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Improving Futures Announcement Event
Arundel House, 26 January 2012
Twitter: #bigfutures
Peter WanlessBig Lottery Fund
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Naomi EisenstadtSenior Research Fellow,Oxford University
Families with multiple problems
Improving Futures will make a major contribution to solutions
Prevalence of multiple disadvantage (2006)
55% have 0 or 1 disadvantage
45% have multiple disadvantages
Number of disadvantages
%
of
fa
mili
es
2.81.4
6.5
1
4.9 5.44.5 4.3
8.1
2.9
7.78.9
6.27.3
9.7
5.6
7.5
11.910.4 11.1
12.5
10.2
16.318
02468
101214161820
Well belowaverage at English
(2005)
Child suspendedor excluded in last
year (2005)
Not seen friends inlast week andnever goes to
organised socialactivities (2004)
In trouble withpolice in last year
(2005)
Child spent lessthan an hour on
physical activity inlast week (2005)
Child admitsrunning away fromhome before (2004)
None 1 or 2 3 or 4 5 or more family disadvantages
Source: Families and Children Survey (2004 and 2005)
Children from families facing multiple disadvantages are at greater risk of a range of negative outcomes
Economic well
being
Communities & staying safe Health and family
structures
Most Excluded Families
Most risk factors for poor outcomes relate to adults in the family
• 63% of boys with convicted fathers go on to be convicted themselves
• Parental alcohol misuse is a factor in >50% of child protection cases
Strong association between mother’s educational qualifications and child’s future earnings • Children from workless households are much more likely to become poor and workless adults
Parental disability or mental health problems strongly associated with poor outcomes for children
1:4 children witnessing domestic violence have serious social and behavioural problems
Distinctive features
• Particular focus on families with primary aged children
• Attention to families where several problems come just below the threshold for support
• Funding and control with the VCS, but requirement to work with the statutory sector
• Open attempt to try several strategies and learn from them all through evaluation
Derek GrayAberlour Child Care Trust
Working in partnership to improve the future of Dundee’s children
Dundee Early Intervention Team
Background to partnership
• Commitment to collaboration
• Need to do things differently
• Big4 response
• Fit with Getting it Right For Every Child
• Preventative early intervention
• Replicable model
Big Lottery Improving Futures Fund• Funding to partnerships led by voluntary
sector organisations
• Improved outcomes for children in familieswith multiple and complex needs
• New approaches to local delivery that demonstrate replicable models which lead to more effective, tailored and joined up support
• Improved learning and sharing of best practice between public services and community sector organisations
Dundee Early Intervention Team•Local strategic and national policy fit
•Supports that families have told us they want and need
•Managed, phased, outcome focussed support
•Strengths based, Team around the child/family
•Social Pedagogy approach
•Provide support out-with standard hours
•Pooled resources of the Big4 - Additionality / Contributions ‘in kind’
Target Beneficiaries
• Children of families where parents express they are at the point of crisis and need help
• Children and families whom professionals see as in need of support
• Children and families who need help and support but don’t meet the criteria for access to targeted additional support.
Access to Service
• Direct access
• Agency ‘referral’
• Link with Health
Link Worker identified and
compliments the work of the wider
HV Team with individual families
Health Visitor
Staff Nurse
Early Years Worker
Community Midwife
Child Protection Link Nurse
http://www.aberlour.org.uk
http://www.actionforchildren.org.uk
http://www.barnardos.org.uk
http://www.children1st.org.uk
Ken TeearsSunderland AFC Foundation
Improving Futures Programme: SunderlandThe Neighbourhood Alliance
Ken TeearsStrategic Development Director
What is it?
•A city-wide approach•£890,000•160 families•Across five areas•Over four years
Aims:• A community based multi-agency model • Family and child centred• Driven by the family• Linked to an Information Space • A new way of working across all sectors • Using local intelligence • Established new protocols Why?• So that families can receive tailored support in an agreed
timeframe from the most appropriate agency who continue to share information as part of good governance.
Delivery Objectives: Children and Family
To support children of Primary School Age in the following ways:
• Increase the level of attainment;• Increase the level of school attendance; • Reduce the number of children with a protection
plan; • Reduce first time entrants to the criminal justice
system; • Improve tenancy stability for families.
