Idea Stores

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Idea Stores

• Community Empowerment
• Idea Store Chrisp Street

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Zoinul Abidin Idea Store Manager Idea
Store, Chrisp StreetLondon Borough of Tower
Hamlets

• June 2006

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Background Census 2001

• Local population of 196,106 - 51 white, 33
  Bangladeshi, 53 of the population live in social
  housing, 62 of children are eligible for free
  school diners
• 143,429 are aged 16-74
• 35 have basic adult literacy needs
• A 14.2 unemployment rate (18 youth
  unemployment)
• 31 pass rate GCSE A-C (nationally 51.6)

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Background

• Library usage in decline as it is nationally
• Poor take-up of adult education
• The need for an accommodation strategy. Very old
  municipal buildings with expensive maintenance

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Research Intensive public consultation

• User questionnaire, household questionnaire,
  roadshows, focus groups, independent market
  research
• The Learners Voice learners and non-learners

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Research Peoples priority for the service

• 1st Buying books and increasing stock
• 2nd Investment in I.T.
• 3rd Convenient opening hours
• 4th Education support (homework clubs etc.)

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Research 61 would use the library more if
visits could be combined with
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Research The lessons

• Location, location, location
• Design service around todays lifestyle retail
• Image key to attracting customers

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The locations

• Bow
• Chrisp Street
• Whitechapel
• Isle of Dogs
• Watney Market
• Canary Wharf
• Bethnal Green

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Learning Communities Focus

• Access and widening participation
• Idea store will act as a catalyst/funnel
• Cradle to grave
• Participation in carer/toddler sessions, school
  visits, family learning, homework clubs, Idea
  Champions, learning ladder, Enhancing resident
  participation and partnership
• Promoting local initiatives, courses in school
  governance
• Improving employability
• Learn Direct

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Community Hub
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Premiership Club

• Improving Childrens literacy and numeracy skills
  through their love of football
• Currently delivering project at Langdon Park
  Secondary School
• Splash Youth community organisation
• Idea Store Chrisp Street

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What is the Premiership Club

• 1st half take part in a literacy or numeracy
  activity
• A quiz on premiership local sports results
• Or a specific activity
• For a correct answer they clock up points
• Points are translated into penalties

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What is the Premiership Club

• 2nd half take penalties physically in-store
• Indoor goalposts and soft footballs
• Penalty Shootout
• The number of penalties they score, they get
  points
• The points take them - Premiership Leader Board
• At the end of the season they become Champions

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Resources

• Interactive Whiteboard
• Excel Stats
• Newspapers
• Book Reviews

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Presentation

• Presentation Ceremony end of season
• With prizes and certificates
• Winners choose a football shirt
• All other participants get a prize and
  certificate

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Formalisation

• Developing Activity sheets / lesson plans
• Pre test
• Post test
• Modular programme
• Levels

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Courses Activities

• Sleepover, DJ Music, Web Page Design
• Bodyworks Massage, Introduction to Youth Work,
  Mask Making, Digital Photography, Creative
  Writing,
• Jewellery, General Computing, Kite MakingGames
  Hour, Homework Club, Job Club Mother Tongue, Cool
  Read Book Club, Under 5s, Family Fun Days, School
  Holidays Events, Premiership Club,
• Much, Much More . . .

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Stats Chrisp Street

• Visits 05/06 432,145, average 1300 people a
  day, visitor numbers triple the 2 libraries it
  replaced
• Membership up by 114
• Issues up by 90
• Under 16 12,996 (total 51,374) across the borough