Sustainable Community Strategy
Developing the evidence base
Margaret Melling, Data Consultant
This presentation
• Developing the SCS briefing papers
• Emerging issues and options– Main points from each paper– Common themes
NOTE: the briefing papers areWORK IN PROGRESS
Approach
• Evidence-led
• Collaborative– work with data experts, so we keep the intelligence
with the numbers– work with partners who understand what information
is likely to be important
• Participative– Joint thinking about research findings and implications
for the SCS
and building on our existing knowledge
Briefing papers
1. Community Life2. Community Safety3. Economy4. Children & Young People5. Learning & skills6. Environment7. Health, care & wellbeing8. Housing9. Population & migration10. Access to services & travel11. Recreation, leisure & culture12. Spatial Oxfordshire
Developed by partnerships
1. Community Life2. Community Safety3. Economy4. Children & Young People5. Learning & skills6. Environment7. Health, care & wellbeing8. Housing9. Population & migration10. Access to services & travel11. Recreation, leisure & culture12. Spatial Oxfordshire
OVSDP CDRPs, YOT, Police, DAAT OEP C&YP board Individual stakeholders OCC E&E Healthier comm ptnship Heads of Housing Data Observatory E&E Transport Oxford Inspires/OCC LSP officers & planners
To inform workshops
1. Local communities2. Community safety3. Economy & enterprise4. Children & Young People5. Learning and skills6. Environment7. Health, care and wellbeing8. Housing9. Population
& migration10. Recreation,
leisure and culture
11. Transport and travel
12. SpatialOxfordshire
Workshops X3
3 identical workshops to be held early July
Councillors
Overview workshops
X2
Strategy options
Summary of evidence
1. Community Life
Community Life - scope
Parishes with completed plans (May2007)• Oxfordshire’s local
communities– Attitudes (Citizen’s panel)– Analysis of community-led
plans
• Volunteering– Contribution to community
life– Formal & informal
• Vulnerable people
Community Life
Place shaping policy Innovative access to
services Benefits of community
planning Wider role for the VCS Consultation as part of
service development Community work on
environmental issues
Access to services Affordable housing Support for
volunteering Polarisation of
communities Gaps in support to
community planning Climate change
Opportunities Threats
Community Life
• Issues/options for the strategy
Support for community-led planning
Volunteer brokerage
Work on equality and diversity
2. Community Safety
Community Safety
New national standards for CDRPs
Neighbourhood policing Partnership working via
LAAs Neighbourhood contact
points and shared services
Funding - as Oxfordshire seen as low crime area
Police resources diverted to more specialist areas
Opportunities Threats
Community Safety
• Issues/options for the strategy
Link between re-offending, unemployment & lack of housing
Support to young offenders leaving custody
Tackling anti-social behaviour
Reducing fear of crime
Addressing alcohol use
3. Economy
Economy
Environment (nice place to live and work)
clusters, reputation/brand clean technology
clusters improved
collaboration
Competition in the context of rapid technological change
Skills disagreements about strategy congestion reputation effects of climate change The diffuse “brand” or image of
the County’s economy that this generalist approach may cause
Lack of investment in appropriate infrastructure
Opportunities Threats
Economy
• Issues/options for the strategy
How to create a culture of learning that promotes well being and supports the economy
Retail
Visitor economy
How to support existing clusters to remain globally competitive
How to support emerging sectors such as clean technologies
How to ensure that the generally prosperous economy benefits all of Oxfordshire’s citizens
How to organise cost effective business support
How should Oxfordshire present itself externally and internally in support of the economy
How should businesses mitigate and adapt to climate change
How to make partnership working and collaboration more effective
4. Children & Young People
Children & Young People
Joined up working Involvement of children
& parents/carers in solutions
National child index Early intervention &
strengthened public health programmes
Better understanding of local places
Modernising agenda Move to integrated &
preventative approach Funding uncertainties Developing workforce
skills to deliver future services
Opportunities Challenges
Children & Young People
• Issues/options for the strategy
