Timeline
of relevant SDG Targets for the intersection of
the Housing Womanifesto item and the Good Health and Well-being SDG goal.
2019
The Mental Health and Housing Working Groups recommendations are embedded in Bristol housing and health policies to develop housing that improves mental health
2019
Ten organisations in Bristol (including the council) will have committed to tackling mental health stigma and discrimination through signing the Time to Change Employer Pledge
Given the Time to Change Employer Pledge was retired in June 2020, Bristol should come up with their own employer pledge in consultation with communities across the city to establish their priorities surrounding what their issues are at work with mental health, particularly considering the adverse effect of COVID-19 on women's mental health.
BWV Actions: Ensure that women's voices and women's organisations are represented in an future pledge. BWV should also work collaboratively across the city to support women's mental health and wellbeing, especially BAME women who may have experienced the impact of COVID-19 disproportionately to any other groups
2024
Encourage 50% of all businesses to commit to tackling mental health stigma and discrimination through signing the Time to Change Employer Pledge
Given the Time to Change Employer Pledge was retired in June 2020, Bristol should come up with their own employer pledge in consultation with communities across the city to establish their priorities surrounding what their issues are at work with mental health, particularly considering the adverse effect of COVID-19 on women's mental health.
BWV Actions: Ensure that women's voices and women's organisations are represented in an future pledge. BWV should also work collaboratively across the city to support women's mental health and wellbeing, especially BAME women who may have experienced the impact of COVID-19 disproportionately to any other groups
2026
Reduce the gap in healthy life expectancy between the most and least deprived areas of Bristol by 10%, for both men and women
The social and economic determinants of health must be intrinsically linked to this goal, it is not enough to purely focus on health issues, the structural inequality and segregation within Bristol must be addressed in order for differences in life expectancy to be impacted.
BWV Actions: Ensuring that the council are implementing the findings of projects that focus on the most deprived areas of Bristol such as Women of Lawrence Hill, the City Listening Project and the Impact of COVID-19 on Women in Bristol. Campaigning for a holistic view of health to be taken.
2027
Breastfeeding prevalence at 6-8 weeks will have been increased in the most deprived wards, to the same as the national average
This goal should be changed significantly, women should feel empowered to make an informed choice about breast-feeding and be given tools to enable them to do so, such as breast pumps.
2028
Mental Health Awareness training will have been provided to 1 in 5 people in Bristol
In order for this goal to have a great impact on citizens of Bristol, this 1 in 5 should include people from a variety of communities and should be representative of the population of Bristol. It should also recognise prevalent patterns within the 1 in 5 and respond accordingly.
BWV Actions: Sharing opportunities with mental health charities to our members and utilising our links with other organisations to ensure as many women as possible are aware of where and how they can be trained.
2029
Across all communities in Bristol, it is the norm for no pregnant woman to smoke, with targeted support to quit
BWV Actions: Help to disseminate information about why and how to quit, signpost women to organisations that can help them to do so.
2029
Trends of hospital admissions for self- harm in young people (10- 24 years) are reversed to below national average
As of 2019, the group most likely to self-harm was women aged 16-24 (https://www.nhs.uk/news/mental-health/number-girls-and-young-women-reporting-self-harm-england-rise/). Therefore in order to achieve this goal, programmes must be targeted towards young women and girls.
BWV Actions: Signposting to organisations such as Self Injury Support, as well as advocating for better awareness and education for young women.
2033
All organisations and businesses in Bristol are committed to tackling mental health stigma and discrimination through signing the Time to Change Employer Pledge
Given the Time to Change Employer Pledge was retired in June 2020, Bristol should come up with their own employer pledge in consultation with communities across the city to establish their priorities surrounding what their issues are at work with mental health, particularly considering the adverse effect of COVID-19 on women's mental health.
BWV Actions: Ensure that women's voices and women's organisations are represented in an future pledge. BWV should also work collaboratively across the city to support women's mental health and wellbeing, especially BAME women who may have experienced the impact of COVID-19 disproportionately to any other groups
2034
Local policy supports housing design features which create a healthy environment that promotes wellbeing. This is now a s tandard requirement within all housing developments
As women are significantly more likely to live in temporary housing and social housing, these recommendations must be implemented city wide and in all forms of housing. It must also include access to green spaces.
2035
Healthcare for people with learning disabilities is equally accessible and effective as for the wider population
COVID-19 has demonstrated the full extent of the inequality that disabled people face, so moving forward healthcare should not just be made physically accessible but all echelons of society should examine the way they talk about disabled peoples health.
BWV Action: Ensure the findings from the COVID-19 impact on women report are implemented both through the council, and that the work of specialist organisations such as Bristol Disability Forum is celebrated and effectively used to challenge the stigma in healthcare.
2035
As a result of education and awareness- raising, teenage pregnancy rates are the lowest of all comparable cities in the UK
Data surrounding teen pregnancy should also be disaggregated by race, neighbourhood and parents economic status to ensure that groups of young women are not falling through the cracks.
BWV Actions: Campaign for the City Council and the NHS to disaggregate data.
2035
Everyone in Bristol has access to digital applications for medical, social care and other service provision improving equal access to services and information improving health outcomes
While digital applications should be available toe everyone in Bristol, it is important that people still have options, as older women have expressed not an inability to access digital forms, but rather an unwillingness to do so (Bristol Women's Voice 2020).
2037
People feel empowered to talk about their own mental health and wellbeing and are able to access support where necessary
Services are targeted to access different parts of the Bristol community, with specific focus on groups that are societally excluded from mental health services such as BAME women and women with less socio-economic advantages.
BWV Actions: Identify groups through community research that are struggling to access services and collaborate with other Bristol organisations to reach out to these groups.
2044
The strong and persistent link between social inequalities and disparities in health outcomes will have been addressed as recommended by the Marmot Review 2010
As Bristol is one of the most unequal and segregated cities in the UK, this goal should be seen as particularly critical. Every aspect of the Marmot Reviews findings surroundings on inequality are stratified by gender, race and ability and any action moving forward should take this into account.
BWV Actions: Continue to provide research surrounding the health inequalities women face to ensure the Marmot Review's recommendations are as effective as possible in combating the gendered experiences of health.
2045
Bristol will have a resilient and thriving primary care sector which provides access to high quality care 24 hours, 7 days per week
The primary care sector should also be made accessible to women who face health inequalities, either through language barriers or cultural stigma surrounding accessing primary care.
BWV Actions: Highlight groups of women that have particular issues with accessing primary care and support them to achieve better health. Create a network of women's organisations that can help to support these groups in accessing care.
2048
All Bristol’s parks and open spaces are routinely used by community organisations for mental and physical health benefits
The community organisations that use Bristol's green spaces should ensure that they are a safe space for all, and should teach awareness about the others using these spaces. Elderly women feel they are invisible to other park users and this must be rectified.
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As women are significantly more likely to live in temporary housing and social housing, these recommendations must be implemented city wide and in all forms of housing. It must also include access to green spaces.