Neighbourhood Health DevelopmentThe Castle Vale Experience

Lisa MartinaliDirector of Community Regeneration

Steve ClaytonCastle Vale Neighbourhood Manager

Points covered:

Castle Vale - background Neighbourhood Partnership Board Health priorities and evidence Local delivery Outcomes and impact Opportunities for the future

Castle Vale - Background

Built Between 1964 & 1969 Largest post war housing estate in Midlands 34 tower blocks, maisonettes & houses Home to almost 20,000 people in 5,000 homes Exhibited all the classic signs of deprivation Housing Action Trust - holistic approach to regeneration

Castle Vale 1993Castle Vale 1993

The Transformation

2200 homes demolished 1500 new homes built 1333 homes improved 1461 Jobs created 3415 training places New Shopping centre, community facilities Unemployment reduced significantly Educational attainment improved People living longer – life expectancy increased Reductions in crime

Castle Vale 2004Castle Vale 2004

Great Success but only half way there….

Four out of six super output areas still in England’s poorest 10% Still concerns about fear of crimeLocal services still don’t meet local needs or residents

aspirationsImportance of jobs, training and education Poor health - life styles

Neighbourhood Partnership Board

6 residents, local and statutory providers Evidence based neighbour hood plan Responds to community agenda Closes the gap Makes links with Erdington Community Plan and Birmingham

LAA 5 priority themes: health, housing, community safety,

environment, employment and training

Birmingham Local Area Agreement

Erdington District Community Plan/ BENPCT

Birmingham Community Strategy

Economic Strategy

Children & Young People’s Plan

Castle Vale N/hood Plan

Health Improvement Plan

Castle Vale Neighbourhood Plan and strategic context

Government Strategy

Strong and Prosperous Communities (2006), Building Communities, beating Crime (2004), Our Health, Our Care, Our say (2006), National Strategy for Neighbourhood Renewal (1998), Aiming High

(2007) ………..

Health Priorities and Evidence

Priorities: lifestyle factors sexual health/teenage

pregnancy obesity men’s health mental health support support services other issues affecting health

e.g. housing, crime

Evidence: IMD 2004/2007 baseline health surveys

2000/2004 BEN PCT statistics LAA targets community

consultations/involvement Extended Provision Cluster

Local Delivery

Castle Vale Community Regeneration Services sexual health programme healthy schools programme Telebuddies – older persons scheme men’s health programme substance/alcohol misuse outreach resident support service community garden public health roadshows/signposting

Outputs and achievements (2007-8)

engaged with 691 residents 35 young people attended sexual health programmes,

200+ registered for Here For You 16 young people completed ASDAN via health projects over 500 alcohol and young people cards distributed supported 18 of our most vulnerable residents regular surgeries/activities at local facilities external funding to support health development and

support services - £100k+ support services -10% positive disengagement + many more!

Making a difference………measuring impact

MEL / Mori surveys of 2004 Lack of neighbourhood level information local monitoring/tracking Be Birmingham website currently under development that will

contain data provided by PCT’s down to SOA level (limited access)

Health - lag indicators

Making a difference………measuring impact

Crime - many more people reporting they feel safe to walk alone at night (fear walking alone at night was 35% in 2005 down to 12% in 2007)

Employment – 300 into work and over 200 into training (Tyburn Ward)

Increasing levels of residents satisfaction with basic services support services -100% sustained tenancies, 1 person

progressed into employment

Opportunities

learn and share Health – closer working with primary care trust/mainstreaming Third Sector opportunities – public service delivery Working Neighbourhoods Fund - Future stronger focus on most

deprived neighbourhoods and worklessness To continue to sustain Castle Vale!