Introduction from Cllr Mike Hall, Chair LSP Board:

“We are proud of the strong and collective commitment of our well established LSP Board, these keypartners continue to value and support this strategic partnership, in recognising its place, and added valuerole in continuing to deliver on the long term most challenging priorities for this Borough. “

The primary role of the LSP is to oversee the delivery of the Hinckley and BosworthCommunity Plan, and it’s supporting key delivery partnerships who deliver on ourBorough wide priorities.

The big challenges for our Borough

Getting people into jobs and creating a thriving local economy

Keeping everyone safe

Enabling good health and wellbeing for everyone

Giving children the best start in life

Supporting those most in need

(A copy of the Community Plan can be accessed at www.hinckley-bosworth.gov.uk/communityplan)

Councillor Mike Hall, LSP Chair and LeaderHinckley & Bosworth Borough Council

Councillor Joe Orson, LSP Vice Chair and LeicestershireCounty Council Councillor

Bill Cullen, Chief Executive Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council

Chris Woodward, Partnership Manager - Leicestershire Police

Anthony Thacker, Minister, Hinckley Baptist Church

Richard Garratt, Transport Manager - Leicestershire County Council

Steve Wegerif, Manager - Hinckley BID

Kelly Baker, Contracts & Partnerships Manager - North Warwickshire and Hinckley College

Andy Coombs, Head of Redmoor Academy - H & B Academy’s representative

Sharon Redrobe, Chief Executive Officer - Twycross Zoo, andHinckley & Bosworth Tourism Partnership representative

Simon Matheison, Area Manager - Arriva

Shani Smith - Voluntary & Community Sector representative

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Annual Statement of Achievements 2016/17LSP Board membership (from May 2017)

Further information

The LSP Board holds an annual review meeting eachFebruary, at which each of the key delivery partnershipspresent an annual performance report to the Board,detailing progress during the previous 12 months, againstthe LSP strategic plan and agreed priorities. Subsequently,the strategic plan is refreshed and sets out the prioritiesfor the coming year, and the key challenges for each of thekey delivery partnerships. Within this plan the LSP Boardsets itself key areas of work it aims to influence over thesame three year period of the plan, for 2016/17 it wasagreed these are:

n Facilitate transport solutions to enable access to local training, development & employment opportunities

n Work with partners to seek to increase Mental Health provision

n In partnership seek to decrease/prevent the number of alcohol/drug related incidents

The year ahead

For more information about the work of Hinckley &Bosworth LSP, please contact Edwina Grant, Strategic and Community Planning Officer at Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council

Tel 01455 255629

Email Edwina.grant@hinckley-bosworth.gov.uk

n A range of successful and well attended events delivered including:

n An ‘Info to Grow’ business event in April 2016 at Twycross Zoo entitled ‘Use your Animal Instincts for Business Success’ attracting 96 delegates

n A Supply Chain event in October 2016 at Horiba MIRA held during the Leicester Business Festival

n An Apprenticeship Levy event in January 2017 to help employers understand this important business offer

n A Round-table event for businesses in March 2017 to feedback on the Government’s Green Paper ‘Building our Industrial Strategy’

n Facilitated access to a Business Gateway Portal which provides advice and information to businesses

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Key Achievements 2016/17

Getting people into jobs and training

Supporting and Sustaining our Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS)

The Employment & Skills Partnership brings togetheremployees, large and small, including Horiba MIRA, NorthWarwickshire & South Hinckley College, Job Centre Plusand a range of other training providers, with the aim ofhelping local people obtain meaningful employment interms of earnings, training and job satisfaction.Furthermore it is a cross border partnership covering theareas of Hinckley & Bosworth, North Warwickshire andNuneaton & Bedworth.

