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Headline Engagement Report April – September 2013

Headline Engagement Report – April-September 2013

1.0 Background

This report provides a summary and overview of all major consultation work undertaken across the Council and partners between April 2013-September 2013 (inclusive) relating to children, young people, parents and carers. Where impact can be already recorded, it captures what has changed as a result of consultation, as well as possible wider implications for the Children’s Trust. It does not include details of outcomes related to advocacy or personal development work with individual young people, nor does it focus on the various positive activities that are provided by some of the organisations listed.

2.0 Methodology

The bulk of the consultation and engagement was undertaken using existing forums and structures, with summaries provided:

PageBAD Youth Forum/ Young Inspectors 3Children’s Rights and Participation Team (LAC) 6Young People’s Safety Group 85-12 Children’s Forum 9Youth Support Development Service 10Children Services Select Committee 13Regeneration and Economic Development 15Youth Offending Service 16Borough Wide Parents’ Board 17Metropolitan Police 18Young People’s Development Forum (Disabled Children’s Parliament) 20Tenant Participation 22Community Sport and Physical Activity Team 23Just Say Parent’s Forum 24Children’s Centre Parent Forums 26

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2.1 Exemplar outputs and outcomes

Consultees Exemplar outputs and outcomesChildren and Young People

Skittlz (Children in Care Council) instrumental in shaping the Local Authority’s new Children in Care Pledge, or ‘Promises’.

BAD YF assisting in the development of content for the Youth4Us microsite for young people, now launched, and undertake conference to review structure of Forum resulting in 2014 action plan.

Young Inspectors undertaking inspections of Parent Participation Groups attached to GP surgeries.

Children Services Select Committee comprehensive review into school councils and resulting action plan.

Regeneration and Economic Development consult with IYS youth clubs around the development of the Minden Gardens play space on the Thames View Estate.

Youth Offending Service facilitating dialogue between young offenders and the Police through their Mission2Mend project.

Parents and Carers

Parents of LDD young people feeding back around the new system for allocating short break services.

Parents raising concerns regarding housing options directly with Housing Team.

3.0 You Said We, Did – What’s changed as a result of consultation/engagement?

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Organisation: Targeted Support - Engagement Team Project/ service: BAD Youth Forum and Young Inspectors

Summary of engagement activity with children/ young people/ parents:

Education sub-group (April-September 2013)

- The subgroup thought it was vital to improve the communication between the schools’ in our borough and the BAD Youth Forum, to help them all work together for young people to voice their views and make a difference.

- The subgroups are in the process of planning a schools conference with All Saints School, for all 9 schools in the borough to come together and participate in workshops, discussions to help improve school councils. This conference will be planned and delivered by the education subgroup in a young people friendly way.

- The Subgroup has also decided to focus their attention on the content of PSHE/Citizenship lessons. We feel these lessons should include information on, for example, how to open a bank account, budgeting, CV writing, how to vote etc. The Subgroup created a survey asking the schools to get a selected number of the young people from each year to fill it out. With the results we are hoping to meet with the person who leads on lesson planning to see if the subgroup can work with them to make these lessons more engaging for young people.

Media sub-group (April-September 2013)

- Through discussion the members of the Media sub group have decided that one of their projects will be on stereotyping, as it is something many young people in the borough have issues with.

- The media Subgroup recently met with Ken Baker from the Police to find out the facts about Stop and Search to hear the statistics around this, as they felt the police are also stereotyped around the percentage of ethnic minorities that they stop and search in Barking and Dagenham.

- The education subgroups are in the process of developing their project, which will be a media based video clip raising awareness around stereotyping.

- The subgroup hopes to write a lesson plan, and have it delivered in PSHE lessons in secondary schools in Barking and Dagenham.

Young Inspectors sub-group:- The group have been trained to carry out Come Correct condom distribution site inspections.- 10 pharmacies have been inspected to date.- The group completed an inspection of Becontree Leisure Centre.- Young inspectors successfully carried out 4 inspections in partnership with London & Quadrant Housing Association .The bid has secured an

income for the service to the sum of £3300.Three young inspectors will present their findings to the L&Q funding panel in the next coming months.

- Young inspectors conducted an inspection on Sub Wize service, after consulting with Simone James. - Young inspectors wrote a review on the Youth 4 us website before the website was re -launched.- Young inspectors are in the process of completing three PPG (Patient Participation Group) inspections which is a patient forum for Doctors

surgeries. This will hopefully open more doors for the young inspectors in the near future.- Young inspectors will be consulting with Helen Richardson to set up inspections for the 14-19 Career service in the next coming months.- Young inspectors have been shortlisted for the Mayor of London’s Team London Awards 2013, in the ‘My Community’ category. Team London is

the Mayor of London’s volunteering programme for London.

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Consultation sub-group: - Phillipa Banister- DIY Streets Project in local community- Florence Jane-Sexual Health Questionnaire: Relationship & Sex Education- Chain Reaction – Spread The Word, teenage pregnancy prevention campaign- Perdita (Young person) - Human Trafficking project- Home Office public consultation on powers for stop and search- Education Subgroup- Improving School councils - BAD Youth Forum – BAD Youth Forum format- Young minds- Online Survey improving the lives and wellbeing of young people- Sex Education Forum –Online Survey was your sex and relationships education good enough?- Consultation around Youth4Us microsite content.