Wearmouth Development
Trust
Environment & Infrastructure
Health Centre
Southwick & Marley Potts
Housing 21
AnchorRiverside Housing
3 Rivers
Cheviot
E5 & Nomad
DAMA
Managing lettings
agencies
Private Landlords
Gentoo
Police
Police Station
Fiscus
Grange Park Primary School
Southwick primary School
English Martyrs Primary School
Willow fields Primary School
Redhouse Academy
Monkwearmouth comp
Maplewood Avenue
College
University
Southwick and Monkwearmouth
Community Transport
Southwick & Monkwear
mouth community Transport
Salvation Army
Age Uk
Sunderland Mind
Workers Education
Assocaition
Southwick Community
Development Trust
Monkwearmouth Hospital/Hospice
Aquatic Centre
Grace House
Stroke Association
Macmillian Nurses
Counseling Services
SNCBC Youth
Provision
Southwick Health Centre
CAMHS
7x private older persons
accommodation
Dentist
PharmacyAustin House
Health and Wellbeing
Taxi Service
ITEC
Springboard
Connexions
Riverside Training
Thornbeck College
SAFC Foundation
Job Centre Plus
Job linkage
SNCBC
Welfare Rights
Southwick Sports Hall
Pubs
Churches
Library
Post Office
Quarry
Cemetery
2x Banks
Southwick community
Centre
Education
Thompson Park
XL youth Village
SNYP
Play Areas
The Green Shops
Children’s Centre
Maplewood Centre
Southwick and Monkwearmouth Community
Forum
Groundwork
Alloments
Housing
Southwick & Marley Potts
Training & Skills
Community Safety
Community Involvement/Engagement
Employment
Health Centred
ELITE GYM
Wearmouth Community
Development Trust
Salvation Army
Foundation Learning
Gentoo ASB Team
Allottments
Sunderland City Council Parenting
Team
Southwick Business Centre
New Beginnings
Nursery
How?
A Neighbourhood Model•Pilot based in Southwick•School centred•Establishing a hub•Identifying key agencies•Mapping services•Establishing relationships•Building trust•Exchanging information•Meeting fortnightly
Kindly provided by Gentoo Group
Governance•Led by SAFC Foundation•Independent Project Board:
•Local Authority•Gentoo•SNCBC
•Feeds into Strategic Partnership Board•Community meetings•Family Support Group
Background Process•Based on conversations•Pen portrait entry•Map is a ‘Hop scotch’ •Not prescriptive•Agencies as ‘Unblockers’•Neighbourhood Friend•Social capacity
Information Space•User permission protocol•Pen portraits uploaded•Family in control of info•Family give access•Only those who need to know•Online but also paper pro-formas•Managed by Monitoring Officer•Enables activity outside of community meetings
CommissioningResource Allocation Procedure to be established‘Menu’ of interventions and services created including:• Free at point of delivery• Statutory agency services• VCS provisionAlso used to identify what services do not exist in communitiesDelivery agents will be selected based on:• The needs of the family/children• The agency ‘best-placed’ to work with the family/children• Value for money
Legacy• Neighbourhood Friends / volunteers• New way of working between agencies that
would remain in communities• Family support group• Social capacity, families helping each other• Increased attainment of children• Improved life chances• More cohesive communities
Laurie DayECORYS
Improving FuturesEvaluation and Learning
26th January 2012
• The Evaluation Partnership – Ecorys, with Parenting UK, the University
of Nottingham and Ipsos MORI
• Aims and Scope – Effectiveness, outcomes and impact – Five years and UK-wide – Programme and project-level– Learning and dissemination
Overview
Programme Outcomes
Health and wellbeing
Emotional and behavioural
development
Educational outcomes
Safeguarding and social care
Crime and ASB
Parenting skills and confidence
Health and wellbeing
Educational outcomes
Safeguarding and social care
Crime and ASB
Family functioning and relationships
Financial wellbeing and
security
Secure and safe environment
Social networks and belonging
Strategic Benefits
Strategic influence over UK policyLeverage over external resourcesSynergy with other programmes
Knowledge transferReplication of effective practice
Programme Impacts
Net improvements to children’s life chancesNet risk reduction for families with complex needs
Net attributable social cost savings
Programme Effectiveness
Programme-levelEffectiveness of programme design,
development and implementation
Project-levelEffectiveness of governance;
partnerships; strategy and planning; user involvement and delivery
Quality of provision Sustainability
Children Adults Families
Evaluation Framework
Strand Evaluation Tasks Outputs
Programme-
level
• Literature review • Programme MI data collection • Beneficiary and stakeholder surveys • Impact assessment & CBA • Family advisory panel
Evaluation framework
Statistical bulletins
Interim and final
evaluation reports
Project-level
• Project “evidence portfolios” • Case study research• Participatory action research• Enhanced CBA / cost vignettes
Bespoke evaluation plans
and data
Bi-annual reporting
Case studies
Learning
strand
• Evaluation website; project pages • Social media • Learning events and workshops• Policy briefings and webinars
Web-based project and
programme data
Workshops completed
Toolkit developed
Work Programme
Measuring Impact
Assessment of gross impacts: risk reduction and resilience (- / +)Assessment of net impacts: attributable to the programme Cost-Benefit Analysis: net present value; projected future savings
Triangulation of the evidence
MI and survey data (self-reporting)
Stakeholder survey Control study (QED)
Measuring Impact
• Evaluation Framework finalised (March 12)
• Monitoring system established (April 12)
• Project workshops (May / June 12)
• Baseline survey (May-July 12)
• First results and reporting (Dec 12)
Year 1 Milestones
Anne Longfield4Children
Improving Futures Announcement Event
Arundel House, 26 January 2012
Twitter: #bigfutures