Paddy Chandler Stronger Communities Delivery Manager Ryedale & North York Moors

Background

• Stronger Communities Operational in 2015/16

• Central Directorate - Cross Cutting Theme

• New Investment Prospectus Launched July 2017

• Shaping the Future: Evaluation Part 1 Autumn 2018

• Team of 7 Locality Delivery Managers

Aims

• Stronger Communities works in partnership with community groups and the voluntary and community sector to:

• Develop the ability of communities to increase collective control and social action

• Reduce demand on statutory services

• Mitigate some of the cuts in public services

• Work closely with Living Well and wider NYCC colleagues around need, referrals and community capacity.

Ambition• 4 priorities

• Libraries

• Community transport

• Children, young people & families

• Adults & older people

• Invest resources to meet our key outcomes:

• reduced inequalities

• improved social connectedness

• improved well-being

Delivery

• Networks & Information

• NYCC Liaison and Link to VCS

• Organisational Development

• Investments / Grant Provision

Investment Funding Streams

Inspire – Key Features

• One off grants – up to £1k

• Informal groups welcomed

• £200k budget pa

• Open access

• Apply online

• Light touch

• Strategic partner and co-production

• Longer term relationships

• Based on evidenced need

• Mandatory diagnostic assessment

• Collaborative project design

• Capable of delivery at scale

• Circa £500k budget pa

• Independent evaluation

Achieve – Key Features

• 272 community projects (2015-2017)

• £6m savings enabled (2015-2017)

• 25 Organisational Diagnostic Assessments Completed in First 6 Months of Implementation (in partnership with Community First Yorkshire)

• 8000 people directly benefited from Inspire grants across the County (17/18)

• Circa £150k grant investment into Ryedale (15-18)

• 23,448 estimated volunteer hours from all inspire grants (17/18)

Headlines

Spend by Priority

Examples in Ryedale

• Community Libraries

• Ryedale Rural Outreach

• Sight Support / Rillington Silver Surfers Group

• Mental Health & LD Forums

• Ryedale Community Agency Forum

• Ryedale Development Group

• HAS Community Led Support 2019

North Yorkshire Connect

• An Online Community Directory https://www.northyorkshireconnect.org.uk/

• Currently developing improved search and communications campaign for providers

• Usage Information https://datastudio.google.com/reporting/1anaBmfjIWTbawz7T30G0x0qk2B_obApc/page/MIzJ

Contact details

Paddy Chandler

Stronger Communities Delivery Manager

(Ryedale and North York Moors)

Tel: 01609 53 2265

Email: paddy.chandler@northyorks.gov.uk