UK Youth Parliament:- 2 UKYP representatives attended a UKYP/BYC Convention in June. The young people participated in workshops aimed at improving their skills

as youth representatives.- 1 UKYP representative attended a weekend Annual Sitting in August. During the weekend the young person participated in a range of

discussions, workshops and debates.- 2 UKYP representatives attended a UKYP/BYC Convention in October Young people participated in workshops aimed at improving their skills as

youth representatives and participated in the Make your Mark round tables discussion.- The MYP will be attending the House of Commons Sitting in November where they will participate in debates regarding the top five issues voted

for by thousands of young people from across the UK from the UKYP Manifesto. At the end of the five debates, MYPs will vote for the one issue that they would like to see MPs discuss and then take action on.

Full Forum:- In May young people participated in a Question and Answer session with a panel of representatives including, John Biggs, Christine Pryor,

Matthew Cole, Met Police Ken Baker, Peter Horah, Cllr John White- On August 13 &14th BAD Youth Forum now in its eleventh year held their first ever overnight development day residential at Alton Towers. 25

Youth Forum members had the opportunity to participate in a Dragon’s Den style workshop where they had to pitch their ideas on how they would improve the BAD Youth Forum from how it currently operates. The members took to the task very well and came up with a number of innovative ideas.

- In September BAD Youth Forum members met with MP Jon Cruddas at the Houses of Parliament. The purpose of the trip was to update Jon Cruddas of the campaigns the forum are working on this year and to explore issues that are important to young people and find out what their MP is doing to deal with these issues. A brief but effective discussion was held regarding issues for young people in B & D and the group began to explore ways of dealing with some of these issues.

Number of individual children and young people/ parents reached and/ or attendance (please specify):

50 young people have attended sessions from April -September 2013.

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Key issues raised (bullet points):

- Through Young Inspectors inspections young people have highlighted that some services/parts of services aimed at young people are not fit for purpose and are not young people friendly.

- Young people often feel they do not have the opportunity to talk to decision makers or have any influence over the decisions that are made on behalf of young people.

- Through Full Forum meetings it has been highlighted that young people need more access to decision makers at all levels, especially MP’s as young people rarely get to interact with MP’s and share the young people’s views of the issues in the borough.

Key actions taken (bullet points):

- Further inspections are planned; young inspectors commented that feeding back to decision makers is extremely important to young people.

- Through regular consultation sessions young people have been able to give their views and opinions to decision makers/policy makers

- Education subgroup is working in partnership with All Saints School to deliver a school council conference summit.

- Regular full forum meetings have been arranged but due to other commitments the MP has not always been able to attend. Other decision makers have attended and shown great commitment to listening to young people’s issues and have been honest with them about how decisions are made locally and the involvement young people can have in those decisions.

Implications/ recommendations for the Children’s Trust/ LSCB:

To note the issues raised, particularly around pupil voice and PSHE/ Citizenship. Young Inspectors are to inspect Patient Participation Groups attached to GP surgeries, which is a positive step. CT and LSCB can support further links with Public Health/ BRHUT to facilitate input of YP into the development of public health services.

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Organisation: Targeted Support - Engagement Team Project/ service: Children’s Rights and Participation Team


Skittlz (Children in Care Council): Local engagement – 2 member of Skittlz attends MCPG (Members Corporate Parenting Group Meeting) every other month. Skittlz meetings take place 1 every 3 weeks due to their commitments and work capacity – around 5 young people attend these meetings (not all

members will attend, due to the numerous other meetings that they take turns to attend/be involved in) Pledge and consultation 2013 has been developed and has been sent out to all young people in Care in Barking and Dagenham. Skittlz attend the Participation Champions Meetings that take place every 2 months. Skittlz members attended the ‘Listen Up Event’ where it gave the young people a chance to share regional projects and celebrate their achievements

improving the care system across England and Wales. Skittlz members attended the BAD Youth Forum’s full forum meeting at Barking Town Hall. 1 Skittlz member attended the AMPLIFY residential as our representative on the Children’s Commissioner’s Advisory Panel. Skittlz members have been working on their presentation for a pre-Assembly meeting in December for Council Members. Skittlz members have worked on essential placement details that all CIC should know about the Carers they are staying with.

CiC Support Groups: The 12-16 and 7-11 group attended their annual summer residential to Kingswood where they participated in outdoor educational activities. The 7-11 group are working in partnership with the Police to complete a Police collage to be displayed in a local Police station. The 12-16 group are working with Judith Denton on aspirations, dreams and their future looking at the pathways that they can follow to succeed.

Other engagement:

1 Care leaver attended a Children’s Trust meeting to present her care experiences 1 Care Leaver attended a multi disciplinary conference in Waltham Forest themed on the voice of the child and spoke about his experiences and how

being engaged in our service has improved outcomes for him


19 children and young people attend groups weekly. 5 Skittlz members.

Key issues raised (bullet points): Key actions taken (bullet points):6


Communication between professionals and children in care is an issue that has arisen many times.

Children in care have raised the issue of being treated differently in school from their peers, for example being taken out of class for a PEP meeting.

Skittlz have raised the issue of not knowing any of their Foster Carers details before being placed in the home.

Skittlz have been working hard with professionals who attend the Participation Champions Meetings to improve this and elements of Social Work practice.

Has been raised with Cllr Letchford and is to be further explored by Skittlz following pre-Assembly meeting.

Skittlz members created a list of things they think is essential for Children in Care to know about the Carers they are going to be staying with. This information is being included in the info sent to Foster Carers.

Implications/ recommendations for the Children’s Trust:

Continued support from the Children’s Trust to ensure that the voices of CiC are heard. Support in implementing key actions where there are blockages.

