No Wrong Doors 13th June 2011

How families can influence their neighbourhoods in the context of the Area Based

Working Pilot

Kay Bailey & Elizabeth Mower & Carolyn Perry

Neighbourhood Management Unit

2.05 – 2.15 Presentation – area based working

2.15  – 2.35 How families can get involved & have a voice

Exercise: Definition Dominoes

2.35 – 3.00 Exercise: Do you know who your partners are?

3.00 - 3.10 Feedback from each group

Any Questions?

Transformation Board

LSP Board

Project Team

Ward Partnership

Task Group

Executive

Ward Partnership

Ward Partnership

Ward Partnership

Ward Partnership

Ward Partnership

Task Group

Area based working pilot – the structure

Acomb

Dringhouses & Woodthorpe

Holgate

Westfield

Rural West

Micklegate

The role of the Neighbourhood Management Unit

Empower communities – by:

•Developing ward agreements

•affect service improvement by holding CYC to account for the services they receive

•Providing them with the tools to commission new services and solutions

Enable communities – by:

•Providing the skills they need, brokering training opportunities, promoting volunteering and linking people to the right opportunities.

•Helping existing providers eg Parish Councils to maximise their potential

The Role of Neighbourhood Management Unit

Include all residents who want to be involved – by:

•Combining demographic data with local intelligence

•to engage those communities that are marginalised

•to work with them in partnership to ensure appropriate access to services

Help communities increase their sense of belonging – by:

•Supporting existing organisations eg community centres and resident associations to widen the services they offer and encourage greater involvement

•Encouraging local ownership of actions and ambitions.

•Supporting partners and communities to recognise and address community tensions using the community conversations network and mediation service.

ProgressWhat’s happened so far?

•Priorities agreed by ward and task group meeting to agree actions

•Example 1 Change Champions

•Example 2 Benefit take up

• Ward Audits are being worked on

• Approx 45 different partner organisations are already involved in the process and others being identified. Eg Age UK, NHS, FIS, Libraries, YorkLink, CVS

•Community based surgeries (“Chat2Us”)

•Neighbourhood Management Officers working out of local venues

•Community Engagement Assistant working at CVS to broker volunteering opportunities

Opportunities for CYC & other service deliverers:

• Reduce duplication

• Focus resources

• Share resources

• For local communities more responsibility

• Service providers more

accountable.

opportunities

Opportunities for families?

• having a voice

• being part of a community

• being listened to

• taking part in the process of allocating ward budgets

The Neighbourhood Management Team

“we look forward to working with you”

Kate Bowers Mora Scaife Cindy Benton Kristina Davey Kay Bailey Adam Gray

Sally Barker Julie Hood Toby Knight Carolyn Perry Claire Taylor Matthew Ward

Michal Czekajlo Michael Hawtin Jackie Jackson Lizzie Mower Ted Schofield

If you want to know more contact us on 01904 551832