a representative from each of the 10 GM localities to complete the i-THRIVE intelligence gathering tool

Many thanks to these that provided us with this information. This intelligence is giving us some really helpful insight into the work being done across Greater Manchester and we are in the process of contacting locality representatives to share the learnings from them.

A reminder that if your locality has not completed this template, it should be returned to gm.thrive@mft.nhs.uk

Any questions, please contact: gm.thrive@mft.nhs.uk

Upcoming Events
Attendance at Boards
To ensure high-level engagement, we are aiming to attend a high level strategic board within each locality, to provide some initial engagement and introduce the aim and scope of our programme. These are scheduled for the majority of the GM localities. If would like any further information, contact: gm.thrive@mft.nhs.uk

Locality Events
To ensure wider engagement, we will be planning events for each of the 10 GM localities. These events will look at how we begin thrive-implementation, what our offer is, and map out the current offer, and needs for each locality.
We are aiming to host these events throughout October/November 2018. Further arrangements will be sent via email and this newsletter.

Community of Practice
The next GM Community of Practice event will take place on 12^th December 2018. Please put this date in your diaries. Further arrangements will follow via email and this newsletter.

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