Poplar Neighbourhood

Making Poplar a better place to live

Poplar Neighbourhood

Babu Bhattacherjee


Founded in 1998

Stock Transfer – 9000

11 Estates / 4 Wards

Resident Majority Board

Employer of Local People

9 Community Centres

Services to 40,000 people

Poplar HARCA


Localism Local public services can be more effective and efficient where they are co-designed in an integrated way by residents, public service agencies and others


Spend Mapping

Health Care22%

Education16%

Welfare35%

Defence0%

Protection8%

Transport8%

General1%

Other9% Mile End

East & Bromley by Bow Wards

C.O.F.O.G


Community Involvement • Schools, community

groups, businesses and places of worship

• The TV phone-in raised the profile to a much wider group

• 1,170 community members participated in the surveys

• 300 + local people offering to volunteer

• Health, Employment and Education


The Poplar Area• Two Wards Mile End East & Bromley By Bow• Population - 27,689 people • Over 50% of the residents being under age 30• Life expectancy for males below the average for

the England • Highest proportion of residents living in social

housing• Highest hospital admission rates and

consequently the highest hospital costs per head of population Tower Hamlets


Diabetes – Tower Hamlets • There are approximately 522 hospital

admissions related to Diabetes each year • Diabetes will increase from 7.8% in 2010 to

10.1% in 2030• Primary care costs will rise from £3.6 million for

primary care in 2010 to £5.6 million in 2030• £11.8 million for secondary care in 2010 to 18.4

m in 2030• Morbidity without any intervention directly

attributable to diabetes in Tower Hamlets are 8.7 per 100,000


• Add value to the current clinical care packages by incorporating areas that impact on the wider determinants of health such as: employment, education, housing and welfare benefits.

• Volunteers will be deployed to

work with the practices to support this approach

Health - Care Packages


Inputs Stakeholder Proactive CostsPoplar HARCA Training and Employment £383,706Mile End East & Bromley by Bow GP Network £118,677Bromley by Bow Centre £30,000St Paul's Way Community Interest Company £30,000Kingsway College £12,000Local Training Providers £6,0003rd Party Funders £126,000Burdett Centre £90,000DCLG £100,000DWP FSF £50,000Tower Hamlets NHS £10,000Local Community Volunteers £90,000Total £1,046,382


Outputs • Reduction in number of people receiving

secondary care, i.e. emergency admissions related to diabetes

• Reduction in the number of people developing type 2 diabetes

• Increased number of people aware of and engaging in healthy lifestyles who benefit from long term improvements in health

• Increase the number of people in employment • Increase the number of people accessing quality

accredited training


Cost Benefit Analysis Overall Benefits: £12,834,296 Fiscal Benefits:

£5,848,528 Economic Benefits: £859,200 Wider Social Outcomes: £6,126,569

£12£1Social Return on Investment

Cost Benefit Ratio 12.3 Fiscal Cost Benefit Ratio 5.6 Economic Cost Benefit Ratio 0.8 Social Cost Benefit Ratio 5.9

Stakeholder Proactive Costs

Poplar Harca £383,706MEEBBB £118,677BBBC £30,000St Paul's Way CIC £30,000Kingsway college £12,000Local Training Providers £6,0003rd Party Funder £126,000Burdett Centre £90,000DCLG £100,000DWP FSF £50,000Tower Hamlets NHS £10,000Local community £90,000Total £1,046,382


Non Quantifiable Benefits• Helping people access health services• Supporting positive behaviour changes• Improving health status including better

mental health and improved disease management

• Supporting appropriate use of health care services including reducing barriers to access and decreasing hospital admissions.


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