Environment

Environment Play Sport, Leisure and Culture / Chwarae, campau, hamdden a'r pethe

Participation Poverty

Current Challenges What Can Be Done? Where To Go?

The need for local services to encourage greater participation.

There will be enhanced participation if ser-vice provision is worthwhile, fun and gives opportunity to gain new skills or an award (e.g. Millennium volunteers Grant scheme) Development of intergenerational projects enhances skills and provides access to ser-vices e.g. cinema night or cultural trips. Some local authority areas have sports’ councils who provide a voice for local clubs. The umbrella body for these is the Welsh Association of Local Sport Councils. The Libraries for Life scheme launched by WAG should encourage greater engage-ment with and use of local library facilities

Communities First Network- Billy Brown Creative Partnerships Arts Council Wales strategies for promot-ing participation and funding opportunities. WAG Statement 2005 Welsh Association of Local Sport Councils Libraries for Life

Environment Education and Learning Opportunities / Addysg

Income Poverty

Current Challenges What Can Be Done? Where To Go?

Sustainable Procurement In 2005 it was estimated that 35% of the £4 bil-lion spent each year by the public sector in Wales was won by indigenous business sup-porting some 70,000 jobs. Every 1% increase to this figure should relate to an increase of some 2,000 jobs.

Develop a common partnership approach to sustainable procurement that ensures op-portunities to support the local economy and skills development of young people are se-cured.

Buy Wales http://www.forumforthefuture.org.uk/node/1413 http://www.s-p-i-n.co.uk/toolkit.asp#Socio-Economic

Environment Health Freedom from Abuse and Exploitation / Iechyd, a rhyddid rhag cam-drin a

Income Poverty

Current Challenges What Can Be Done? Where To Go?

Access to safe modes of transport to reduce incidence of RTC’s in deprived wards.

A review of safe routes to school schemes could be used to extend 20mph zones across Council areas where there is a high density of children and young people.

NPHS Deprivation and the health of Young People report

Environment Play Sport, Leisure and Culture / Chwarae, campau, hamdden a'r pethe

Income Poverty

Current Challenges What Can Be Done? Where To Go?

Engaging children, young people and their families in arts, culture and leisure when there are significant financial barriers.

Maximise use of community settings e.g. integrated children’s centres or community schools to provide subsidised activities. Access extracurricular provision through programmes such as Dragon Sport and 5x60, in which teachers and volunteers provide activity sessions free of charge or at minimal cost. Provide staffed play areas - funding available from Big Lottery fund

The Community Builders Handbook Arts Council Wales fund community arts and dance organisations across Wales who aim to engage children from deprived communities. Sports Council for Wales employ Dragon Sport Coordinators based in local authorities across Wales. The Coordinators work with schools and community clubs to provide opportunities for 7-11 year olds http://www.dragonsport.co.uk 5x60 officers are funded through the Sports Council for Wales to provide extracurricular sport sessions for secondary school pupils.

Environment A Safe Home and Community / Cartrefi a chymunedau diogel

Income Poverty

Current Challenges What Can Be Done? Where To Go?

Lack of affordable housing to rent and to buy

Local Authorities should work with their Registered Social Landlord partners to employ Rural Housing Enablers to tackle the barriers to developing affordable housing in rural areas

DEFRA Report

Environment Education and Learning Opportunities / Addysg

Service Poverty

Current Challenges What Can Be Done? Where To Go?

Homework Policies Children from more advantaged backgrounds enjoy considerable out of school support in overcoming their problems that their disadvantaged peers do not receive. The latter are almost totally dependent on out-of-school homework clubs if they are to access such support.

Develop guidance on homework policies that take account of the difficult situation faced by children experiencing poverty and the support that can be made available to them.

http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/management/atoz/h/homework/ Homework Policies

Working with others Consider bringing in role models to show people from their own background that can be successful.

http://www.infed.org/biblio/role_model_education.htm http://www.teachers.tv/video/244

Basic Skills Low levels of basic skills in work hamper the ability of employees to progress and perpetuates in work poverty.

Prioritise basic skills within your own organisations and encourage all partners to sign up to "Basic skills employer pledge". Complete and implement the action plan.

Basic-skills-Wales: employer_pledge

Environment Education and Learning Opportunities / Addysg

Service Poverty

Current Challenges What Can Be Done? Where To Go?

Basic Skills Low levels of basic skills in work hamper the ability of employees to progress and perpetu-ates in work poverty.

Prioritise basic skills within your own organi-sations and encourage all partners to sign up to "Basic skills employer pledge". Com-plete and implement the action plan.

Basic-skills-Wales: employer_pledge

Environment Health Freedom from Abuse and Exploitation / Iechyd, a rhyddid rhag cam-

drin a

Service Poverty

Current Challenges What Can Be Done? Where To Go?

Access to a safe and healthy environment It is very often the environment in which a child or young person is living that can have the most impact on their health. Children liv-ing in poverty are more likely to be exposed to substandard facilities, such as school toi-lets or a lack of open access play areas. The public health strategic framework will set out a vision of improved public health and wellbeing for all children and young people by 2020. But for the framework to be successful action at a local level must begin now with reviews of community facilities and a better understanding of the links between wellbeing and poverty.

Public Health Strategic Framework Route to Health Improvement (WLGA) Review of school toilets (WAG &WLGA)

Environment Participation and Decision Making / Cymryd rhan yn y broses benderfynu

Service Poverty

Current Challenges What Can Be Done? Where To Go?

Land use Planning The Involvement of Children and young people within land use planning can bring effective re-sults. However practice is limited.

Utilise the toolkits and review the potential for activity in your area.

http://www.childfriendlycities.org/about/index.html http://urbact.eu/fileadmin/corporate/pdf/Toolkit_Document_ENG.pdf http://www.unesco.org/most/guic/guiccbccy.htm http://www.nspcc Safe communitiies toolkit

Environment A Safe Home and Community / Cartrefi a chymunedau diogel

Service Poverty

Current Challenges What Can Be Done? Where To Go?

Child Pedestrian Injuries Child Pedestrian Injuries are strongly related to with deprivation.

Explore methods of improving road safety in disadvantaged areas. Via the NSF arrange-ments within key action 2.38.

department for transport t roadsafety re-search