Organisation: Targeted Support - Engagement Team Project/ service: Young Peoples’ Safety Group

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27 June 2013 – As part of Child Safety Week, a select few young people from the group were chosen to visit the Metropolitan Police Training Centrein Kent. Young People learnt about different Legal orders that are used during civil disturbances. Young People viewed public disorder training at thecentre. Young people were shown around different types of armoured vehicles used during disturbances. Young people had a first hand experienceof riot equipment that the Police used.

26 September –Large numbers for this session, totalling 73 young people, with the first time that B&D College attended. A drama style workshop wasfacilitated by Tender who addressed Tackling Violence in Teenage relationships. Young people were shown a short 20 minute film regarding the topic and had the opportunity to discuss the content with the actors involved. Young people were signposted to support services, if they identifiedwith any of the issues discussed.


June – 10 (Numbers were restricted due to the nature of the activity)September - 73


Lack of local organisations to support young people facing violencewithin their relationships.


Reports disseminated to all secondary schools, key issues taken tothe BDSCB.

Reports uploaded to public website for general public information.


Further awareness is required amongst young people to tackle the issue of violence within Teenage relationships and where to go to for support.

Organisation: Targeted Support - Engagement Team Project/ service: School Council 5-12 Children’s Forum

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Summary of engagement activity with children:

Summer 5-12 Children’s Forum hosted by Ripple Primary School focussed on Young Carers and coincided with National Carers Week. Children gained awareness of young carers exist and the essential role they play in some families. Also, that some children with caring responsibilities do not identify themselves as carers. Looked at how B&D Carers provide support through activities, trips and residentials for children as young as 10 years old.

Number of individual children reached

35 + many more through information cascading by 10 School Councils.


Wide lack of knowledge of young carers and the effects on education, health and reduced opportunity to socialise.


School Councils to report back to schools and consider running young carer awareness sessions with B&D Carers.


Support children with caring responsibilities to identify themselves as carers. Enable young carers to fulfil their educational potential. Provide personalised support for young carers and those they support. Support young carers to remain mentally and physically well. Signpost young carers to support agencies such as B&D Carers.

Organisation: Targeted Support – Integrated Youth Services Project/Service: Youth Support & Development Service

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http://www.carerscentre.org.uk/


Summary of engagement activity with children/young people/parents:

Gascoigne Youth Centre May 2013 – Consultation on socio-economic impact on young. June 2013 – Consultation on types of activities YP want as part of summer holiday programme. July 2013 – Consultation on improvement of Barking Town Centre Aug 2013 – Consultation on how the Black History Month should be commemorated.

Sue Bramley May 2013 – Heritage project consultation meeting with young people to find out about the history of Thames View. Young people were

asked what they know about their area and what significant facts make their area. May 2013 – Sue Bramley 10yr anniversary. Consultation meeting with young people to participate in designing a programme to

commemorate 10yrs of Sue Bramley Centre. June 2013 – Minden garden play area – consultation with young people and local residents as part of regeneration of Thames View to

gather views and ideas from the young people and the local community on the design of the Minden gardens play area as well as on appropriate play equipments.

June 2013 – Summer project – consultation meeting with young people to identify resources and activities need to enhance the summer project at Sue Bramley Youth Club.

Marks Gate StreetBase Local Young people were given the opportunity to discuss and devise the summer programme for 2013 Young people took part in designing, creating and also painting a mural for the SBL during the summer programme. Young People took part as a group in creating a music video. They devised the name of the video and produced the lyrics.

Youth Bus Boys were given the opportunity to devise a proagramme that looks at specific issues that affect young males.

Number of individual children & young people/parents reached and/or attendance (please specify):Gascoigne Youth Centre

May 2013 – 72 yp June 2013 – 49 yp July 2013 – 39 yp Aug 2013 – 43 yp


Gascoigne Youth Centre May 2013 – Some young people are displaying and

showing early signs of disaffection through various incidents in and outside of school.

Key Actions taken (bullet points):

Gascoigne Youth Centre May 2013 - The outcome of questionnaires used by yp reflected that yp are

being affected by various socioeconomic impacts in their respective families. This resulted in group discussion and 1-2-1 was used as tools

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Marks Gate 26 yp 14 yp 20 yp

Youth Bus – 12 yp

Sue Bramley May 2013 – 21 yp May 2013 - 25 yp June 2013 – 27 yp June 2013 – 20 yp


June 2013 – YP input in programme planning and activities to be offered during the summer holiday programme.

July 2013 – YP input in the improvement of the public realm of Barking Town Centre

Aug 2013 – Commemorating Diversity for Black History Month.

Sue Bramley May 2013 - YP completed questionnaires which

asked them to identify what they knew about the history of Thames View as part of the heritage project.

May 2013 – Young people used questionnaire and group discussion on ways to commemorate 10yr anniversary of Sue Bramley.

June 2013 – Young people and local residents participated in planning and designing the Minden play area. They also raised their concerns about potential issues that may occur in the area. Young people looked at various play equipment and selected three that they would like to see at Minden gardens.

June 2013 – Young people identified various activities and resources they suggested will enhance their experience of the summer holidays at Sue Bramley Youth club.

Marks Gate SBL Young people came up with different activities for the

programme also look at resources. Young people lacked confidence in using spray paint. Young people were not regular attendees for Street

with respective yp to support them. Information on how to access free school meals were given to respective yp, flyers on how to access food bank provision were given as well as TLZ service option. Staff continues to offer ongoing support to yp.

June 2013 – With the aid of a questionnaire, group discussions and planning session with staff, yp identified activities of interest that they want included in the summer holiday programme.

