End Of Year Report 2017 Final

This year there has been a focus on Charity Event Videoquality over quantity. We have had asteady increase in numbers over the Bitterne Community Day Videoyear from just over 200 to 239 atpresent. This takes into account Townhill Mural Daily Echothose leaving the scheme for avariety of reasons. Townhill Mural VideoWe have also had a marked increase Baby Garden Daily Echoin attendance at projects movingfrom 85% to 98% of spaces Baby Garden Videoavailable being filled. We have completed over 45 projects and events this year across the city with 1025 Junior spaces available. The projects have been very successful and achieved excellent media coverage in local press and TV. We have also run after school projects, evening intergenerational projects, visited the Theatre for Panto and the Southampton Proms and much more. Read more about these later in the report…………….

We have started a new projectwith the Juniors at WestonCourt supported housing.Working jointly with theresidents and activityco-ordinators we have puttogether a program ofintergenerational eveningactivities. From 6-8pm everyother Thursday the JuniorWardens and the residents gettogether to enjoy an evening ofeducation, fun, games and mostimportantly social interaction.We are also looking to expandthis to other areas this comingyear.Continued over page………

Continued from previous page……….As part of the first Intergenerational program we ran an SROI (Social ReturnOn Investment) Although the number of participants was too small to drawany funding, it did highlight the potential value of this activity . Analysis of benefitOverall budget Overall social impact Budget : social im- Net benefit pact £ £ 1 : 267.98 £200 53,595 53,395This is an exceptional return rate (anything over 1:1 is considered good), andreflects the significant numbers of benefits this particular group receivedfrom this project, and the negligible costs associated with it.The strongest benefits were reflected in significant wellbeing gains inparticipants feeling more connected with themselves, their neighbourhoodand others. 60% reported increased talking to others in their area and animprovement in their friendships and relationships, so by the end of thisproject all participants (100%) agreed they regularly talked to theirneighbours and all either agreed or strongly agreed that they were contentwith their friendships and relationships.

We have supported a number of local projects working with 20+ children on central’s Holyrood estate. Signing up children in the Central area has always been a challenge so we have changed our tactics. Working with Jean Broad, Jill Pantany and Gary Martyn (Wardens & Cleaner) we have run 2 very successful projects to engage with the local children and families..  ECO Project culminating in 2 new bins being in- stalled in the local park Garden project which is still on-going to brighten up the area.

We have been looking at ways to engage with the diverse population of theCentral area of the city. One of the ways we did this this year was a set of visitsto the Gurdwara in Bevois Valley. This gave the Juniors a chance to learn aboutthe Seik religion and culture as well as taste some of the traditional food.“Just got back from the Gurdwara visit. It was really nice to get an insight toanother religion” Bernadette (Junior Warden Team Leader)

We currently have 111 members with an average of 72 views per post. The best part is parents talking and helping each other withThis year has seen the Launch of reminders, transport, additional activities andthe Junior Warden Facebook services in the city. This is a fantastic tool forpage. This is a closed group for communication and is working really well.obvious reasons, but allows usto share information withparents. Video’s Photo’s News Events Information from other council groups Things to get involved in across the cityWe also do surveys and receivefeedback from parents onactivities and ideas.

Junior Citizenship Programme This has been built into the curriculum, working jointly with Beechwood Junior’s School. We will be working with a variety of services to deliver thisbespoke trial project, which starts in May 2017. If successful the aim is to roll this out next year in a further 5 schools. The 10week programme will culminate in an awards evening with the pupils showcasing their work.

Junior Warden Parents Survey Results 201766 responses from a possible 149, equal to 44.3% Overall, how satisfied are you with the Junior Neighbourhood Warden scheme? This shows a 96% satisfaction with the scheme. We still need to do more as the 4% needs to be addressed but overall an excellent response. How likely are you to recommend the Junior Neighbourhood Warden scheme to others? This shows that 95% will recommend the scheme with no negative responses at all. Some Parents Comments “I think Ian and the team are brilliant and arrange fantastic activities for the young people across Southampton. My sons enjoy every event they attend. “ “A great scheme to promote the council and children's engagement with their community .”

How long has yourchild been a JuniorNeighbourhood Warden?This shows that our retentionis good with 18% staying withus for over 5 years.Juniors that have been with usfor over a year stands at 70% We are looking for parent volunteers to be involved in fundraising and supporting Junior Neighbourhood Wardens by establishing a \"Friends of Junior Neighbourhood Wardens\" group. If established is this something that you would be interested in helping with? We had a great response to this with 19 parents saying they would like to help. Out of these parents we had 12 who could help for 1-2 hours a week and 5 offering over 3 hours a week each. “amazing thank you” More Parent Comments “Keep up the good work what your doing is amazing for the kids” “A great scheme to promote the council and children's engagement with their community“ “I am happy with the work Junior Wardens do, it helps with my child's creativity teaches respect and care for common property”

The scheme is designed to encourage children aged 7-12 to engage in community activities, projects and events across Southampton. We will support them to develop a sense of pride and respect in their localneighbourhood and promote a positive image of children in the community. Refer Join Find Out More Suggest a Community Project For further information contact [email protected] 023 8091 5180 077 6650 8604