Case Study: Anchoring on the Coast

Organisation: Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Location: Blackpool
Populations served: Fylde Coast and Lancashire and South Cumbria for tertiary services

Our project, Anchoring on the Coast, set out to co-design an anchor framework for coastal communities and test a model of co-production.  We embedded community researchers in the BTH research team to co-design an anchor framework for Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust with the community, staff and other partners. The research team co-designed and delivered the research. Using these methods, the research team worked with stakeholders and communities facing multiple disadvantage across Blackpool and the Fylde Coast to understand the challenges faced in these communities and how the Trust can discharge its responsibility as an anchor organisation to better the lives of those living in the Fylde Coast and working for the Trust. The project will continue until the end of January 2023 when we will complete the Anchor Framework for Coastal Communities that can be adopted locally and shared nationally for other coastal areas.