Diabetes and WELLbeing

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A France - Belgium - The Netherlands - United Kingdom (Les Deux Mers / Two seas / Twee Zeeën)

Date of latest update: 2024-12-17

Description

Description (EN):

DWELL is an empowerment programme enabling patients with type 2 diabetes to access tailored support giving them mechanisms to control their condition & improve their wellbeing. Ultimately they will successfully self-manage their diabetes. This empowerment will increase adherence to treatment &improve health & wellbeing measures, giving economic benefits to health services. All activities will be co-created by users. The principles of co-creation & co-design will be used & the quadruple helix approached will be applied. Patients will be healthier for longer, reducing costs to state healthcare.

Achievements (EN):

DWELL is a holistic programme that encourages and motivates people with Type 2 Diabetes to manage their condition better. From the start, it was important for the project partners to not only have healthcare professionals involved in the development of the 12-week programme, but also the patients themselves. To have an impact and the lasting effect, the project needed those that fully understood what it was like to live with Type 2 Diabetes. It was agreed that DWELL should consist of 4 core modules: education, nutrition, physical activity, and wellbeing. However, at the heart of all of these modules is peer support, motivational interviewing, and self-management. Alongside the 12-week patient support programme, a staff training programme was also needed and therefore, delivered. DWELL is a new way of delivery, taking the focus away from the medical model to a holistic approach, and it was important that staff felt equipped and comfortable having conversations about goals, presenting diabetes in a common language, and ensuring good facilitation skills. 748 people have started their DWELL journey and the common theme presented back at evaluation meetings is the community that it developed and how important good facilitation has had an impact on progress made. The support not only falls within the group sessions, but ambassadors have played a key role as well in the DWELL approach. Having a group of people at each site, that grows as more programmes are delivered, are key to pulling everything together. Some have gone on to form walking groups, cooking groups, craft groups or just organised regular meet ups. There is also online support should participants need an alternative reference point. DWELL has achieved some fantastic results: improvements in metabolic health, enhanced patient empowerment, improved management of diabetes, improvement in physical and mental health and improved quality of life. Finally, DWELL was approached by a German filmmaker & will feature as part of a documentary titled 'Chronic diseases - how do we get them under control?' for 3Sat TV which covers Germany, Switzerland and Austria. The learnings from DWELL were also applied to several other European projects.

Website: http://www.interreg2seas.eu/

Delivered Outputs (EN):

The main outputs of the DWELL project are: - A cross-border staff training programme to deliver patient support programme; - A cross-border 12-week patient support programme designed for self-management of type 2 diabetes; - 2 new tools to support patients in self-managing their condition & provide long term sustainability; - A new multi-lingual online patient support tool; - A comprehensive evaluation report determining whether interventions have had the anticipated success. Check the “Outputs” section below to download related material and see “Main Achievements” section for further information about the achieved results.

Thematic information

Health and social services

Specific Objective: Increase the development of social innovation applications in order to make more efficient and effective local services to address the key societal challenges in the 2 Seas area

Thematic Objective: (01) strengthening research, technological development and innovation by:

Investment Priority:

(01b) promoting business investment in R&I, developing links and synergies between enterprises, research and development centres and the higher education sector, in particular promoting investment in product and service development, technology transfer, social innovation, eco-innovation, public service applications, demand stimulation, networking, clusters and open innovation through smart specialisation, and supporting technological and applied research, pilot lines, early product validation actions, advanced manufacturing capabilities and first production, in particular in key enabling technologies and diffusion of general purpose technologies

Partners (8)

Lead Partner: The Health and Europe Centre

Address: Beech House, Hermitage Lane, ME16 9PH Maidstone, United Kingdom

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 223 499.52

ERDF budget: EUR 134 099.70

Centre Hospitalier de Douai (CHD)

Name: Centre Hospitalier de Douai (CHD)

Department: North France

Address: BP 10740 - Road of Cambrai, 59507 DOUAI Cedex , France

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 563 008.23

ERDF budget: EUR 337 804.93

Canterbury Christ Church University

Name: Canterbury Christ Church University

Department: Faculty of Health and Wellbeing

Address: North Holmes Road, CT1 1QU Canterbury, United Kingdom

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 805 700.78

ERDF budget: EUR 483 420.45

Kent County Council

Name: Kent County Council

Department: Public Health

Address: Room 3.45, Sessions House, ME14 1XQ Maidstone, United Kingdom

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 96 700.13

ERDF budget: EUR 58 020.08

Medway Community Healthcare CIC

Name: Medway Community Healthcare CIC

Department: Sunlight Centre Surgery

Address: MCH House, 21 Bailey Drive, Gillingham Business Park, ME8 0PZ Gillingham, United Kingdom

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 536 669.51

ERDF budget: EUR 322 001.72

Kinetic Analysis BV

Name: Kinetic Analysis BV

Address: Pastoor Pottersplein 65, 4815 BB Breda, Netherlands

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 389 559.70

ERDF budget: EUR 233 735.81

Arteveldehogeschool

Name: Arteveldehogeschool

Department: Health Care and Innovation Research Centre

Address: Voetweg 66, B9000 Gent Gent, Belgium

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 324 810.67

ERDF budget: EUR 194 886.40

Blackthorn Trust

Name: Blackthorn Trust

Address: St Andrews Road, ME16 9AN Maidstone, United Kingdom

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 802 127.12

ERDF budget: EUR 481 276.27

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Centre Hospitalier de Douai (CHD)

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Canterbury Christ Church University

Diabetes and WELLbeing

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Kent County Council

Diabetes and WELLbeing

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Medway Community Healthcare CIC

Diabetes and WELLbeing

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Kinetic Analysis BV

Diabetes and WELLbeing

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Arteveldehogeschool

Diabetes and WELLbeing

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Blackthorn Trust

Diabetes and WELLbeing

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The Health and Europe Centre

Diabetes and WELLbeing

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Summary

Project name (EN): Diabetes and WELLbeing

Project acronym: DWELL

Project start date: 2016-08-01

Project end date: 2023-03-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 3 742 075.66

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 2 245 245.36

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 0.60%

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Videos / films

DWELL | How it's done

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: http://www.interreg2seas.eu

Publication date: 2022-10-31

Document date: 2021-02-23

Languages: nl

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2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A France - Belgium - The Netherlands - United Kingdom (Les Deux Mers / Two seas / Twee Zeeën)

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2024-12-17

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