COUNTY COUNCIL LOCAL COMMITTEE FOR BARROW

Meeting date: 8 August 2013

From: Acting Chief Executive

ACHIEVEMENTS IN DELIVERING THE BARROW AREA PLAN: APRIL 2012 TO MARCH 2013

1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1.1 This report sets out the progress made in the delivery of priorities and services in the Barrow Area Plan 2012-14 in the year to March 2013, and reaffirms activities required in 2013-14 to meet the Area Plan priorities and service delivery requirements.

2.0 STRATEGIC PLANNING AND EQUALITY IMPLICATIONS

2.1 Area Plans are reviewed and developed through the annual Strategic Planning process. In order to demonstrate that we are able to deliver improved outcomes for Barrow, and Cumbria as a whole, it is essential to ensure that the work to develop the priorities for Barrow are integrated with those set our in the Council Plan.

2.2 The Council’s Performance Management Framework sets out arrangements

for each Local Area Committee to receive a performance report on a regular basis that sets out progress toward delivery of the functions devolved to the Committee.

2.3 In developing the Area Plan, the Local Committee for Barrow has considered

‘Quality of Life’ data for the area and has agreed the following area priorities to target its resources:

o Economic Development

o attracting businesses to the area o Education & Skills

o getting local people appropriately skilled and into employment o Health & Well-being

o supporting young people to reach their potential; and tackle health

outcomes by working with partners – targeting the level and type of care locally

2.3 2.4 These priorities are also aligned to the following 4 aspirations in our Council

Plan o We want to be a place with a thriving economy where we challenge

poverty in all its forms. o We want Cumbria to be a place where you can live in a high quality and

sustainable environment and you can easily and safely travel around the County.

o We want Cumbria to be a great place to be a child and grow up in; a place of opportunity where young people are able to live happy and productive lives; a place where young people will want to live and work in the future.

o We want you to enjoy an independent and healthy life and to be safe from harm, with more control over your life and a say in the decisions which affect you.

3.0 RECOMMENDATION

3.1 Members receive an annual achievements report, with an update after six months, containing statistics and case studies addressing the priorities and service delivery as set out in the Barrow Area Plan.

3.2 Members are asked to consider progress on delivering the priorities in the Barrow Area Plan and consider actions required to influence improvement.

3.3 Member sub-groups are tasked with reviewing the content of the annual report, and recommending which activities to focus on for the following year.

4.0 BACKGROUND

4.1 The council has three key priorities:

o Challenging poverty in all its forms

o Ensuring vulnerable people receive the support they need

o Improving the chances in life of the most disadvantaged in Cumbria

4.2 Focusing our resources and efforts on these priorities will help the council deliver on its aspirations which are for Cumbria to be:

o A place with a thriving economy

o A great place to be a child and grow up

o A place to enjoy an independent and healthy life

o A place to live in a high quality and sustainable environment

4.3 The Barrow Area Plan describes how the Council’s priorities and aspirations will be delivered locally in the area – being clear about what needs to be tackled in the area and what the County Council will be doing locally to improve the quality of life for people in Copeland.

4.3 The Local Committee and the local managers of the Council’s services in Barrow have worked together to:

o understand the needs of the area and what needs to be improved;

o plan where the focus of local County Council services needs to be in order to maximise opportunities and provide a joined up service to local people; be clear about what the council will be delivering in Copeland over the next three years.

4.4 The achievements report for 2012/13 is contained in Appendix 1.

5.0 OPTIONS

5.1 Members are asked to highlight significant achievements that are worthy of communication to the public and other stakeholders.

5.2 Members are invited to consider issues raised that are of particular interest for ‘digging deeper’ and for detailed consideration in future meetings.

5.3 As this report reflects a ‘work in progress’, members are invited to suggest any other relevant performance measures to reflect the area’s priorities.

6.0 RESOURCE AND VALUE FOR MONEY IMPLICATIONS

6.1 There are no financial implications to Barrow Local Committee budgets 2013-14 within this report.

7.0 LEGAL IMPLICATIONS 7.1 There are no legal implications.

8.0 CONCLUSION

8.1 The Annual Report for Barrow has been built on the Area Plan and the Quality of Life measures for that area.

8.2 Over the longer term, it is planned that improvements in performance will lead to an improved quality of life for residents through a stronger local economy, better employment prospects, improved health etc.

