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Hampshire County Council

Executive Member for Community Development & External Affairs Item 1

15 February 2008

Community Strategy Budget: Bids for Funding

Report of the Chief Executive

Hampshire County Council

Executive Member for Community Development & External Affairs Item 1

15 February 2008

Community Strategy Budget: Bids for Funding

Report of the Chief Executive

LINK(S) TO CORPORATE PRIORITIES

Yes

No

Hampshire safer and more secure for all

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Maximising well-being

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Enhancing our quality of place

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Name of LSP

Eastleigh Strategic Partnership

Contact Name

Vince Johnston/Christine Holloway

Amount Requested

£5,000

Summary of Bid

(Details of proposed activity the money will be spent on)

R U Bothered Project.

Provision of a youth counselling service particularly targeting drugs, alcohol and sexual health.

The money asked for is part-funding towards the costs of the following activities.

Young Persons Development Worker, full time post, annual costs £27,900 including on costs and travel.

Runs R U Bothered Young People's Service, providing a specialist Tier 2 Substance Misuse service for young people aged 13-19 years at 3 Young People's Drop In centres, one to one and group work with young people at risk of substance and solvent misuse, advice and support for parents, smoking cessation support and sex and relationships education, Drugs and Alcohol counselling scheme, Information website and referral to other agencies.

Since the service started in September 2006 the worker has screened over 900 young people for substance misuse, the majority 13 - 16 years old.

The worker has also supports aspects of the STAR (Start Treating Alcohol Responsibly) project, working with pupils at Wyvern School, developing and delivering parental engagement and general project support.

Youth Counselling Scheme young people ages of 11-25 (the majority aged 14-15 years). Costs £7,000 per year to run but this excludes room hire which is currently provided by Connexions free of charge.

Employs 1 qualified counsellor 22 hours per month for counselling, assessments and supervision of 2- 3 student counsellors who provide an average of 8 volunteer hours counselling a month each. In the period January 07 to October 07 the general counselling scheme received 113 referrals.

Drugs and Alcohol Counselling Scheme Costs £7,900 per year also subject to the accommodation issues

Employs a qualified counsellor for 28 hours per month.  In the period January 07 to October 07 received 32 referrals.

Monitoring arrangements and intended outcomes

This project would be monitored by the Eastleigh Health & Wellbeing Partnership for Eastleigh Strategic Partnership.

The service has previously been funded through DAAT and is managed through Eastleigh Borough Council's Heath and Community Team, under the direction of the Health Manager and through her, the Corporate Director. The service maintains statistics, sets annual work land and targets and monitors their performance against these.

The intended outcomes of the service are:

· Reduction in young people's alcohol abuse, drug abuse, and smoking;

· Increases in sexual health; increased emotional and mental wellbeing.

Timescale

(anticipated period over which the money will be spent)

2008/2009

How does this bid support the targets within the Community Strategy?

Young people's wellbeing and harm and issues around drugs and alcohol are all key elements of the ESP's Community Plan.

The bid supports several targets in the Community Plan for both health and community safety. The focus on young people's use of alcohol, drugs and nicotine and on their sexual and emotional health is important because:

· Early intervention is proved to be important in reducing alcohol, drug and cigarette consumption throughout life

· They reach young people when they are most vulnerable to peer pressure

· Suicide rates among young people are a real cause of concern

· The general public suffer from the anti-social behaviour of some young people who consume alcohol to excess

· This aggravates fear of crime, a cause of distress to many in the population.

The STAR project was initiated by the ESP after discussion among partners agreed that early interventions to reduce alcohol use by young people were a very high priority for the partnership. The project is based on evidence, and is to be evaluated so that lesson from it can be transferred across the county. It has now been in operation for over a year, and it was a surprise and shock to all in the ESP when its future was jeopardised by the withdrawal of DAAT funding.

Overall funding arrangements

(please specify total cost of project and the amounts contributed from other partners)

The services described cost £42,800 a year. They are funded by the DAAT until 31 March 2008. The funding received by the DAAT from the Government to treat substance misuse has been dramatically cut and the DAAT have advised that they will not fund this work from 31 March 2008.

The only possible source of long-term replacement funding would be through the Local Area Agreements (LAAs). Unfortunately the LAA funding decisions are unlikely to be known till the end of the 1^st quarter of 08/09 at the earliest. Although there will be considerable competition for LAA funding, we are optimistic that these services will be funded because of the support received from many county stakeholders, because these services make such a contribution to the LAA flagship on tackling alcohol abuse and achievement of the National Indicators which are emerging as the likely 35 for Hampshire.

The ESP therefore decided to try to maintain the services for six months from 1 April 2008 until the LAA decision is known, £5,000 from each of 4 partners (Eastleigh Borough Council, Hampshire County Council, PCT and police).

£5,000 funding has been agreed by the PCT and the police; it is in Eastleigh Borough Council's budget to be approved by members; and this application is to secure the Hampshire County Council share.

Date of LSP when bid agreed (the bid must be presented at LSP meetings and be agreed by all partners on the LSP)

28 Nov 2007

Signed

(by Chair/ Vice Chair of LSP)

Date

24 January 2008

Amount Agreed

Signed

(By HCC authority)

Date

Timescale

(bids need to be received prior to the Executive Member Briefing)

Executive Member Briefing

Decision Day- 15^th February

Comments:

Cllr Colin Davidovitz is familiar with the services and was present at the discussion which led to the proposal to maintain the service for 6 month spending the outcome of LAA funding decisions.