July 2013 – YP used discussions with architects and visual aid put together thoughts and impression how the new town centre should look like as part of the regeneration of the area.

Aug 2013 – Group work and group discussion was used to highlight the history, importance and impact of Black History Month on all ethnic minorities. A 5km ‘Peace Walk’ will be undertaken during Oct half term alongside other partners as fundraising for the Food Bank.

Sue Bramley May 2013 – Questionnaires collected by Creekmouth project will be used

as part of the heritage regeneration programme

May 2013 – From the questionnaire the following activities were identified:o Poetry competitiono Research and storyo Party

June 2013 – Minden Garden coordinators collated information and suggestions from local residents and young people. These will be included in the final design of Minden Gardens play area.

June 2013 – Resources brought from the result of consultationo Art resources, interactive games and group trips.

Marks Gate SBL Activities on summer programme were all what young people agreed.

Mural finished and placed outside Marks gate community centre.

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art project. Young people not confident in writing lyrics due to

poor literacy’s skills. Groups were not regular attendees to session.

Group lacked self confidence when it came to singing and performing on camera.

Youth Bus Different age range with boy’s (i.e. 11-17yrs) Different issues due to their maturity.

DVD produced by young people and submitted to ‘Children & Young People Now Award’

Youth Bus Session to be implemented on Tuesdays as a pilot for three weeks.


Young people have an extremely important role to play in the ongoing regeneration of the borough. They have successfully been consulted regarding a number of regeneration projects in the past six months. It is important that such consultation is built in to all subsequent regeneration plans and that this continues.

Organisation: School Improvement Service and Integrated Youth Services Project/ service: Children’s Services Select Committee Scrutiny Review in

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Student VoiceSummary of engagement activity with children:

The Children’s Services Select Committee’s scrutiny review for 2012-2013 was focused on student voice, following concerns raised by the Chair of the BAD Youth Forum. The methodology of the review was as follows:

Evidence was gathered in the formal committee meetings held between 29 May 2012 and 12 June 2013 and through several ad hoc and informal sessions between members and those providing evidence. The Committee received presentations, reports, formal written evidence, and oral evidence from a range of stakeholders.

Extensive web-based research was undertaken by the Scrutiny team to utilise online guidance and reference tools available from organisations.

The Lead Member attended the ‘Barking and Dagenham Secondary Schools' Student Council Summit’ at All Saints Catholic School on 7 December 2012. This was organised and attended by school council representatives from across the Borough.

The BADYF and the Committee asked that all school councils be visited by a trained School Improvement Officer. They wanted an objective view of every school council so that each could have an individual snapshot of itself to see how it compared with others across the Borough. The meetings took place in April 2013 and were structured as follows:

• Meeting with School Council representatives • Meeting with Senior Leadership Team lead for student voice • Reading of any relevant documents/minutes • Brief feedback to head or nominated senior leader

Number of individual children reached

Evidence from 50 of the 58 schools was included in School Improvement’s report. The schools visited comprised of nine secondary schools, 39 primary schools, one special school, and one specialist alternative provision. The schools that were not able to participate at the time were reoffered a visit; however, the results of visits at schools who agreed to participate at this later stage were not available at the time of this Review. The number of young people consulted via each visit varied and in some cases was as many as over 20.


A number of issues arose from the review. These are listed in full in the final report of the Select Committee. Action encompass schools, governors and well as the Local Authority.


Specific recommendations for the Local Authority are as follows:

Integrated Youth Services explore practical ways to link the work of the BADYF to the 5 – 12 Children’s Forum.

Ward councillors ensure that each school council in their ward

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receives an offer from them annually to attend a school council meeting in the academic year along with information about their surgery times and an invitation to raise any items it would like with them.

Children Services liaise with colleagues in Democratic Services to review the options available to continue, in appropriate settings, local democracy presentations for children and young people to help students understand how local democracy works and how they can use these principles to strengthen student voice.

Children's Services regularly produce a list of upcoming student voice activities which is published on the 'Youth 4 Us' website.

Children's Services ensure this Report and its recommendations are disseminated to schools in the Borough and seek an initial formal response to it from each so that the Committee can estimate the potential impact of this Review.

Children Services monitor the progress of the recommendations and feed this back to the Committee approximately six months after the Report has been disseminated to schools, and at the same time, seek feedback from the BADYF on their perceptions of how schools have responded to this Report, and provide this information to the Committee.


The Trust and LSCB to note to the contents of the report and provide support, where needed, to fulfil the requirements of the action plan.

Organisation: Regeneration and Economic Development Project/ service: New Playspace for 11-18 year Olds at Minden Gardens. Eastern End Thames View

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3 interactive 2-hour workshops with local young people where they could select preferred play equipment and give feedback/ideas on layout were held in May and June 2013. The workshops were held in place on the regular post-school sessions at 3 local youth clubs: (1) Thames View Junior School Club(2) Chance 2 Shine Youth Club (Castle Green) – Integrated Youth Services(3) Sue Bramley Centre Youth Club – Integrated Youth Services

Project team liaised with youth workers who publicised the workshops in advance ensuring good attendance. The workshops included voting for their 5 favourite activities, selecting the preferred dynamic play equipment after being shown videos of all items. A consultation was well balanced with 34 males and females 27 completing the surveys at the Chance 2 Shine workshop. “Space Shaper” 3-hour workshop was held at Sue Bramley Centre Youth Club in July 2013. The independently facilitated workshop used practical

consultation toolkit provided by the Landscape Institute (Royal Chartered body for landscape architects). The toolkit works by capturing the perceptions of both the professionals involved in designing and running the space, and has given people who will use it an opportunity to:

Debate issues of design quality and build a better understanding about how the space works for the different stakeholders Establish what is most important to people Compare different people’s views, bringing council staff and users together in a structured way to discuss the space Help to develop good relations between the users and the people who run the space.

