Item 10 Appendix 1

Youth Service DRAFT plan for the use of additional funding 2005-2006

1. Aims

The additional resources allocated to the youth service in the current financial year will be used to:

· Fund an increase in detached and outreach work, reaching socially excluded young people living in rural areas and in communities with significantly high levels of social deprivation

· Increase contact with young people from under represented groups

· Contribute to local partnership work by addressing youth related community safety issues

· Fund a one off payment to support the youth work development scheme at RAF Odiham.

2. Use of resources

£200,000 will be distributed to districts using the youth service's funding formula and will be managed by a youth service manager under 3 area groupings. The resources will be used primarily for the staffing required to carry out the additional work in the districts. Where efficient and effective to do so, staff may be deployed across 2 or more districts. The management of support functions is being reviewed by County Treasurers' Consultancy to enable closer working with other services.

Area 1: Basingstoke 22,000 East Hampshire 22,000

Hart 12,000 Rushmoor 16,000

Area Total £72,000

Area 2: Eastleigh 16,000 New Forest 22,000

Test Valley 18,000 Winchester 18,000

Area Total £74,000

Area 3: Fareham 16,000 Gosport 18,000

Havant 20,000

Area Total £54,000

A one off payment of £50,000 will be made to support the youth work development scheme at RAF Odiham.

3. Performance Indicators

· Increase in the level of contact made by youth service staff with young people living in rural and socially deprived communities by 1,100 (an increase of 17% from 6445 to 7545)

· Increase in the contact made with young people in under represented groups by 110 young people (an increase of 10% from 645 to 755)

· Increase in the number of hours of delivery of detached and outreach work, across the county by 131 hours per week

· Increase active participants gaining a recorded outcome from 421 to 521, and those achieving an accredited award in detached and outreach settings from 24 to 74

· Increased contribution to youth related elements of district community safety strategy (indicators to be agreed locally)

· Improvements made to the youth facilities at RAF Odiham.

4. Monitoring and evaluation

To monitor the additional funding, separate budget monitoring codes have been established for each district and monthly monitoring reports will be produced

To monitor the additional work the established monthly district report will monitor the work developed. The district report monitors, contact, active participants, recorded and accredited outcomes for young people for each youth work project. The increase in delivery hours and the contribution to community safety strategies will be reported by senior youth workers in the district half yearly and annual report.

The Hart Senior Youth Worker will monitor progress and improvements at RAF Odiham and report to the County Youth Officer.

5. Milestones

April 2005 Needs of socially excluded young people and community safety issues

identified in each district. Consult with stakeholders and use any existing and valid needs assessments

Review existing detached/outreach/mobile projects in each district and

assess scope for immediate expansion to meet identified needs

May 2005 Redirect existing staff and/or recruit additional staff as required

June 2005 Deploy increased staffing levels and other resources to meet needs

Oct 2005 Review and evaluate impact of work to date

Feb 2006 Further review, evaluation and recommendations for future action.

Malcolm Rittman 06 April 2005

County Youth Officer