oldington & foley park neighbourhood management pathfinder nick parker neighbourhood manager
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Oldington & Foley Park Neighbourhood Management Pathfinder
Nick Parker Neighbourhood Manager
• Introduction
• Why O&FP
• What is the O&FP Pathfinder
• Themes
• Achievements
• New challenges
2002/03 • WFM submission to ODPM for Round 2 NMP
2003/04 • WFM invited to develop detailed Stage 2 bid• Stage 2 application accepted Dec 2003
2004/05 • NMP Round 2 - under jurisdiction of ODMP
2005/06 • Part of Worcestershire Stronger Safer Communities
2006/07• Included in the Worcestershire LAA
Introduction
Why O&FP – the evidence
indices of multiple deprivation
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30,000
35,000
General
Education
Crime
Employment
Housing
Income
Health
Environment
Why O&FP - residents priorities
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5%
10%
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20%
25%
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35%
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45%
2004 2007
facilities for teenagers
play areas & facilities for children
local police services
litter & rubbish collection
speed & volume of traffic
general appearance of the area
drug dealing/use
Why O&FP
Pathfinder role with;• two tier local government
• semi rural
• Housing Association as Accountable Body
• existing strong partnership
• level of need
Residents
BCPS
O&FP Network
WCC
WMC
analysis
projects /change
management
developing social capital
theme evidenc
e
WFCH
WFDC
PCT
joint partner
priorities
Sure Start
O&FP Pathfinder is a Partnership
LAA priorities
What is the O&FP Pathfinder • A clearly defined neighbourhood
• Involvement of local people
• Support & commitment from the local authority & partners
• A local partnership to provide strategic direction
• Quality information (baseline)
• Mechanisms for service providers to work with residents to develop local services/solutions
• A neighbourhood manager & team with influence
[NRU 2004]
- the unbroken golden thread……. Government Policy
• Government Department
• Department Divisions
• Government Offices
Local Delivery • Local Government
• Job Centres/Police/PCT/Housing
• Voluntary Sector
Front line • Members, Managers, Officers &
Operatives
Education
Planning for the new Extended Schools
• School as client
• Master planning process (Wyre Forest Community Housing )
• Consultation with all stakeholders
• Signposting or real services
• affordability
• accessibility
• Governance
The concept – spatial relationships Proposed Primary School
Education
TrainingMeeting Room
OfficeInterview
Housing Office/
WardensWC
K
PoliceParentRoom
OfficeInterView WC’s
CommunityCafe
“Soft Seats”
Servery
ICT/Internet Cafe
ST
St
Studio
Kitchen
Sta
ff
MainHall
School Admin
MainReception
SEN/NurtureGroup
MIRoom
StoreGroupRoom
Bre
akou
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Views OutMain Public
Entrance
Out of HoursEntrance
PupilEntrance
Office LRC
St Store
PracticalArea
PrimarySchool
Community Suite
SemiPublic
Public
HeadTeacher14m2
MI/SENTherapy14m2
Repro7m2
GeneralOffice13m2
Reception MAIN ENTRANCE &RECEPTION
Training/Meeting Room 15m2
SeniorManager11m2
Central Stock 7.8m2
Dis WC4.4m2
Rentable Office Space20m2
Studio48m2
Kitchen & WelfareFacilities51m2 Parent
Room 9.8m2
Interview6.5m2
Police10m2
Comm-unitySt. 5m2
Kitchen-ette6.5m2
Office 7m2
Servery
CommunityCafeStor
e5m2
Chair Store/Servery 10m2School
Hall155m2
PE Store12m2
FemaleChange 30m2
MaleChange 30m2
BMA12.6m2
MaleWC 8.8m2
FemaleWC 8.8m2
ExtSt.6.7m2
PUPIL ENTRANCE
TO SCHOOL
TOPLAYING FIELDS
Clean & Safe
Problems • Patchwork of ownership • Police were outsiders • Lack of local pride
Solutions• Joint working• Pride in your Area• Neighbourhood Tasking• Police Base
• Oscars, Junior Warden
NRU Household Survey 502 households in 2004 & 403 in 2007
• 5% decrease in number of residents seeing letter and rubbish as a problem
• 9% increase in satisfaction with how the problem of litter and rubbish is dealt with
• 9% reduction of people who see abandoned cars as a problem
• 9% increase in satisfaction with quality of street cleaning
Clean & Safe
NRU Household Survey 502 households in 2004 & 403 in 2007
• 8% increase satisfaction with Police service in the area
• 6% reduction of people who see vandalism & graffiti as a problem
• 7% reduction of people who see teenagers hanging around as a problem
• 10% reduction of people who see car crime as a problem
Clean & Safe
Best Value Indicator 199
BV199 category April/Jul 05 Apr/Jul 06 Dec 06/Mar 07
a) Litter & detritus 33% 21% 9%
b) Graffiti 0% 0% 5%
c) Flypositng 0% 0% 0%
Government target 25%
Economic
• O&FP residents are failing to seek or gain work (in particular, in the public sector)
o postcode discrimination
o lack of confidence
o lack of appropriate skills
o benefit dependency (feel safe)
• jobs & training fair - failure
• work experience - success
Economic
Enterprise • Working with Young Enterprise
• Balancing Act
• ‘Ready to Start’ Leonard Cheshire
Jobs• Lawrence Skip Hire
• Job Centre Plus
• Incapacity Benefits into work (LLA CC)
• Intensive Support Worker
Training & Skills• Network Warehousing
• College
Pathfinder & Partners Achievement• Plans for new School
• Improved BV199 (Street Cleaning)
• Community Police Base
• Neighbourhood Tasking
• Increase engagement with residents
• Training programmes & involvement of Business Community
• Parenting Project being developed (Worcestershire lead)
• Reduction in Teenage Pregnancies
• Summer play schemes
• Residents helped to sign up 700 people to new NHS Dentists
• Junior Pathfinder now a member of WCC Youth Cabinet
• Young Champions – PCT Junior Health Forum
• Youth Enterprise - £3,000
• Youth Charter launched by Dr Richard Taylor
• Reduction in criminal damage
• Speech & Language Project
Pathfinder & Partners Achievement
Pathfinder Team• Member of DCLG Neighbourhood
Management Panel
• Presentation to a Cross Whitehall meeting on Extended Schools
• Expert Witness for Renewal Academy
• Presentation to National Neighbourhood Renewal Conference 2006 Warwick University
• Recognition in Good Practice Guides on:
• Youth
• Economy
• Extended Schools
Pathfinder Team• Members of National Action Groups
• Youth Engagement
• Economic Development & Neighbourhoods
• Extended Schools
• Presentation at CIH Harrogate
• Support for Credit Union
• Presentation Extended Schools Conference with Junior Pathfinders
Challenges (opportunities)
• Local Area Agreement
• Increasing importance of LSP’s
• Sharing good practice
• Resistance to change
• Too much change
• Performance Management Framework
• Long term change V short-term outputs
A high point - Junior Pathfinders
• Energy
• Encourage citizenship (social capital)
• Own pot of money
• Reach parents/carers (not the usual suspects)
• Benefits of valuing youth reached beyond those we worked with
• Spoken at several national and county conferences & local radio
CITIZEN POWER