One of the key outcomes of the Space Shaper workshop was that the young people demonstrated a strong degree of understanding of the concerns of the older residents present and vice versa with the older residents demonstrating support for the need to provide young people with positive activities.


1) Thames View Junior School workshop – 20 11-year olds2) Chance 2 Shine Youth Club at Castle Green – 70 young people aged 11-183) Sue Bramley Centre Youth Club workshop – 16 young people aged 11-18

Space Shaper workshop - 10 young people, 2 local residents including the Chair of the local tenants residents association, 2 youth workers, 1 play space designer & 1 sales manager from the play contractor HAGS & SMP

Organisation: Youth Offending Service Project/ service: Mission2Mend – Young People and Police Engagement Project

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Summary of engagement activity with children/ young people/ parents:Targeted group discussion delivered by Youth Justice Intervention Workers to a group of young people who have had experience of the police considering: How young people perceive the police How young people feel that they are perceived by the police How young people perceive stop & search and reasons for and against it Young people’s communication with the police What young people want from the police


9 young people from the Youth Offending Service

Key issues raised (bullet points): Young people felt targeted and harassed by the police Young people felt that they could not communicate with the police Young people perceived the police’s role as to persecute not to

protect Stop and search procedures were seen as unfair and discriminatory Young people felt that the police do not communicate with them

respectfully or fairly


Info from consultation was fed back at the Deputy Mayor’s meeting in the borough in March

Sessions have been devised and delivered at the Tuition Centre and Jo Richardson Community School to look at young people’s perceptions of and communication with the police and to facilitate discussion around stop & search. These will now be rolled out to those schools in the borough that wish to participate.

Plans for a Young People and Police Engagement Forum have been put in place to initiate in early 2014 supported by engagement forums within participating schools (led by schools officers) – this will give young people the opportunity to engage with the police in a facilitated session, to address concerns and to cascade to peers

Plans are also in place for two elected members of the Young People and Police Engagement Forum to attend the new Safer Neighbourhood Board to feed back on issues around engagement. This should allow the police a better understanding of the needs of young people in the borough.

Implications/ recommendations for the Children’s Trust/ LSCB:Children’s Trust to note issues raised, in particular around how some young people in the borough perceive the police negatively.It is also important to note that the young people consulted were young offenders and therefore perceptions of the police may be skewed, this has been taken into account when developing sessions for young people that may not have had as much experience of dealing with the police.Organisation: Targeted Support – Engagement Team Project/ service: Borough Wide Parent Board (BWPB)

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19 May 2013 – Attended the Community Fair at Dagenham And Redbridge stadium. Filled out Borough Wide Parent Board consultations and gained contact details for 25 new parents.

20 May 2013 – Presentation to parents regarding Children Centres and their evolvement, Presentation to parents on the role of school governors and how to become a Governor. Parents’ feedback regarding a Window safety leaflet was incorporated and the leaflet was updated to incorporate their changes.

11 July 2013 – This meeting has a Housing theme, parents raised a number of concerns regarding the time delay regarding housing repairs and not knowing who their point of contact was should they wish to make a complaint. Parents had previously raised a concern about the length of time they had to wait in temporary housing. Housing options colleagues attending the meeting to address these concerns and answer questions.

2 October 2013 – Presentation to parents regarding Moneywise and how to be smart with their money in challenging economic climate. A brief presentation to parents regarding Domestic Violence and the support services available within the borough.


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Length of time families has to wait in temporary accommodation.

Parents concerned about the changes to Children Centre provision.


Housing Options colleagues informed of families concerns and invited to a meeting.Strategic Lead invited to meeting to discuss the Children Centre forward plan.


BWPB and is highly effective in bringing communities together, developing a wide set of skills in parents and giving local people a voice. More awareness across the council of this parent forum is needed as numbers continue to be low. A marketing plan is being put in place.

Organisation: Metropolitan Police Project/ service: Youth Engagement Team


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Consultation with youth groups including sections of BAD Youth Forum and Lifeline youth group to address tensions rising crime trends or concerns. Delivery of anti-robbery projects within schools with educational inputs explaining what constitutes a robbery offence. Police cadets, recruitment and summer activities including weekend camps, fundraising activities and public duties. School councils - safer schools officers attend school youth councils to obtain views of policing problems as seen by the youth. YP views are

presented to ward panels and problem solving methods are adopted to address youth concerns Youth representation on stop and search monitoring group - opinions and attitudes of young people are represented at police monitoring groups to

fully address and understand the needs of the entire community. Serious crime education programme utilising prison staff and at least one inmate on day release from prison to talk to youths within schools about life

choices. The inmates are chosen because of the past gang affiliation and are usually serving life for gang related murders. Identification of vulnerable people within education and adaptation of a risk matrix which incorporates a programme of interaction and multi agency

work to identify and address issues and concerns building trust and support network for the individual and their parents. CEOP (Child exploitation on-line protection) presentations to junior schools. Presentations are delivered by two Schools officers on a rolling

programme covering all Borough Primary/junior schools. School officer presentations regarding cyber bullying via facebook and other social media websites including education on offences and reporting Anti social behaviour presentations to school audiences- what constitutes an offence and the consequences of behaviour leading to ASB Presentations to school audiences regarding Youth Offending Services and the new LASPO bill. An explanation of the procedures for YP who offend. Young People Affected by Crime (YPAC) A new youth group which identifies the most vulnerable YP and through interaction with police officers and

police staff builds confidence and self esteem leading to progression into other youth groups. Football training. 2 PCs have become qualified coaches and now offer their knowledge to local football groups.