n Launch of an Enterprise Advisory Network project, funded via the LLEP, which links schools with local business mentors

n Launch of the HBBC Economic Regeneration Strategy 2016 – 2020 in March 2017

n Secured European Programme funding for the development of a Destination Management Plan for rural areas of the Borough and North Warwickshire, as well as a one year post for a Tourism Officer to work across both boroughs

n Ongoing work with Horiba MIRA in relation to the development of the MIRA Technology Park due to open in September 2018, to ensure we have local workforce equipped with the required skills for future business needs

The Borough Council is proud to support its volunteersand voluntary and community sector (VCS) on anongoing basis. Building on it’s longstanding relationshipand commitment to the VCS, four years ago the Councilestablished a formal key partnership with the VCS, leadby Next Generation. Each year the Council ring fencesfunding to directly commission the VCS to deliver essentialgrass roots services, overseen by a VCS CommissioningBoard. This started out as a £20,000 funding pot, whichowing to the success of the partnership, anddemonstration of the value for money and impact onpeople’s lives afforded by these arrangements, has risento £70,000 during this year, and in total since theinception of the partnership invested over £170,000.

The following provides an insight into the range of workthat has been supported, and views from beneficiaries.

n Provision of inclusive sports for those with learning disabilities, via Achieve With Us a Hinckley based community day service provider. A support worker said “Every week when the group return from their session they are buzzing with enthusiasm and excitement about their lesson. Some of these people had never played tennis and through the patience and understanding of the coaches they are now able to play a game".

n Investment in a range of provision to help young peopledevelop confidence to achieve and build self esteem:n Leicestershire and Rutland Youth Sailing

Association “I am now a qualified sailing Instructor.I plan to use this qualification to work in watersports and possibly on the yachts”

n Provision of a Youth Counselling Service -Feedback from a grateful parent “My Daughter developed self-harm issues due to bullying. I was so worried about her. We managed to get free professional Counselling offered through the VCS funding and she is gradually feeling better and more confident”

n Providing support in rural areasn A young single mom said “The new morning group in

the village for parents and tots has been amazing, it has got us both out of the house meeting friends and feeling part of our community. The kids have lots of toys to play with, and I am now helping at the group to develop it for others to enjoy”

n Supporting Community Transport to enable people to access support and facilities available within the Borough “Having the opportunity to be collected by Dial a Ride and driven to the venue and home, has made a huge difference to my quality of life and I now do not feel so isolated”

n Improving the quality of life for those with Dementia, and the people that support them “The funding has enabled us to extend our activities with those suffering with Dementia to offer a further day due to more wanting to join in with the groups, fun and stimulating activities”. An elderly couple who are regular attenders said “We love to come to the groups. We bake, flower arrange, sing, and have fun and enjoy the company of our friends here”.

n Provision of counselling services for young people

On 16th June, the Borough Council hosted its annualMaking a Difference Awards event, at the ConcordiaTheatre, to recognise the contribution volunteers play instrengthening our community and improving the qualityof life for residents. Awards were presented by the Borough Council’s Mayor Ozzy O’Shea, and the CouncilsLeader Cllr Mike Hall, to winners in individual and groupcategories.

Councillor Mike Hall, Leader of the Borough Council, said:"Those nominated for an award represent only a smallselection of the fantastic work that is done by volunteersand voluntary sector organisations across the borough.They include people who work hard alongside coreservices to keep our communities safe and wellmaintained, to assist residents who may be morevulnerable, and to provide activities and socialopportunities that make life more enjoyable”

This report will detail just some of the key achievement and successes for 2016/17, in demonstrating our progress in working towards these high level priorities.

In addition to overseeing the key delivery partnerships,the LSP has one overarching priority – to improve thequality of life in priority neighbourhoods. This work isdelivered by the authority’s Community Developmentofficers who are based within our 3 community houses,at Barwell, Earl Shilton, and Wykin Hinckley.

Our community houses provide residents with a firstpoint of contact, for those who need support and accessto services, as well as those who want to get involvedwith their community.

The number of volunteers who support the delivery ofactivities and events at the community houses, hascontinued to rise, including the establishment of a crosscommunity house volunteer group. This enables thecommunity to gain the maximum benefit from theprovision on offer, and has led to, an increase inresidents attending activities other than in theirimmediate neighbourhood, which is helping to developgood community relationships, and breakdown barriersbetween areas.

There has been an increase in the number of peoplecoming to the houses with a range of low level mentalhealth issues, and this has steered the project ideas,which now include:

n Mindfulness for wellbeing sessionsn Adopting healthy lifestyles – healthy eating and

exercisen Support networks

Other well established activities continue to enjoy reallygood take up with activities including: kniting and crocheting, basic cooking, English, Maths,adult and children’s crafts, toddler club family trips andoutings for the elderly, lunch clubs, gardening, DIY, andthis year a trip to the Birmingham NEC Craft Fair.

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The work of the Hinckley Town Centre Partnership, andit’s Business Improvement District (BID), is central toensuring we maintain a thriving Town Centre. During2016/17, the partnership has sought to represent andsupport the interests of its business community (400businesses), promoting Hinckley Town centre to draw invisitors from far and wide, currently 3 million per annum.Key delivery projects include:

n Expansion and completion of the ‘Digital High Street’ - Hinckley became the first High Street in the country to introduce a free Wi-Fi with integrated marketing solution,now with around 10,000 signed up users - and growing

n The first town in the country to install GeoSense footfall trackers which gives accurate information on the number of new and repeat visitors to Hinckley on a 24/7 basis, and which shows their travel footprint.

n Delivery of a full programme of BID events to showcase the Town Centre including:n The 7th Annual Soap Box Derby (42 Teams and

14,000 visitors)n The 7th Annual Pancake Race (78 entrants including

several Town centre businesses) n The 6th Annual Easter Bunny Hunt (introduces new

retailers)n The 6th Annual Classic Motorshow (500+ vehicles

and 25,000 Visitors)n FREE Summer of Fun events for children every

Wednesday throughout the school holidaysn Classic Vehicle Meets every Thursday May – Augustn Support of Borough Council Events

n Ongoing Marketing and Promotion including:n 20,000 x 58 page The Essential Guide to Hinckley

Town centre (with monthly prize draws)n 6,200+ Loyalty Card Membersn 2,500+ Facebook followersn Welcome Packs for new businessesn Monthly e-newsletter to 12,000+ residents

Community house staff and volunteers continueto support a range of Borough campaigns,particularly those delivered by our CommunitySafety partnership, and fully engage with ourvoluntary and community sector arrangements,with many volunteers being recognised as part ofthe Borough Councils Annual Making aDifference Awards (see next page).

Creating a thriving local economy

Supporting those most in need

The partners making up the Blaby and Hinckley &Bosworth Community Safety Partnership continue towork together to share their expertise to help delivereffective and efficient community safety services. Thepartnership oversees a 3 year Community Safety Strategy2017-2020, setting out priorities informed by local people,together with data about crime and disorder across the twolocal authority areas.

The hard work delivered during 2016/17, has resulted in thedelivery of some major achievements:

Keeping everyone safe

n Engaged with 2439 young people in schools and other educational settings, giving prevention and awareness advice on a wide range of community safety topics including: the consequences of anti-social behaviour, alcohol and substance misuse, sexting, cyber bullying,healthy relationships, hate crime and personal safety.

n Delivery of a Home Security service to 44 homes for people who are vulnerable or at risk of harm.

n Provided therapeutic support to 51 children who have been affected by domestic abuse.

n Supported the promotion of Rural Watch which raises the awareness of rural crime, and engages the community in reporting incidents, resulting in an increased membership.

n Supported 196 victims of Domestic Abuse via our outreach service which gives practical and emotional support to victims.

n Proactively tackled Anti-social Behaviour through the very effective multi agency Endeavour Team, who has dealt with 820 reports of ASB.

n A 2 year downward trend in police reported ASB, a priority for the Neighbourhood Policing Unit and theEndeavour Team, enabled through robust local working practices.

n Delivery of 8 Community Safety Campaigns to stem increase in seasonal crime, including encouraging people to report hate crime and domestic abuse, which has been significantly under reported. The work has resulted in an increase in reporting in both areas.

Whilst the health of the people in the Borough is betterthan the England average, the main challenges for theBorough continue to be in relation to reducing the levelsof obesity and excess weight in adults, reducing smokingand teenage pregnancy, supporting the ageingpopulation, as well as reducing the misuse of alcohol – allof which require long term investment to change.Delivery of these priorities is overseen by the Health &Wellbeing Partnership, which ensures there is a localdelivery plan in place to tackle these priorities.

Importantly the partnership considers the wider social,environmental and economic factors that influencehealth and wellbeing, including housing, employmentand the environment, and strives to make links withother relevant partnerships to deliver on priorities.

There are many examples of the extensive range of workthat is being delivered, the following provides just a smallsample of this provision and its impact:

n The number of obese children aged 10 has reduced significantly to 15% - the national average is 20%.

n Admission to hospital for alcohol related conditions for under 18’s has fallen to just 17 per 100,000 - the national average is 37 per 100,000 admissions.

n Over the last 12 months smoking in adults has reduced to 11.6% - the national average being 15.5%.

n The partnership has facilitated the engagement of the community through the ongoing Hinckley Community Health Services review, and the wider Sustainable Transformation Plan setting out Health & Social Care priorities for the next 5 years

n Ongoing development of the Lightbulb initiative supporting individuals to remain independent in their own homes, by accessing a range of integrated practical housing support services from one central contact point, due to be launched in Autumn 2017

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n Working with voluntary groups secured £59,000 for

the Borough to support physical activity and sports

schemes.

n Continuing to work towards Dementia Friendly status, with 4,000 Dementia Friends registered in Borough

n Establishment of a successful Secondary Schools Mental Health Network, to support mental health leads in Schools and issues effecting young people

n Continuing to support the GP Referral Schemes with

663 health referrrals and 101 Heartsmart referrals

Enabling good health and wellbeing for everyone

Think Family Partnership – Working for the whole family

The Hinckley & Bosworth Think Family Partnershipaims to improve family services across the Locality,including the Sure Start programme for under 5’s, 5 – 11 year provision, 11 – 19 year services, andSupporting Leicestershire Families (SLF).

The Partnership has 4 key priorities that aim toensure children and young people in Hinckley andBosworth:n Are safen Enjoy high morale and self esteemn Achieven Promote healthy lifestyles in families

There are many positive examples of how partnershave improved outcomes for children and youngpeople, some of which are listed below:

n Our 7 Sure Start Children Centres, which target 0 - 5 year olds continue to perform well, including: n An increased number of children in Hinckley

and Bosworth achieving a Good Level of Development at age 5 – for the first time this is above the average for Leicestershire (67.5%)

n 31 parent volunteers support the delivery of weekly events

n 92.6% of childminders are judged good/better by Ofsted in January 2017, compared to 57.4% back in January 2012

n 95.6% of nurseries, pre-schools are judged good/better by Ofsted (January 2017 data)

n Ongoing work to ensure the views of children, young people, parents and families have a meaningful input into decisions that affect their lives through our ‘Active Participation and Voice’ engagement arrangements

n The Snap Dragon Festival event attracted 14,000 attendees, with very successful expanded programme delivering sessions in rural areas for the first time.

n Delivery of a very successful Local Democracy event held in 2016 enabled 15 schools to participate in local debates.

n The 11 – 19 year Network focused on providing care for carers and supported young people via the SLF programme.

n DfE has asked Leicestershire to trial the 30 hour extended entitlement early, from April 2017. The aim is to support working parents with the cost of childcare and enable them, where they wish, to return to work or work additional hours.

n The partnership continues to work in collaboration with the local Academies via the H&B Education Partnership.