cobham integrated capital strategies

Effective Partnership Working –towards an integrated capital strategy

November 2007

Mark ScarboroughExtended Services Manager

Ambitious for our future”“Proud of our past: 2

What is Effective Partnership Working?

Shared visions and principles

Universal and targeted services

Locality and Locally based services

Multi agency approach

Information and Guidance

Identified priorities from the bottom up


The CIPs are a local response to key national priorities, which include:

Extended Schools, focus upon universal access to a range of opportunities and services for all, either

within the school or by signposting to local settings. Education Improvement Partnerships, focus on school improvement, improving behaviour, personalisation of provision and

the impact this will have on overall standards Children’s Centres Ensuring that we are reaching the most disadvantaged and hard to reach young

families Integrated Youth Support Service Ensuring that we have a multi agency approach to supporting young people that will

make a difference! Every Child Matters Ensuring that we meet the needs of all children and young people in the city

Neighbourhood management and community cohesion Local services for local people, delivered locally within a strategic geographical framework,

helping to close the achievement and attainment gap, remove barriers to access services, build good community relations and develop common values of citizenship

So what is a Community Improvement Partnership?


The CIPs Context

EVERY CHILD MATTERSExtended ServicesIYSS Education Improvement PartnershipsChildrens’ TrustNeighbourhood Management approachCivil renewal and community cohesionCYPPInvolveLocal Strategic Partnership


What is their purpose?

To be locally determined within a strategic framework of agreed priorities) - local schools driving reform

Effectively delivering

Better ECM outcomes for all children and families, through increased integration & supported by a range of partner agencies

Increased access to a range of childcare & extended services Ongoing school improvementPersonalisation of provision working towards local and city prioritiesFurther integration of services


Community Improvement Partnership Boundaries

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NW Partnership

Axcess NE Partnership

Central Partnership

North Island

SW Partnership

Heart of Portsmouth

SE Partnership


SUCCESSES OF CIPs

Through CIPs many constructive, effective, multi-agency projects have been implemented across the city with positive outcomes for children, young people and their families across the ECM outcomes. In particular, they have been a successful catalyst for enhancing collaboration between education and other agencies. For example:

Café Central in Cosham is a collaborative project between police, Motiv8, Youth Services, Community Wardens and was set up directly by young people in Springfield working with the CIP manager.

In the south-east CIP, the multi-agency meetings have enabled better focus of work to improve punctuality and attendance.

The Heart of Portsmouth (HOP) CIP has built more effective links with other groups; e.g. the Neighbourhood Management Pilot and the CIP organised a well attended ‘Party in the Park’ event and jointly funded a summer holiday activity package across the CIP.


SUCCESSES OF CIPs cont’d

A Credit Union has been established in each school in one of the CIPs, encouraging pupils and parents to save to achieve financial independence.

Effective youth consultation has led to the development of youth shelters in some parks.

Relate has set up webcam counselling in 10 schools through the CIP. This is innovative and groundbreaking practice as is the first of its type in the country.

National recognition of the work has led to visits from Beverly Hughes MP and Naomi Eisenstadt DCSF, who recognised the significance of the Community Improvement Partnerships and the impact they were beginning to have on children and young people.


What does this look like in a CIP


Paulsgrove and Wymering CIP

Housing estate built in the north of Portsmouth in the1950’s Bordered to the north by a chalk hill and south by a motorway Very low level of immigration or emigration – strong community Very low numbers of BME (97% British White)



6 of the SOA are in 20% most deprived in England 27% dependent children in household with no earner 42% no qualification (29% national average) 34% live in housing without central heating 30% population under 19



Halloween Happening – the problem!

•Primary and Secondary Age pupils were ‘trick or treating’ on Halloween

•Concern over the safety of the young people

•Elderly and vulnerable residents were fearful

•Police were called out to a very high volume of calls



Halloween Happening – the solution!

Multiple-agencies agreed to create a ‘Halloween Happening’ to include:

•Face painting workshops

•Costume making

•Procession through community

•Party at the local park




Police provided staffing and funding for prizes




Community Wardens provide ‘face-painters’




PCT provide venue and staffing




Marriott Hotel donate food




Dot to Dot Charity run costume making workshops




Leisure Services provide a playpark venue and staffing




Portsmouth University provide drama productions




Over 300 children, young people and adults from every school in the area attend




Police report that not a single incident was reported that evening, and many of the residents joined the parade


So what next?

Ownership and implementation of an IYSS: shared vision and purpose

Realignment of resources, both capital and revenue

Youth Services and Connexions part of Directorate of Children’s Families and Learning?

Information Review PLINGS

The voice of young people: COPS and Youth Parliament

Decision making: CYPP, LSP

Sustainable approaches

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Education

youth services

local people

cip manager

integration of services

southeast cip

wymering cip halloween

young families

young people elderly