Developing Integrated Services with Others Dave Smith Witchford Village College Denise May

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Developing Integrated Services with
OthersDave Smith Witchford Village
CollegeDenise May Julie Whitmarsh Budehaven
Community SchoolSharon Hendy Aylesford School
Sports College
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Workshop Aims

• To share ideas and strategies on how to develop
  effective working partnerships with other
  agencies.
• To share the working practices from 3 different
  initiatives
• To provide delegates with a tool kit to enable
  the development of similar schemes.

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Learning Outcomes

• To understand the processes involved in creating
  partnerships with outside agencies.
• To reflect on how delegates can use the process
  to impact on own practice.

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Witchford Village College

• WVC is a 11-16 Community College in the rural
  fenland area of East Cambridgeshire.
• 850 students
• Surrounded by small, isolated villages in rural
  setting.
• Poor public transport between villages

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Why

• The aim of the research and subsequent
  developments were to the remove barriers that
  prevent young people from accessing the growing
  number of opportunities, sporting or otherwise,
  in the Out of School Hours programme or the local
  community provision.
• Increased participation and engagement in
  extended, appropriate and targeted opportunities
  were see as one of the fundamental development
  areas to support the improvement of behaviour,
  attainment and attendance.
• The young people in the isolated communities
  would be able to, not only extend their
  curricular learning opportunities, but also to
  develop their social interaction skills.

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Partnerships

• PARTNERS Students, Parents, Local Transport
  Providers, School Travel Plans Co-ordinator,
  Sports Clubs, LEA and NGBs

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HOW

• Ø     Late buses
• Ø      Surveyed the students at the college
  Ø      Discussion groups with targeted groups
  Ø      Multi Skill Academy used satellite centres
  Ø      Developed satellite academies for the
  community clubs (Clublinks)
• Ø      Developed satellite taster sessions to
  meet and play with the club (SSP and clubs)
• Ø      Parents OSHL booklet
• Ø      The Badminton Academy status to develop of
  School to Club transition structure

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HOW

• Ø      Researched School Travel Plans Ø     
  Discussed issues with Student Support Services
• Ø      The College has worked hard to raise the
  ethos of OSHL
• Worked with groups of Parents to develop
  activities in the village communities

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IMPACT

• 1 Physical Education and School Sport
  participation in OSHL has risen from 33 to 56
•      2 Whole school OSHL participation
  has risen from 45 to 80
• 3 The number of staff delivering OSHL has
  risen from 58 to 82
• 4 Girls and Boys attend OSHL in equal
  numbers. Previously the girls participation was
  3x that of the boys in all but sport activities.
• 5 Number of students participating in
  community sport has risen from 45 to 63
• 6 The number of community clubs regularly
  engaged in clublink development and pathways has
  risen from 2 to 10
• 7 Students from all targeted groups
  (travellers, socially isolated, behavioural)
  have all increased in participation in OSHL
  activities
• 8 Village Communities are developing sports
  hubs within each village to develop and extend
  the provision within each community

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IMPACT

• 20 rise in use of rural transport over the last
  four years
• 2.5m investment promised for the rural transport
  system

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THE WAY FORWARD Future developments

• Ensure that accessibility to sporting
  opportunities in high in the agenda for the 2.5m
  spending
• Research and data on the impact and participation
  by targeted group. (Isolated young people with
  poor social skills)

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Links

• How Witchford links to Aylesford
• Poor transport links
• Reducing the barriers to participation in sport
• Improving the social interaction of young people

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Aylesford School - Sports College

• ASSC semi urban/rural location in Kent
• 936 pupils
• Designated in September 2004
• Incidents of crime and ASB are occasionally
  brought into school
• Malling Satellite Scheme working with rural
  communities

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WHY

• Barriers to participation
• Villages surrounding the school
• Poor transport links to villages
• Facilities and provision in villages limited
• Increasing number of incidents of youth crime
  involving young people

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Partnerships

• Police
• Leisure Services - SDO
• Community/Rural Wardens
• Parish Council
• Crime Reduction Unit
• Youth Services.

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HOW

• Planning
• Initial meeting with everyone present to outline
  proposed project.
• Working group established to plan delivery
• Funding SC funding, TMBC, Police, funding for
  initial year plan for self funding in yr 2 or
  additional grants

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HOW

• Implementation
• Malling Satellite Scheme
• Target group identified with key partners
• Programme devised and launched to children and
  young leaders
• Passports issued

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HOW

• Funding for year 1 2
• Sports College community grant
• Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council
• Police
• Income

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IMPACT

• Uptake good, target group was around 30
• Involvement of young leaders
• High profile of Sports College with Parish
  Council
• Skate Park
• Communication between partners
• Community Wardens in school

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THE WAY FORWARD

• Link to SSP
• Extend to other rural areas
• Link to other schemes The Project
• Increase the target group and involve partner
  schools
• Plan for additional activities Sport, Art,
  Music, Drama, Beauty, ICT
• Use of school transport to enable competition
  between villages.

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LinksHow Budehaven links to Aylesford

• Similarities
• Police Liaison
• Focus on ASB
• Engagement of disaffected young people
• Use of young sports leaders.

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Budehaven Community School

• 11 18 years
• 1265 on role
• rural setting nearest secondary school 10 miles
• nearest college of further education 40 miles.
• CATS Community Action Through Sport working
  with Police, Youth Services and PCT

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Why

• Bude town designated dispersal area 2004
• Youngsters felt disenfranchised
• Recognition for positive actions of youngsters
• Development of Budehaven as a Sports College
  accessibility of facilities

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NEEDS

• Encourage young people
• Recognise positive work
• Focus on healthy lifestyles
• Increase access to and use of local sporting
  facilities
• Develop a more cohesive community

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Partnerships

• Director of Sport
• Local Police ( Police Volunteers)
• Youth Services
• Primary Care Trust
• Head of Citizenship
• Pupil Voice school sports council
• Community Development Officer
• District Council

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Budehaven Community School
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WHAT IS CATS?

• Community Action Through Sport
• A community based project, designed to
• Promote and Award Positive Community Action
• Through the presentation of sports based awards.

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Budehaven Community School
Award Levels
Level 3
Level 2
Level 1
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HOW

• Committee
• Funding
• Local sports providers
• Launch
• Publicity/Press
• Award Presentations
• CATS events
• Community ownership

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IMPACT

• 155 awards presented to date
• Local CATS alcohol free discos
• Recognition in the Community/County
• Appointment of Police volunteers
• CATS wristbands
• Promoting Healthy Lifestyles
• Increased participation in local sports clubs
• ASB/Management of Dispersal Area

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SCHOOL FORCE
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KILKHAMPTON YOUTH SHELTER
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Budehaven Community School Leadership
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Budehaven Community School at Plymouth Argyle
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Budehaven Community School CATS Hockey Tournament
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THE WAY FORWARD

• Charity Status
• Rolling out to other districts
• CATS fund raising events
• Project identification

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Budehaven Community School
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Tool Kit

• Sharing the process
• How can you use the process to impact
• on your own practice/situation?

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Plenary

• Review of aims
• To share ideas and strategies on how to develop
  effective working partnerships with other
  agencies.
• To share the working practices from 3 different
  initiatives
• To provide delegates with a tool kit to enable
  the development of similar schemes.

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Plenary

• Review of outcomes
• To understand the processes involved in creating
  partnerships with outside agencies.
• To reflect on how delegates can use the process
  to impact on own practice.