Walsalls New Deal for Communities

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Walsalls New Deal for Communities
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Community Involvement Team
Young Persons information Centre Opening
Walsall Gypsy and Travellers Forum
Chef Project
Young Advisors
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Community Cash in Action
15,000
Children aged 6-11 years shape the allocation of
money for activities in their area
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Working Together
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• Aims of the Project
• To better understand the processes for PB to be
  used effectively to further Every Child Matters
  through allowing children to make decisions over
  real resources.
• Objectives
• Engage children in project development,
  working together in groups, and demonstrate
  budgeting and decision making skills.
• Develop local acceptance and ownership of the
  process and a willingness to trust children
  with real school budgets.
• Test the effectiveness of PB in delivering
  benefits in comparison to other methods.

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What's been happening
Schools involved - Little Bloxwich C of E School,
Harden Primary School, Blakenall Heath Junior
School, Leamore Primary School, Green Rock Junior
School, Christ Church Primary School, Elmore
Green Primary School, Bloxwich C of E Primary
School
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Next Steps

• Evaluate the programs internally and work
  with the PB Unit to create a simple case study.
• Reflect with members of the community and the
  schools involved and get ideas for repeating or
  extending the work.
• Hopefully it will take fewer resources to
  repeat the process.
• Continue to share the learning and outcomes
  with the Councils Neighbourhood
  Services.
• That community leadership was key to a PB
  project so it was inappropriate to try and guess
  what the longer term will look like at this time.

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Any questions ?

• Please Contact
• Dick Hackett Performance Manager 01922 712858
• Michelle Parry Community Involvement Manager
  01922 711228
• Manny Sehmbi Community Development Worker 01922
  711228