For more details about the bid, please feel free to contact Christine Holloway, Eastleigh Borough Council Corporate Director, on 023 8068 8250 or [email protected]

Name of LSP

Gosport Partnership

Contact Name

Jo Hamilton

Amount Requested

£5,000

Summary of Bid

(Details of proposed activity the money will be spent on)

Sustainable Community Strategy Action Plan

To fund project work towards the priorities in the SCS Action Plan -

Priority 1

Reduce traffic congestion in Gosport

(directly links to LAA Priority C and indirectly supports Priority B and Priority F)

Project work will include:

- working with local businesses to increase cycling facilities

- working with local businesses/community to change travel behaviour

Priority 2

Provide more jobs in Gosport for local people (directly links to LAA priority B and indirectly to LAA priorities A and C).

Project work will include:

- working with local businesses to improve the image of the Borough

- creating stronger links between local schools/colleges and local businesses

Monitoring arrangements and intended outcomes

An employment fair for local schools/colleges and local businesses to take place by the end of the 2007/08 academic year.

Gosport's Big Day Out - image-improvement event to take place Summer 2008.

Improve information available to the community on alternative transport options.

Timescale

(anticipated period over which the money will be spent)

By summer 2008.

How does this bid support the targets within the Community Strategy?

Directly supports Priority 1 and Priority 2 in the SCS Action Plan. Priorities for the SCS action plan were selected on the most voted on topics by the community in the Make your Mark community consultation Dec 2006 (1255 responses) and extensive baseline data (www.gosportpartnership.co.uk).

Overall funding arrangements

(please specify total cost of project and the amounts contributed from other partners)

Employment Fair

£2000. Working with other partners such as St Vincent's College, Community Learning Forum and the Business Forum. Partner contributions will be in terms of staff time.

Gosport's Big Day Out

£2000. Working with Business Forum, Tourism Forum, Impact Project, Gosport Council and other partners. Contributions from other partners will be in terms of staff time and some promotional materials already developed.

Improved travel information

£1000. Working with Groundwork Solent who will be contributing leftover Home to Hub funding from SEEDA (£2000).

Date of LSP when bid agreed (the bid must be presented at LSP meetings and be agreed by all partners on the LSP)

28 November 2007

Signed

(by Chair/ Vice Chair of LSP)

Ian Lycett

Date

12 December 2007

Amount Agreed

Signed

(By HCC authority)

Date

Timescale

(bids need to be received prior to the Executive Member Briefing)

Comments:

Name of LSP

Havant Community Partnership

Contact Name

Enid Ashley

Amount Requested

£10,000

Summary of Bid

(Details of proposed activity the money will be spent on)

Part funding for the post of Community Boards' Support Officer for a further year.

Timescale

(Anticipated period over which the money will be spent)

April 2008 - March 2009.

How does this bid support the targets within the Community Strategy?

To continue the key function of developing the role of the six Community Boards in delivery of the Community Strategy at a local level.

Overall funding arrangements (please specify total cost of project and the amounts contributed from other partners)

Total cost: salary £35,395 for 08/09.

Havant Borough Council seeking to fund the remainder in 08/09 budget, but other partners are being approached (9 January 08) to contribute, and have contributed in previous years.

Signed

(by Chair of LSP or on behalf of)

Cllr Tony Briggs, Chairman of HCP

Date

9 January 2008

Amount Agreed

Signed

(By HCC authority)

Date

Name of LSP

HSP

Contact Name

Sue Dovey- CAH

Amount Requested

£10,000

Summary of Bid

(Details of proposed activity the money will be spent on)

The need to build capacity in the voluntary and community sector to engage in the Local Area Agreement process and associated partnership arrangements has been recognised by the LAA Board and one year funding of £30,000 was made available by the County Council through the LPSA1 reward grant to Community Action Hampshire to employ an officer to:

· co-ordinate the engagement of the sector in the various elements of the LAA

· co-ordinate input of the sector into the process for reviewing the LAA

· co-ordinate activity related to Priority H

· monitoring and reporting performance for PIs under Priority H

The officer employed by CAH has left after 6 months and it is therefore proposed to top up the funding to enable CAH to recruit for a full 12 months. It is important to ensure that this resource is in place as during this period, the LAA and delivery arrangements will be developed in detail. Providing this capacity for the sector will help to engage the third sector in the developing delivery arrangements which is critical to a range of future Local Area Agreement priorities.

It is therefore proposed that a contribution of £10,000 from the community strategy budget be made to Community Action Hampshire to support the employment of a co-ordinator for this area of work during the next 12 months.

Timescale

(anticipated period over which the money will be spent)

12 months

How does this bid support the targets within the Community Strategy?

Contributes to the SCS by providing support to co-ordinate the work of the Community and Voluntary Sector into the LAA priorities, the delivery framework for the SCS

Overall funding arrangements

(please specify total cost of project and the amounts contributed from other partners)

£10,000 for one year

It is proposed that this specific financial support on a one off basis and that any future capacity building funding be considered as part of the overall funding support to VCS infrastructure bodies.

Date of LSP when bid agreed (the bid must be presented at LSP meetings and be agreed by all partners on the LSP)

Signed

(by Chair/ Vice Chair of LSP)

Date

Amount Agreed

Signed

(By HCC authority)

Date

Timescale

(bids need to be received prior to the Executive Member Briefing)

Executive Member Briefing 30^th Jan

Decision Day- 15^th February

Comments: