How did we do?
Performance Information
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Challenge 1: Strengthen the leadership given by councils and partners through closer working together and engage local people and communities in decision making. |
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Challenge 2: Widen and strengthen the involvement of local people in their communities.
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(The table above is based on direction of travel data that is available).
What were the key achievements in 2009/10?
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The Somerset Compact Working Group was set up in the summer of 2009. The Working Group has refreshed the Somerset Compact document and reviewed membership to include representation from the voluntary and community sector, NHS Somerset, Somerset County Council and Somerset District Councils.
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Employment of key personnel to take the projects forward; through the migration impacts fund programme, 5 individual projects have been set up and posts have been filled in order to take the projects forward including two Polish speaking Police Community Support Officers (PCSO) and two Community Link Workers.
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English Classes set up.
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Lingo Link; an innovative approach to learning a language in which two people, for example Polish person and an English person, are matched due to to them both having an interest in learning about the others language and culture.
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Drop in advice sessions established; these aim to help people with little or no English with a variety of day to day issues such as employment, disability living allowance, housing, planning, environmental health, help with insurance claims and other services.
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Community Spaces provided; the funding has also allowed for the provision of community spaces in which to hold the drop in sessions and language classes.
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14-19 Project in Schools; the project aims to ensure a range of opportunities for young people in schools aged 14-19 from migrant backgrounds to meet together, through organising and/or working in partnership with specific community organisations.
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The delivery plan in respect of NI 1 (percentage of people who believe people from different backgrounds get on well together in their local area) has been refreshed following a consultation event which was well attended and productive.
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CCF Development Worker employed; since October 2009 a Development Worker for the forum has been employed in order to drive and monitor progress related to the delivery plan actions, to raise the profile and awareness of 'myth busting' leaflets, organise training events.
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A dedicated CCF website has been created; this will help to raise the profile of the Forum and will also provide a medium by which good news/best practice stories or case studies can be highlighted.
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English Spoken as Other Language (ESOL) Research undertaken into the current levels of ESOL provision in the county and the current sizes and whereabouts of Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities who are in need of this service.
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Funding and support from the SSP has helped with the successful establishment of the Somerset Intelligence Partnership. The Partnership is a tool to enable the SSP and its members to realise their strategies based on sound evidence and insight. Further information surrounding the work of the partnership is available at www.sine.org.uk
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The Somerset Total Place Programme; 'Total Somerset' has been developed to take a whole area approach to public services in the area to deliver better services at less cost. The focus of the programme is on three themes:
- Transforming community services related to Health and Social Care
- Transforming support for families with the highest levels of need
- Transforming customer contact.
Work of the change team is set to continue through 2010/11 and regular updates will be available on the SSP website.
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