our place, getting going benwell and scotswood community action planning july 2014
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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. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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 Search Project
Millin Centre Pendower Good Neighbourhoods Project
RHWE SNCG
JET West End food bank
Success 4 all Patchwork Project
Scotswood Area Strategy Sure Start
St Margarets Church Scotswood Resident Association
ABC connections Northumbria Police
Newcastle City Council 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)
Partnership GroupMeeting
Design
Groups mtg
1
Design
Groups
mtg 2
Design
Groups mtg
3
Operational Plan
Skillsbridge Brokerage Services to all VCS partners
Advisor Pool to offer expertise and skill share
On-going communication to all partners
July August/September October/November
Identify priority themes Scope out activities and themesLogic chain models
Proposed approach for getting going phase for Benwell and Scotswood
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 RolesRoles
VCS Organisations Identify Priority Themes to plug gapsScope out activities and services for the operational plan
SkillsBridge Fund applicant, facilitate and support development of operational planLink to businesses for skillshare and expertise , 121 support to VCS and for volunteering and placements.
Newcastle City Council, Community Services Team
Support the development of the Operational plan through provision of LA dataProvide links into wider NCC services and connect with relevant initiatives and other groupsOn-going discussions with VCS on various aspects of Operational plan
Other Partners Northumbria Police
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 1st September• Submit Draft Operation plan – 21st 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 involvementPartnership Meetings
Development Groups
E-mail group
Input to process and defining priorities
Service design and detailed scoping of initiatives
Ad hoc comments on progress, comments on developing plan etc.
Cascade information to other groups
Themes from Phase 1Themes Potential Activities
1 Skills for life, skills for work Basic skills supportBasic Household management skillsPersonal development Enterprising skillsESOL in besopoke contexts and environments
2 Routeways to employment and self-employment
Pre volunteering programmesVolunteering programmesPlacement programmesWork experience programmesPre apprenticeship programmesPre start animation, start up support
3 Advice guidance and support
Welfare rights workersCommunity Development workers/case workersAdvocacy work Handholding resources to support early stage work
4 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?
Complete feedback form to let us know how you wish to engage