Appendix 1

Hampshire Strategy for Children's Centre

Consultation Issues and Questions - Summary findings

Overall Consultation : Total number of returns : 246, as detailed below:

_ Schools 46 (18.7%)

_ Health 11 (4.47%)

_ Voluntary organisations 34 (13.82%)

_ Children's Services Dept 10 (4.07%)

_ Schools - Chairs of Governors 23 (9.35%)

_ Local Councils 9 (3.66%)

_ Providers 109 (44.31%)

_ Colleges 4 (1.63%)

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QUESTIONS:

Do you approve of the overall Strategy?

Recipients: All

Yes 224 (91.06%)

No 10 (4.07%)

No reply 12 (4.88%)

If your School serves one of the wards listed in Phase 2 (see Appendix One), are there any existing services provided or hosted by your school that you would like to see incorporated into a children's centre? Are there any existing services provided or hosted by your college that you would like to see incorporated into a children's centre? Which, if any, of your existing services would you like to see provided through children's centres?

Recipients: Schools; colleges; local councils; health

Yes 58 (63.74%)

No 19 (20.88%)

N/A 14 (15.38%)

Sample quotes:

_ parenting programmes;

_ adult education;

_ pre-school;

_ breakfast club;

_ after school;

_ early childhood checks.

What could your organisation contribute towards developing children's centres in Hampshire? For example, the services your organisation provides

Recipients: Registered providers of nursery education; voluntary organisation partners

Sample quotes:

_ out of school activities up to 8 years during all school holidays;

_ childminder support group;

_ knowledge of the local community.

If your school/college serves one of the wards listed in Phase 2 do you think that you have

space to develop a children's centre on site?

Recipients: Schools; colleges

Yes 39 (55.71%)

No 23 (32.86%)

N/A 8 (11.43%)

Sample quotes:

_ would accommodate a pre-school on site;

_ we are in consultation with a developer to extend our facilities;

_ spare classroom with the possibility of two more in future;

_ space on site for new building.

Do you know of any premises that you think could be developed into a children's centre? Please identify any premises in your area that you think may be relatively easy to develop into children's centres?

Recipients: Registered providers of nursery education; voluntary partners; local councils; health

Yes 69 (43.95%)

No 48 (30.57%)

N/A 40 (25.48%)

If your School serves one of the wards listed in Phase 2 from your knowledge of the local area, do you think that the proposed notional catchment areas for the children's centres is likely to meet with local approval?

Recipients: Schools

Yes 42 (64.62%)

No 11 (16.92%)

N/A 12 (18.46%)

Sample quotes:

_ densely populated area;

_ site easily reached by residents;

_ there has been local enthusiasm for an on-site provision for some time;

_ the area is far too big for an area with such high deprivation - it is totally insufficient.

In the light of the extended schools initiative, does your school have plans to develop further services to children and families? If so, what services are under consideration?

Recipients: Schools

Yes 53 (84.13%)

No 8 (12.70%)

N/A 2 (3.17%)

Sample quotes:

_ After school club - 5 days per week - 6 pm;

_ community room, further parenting classes, breakfast club, after school club, community groups, home school link worker, community liaison officer;

_ students helping as volunteers;

_ currently exploring possibility of links with Health Service to develop some joint services for benefit of local community.

Are there any additional services that you would like to see delivered from children centres?

Recipients: All

Yes 105 (49.07%)

No 45 (21.03%)

No reply 64 (29.91%)

Sample quotes:

_ parental/parenting education;

_ counselling/support for parents and children;

_ more parenting programmes;

_ speech and language therapy and health promotion, dentist, hearing support, head lice clinic; health, adult literacy/numeracy, legal and financial advice, job/career advice, local community police, community hall, teenage base, drugs and pregnancy advice, conciliation service;

_ parenting skills courses, how to deal with challenging behaviour;

_ involvement and availability of child psychology, family consultancy, paediatric services - so parents and children don't have to wait months between appointments.

Is there a local multi-agency forum that we should be consulting about these developments?

Recipients: Schools, colleges

Yes 28 (42.42%)

No 27 (40.91%)

No reply 11 (16.67%)

Are you aware of recent consultations in your area about the service delivery for children and families? If so, please provide a contact name with whom we should link:

Recipients: Colleges, local councils, health

Yes 7 (28.00%)

No 18 (72.00%)