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Local Context Hackney - An inner London borough with a young and - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Local Context Hackney - An inner London borough with a young and - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Pembury Children's Community Local Context Hackney - An inner London borough with a young and diverse population, a burgeoning local economy, quality schools and a changing demographic. Set against the backdrop of pockets of persistent and
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- Between Peabody (landlord for the Pembury estate) and the London
Borough of Hackney
- 2011 disturbances provided a catalyst for a joint focus on the Pembury
- A shared vision was developed, taking inspiration from the Harlem
‘Children’s Zone’ in New York. Over the last 40 years, this has aimed to transform children’s chances in Harlem by working across family, school and community lives and throughout their childhood from conception to career (see http://hcz.org)
Partnership
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Vision
“Pembury, our beacon in Hackney, will be a vibrant and aspirational place to live, because it is:
- Safe and attractive
- A community that is ambitious
- A place where children achieve and are surrounded by positive role
models” We hope to develop a powerful model that can be used on other estates both in Hackney and across Peabody. Pembury has also become one of four Save the Children pilots trailing the development of ‘Children's Communities’ in the UK.
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- Support for children from birth to early adulthood across their family,
school and community lives
- Concentrated focus on a specific geographic area over 10 years
- Co-ordinated holistic service provision across all sectors and organisations
- In depth understanding of family and child circumstances and need
- Fully involving the community in designing and implementing solutions
Approach
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Developing the Children’s Community
- Strengthening the existing services on the estate
- Set up Children’s Community Board
- Development of a pilot project working with ‘NEET’ young people
- Consultations with stakeholders, including families and children
- Development of a ‘theory of change’ for the programme, working with the
University of Manchester – the national evaluators for Children’s Communities
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Presenting problems
Concentrated poverty
- 47% of households below 60% of
the median income
- 46% of children in poverty
- 35% homes overcrowded
Some children and young people under-achieving in education 36% of 5 year olds not achieving a ‘good level of development’ 22% of all adults on the estate have no qualifications Negative self and external perceptions Pressures on/within families E.g. 58% of children on the estate in lone parent families.
- 1. THE STARTING SITUATION ON THE PEMBURY ESTATE
Underlying issues
e.g.
- lack of affordable childcare,
particularly after-school provision
- lack of jobs inc those that are
part-time/flexible hours (21% of working age population are claiming benefits. Low rates of maternal employment?)
- low paid work
- challenges facing 1st generation
migrants (50% of residents born
- utside UK, 43% outside EU) eg
language barrier, lack of networks, knowledge of UK employment market, discrimination, qualifications not recognized)
- 2. THE PEMBURY CHILDREN’S COMMUNITY
10 year vision
Pembury, our Beacon in Hackney, will be a vibrant and aspirational place to live because it is:
- Safe and attractive
- A community that is
ambitious
- A place where children
achieve and are surrounded by positive role models
Outcomes
A reduction in child poverty (particularly through increases in well-paid parental employment) Reduction in evictions Improvements in educational engagement and achievement Parents feel more confident and skilled in their parenting role, and better supported by their co- parents, by the community and by services Young children develop well and are ‘school-ready’ at 4 No place stigma (residents, particularly children, view the estate as a positive place to live and the external reputation of the estate is improved) Children feel confident about themselves and feel able to access services and opportunities
Local services
Extensive but more joining up needed Continued challenge to reach/engage the most vulnerable Balance of reactive rather than preventative services Schools under pressure – narrowly focused
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Early Priorities
Four key priorities have been agreed as a focus in the first three years of the programme:
- Tackling child poverty – increasing employment/employability
- Supporting parents – informal networks of parents, relationships
between parents, parent training and support for most vulnerable families
- Early Years - perinatal support, school readiness, family literacy
- Transition to adulthood – partnerships with secondary schools and work
with ‘NEET’ young people
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The Pembury Pathways Project seeks to tackle the multiple
barriers to employment that parents face by linking together family support, employment & skills advice and quality childcare
Case worker provides family support and ongoing mentoring as needed Barriers to ed/training/ work arising from family & personal issues reduced Income raised/debt reduced where possible Parents supported to learn/train/ work Parents enabled to pursue employment
- pportunities
Good quality (well paid, flexible) employment
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available Parents become employed Employment is sustained Employment pays enough to sustain childcare? Parents access child care Childcare brokerage inc initial subsidies and/or additional childcare spaces created and prioritised for Pembury parents Good quality childcare available in the area Improved parental wellbeing Increase in parental skill levels, qualifications and employment Raised incomes Children’s
- utcomes improve
KEY Blue boxes = work to be done by the project Green boxes = intermediary outcomes for the project Purple boxes = ultimate outcomes for the project Yellow boxes = external variables important to the success
- f the project that are entirely or partially outside its scope