Our Place, Getting Going Benwell and Scotswood Community Action Planning July 2014

Agenda

• • • • 2pm Welcome, Introductions, Context Getting Going Phase Proposal for Benwell and Scotswood Timeframe for this phase • • 3pm Identifying priorities and development groups Next steps

Partners engaged

Partners

Riverside Centre Health Project Millin Centre RHWE JET Success 4 all Scotswood Area Strategy St Margarets Church ABC connections Newcastle City Council Search Project Pendower Good Neighbourhoods Project SNCG West End food bank Patchwork Project Sure Start Scotswood Resident Association Northumbria Police West End Girls Project

What is the Our Place Programme?

• • • • • Package of support to help neighbourhoods

develop detailed plans

for their local area First phase was to find out what priorities were Second phase to develop detailed Operational plans 141 successful areas (Benwell and Scotswood one of these) 9 others in the North East (2 in Newcastle)

Proposed approach for getting going phase for Benwell and Scotswood

Partnership Group Meeting

Identify priority themes

Design Groups mtg 1 Design Groups mtg 2 Design Groups mtg 3

Scope out activities and themes Logic chain models

Operational Plan July Advisor Pool to offer expertise and skill share Skillsbridge Brokerage Services to all VCS partners On-going communication to all partners August/September October/November

Proposed Approach

• • • • • • Partnership Meeting to discuss phase 2 and identify broad priority/ies Development groups (3) to be established Roles and responsibilities of development groups identified Membership of development group discussed Register VCS with SkillsBridge Match to businesses to address issues

Role of Design Group/s

• • • Take the priority areas and consider key activities and services that have been proposed Prioritise these and identify 1-2 initiatives to be costed out in detail Develop these “ideas” into firm fully costed proposals outlining the proposed benefits they will bring to the area

Membership/Responsibilities of Design Group

• • • • • Key player in priority area Able to commit one staff/volunteer to participate fully in all groups At least 3 sessions per group so looking at a commitment of 6 hours Staff/volunteer be able, willing, knowledgeable about the service area Chair? (VCS? SkillsBridge? Advisor?)

Advisor Expertise Pool

• • • • Recruit 5-6 SkillsBridge advisors with expertise in relevant areas ( VCS, impact, priority area, capacity building, facilitation etc.) Could Chair groups? Could help to facilitate groups?

Could sit in on groups and offer advice/expertise?

Brokerage 121 support

• • • • • All VCS will be registered with SkillsBridge Areas of need will be explored building on priorities identified in Phase 1 or new ones SkillsBridge will offer advisors to build capacity and address project needs Have already matched a few organisations All part of helping to achieve VCS sustainability

Communication

• • • • Weekly update to all partnership Separate page on SkillsBridge website we will use to keep things up to date Keep events calendar updated Other websites can link into the website

Partnership Roles

VCS Organisations SkillsBridge Newcastle City Council, Community Services Team Other Partners Northumbria Police

Roles

Identify Priority Themes to plug gaps Scope out activities and services for the operational plan Fund applicant, facilitate and support development of operational plan Link to businesses for skillshare and expertise , 121 support to VCS and for volunteering and placements.

Support the development of the Operational plan through provision of LA data Provide links into wider NCC services and connect with relevant initiatives and other groups On-going discussions with VCS on various aspects of Operational plan Support the development of the Operational Plan through the provision of data and provide links to other initiatives etc.

Cost Benefit Analysis

• • • • Our place keen on CBA Mandatory for all groups to develop logic chains (problem, solution, outcomes, impact) Depending on complexity of programme might request a full CBA SkillsBridge will lead on this but more about this in development groups

Timeline for Getting Going phase

• • • • • • Submission of logic model 1 st September Submit Draft Operation plan – 21 st November Peer Review – November to mid January Final sign off – February DCLG to sign off in March 2015 Going Further phase April 2015

Resources and funding

• • • • Going Further Working with NCC and ward budgets to fund identified projects Sourcing other funding? Lotteries Reaching Communities? Newcastle Fund?

Collaborative approach and separate VCS bids

Key benefits to partnership

Operational plan that will be a useful resource to use to bid for funders have conversations about funding etc.

VCS able to take advantage of opportunities

Level of involvement

Input to process and defining priorities

Partnership Meetings Development Groups

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E-mail group

Service design and detailed scoping of initiatives Ad hoc comments on progress, comments on developing plan etc.

  Cascade information to other groups   

4 1 2 3

Themes from Phase 1

Themes

Skills for life, skills for work Routeways to employment and self-employment Advice guidance and support

Potential Activities

Basic skills support Basic Household management skills Personal development Enterprising skills ESOL in besopoke contexts and environments Pre volunteering programmes Volunteering programmes Placement programmes Work experience programmes Pre apprenticeship programmes Pre start animation, start up support Welfare rights workers Community Development workers/case workers Advocacy work Handholding resources to support early stage work Our Community, celebration, education, place Places and spaces, celebration initiatives, community fund, music, arts and cultural activities, learning through play, no outsiders, intergenerational projects, health eating, waste reduction and recycling projects

Task 1

• • Handouts (work in groups of 3-4) each group to focus on 1 priority area Is there anything missing from the priorities?

• How would you rate each of the priority themes including any you identified as missing. High, Medium or Low.

Task 2

Reflecting on your organisation and your own work which of these themes would be most relevant for you/other staff or volunteer to get involved with and work in in partnership?

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