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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: [email protected]