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

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

May

-04

Jul-0

4

Sep-0

4

Nov-04

Jan-

05

Mar

-05

May

-05

Jul-0

5

Sep-0

5

Nov-05

Jan-

06

Mar

-06

May

-06

Jul-0

6

Sep-0

6

Nov-06

Polish worker registration scheme applications - Oxfordshire

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