Catherine White

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• Catherine White
• Project Manager
• Amanda Fisher
• Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

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Southampton Projects

• Weston (Trailblazer) - February 2000
• Central (Round 4) - December 2001
• Millbrook Redbridge Maybush (round 5) - June
  2002
• Mainstreaming - January 2002

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Weston Statistics

• Total Population 9163
• Children aged 0-4 540
• Ethnic Minority Population 5
• Children aged 0-4 living in tower block
  accommodation 188 (34)
• Lowest car ownership in Southampton

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Weston Summary

• Managed through Southampton City Council,
  Community Cohesion.
• Revenue 325k p.a. Capital 541k
• Revenue funding per child- Average
  trailblazer 1,091- Weston 592
• Directly employed team of 13.

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Weston Key Dates

• Feb 2000 Confirmation of funding
• July 2000 Turf cut for new Centre and Project
  Manager in post
• Dec 2000 Opening of Sure Start Centre direct
  team in post
• March 2001 2 Sure Start Mums meet the Prime
  Minister
• Sept 2001 move to locality Health Visiting
  first AGM
• Feb 2002 5 young women join the Duke of
  Edinburgh Award
• June 2002 Additional capital funding agreed
  Weston Adventure Playground
• Oct 2002 Evaluation Involving Dads

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Releasing Community Social Capital

• Sure Ideas Group
• - formed February 2001 - 10 Parents
• - 4 have progressed to the Management Board- 2
  have gained employment
• Friends of Sure Start
• - formed by parents from Sure Ideas group (Feb
  2002)
• - raised 700 for crèche equipment a Christmas
  party.
• Parents involved in local community groups-
  1999-2000 55- 2000 2001 98

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Outcome Evidence 1
New Deal for Lone Parents 2001 to 2002

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Outcome Evidence 2

• Low Birth Weight Babies (under 2500g)
• 1998 / 99 10
• 1999 / 00 13
• 2000 / 01 2.94
• 2001 / 02 0.89

• Home Birth Rate 2000 2001
• City Average 2
• Weston 34

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Key Success Factors 1

• Health Service Reconfiguration
• Locality Health Visiting (22 ? 2)
• Weston Shore Midwifery Group Practice
• Weston Young Peoples Clinic (in partnership with
  the Youth Service)

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Key Success Factors 2

• Partnership working
• Weston Interagency Group
• Weston Under Fours Forum
• SRB
• Housing Office
• Chamberlayne Sports Centre
• Weston Shore Infant School

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Key Success Factors 3

• Focus on Community Development
• Building on existing networks
• Releasing social capital
• Locating programme management within Community
  Cohesion Service of City Council?
• Families at the centre of the programme

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Conclusion

• Real health improvement was achieved in a short
  period of time through a combination of factors
• Co-location of workers (breaking physical and
  professional barriers)
• Agencies prepared to change and share learning
• Targetting and marketing
• Community Ownership from vision to
  implementation

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