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Understanding the ‘Our

Place’ Programme

19th February 2014

1.00pm – 2.00pm

Margaret Adjaye

Margaret.adjaye@locality.org.uk

Deb Appleby

Deb.appleby@locality.org.uk

Why this session?

• Introduction to Our Place and the stages involved

• Shared Learning including Champions Network

• Clarification and questions

Initial Poll

Which of the following applies to you?

• Just interested

• Am frustrated by current service delivery

• Have a project which may be suitable

• Have applied already

About Our Place

• Collaborative approach used by local

communities and public service

professionals to transform local services

and budgets within their

neighbourhoods

• Co-designing and re-wiring services

around the needs of local people

• Local health provider invest in training diabetes

health champions, who operate from satellite

locations, offering advice, support and signposting

services

• Local people in partnership with a local voluntary

based organisation managing a devolved budget of

500k. Money is used to commission services for the

elderly – proper competitive process run by local

people

The Building Blocks for Our

Place

Scoping and designing Establishing the building blocks

Selling/marketing the Our Place! approach – understand what motivates different people

Leadership, relationships, changing organisational and public expectations, and ways of working

Making it

happen

Develop a clear focus, and vision

(think about

outcomes)

Get partners to work together, and with the

community, to find a better way of doing things

Take decisions in partnership (community & partners)

Develop a business case

Work out what the problem is and why it isn’t being solved

Identify key partners and bring together

Use existing knowledge/data

about problems/issues

Identify community priorities

Work towards local control through

devolving budgets and resources

Our Place

What it is not!

• To buy and develop local shop as a meeting

place for community

• County wide initiative, purchasing IT

equipment for volunteers

• Hire equipment to run workshops

• Run the local after school club – doing what

you have done for a long time

• Run additional services in the local library

Our Place – the differences you

can make • Services influenced, shaped and designed by

local citizens

• Opportunity to replicate a successful model

from another neighbourhood

• Using local budgets differently for community

benefit

• Communities can have more control/say over

how budgets are used

• Major cost savings

• Minimise waste/duplication

Middle Poll

Which of these applies to you:-

• Have completed an eligibility checker

• Have submitted an application

• Have been told our project is not eligible

• Have been accepted on to Our Place

• 476 completed eligibility checkers

• 66% are from community organisations

• 104 applications so far submitted

• 35% are for ineligible projects

• 11 Areas so far accepted on to Our Place

- 5 community organisations

- 4 town and parish councils

- 2 local authorities

Year 1 – Application to

Development Strategy

Application

• What a strong

application looks like

• Grant and direct support

– what it can help you to

achieve

Development Strategy

• Purpose and Description

• Timescales

Updates

• Area and vision

• Focus and intended

outcomes

• Community engagement

• Partner buy-in

• Progress achieved

Looking forward

• Project management

• Emerging business case

• Cost benefit analysis

• Governance

• Timetable

• Finances to develop

operational plan

• Support requested

• Sign off at a senior level

• Phase 1 – Getting started

Small Getting Ready grants of £3,000 in Year 1 with some direct support

• Phase 2 – full programme

Getting Going grants of £10,000 in Year 2 with further direct support

Going Further grants of between £5,000 and £7,500 for those who are prepared to push the boundaries

up to £20,000 for projects preparing to break new ground

• Direct support – includes a relationship manager and consultancy/coaching support tailored to meet your needs.

• Relationship managers - are critical friends providing challenge, guidance and mentoring/coaching. They will also report on progress.

• Consultancy support (also learning events) – including leadership, transformational change, service design, community engagement, business cases, cost benefit analysis, devolving/aligning budgets.

• c90 groups will get an RM or some consultancy in phase 1

• 9th May 2014 Submit Development Strategy

These are used as the basis for selection of the 120 groups who will progress on to phase 2 – accessing grant and direct support

• 25th November 2014 Draft Operational Plan

This will start a period of peer challenge and refinement of the Area’s Operational Plan

• 20 February 2015 Final Operational Plan

Showcase event and sign off of all Operational Plans by 31 March 2015

‘Fast track’ option for 10 Areas to complete by 21 December

Year 2

Turning your Development Strategy to

Operational Plan

Development Strategy

• Grant and direct support

– what you can use them

to achieve

• Pushing boundaries

• Breaking New Ground

Operational Plan

• Purpose and Description

• Peer Review

• Sign off

Finalises

• Area and vision

• Focus and outcomes

• Community engagement

• Partner buy-in

• Progress achieved

Implementation

• Timetable

• Changes to service

delivery and budgets

• Governance and

accountability to the

community

• Leverage of other

resources

• Sign off at a senior level

• Summary of the changes to be made:

– Changes to local service delivery

• Summary of new services/redesigned services

• Community delivery of services

• Business cases including cost benefit analyses

– Community-influenced spend / devolved

budgets

– Operational structures

• Champions Network

• Knowledge Hub

• Peer Groups

• Packs and How to Guides

• Learning Events

• Webinars – what else would help?

• Newsletter

• Coaching/Mentoring

• Case Studies

• Time bank model

• Publishing the Strategies and Plans

• Date: 10 March 2014

• Venue: Local Government House, Smith Square,

London SW1P 3HZ

Chaired by Cllr Ron Ley, Chair of the Our Place Champions

Network and an Our Place pioneer, One Illfracombe,

Keynote speakers: -

• Cllr Sir Merrick Cockell, Chairman of the Local

Government Association

• Stephen Williams, MP, Minister for Communities

Find out more and book your free place.

Decision Time - Poll

• Having attended this session would you say

– I will submit an application?

– I need more information before deciding?

– I am interested but won’t apply?

– No, Our Place is not for us

Further Information and Resources

Available here http://mycommunityrights.org.uk/our-place/

• Starter Pack

• Short film - Castle Vale Neighbourhood Project’s achievements.

• Frequently Asked Questions: - See responses to some of the questions

you’ve been asking in our FAQs section.

• Learning from a successful year-long pilot programme - twelve

neighbourhoods working to improve the lives of local residents.

• Find out more about Our Place and what the pilot areas achieved.

• Quick guides on community engagement, partner engagement,

governance and cost benefit analysis.

• Ten Top Tips for Success

Who is around to help?

Mycommunityrights Enquiry Team – call us on 0845 345

4564, Mon-Fri 9.30am – 12.30pm or submit your enquiry

using the ‘get advice’ button or email

ourplace@locality.org.uk

Programme team

•Deb Appleby, Programme Manager

•Nicola Berry, Programme Officer

•Ricky Mitchell, Programme Administrator

•Margaret Adjaye – Director of Programmes

Thank You