At it’s core, Community Navigation keeps people at home, in their community and independent.
Our service helps people in Bridgend County Borough and their families or carers, to access community level services, information and activities that will help them maintain independent lives, helping prevent their circumstances deteriorating to a point where they might need higher level health or social care services.
Our aim is to improve wellbeing through reducing social isolation and loneliness. Giving people knowledge of and access to services and support based in their community. Helping people to feel part of their community.
• We improve wellbeing through reducing social isolation and loneliness.
• Giving people knowledge of and access to services and support based in their community.
• Helping people to feel part of their community.
Navigators listen to ‘what matters’ to a person, these conversations help us see the whole picture and the individual as a whole, not just the issues they are facing; identifying underlying issues beyond those at referral. We support them to recognise their strengths and goals, using a gentle hand holding approach to build confidence, motivation and self-esteem.
This film, made by Cwm Taf Morgannwg Regional Partnership Board shows how our Community Navigation service helped an individual called Vicky to build confidence and make new connections.
Any adult within Bridgend County can access the service, with ‘introductions’ being received from anyone, for example, family, themselves, friends, carer, health & social care professionals and third sector organisations.
Typically, the referrer will fill out a form and send through to communitynavigator@bavo.org.uk
You can find our ‘introduction’ form here.
You will likely be contacted by a member of our team to gain any additional information before they make contact with the individual.
Our Community Navigators cover the whole of Bridgend County Borough.
Community Navigation is funded through the Welsh Government’s Regional Integration Fund.
We work in partnership with Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board and Bridgend County Borough Council’s Resilient Connected Communities Programme.
Download our English language information leaflet here
For further information contact BAVO, T: 01656 810400 or E: communitynavigator@bavo.org.uk
