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Impacts of Migration on Community Resilience and Service Delivery in Hounslow

MHCLG, Controlling Migration Fund project

Trends emerging

2015 Predictive data highest scoring areas 2015 Predictive data lowest scoring areas 1) Hounslow’s “East-West divide”, seems to be widening, with higher scoring areas clustered in the East and lower scoring areas clustered in the west of the borough. The scoring, as a whole, corresponds to IMD rankings, confirming the strong link between deprivation and resilience.

Trends emerging cont.

2015 predictive data levels of community resilience mapped to LSOA level.

2) Hounslow is experiencing starker fragmentation at local levels, reflected in the prevalence of positive and negative areas right next to each other.

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3) Mapping the number of licensed HMOs between 2009 – 2015 highlights the increase and concentration of HMOs in the Centre and East of the borough. With this comes an increase in local population size, churn and instability. Licensed HMOs in 2009 Licensed HMOs in 2015

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4) Some areas identified as having weak community resilience have seen the largest new housing developments, raising questions about communities capacity to deal with change. The number of residential units in each development determines the size of each

• point. Areas outlined are the lower scoring LSOAs in the predictive data 2015.

Hounslow Migration Intelligence Briefings

• 1. Migration and public health
• 2. Migration and education
• 3. Migration and housing
• 4. Migration and adult social care
• 5. Migration and community resilience.
• 6. Migration in Hounslow

Cranford Stronger Together

Findings from supporting residents

Supporting and Learning from Residents

• 1. We must create and maintain community spaces
• 2. Do not underestimate the power of volunteering
• 3. Lacking English skills limits engagement
• 4. Are support services flexible and collaborate enough to assess the

person holistically before providing targeted interventions?

Case Study (individual 5): This individual in a young man in his thirties who lives with his partner and two children. He has struggled with drug abuse on and off, as well as depression for many years. He has a sickly 2-year old daughter who has life-threatening seizures. He has tried several times to get assistance for his drug abuse through his GP. He was told he couldn’t get referred to a rehab and that he couldn’t get counselling for his various issues until he was completely off cannabis. His partner and himself have been struggling to cope with their daughter and have been through multiple services and specialists that say she doesn’t qualify for the type

• f care they feel she needs. They feel there is no follow up or sense of urgency with the specialists. They

have not been offered basic paediatric first aid training for when their daughter is having seizures at home and stops breathing. It’s a “tick box system and we don’t qualify by 1 point”. As a result, both adults have had ‘mental breakdowns’ as they feel they are not prepared and equipped to look after their daughter effectively. Their eldest son is often late to school or sometimes misses it as they need to take their daughter into hospital for her appointments and when emergencies arise. His partner cannot mentally cope on her own so he has to go with her, not making it possible to take their son to school

• n these occasions. Despite having a case conference to explain the situation with the school, they were

initially fined by the school and not offered any additional support. They have no supportive family or friends around them, besides his father who is also struggling. They are now in state of crisis. As a result of his situation, this individual did not have the capacity to continue in this project.

Thoughts from individuals who have completed the project

“I have so many contacts and more friends. My friend circle is big now, after going for English class and yoga I know more... I am getting to know people and talking more closely with them in the group… new connections connect me to new activities and other people, like the allotment project, other yoga class.” “ It has made me overcome a lot and

• pen up. It has helped me be more

confident with meeting new people. Volunteering has helped be build my confidence in my abilities. Being complimented has made me want to try new things. I can see my kids respect me more for doing this, getting out and doing something that I enjoy. I also feel like I have more support. I can talk to the people at the Hub about my daily life.” “I feel like my wellbeing has improved from the beginning. I have been socializing more, this has helped me to have

• confidence. Before I used to stay

in a lot.” “Very helpful. When you explained how I can be involved in these activities, it gets me thinking. Its hard if you don’t have anyone to

• explain. Before it was just daily
• routine. I was stuck or not thinking

I can do it. My thinking changed. I take a step then realised I could do

• it. In the beginning I thought it

might be a waste of time but it’s been helpful.”