Number of individual children and young people/ parents reached and/ or attendance (please specify):Most of the projects mentioned above are delivered throughout the borough mainstream secondary schools and therefore attract a very wide youth audience. For those selected to have only a target audience for their impact on the individuals concerned, these projects are generally very well received even by the hard to reach group of individuals and vary between 10 and 50 young people per group. Work continues on the borough risk matrix with every school officer engaged to identify and work with two vulnerable students at any one time. There are currently about 40 young people regularly attending the Hitz project, about 25 regulars attending Kickz and 15 young people actively engaged with the athletics programme (Met track). Football training reaches groups of up to 100 YP per group whereas YPAC develops the needs of a much smaller group of 15 YP each weekKey issues raised (bullet points):

Young people continue to be concerned about personal safety Lack of education about what constitutes a robbery and how serious

these offences are. Lack of knowledge of the Youth judicial system. Emerging trends of cyber bullying (facebook issues) Lack of knowledge of what constitutes Anti Social Behaviour and the

consequences to housing etc. The need to identify the most vulnerable YP who are affected by

crime and the need to help them with confidence issues.

Key actions taken (bullet points): Op protect has been developed as a rolling programme to deliver

safety messages and keep YP safe Robbery presentations to Secondary school audiences ASB presentations to secondary school audiences Presentations to Secondary schools on Youth Offending service and

the new Legal Aid sentencing Punishments of Offenders act (LASPO)

Development and implementation of the YPAC group. Some YP now progressing to mainstream youth groups.


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Children’s Trust to continue to note emerging issues, in particular cyber bullying and lack of knowledge around what constitutes ASB.

Organisation: Barking & Dagenham Progress Project Project/ service: Young People’s Development Forum (Disabled Children’s Parliament)


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Consultations

Short Breaks Open Day Evaluation (June) – this took place as an evaluation of the LBBD Short Breaks Open Day at Castle Green. 22 young people were consulted.

Transport Consultation (Summer) – this consultation was planned and designed by the young people of the Forum. They formulated the questions they needed to ask other young people about their experience of local transport services. This consultation was taken out to a variety of youth settings over the Summer Break where we spoke with 39 young people with disabilities.

Training

Health & Safety Training Drugs Awareness workshop Confidence Building workshops Conflict Resolution workshop Personal Hygiene workshop – designed by the young people of the Forum, and delivered to 27 young people with disabilities in their youth group

setting

Personal & Social Development / Extra Activities

These extra activities serve as a result of extensive consultation with young people with disabilities about what they like doing in their spare time, and how they currently access these activities. The young people are heavily involved in the planning of the activities encouraging them to develop their independence and personal and social skills.

Theatre Trip Volunteering at a St. Georges Day Party hosted by DABD – 3 young people Attendance at BAD Youth Forums’ Full Forum at Barking Town Hall Filming our ‘No Spitting Campaign’ DVD Thorpe Park Trip Cinema Trip


71 individual young people reached.Key issues raised (bullet points):

Provision for short holidays for disabled young people to be increased (Short Breaks Evaluation Report)

Young people really enjoy attending youth groups but only the


Consultation reports forwarded onto Engagement Dept. at LBBD, and other local services.

The youth groups attended well by young people with disabilities

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‘exclusive’ youth groups were mentioned. Mainstream groups should be more exclusive.

Issues surrounding Personal Hygiene have become apparent in some of the specialist youth groups

Young people with disabilities have major issues when travelling on local Buses (inc. safety, bullying, anxiety, lack of space)

have been added to our list so that we can consult with a greater number of young people. ‘Avenues’ youth group now running at Gascoigne in partnership with Integrated Youth Services..

Pilot Personal Hygiene workshop delivered. Transport Consultation Report sent to the Local Borough Transport

Board for feedback. Young people supported in developing ideas for tackling their issues

when travelling independently.


Full Short Breaks and Transport report sent to Head of DCT and Chair of LDD Board. More focus to be put on youth groups becoming more inclusive, by providing more support for young people with disabilities to attend integrated

groups. Personal Hygiene lessons to be delivered more frequently in both educational and extra-curricular settings. School Buses to run through the local area. Development of items to make travelling independently easier for young people with disabilities.

Organisation: Housing Project/ service: Tenant Participation


1st June - Activity day with Tenants and Residents Association – fun day Pondfield park.

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20th July - Talent and fun-day with TRA.

31st Aug - BMX fun with TRA day including bike marking for young people and was one of the most successful police marking events held in the borough.

7th Sept - music in the park with TRA.

Introduction into management (year 12 students) - 5 students.

Millard Terrace - TRA summer clubs for 2 days a week throughout holidays 12 youths on average per week.

Millard TRA match funding secured from 3 Ward Councillors and leisure centre to supply 1 member of staff to assist at evening club every Thursday from 5pm – 7pm from September 2013 – July 2014 12 youths on average per week.

Millard Youth Club consultation on community garden.


Approximately 250 across all events, broken down as above.


Bike marking event particularly successful. Bike theft an issue of concern to young people.


Looking to repeat.