Housing - affordable housing and housing for vulnerable people
Transport - affordability, accessibility and safety
5. Learning & skills
Learning & skills
“Action for communities” skills training
Link between sector skills & employers
Infrastructure dev projects incl skills
Olympic games Skills hotspots used by
policy makers Train to Gain for SMEs Wider role for VCS in skills
Decline in low skilled jobs & increasing number of unemployed unskilled people
Uneven access to skills opportunities (incl rural & older workers)
Potential for decreasingly competitive workforce
Opportunities Threats
6. Environment
Environment
Warmer winters reducing energy consumption
New crops - opportunity for farmers
Engaging communities in environmental issues
Warmer summers boost to tourism & economy
Climate change & impact on environment, economy & vulnerable groups
Implications of unchanged resource consumption & waste
Opportunities Threats
7. Health, care and wellbeing
Health, care and wellbeing
Issues/options for the strategy
1. Ageing population
2. Cycle of deprivation
3. Preventing obesity
4. Fighting infectious diseases
5. Health inequalities
8. Housing
Housing - scope
• Affordability
• Eco-design
• Housing needs of vulnerable people
OvercrowdingHomelessnessYoung people at risk and care leaversPeople with disabilitiesSubstance usersPeople leaving prisonOlder peopleBME communitiesLow income families
9. Population
Population - focus
Ageing populationRecent migrationSpecial populations
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10. Access to services and travel
Access to services & travel
Improvements in public transport
Raised awareness of climate change
Local communities promotion of alternatives to car
Traffic growth Emissions and climate
change Accessibility of
services & facilities
Opportunities Threats
11. Recreation, leisure and culture
Recreation, leisure and culture
Creative partnerships in Oxfordshire
New duties re leisure activities of children
Olympic games Use of planning to support
public art etc Focus of funding/awareness
of active participation Environmental awareness
via art/science collaboration Oxford West End project
Resources diverted to central activities eg Olympic games
Uneven capacity across the sector to respond to opportunities
Opportunities Threats
12. Spatial Oxfordshire
Spatial Oxfordshire
Hi tech clusters, knowledge-based economy
Planning for sustainable communities
Global economy Infrastructure
development Ageing population Centralisation of services Impact of growth
(housing, new infrastructure) on built and natural environment
Impact of climate change
Opportunities Threats
Spatial Oxfordshire
• Issues/options for the strategy
Thriving communities
Housing/employment balance
Timely infrastructure development
Smart growth
Mapping spatial plans
SUMMARY
Community Life
Community Safety
Economy
Children& Young people Learning &
skills Environment
Health, care & wellbeing
Housing
Population
Access to services & travel
Recreation, leisure & culture
Spatial Oxfordshire
Addressing the needs of vulnerable people
The role of the voluntary sector
Community needs and aspirations
SUMMARY for the workshops ?
1. Key findings for Oxfordshire’s future (trends)
2. Recommendations from briefing papers
3. Common themes and important issues for the strategy
Within a 20 minute slot…
FOR EXAMPLEFOR EXAMPLE
Grouping of Issues/Threats from briefing papers (1)
Economy
Globalisation
Ageing population
Housing, transport
Climate change
Skills
Health & deprivation
Climate change
Access to services
Transport
Resource use
FOR EXAMPLEFOR EXAMPLE
Grouping of Issues/Threats from briefing papers (2)
Thriving communities
Volunteering
Community planning
Polarisation
Fear of crime
Ageing population
Access to services
Infrastructure development
Vulnerable people
Services
Volunteering
Affordable housing
Community safety
Cycle of deprivation
• Service standards
• New & innovative solutions
• Olympic games
• Environmental awareness
• Oxfordshire’s economy
FOR EXAMPLEFOR EXAMPLE
Summary of Opportunities
• Partnership working
• Focus on communities
• Wider role for VCS
• Consultation
• Better data
Your help is needed…
Next few weeks:
• Communicating the project
• Help identifying gaps in evidence (BUT NB deadline for papers = 22nd June)
• Attending the workshops
And finally…
• Latest versions of the papers are published under the login area of the Oxfordshire Data Observatory
www.oxfordshireobservatory.info
Login: Oxfordshire2020
Password: evans
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