Developing a Vibrant Communities Service
-£0.6M
Saving
Vibrancy is so universally desirable, so totemic in its powers, that
even though we aren't sure what the word means, we know the
quality it designates must be cultivated. The vibrant, we believe,
is what makes certain cities (places) flourish. Thomas Frank
Why Re-focus?
•Drop in funding available to public
sector
•Changes in demography
•Increase in demand
•Listening to our communities and
stakeholders
•Widening inequalities gap
•Welfare Reform
•National Drivers for change
Leading the Transformation
(a vibrant diagram)
Public Service
Reform
Partners
All Council
Services
Vibrant
Communities
CO-PRODUCTION OR ASSET BASED
APPROACH- WHAT IS IT?
Co-production makes strengthening the ‘core
economy’ of communities, neighbourhoods and
families the central task of public services. There
is a focus on
•Recognising people as assets
•Doing things with rather than for people
•Valuing work differently
•Promoting reciprocity
•Building social networks
The Dilemma . . .
Communities, Children
and Families
have deficiencies & needs
Communities , Children and
Families also have skills and
talents
On which should we focus most?
Our solutions are often not fit for
purpose
A new policy anyone?
Present Policy
Why not also have approaches
that…
Focus on Deficiencies
Focus on Assets
Problem Response
Opportunity Identification
Charity Orientation
Investment Orientation
Grants to Agencies
Grants, Loans, Investments, Leverage
More Services
Fewer Services
High Emphasis on Agencies
Emphasis on Associations
Focus on Individuals
Focus on communities/neighbourhoods
Maintenance
Development
See People as Clients
See People as Citizens and
Co-producers
‘Fix People’
Develop Potential
Programmes are the Answer
People are the Answer
Vibrant Communities
A new Division in the Department of
Educational and Social Services....
Bringing together the talents, experience and skills of
– Active Schools
– Community Learning & Development Services
– Democratic Services (support to Community Council’s)
– Leisure Development Services
– Planning and Economic Development -External Funding and
Sustainability and Local Project Posts
– Social Work Community Care - Local Area Coordinators and
Care Coordinators
– Social Work Children and Families- Befriending
Key Service Areas
(another vibrant diagram)
Prevention and Early
Intervention
Young People, Sport and
Diversion
Active Schools
Sustainable
Communities
Communities
Play and Early Intervention
Adult Literacy, Numeracy and
Learning
Lifestyle Development,
Older People and
Wellbeing
Sustainability
Early Intervention & Prevention Outcomes
• More vulnerable families and young people supported to fully participate and
engage within their local communities and reach their full potential
• Increase in physical activity, social connections and community participation
of older people
• More vulnerable adults recovering from addictions engaging and
participating within their communities
• More people with additional support needs and disabilities participating
within their communities and reaching their full potential
• More young people involved in positive community activities, local
democracy and leadership
• Stronger Sports Clubs and organisations to improve Sporting Performance
and bring about increased Physical Activity.
Play & Early Intervention
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Community Early Years Play and Family Play Events
Community Based Family Interventions & Mend
Activity Motivation in Residential Children’s Houses
Play @ Home
Play In Prison
Befriending
Training, Volunteering & Leadership
Active Schools
• School Sport Opportunities & Events
• Pathways & Connections to Sports Infrastructure
• Commonwealth Legacy – Lead 2014, Young
Ambassadors
• Active Travel & Physical Activity
• Training, Volunteering & Leadership
Young People, Sport & Diversion
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Youth Diversion, Outreach and Engagement
Youth Forum, Citizenship & Equalities
Sporting Infrastructure, Performance & Legacy
Volunteering, Mentoring & Leadership
Disability Sport, Activity & Leadership
Neighbourhood Sport & Activities Mailbox
Lifestyle Development,
Older People & Wellbeing
• CHIP Van, Activity On Prescription, Community
Activity & Weight Management
• Older People’s Social and Physical Wellbeing
• Invigor8 Falls Prevention
• Alcohol Awareness & Recovery Programmes
• Choose Life, Mental Health & Wellbeing
• Volunteering, Mentoring & Leadership
Sustainable Communities -Outcomes
• Communities of place and interest having a voice
and role in decision making
• Up to 30 community led action plans phased over 3
years- linked to Locality Planning and Regeneration
• Increase in number of active volunteers and
volunteering opportunities
• Increase in communities and voluntary sector
managing, leasing or owning assets and delivering
services
• Adult literacy and numeracy programmes
supported
• Sustainable adult learning opportunities delivered
by communities
Building the Infrastructure
•The role and capacity of Communities Federations,
•Community Councils, Older People’s and Young People’s Forum
extended and developed
•A partnership framework for community engagement
developed
•The role and capacity of the voluntary Sector fully extended
and developed through the Third Sector Interface and the
establishment of a Voluntary Sector Forum
•A partnership framework for volunteering fully mapped,
integrated and developed
•Asset Transfer Strategy and processes supported, developed
and implemented
Building the Infrastructure
•Active Partnering Approach developed to facilitate
transfer of services to community and voluntary sector
•Time Banking and rewards schemes established and
rolled out
•Asset Based approach incorporating co-production and
personalisation embedded within communities and across
council and partner organisations
•New approaches to raising funding and involving
communities in budgetary decisions identified and
implemented
A TIME FOR CHANGE
“This is not solely a matter of fiscal necessity
but a once in a generation opportunity to
implement radical reforms that will provide
improved public services that are better
focused on the needs of the people it seeks
to support”
Commission on the Future Delivery of Public
Services (2011)
Fire Rainbow
(a vibrant picture)
A fire rainbow is one of the rarest naturally occurring atmospheric phenomena. The picture
was captured on the Idaho & Washington border. The event lasted about 1 hour. Clouds have
to be cirrus, at least 20,000 feet in the air, with just the right amount of ice crystals and the
sun has to hit the clouds at precisely 58 degrees.
Managing Change
(with help form some vibrant people)
“I believe that everything happens
for a reason. People change so that
you can learn to let go, things go
wrong so that you appreciate them
when they're right and sometimes
good things fall apart so better
things can fall together.”
“Change
will not come if we
wait for some other person, or if
we wait for some other time.
We are the ones we've been
waiting for. We are the change
that we seek.”