Mayday InspireTLAP - February 2015

Katie-Lee Percival – Programme Manager

Rachel Mitton – Talent Match Champion

Introduction:The Context

Wider Youth ContextHouse of Commons (2011) £800 million spent during 2009-10 dealing with youth crime.

Department of Education (2011) Cost of young people’s drug and alcohol misuse is £4.3million per year

Young Minds (2013) 11.5% of young people have a mental disorder.

Mental health in England cost is £105.2 billion a year. (Centre of Mental Health, 2010)

Northamptonshire Prevention Agenda

Northamptonshire’s Children & Families – Early Help and Prevention Commissioning Strategy 2013-16

‘Enable individuals and families to access appropriate support as early as possible, to help them maintain their quality of life, prevent any problems getting worse and reduce the demand for high cost, specialist support services.’

Mayday Approach

Out with the old… In with the new…

Coping Strengths

Fire fighting Talent spotting

Support Individualresponsibility

Managing Empowering

Weakness Building

Stereotypes Thriving

Signposting Brokering

Cycle of statutory services

Positive networks

Working with young people (12-18) and their families to prevent them moving into cost-intensive services

250 young people & families over the 3 year project

Eastern district of Northamptonshire

For young people-Let young people take control

For the commissioners-Limit & prevent reoccurring youth issues from happening!

Our Big Idea-BU Be Amazing

BespokeMeasurin

g Tool

Personal budgets

Advantaged

Thinking

Choice

Person/Family

Centred

Control

Real wealth

Tried & tested

US method

Belief

Building

Thriving

Challenging

Talent

Approach Combines:

Case Studies

Life Through a Lens

Private singingtuition

Singing lessons at school

Wider Mayday opportunities

Self confidence

Constructive use of time

Links in with Autism

agencies

Music rehearsal space

Health Hub

School

CAFFamily

Relate

Confidence

Constructive use of time

Communication skills

Developing talent

Sang in BU Be Amazing video, trying new opportunities

Is now not hanging around with ‘wrong crowd’ at weekends

Is communicating and getting on more with mum and family

Music exams & singing lessons at school

Client A - Impact

‘I feel as a whole family we have benefitted from it so far because Client A doesn’t normally socialise with

anyone except on a Saturday when she chooses to hang around town with the wrong people…I hope continuing

this will show Client A how to become independent and the right path to lead becoming confident and

believing in herself.’

Feedback from Client A’s Mother

Example OutcomesAchievements and engagement in education, training or employment

Positive values

Positive self identity

Young people don’t get involved in more statutory services

Decrease in anti-social behaviour

Better family relationships

Recognition of talents & a clear plan of action

Engagement in local community

The Next Steps…

Measuring ToolAsset measuring Measures points in time

(distance travelled)

Under 7 minutes to complete

Covers all assets including family, constructive use of time etc

Provides baseline data

Online platform

Bespoke survey created specifically for Mayday Trust

The Future Secure funding

The Mayday App

Development of the Mayday Operational Guide

Building our market place of opportunities & making it accessible to

young people / online e-market

Piloting Mayday measuring tool

Demonstrating that prevention is better than intervention

Talent Match

An £108 million investment to tackle youth unemployment in 21 areas of England

Talent Match is targeting young people who are:

• Furthest from the jobs market

• Outside of the benefits system

• Outside of the work and training system

…and facing barriers to gaining the skills they need to get into work.

Talent Match focus

Ultimately…completely directed by the young person

Champions Inspire

The path is clear

CV writing

Work experience in early years setting

Trust building

Peer socialisation

Confidence building

Mentoring Opportunity brokering

Work experience as a business administrator

Exploring career as carer

Performing room

Peer mentor residential

IAG session

Application support

L2 qualification

Mentoring

Opportunity brokering

Song writing

Guitar tuition to others

Taster events

Volunteer School

Volunteer care home

Challenge Group Ambassador

Video training

Mentoring

Opportunity brokering

Volunteer Delos

Volunteer Charity Shop

Personal film project

The future of Talent Match

Healthy Conversations

Our approach

Taster Events

1-2-1 coaching

Health Action Project

Three strands

1 team focused on individualisation

Talk to usBU_Be_Amazing@maydaytrust.org.uk

TalentMatch@maydaytrust.org.uk

HealthHub@maydaytrust.org.uk

@BU_Be_Amazing

01788 568176