There is a need to estate-based youth provision in parts of the borough. Millard Terrace is positive case study that could possibly be replicated elsewhere.

Organisation: Leisure and Arts - Community Sport and Physical Activity Team

Project/ service: Summers Sorted and Community Games


Summer Sorted – As part of the Summer Sorted Holiday Programme, all participants were asked to complete a service satisfaction evaluation form. The evaluation also requested details on what activities the young people would like to participate in the future.

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Community Games – As part of the Barking and Dagenham Community Games, all participants and young volunteers were asked to complete a sports participation evaluation form. This requested information on what activities they currently participate in and what activities they would like to participate in after competing in the Community Games event.


Summer Sorted – 617 individuals received an evaluation form, 145 forms were returned. Community Games – 768 individuals received an evaluation form and 100% forms were returned.


Summers Sorted 93% of participants enjoyed their Summer sorted experience 63% of those who participated in Summer Sorted activities would like

to continue to participate in those same activities throughout the whole year.

The most successful methods of marketing the Summer Sorted programme include: promotion through school (44), Internet (35), word of mouth (24), Summers Sorted Mailing list (18) and leaflet (12)

Community Games 99.9% of participants found a sport they would like to try again. 95% of all participants tried at least one new sport Of the 60 young people that stated they didn’t like sport at the

beginning of the day, their average rating for enjoyment of the games was 9 out of 10 by the end of the day

Most popular sports to try again included; 73% Football, 71% Handball, 66% Judo / Rounders


Summers Sorted To develop a programme including more opportunities to participate

in the more popular activities, including; basketball, football, water sports, drama, athletics and singing.

To develop a programme of activities that will encourage more boys to participate in activities during the summer.

To develop stronger links between Summers Sorted the Barking and Dagenham Community Games to encourage continued participation in sports within clubs in Barking and Dagenham.

Community Games To provide a legacy programme of sports activities and opportunities

for individuals and schools who participated in the community games, including; free use of facilities and taster sessions to schools, Free tickets for sporting events, of first few sessions free for certain sports for individuals,

To attract funding to develop further opportunities for young people to participate in sport throughout the year. Activities include; wheelchair Basketball, Sitting Volleyball, Judo, Handball and Rounders.

Implications/ recommendations for the Children’s Trust/ LSCB:To develop stronger links between Summers Sorted the Barking and Dagenham Community Games to encourage continued participation in sports within clubs in Barking and Dagenham.Organisation: Targeted Support – Early Years and Childcare Project/ service: Barking and Dagenham Just Say Parents’ Forum


The Just Say Parents Forum has met on 4 occasions between the months of April 2013 – September 2013. The forum has engaged with the Local Authority and the Voluntary Sector.

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Meeting held on 17 th April

16 parents attended2 voluntary organisations6 council officers

Forum were advised of the Cultural and Sporting Opportunities for Disabled Children in the borough by Andy Knight, GM Community Sports and Art; Lorraine Goldberg from Carers attended to discuss Parent Participation Grant; Forum voted for Forum Secretary and Treasurer.

Meeting held on 15 th May


Consultant Trevor Daniels attended forum to consult with parents regarding the Local Offer; Members from the Autism Ambassadors Project attend to promote service to forum.

Meeting held on 18 th July

6 parents attended1 voluntary organisation3 council officers

Forum discussed creating a Just Say Parents Forum Sub-Group; Joy Barter updated forum on Local Offer and SEND Programme.

Meeting held on 18 th September


Heather Tarbuck from Contact a Family attended the forum to discuss service and PPG;Parent Conference was discussed.

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Short Breaks Directory Launch Local Offer SEND Programme Parent Participation Grant Parent Conference Future of Just Say Parents Forum


Changes to the short breaks application process has been made due to feedback received from forum.

Carers now manage Parent Participation Grant. Forum will be involved in the consultation process of the Local Offer. Parent Conference will be held in February – date to be confirmed.


Changes to Short Breaks have resulted in a fairer allocation system. It is very important to involve parents in the process or making it transparent.Parents still expressing concerns around Transitions. Lack of Adult Services representation at the LDD Board is being addressed.

Organisation: Targeted Support - Children’s Centres Project/ service: Children’s Centre Parents’ Forums

Summary of engagement activity with children/ young people/ parents:South East HUB Parents’ ForumsParent Forum meetings and events and commerce.

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Together4Gascoigne Parents’ Forum (T4G), Gascoigne Children’s Centre Community Forum (CCCF) & One-off EventsT4G Parents’ Forum formally meet each month as well as whenever needed. They have been involved in a number of projects conducting consultation with as many local families a possible beforehand in order to ensure that their actions are needs led by the majority. The CCCF meet each month. This group is attended by parents, carers, the children’s centre senior management team, service managers, including from health, education and community groups as well as local councillors.

Abbey CC CFAbbey Parents’ United formally meet each month as well as whenever needed. They have been involved in a number of projects conducting consultation with as many local families a possible beforehand in order to ensure that their actions are needs led by the majority. The CCCF meet each month. This group is attended by parents, carers, the children’s centre senior management team, service managers, including from health, education and community groups as well as local councillors.

Sue Bramley, Manor & Eastbury CCParent Forum meetings and events.


Parents attending parent forum consultations (reach) were:South East Locality: 12In addition over 17 families attended coffee mornings each week run by the parent’s forums within this period (250) approx attendance.

From April 2013 – September 2013, T4G have met 4 times and engaged 12 members during this time. T4G events have reached 194 parents, carers, children and young people. During this period, there has been an overall engagement of 2490 parents, carers, children and young people at Gascoigne Children’s Centre. There was 1 CCCF meeting during this time that was attended by 23 members, including 10 parents.

From April 2013 – September 2013, Abbey Parents’ United have met 4 times and engaged 45 members during this time. T4G events have reached 134 parents, carers, children and young people. During this period, there has been an overall engagement of 1900 parents, carers, children and young people at Gascoigne Children’s Centre. There was 1 CCCF meeting during this time that were attended by 10 members, including 5 parents.

Parents attending parent forum consultations were; Eastbury; Sue Bramley ; and Manor - 63In addition over 80 parents attend SBCC 10yr celebration that was supported by SBCC Parent Forum members.


South East HUB Parents’ Forums


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Re-launch of 3 existing centre based forums into one locality based forum

Enough for under 12’s to do

Help with parents’ forum events organising and garden upkeep

Increase of produce in shop and extended opening hours

Training volunteers and work experience students

Together4Gascoigne Parents’ Forum (T4G), Gascoigne Children’s Centre Community Forum (CCCF) & One-off Events

April 2013: Small plots of land for planting

May 2013: Learn how to grow vegetables & cook them

June 2013: Wanted an affordable way to use bikes for the whole

Engagement with schools and outreach into school playground and promoting in groups. This has supported the rise in attendance

Extended services include after-school Fit 4 Fun, grow your own fruit and veg, Nelson Mandela birthday celebration lunch event.

Youth clubs and after school services for older children now run from Leys twice per week. Motivations course was run with 9 children attending last term at Beam School and is currently being run at LPS.

Revamp of the outside space to create a community garden. Picnic benches, parasols, new community kitchen for healthy eating events.

Overhaul and funding for garden improvements to create veg beds, a welcome atmosphere and grow produce that is easy to maintain.

Parents and volunteers man the shop each day between 9am – 3.30pm. Re-investing takings to increase produce in stock. We are putting parents in contact with small business advice service. They are making and selling homemade soup and cakes and on the committee for the PF. Growing committee also active part of CCCF.

Recent training includes food hygiene, me and my community training for volunteers; Work Club Plus which is accredited through the Adult College, Business and Admin, Financial management is also full.

Asked the Community Payback Team to build grow beds for an allotment area in the GCC community garden. Many of you have been involved in maintaining these beds, growing flower / herbs / plants etc

Ran ‘Sow, Grow & Cook’ for families, where people planted vegetables, looked after them while they grew & then cooked them

Worked in partnership with Sustrans to launch a bike loan scheme on 21 June 2013 for families to have short / long term hire of bikes

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family

July 2013: Continue the P & C service at the Barking library as you enjoyed it to much

August 2013: To celebrate Eid

September 2013: Requested an arts & crafts after school club

Abbey CC CF

April 2013: Easter themed activities during the holiday

May 2013: You wanted more activities for older siblings

June 2013: You wanted to be able to use the centre resources as a drop-in & not just in timed groups

July 2013: A book of places to visit with children during the holidays that families could get to within an hour

August 2013: Park activities during the summer holiday

September 2013: Parents requested more park activities during the holidays

Sue Bramley, Manor & Eastbury CC

Engagement of older children and community

Parents Forum members suggested Table top sales to engage community and raise funds for events

The Barking Library has allowed us to have a permanent Wednesdays morning slot to run P & C services

Families from all backgrounds shared food and music from their own countries to celebrate Eid

The club started from September & runs every Thursday 3:30pm – 4:30pm

We held an Easter arts & crafts session where children made Easter bonnets, Easter eggs and bunnies / chicks. Over 70 children attended & had lots of fun

We included board games in the sessions and adapted the activities so that the older children could enjoy them as well

We opened up the crèche so that families could enjoy the toys outside of group sessions

The booklet was developed jointly by the parents’ forum and children’s centre. It included trips to the museum, Thames Barrier, local parks and leisure centres.

Supported parents’ forum to organise an event with the Barking Park Rangers. 15 families attended ‘Nature in the Park’ and loved it!

The parents’ forum contacted the park rangers to plan for the holidays. Details will be given to parents as the events are organised.

Extended services include after-school services -Wii Fit introduced and YMCA fitness sessions – 266 adults and 31 children

3 Events taken place – Total £100 raised – over 30 people attended each session

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Re – Launch of parent forum to e carried out at ECC

Parent Forum members to run a group – TGIF – Group to bring parents together to develop Parent forums

Engagement with schools and outreach into school playgrounds to expanded the parents forums and new group to promote parents Forum


Implications: Parents see that their ‘voices’ can make a difference. Children’s centres supporting parents to do this has helped to gain the trust and belief of local families so that they can see that the LA / Trust means what it says when it promotes families ‘having say’ and influencing changes as needed by them. Parents have a local venue and staff that they are familiar with, where they can share their views easily. Parents get a chance to build relationships and work in partnership with people that can make changes in their community the way they want. Parents get a direct understanding of reasons behind decision-making and are able to come to an agreed solution and compromise. This helps to build trust and positive developments in the community. Recommendations: Empowering the CCCF & parents’ forum (PF) members by offering them more training in order for them to gain the skills and confidence to fulfil their roles even better. Raise the profile of the CCCF & PF so it is seen as a valuable role within the community for making a positive contribution in society, taking ownership of ‘ones’ community and as a way of gaining skills and confidence for the workforce. Support children’s centres to create more innovative ways to consult parents, children and young people. Encourage health, schools and other professional to attend so that parent can see that all stakeholders are interested in listening to them.

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