Diane Wood Acting Chief Executive 10 July 2013 APPENDICES Appendix 1: Achievements in delivering the Barrow Area Plan 2012/13 Electoral Division(s): All

* Please remove whichever option is not applicable

Executive Decision No

Key Decision No

If a Key Decision, is the proposal published in the current Forward Plan? N/A

Is the decision exempt from call-in on grounds of urgency? No

If exempt from call-in, has the agreement of the Chair of the relevant Overview and Scrutiny Committee been sought or obtained?

N/A

Has this matter been considered by Overview and Scrutiny? If so, give details below.

No

Has an environmental or sustainability impact assessment been undertaken?

N/A

Has an equality impact assessment been undertaken? N/A

N.B. If an executive decision is made, then a decision cannot be implemented until the

expiry of the eighth working day after the date of the meeting – unless the decision is urgent and exempt from call-in and necessary approvals have been obtained.

PREVIOUS RELEVANT COUNCIL OR EXECUTIVE DECISIONS [including Local Committees] No previous relevant decisions.

CONSIDERATION BY OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY Not considered by Overview and Scrutiny. BACKGROUND PAPERS No background papers. REPORT AUTHOR Contact: Duncan McQueen. Senior Manager, Performance & Intelligence. Tel: 01228 226293 Email: duncan.mcqueen@cumbria.gov.uk

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Hindpool Anne Burns 01229 471824 Dalton North Barry Doughty 01229 466909 Risedale Kevin Hamilton (Chair) 07543 790997 Ormsgill William McEwan (Vice-Chair) 01229 811421 Old Barrow John Murphy 01229 473746 Newbarns and Parkside Jane Murphy 01229 838675 Hawcoat David Roberts 01229 811994 Walney South Mandy Telford 01229 438101 Roosecote Helen Wall 01229 829825 Dalton South Ernie Wilson 01229 831517 Walney North Melvyn Worth 07779 247957

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Contact your local team Barrow Area Support TeamNan Tait CentreAbbey RoadBarrow-in-FurnessLA14 1LG Tel: 01229 407312

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Council continues to successfully support sports groups and individuals from the Barrow borough to increase their levels of participation in sport especially among young people. £19,000 was allocated by Barrow Local Committee towards providing grants aimed at increasing opportunities for all regardless of age, sex, ability, disability, or ethnic origin.

(Year 6) 100 per cent of Looked After Children in Barrow achieved Level 4 or above in English and maths compared to the 50 per cent national average.

Improved Health and Wellbeing

We worked with partners to deliver the Taking the Brr out of Cumbria campaign: The campaign helped households in our area by providing grants and support to our most vulnerable residents – helping to protect them through the winter months.

Provided support for people in their homes: Furness saw excellent growth in the use of Telecare, from 85 users in March 2012 to 213 users in March 2013. Reablement, which is a free time-limited service to help people regain their independence, increased its number of users from 131 to 281 in 2012/13.

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to treat household waste. The running and management of the site created more than a dozen jobs locally, in addition to the 50 jobs created during the construction phase.

Creative Dalton markets: Under the Mary Portas Town Teams brand, through working with Dalton with Newton Town Council we have supported the development of Creative Dalton Markets. The first market was held on 6 July and allowed local food producers to meet and talk and has given craft producers an opportunity to test products with

the public.

Raised Educational achievements and equipped people with the right skills

Built new schools: The redevelopment of Barrow Island Primary School, St George’s

Primary School and Walney School is now complete, as is the new build Vickerstown Primary School. The Furness Academy new building is expected to be completed in September 2013.

Furness Learning Transition Project: £12,000 of funding was provided to Furness Education Consortium for the Raising Aspirations Together project, this focuses on schools working together to raise standards within the classrooms and providing additional learning opportunities. Funding has helped the project extend to include primary schools.

Provided a good education for our children: Barrow’s Looked After Children performed significantly better in their exams than average. For Key Stage 2

Improved the local economy Created career opportunities for

young people in our area through apprenticeship schemes: £23,000 of funding was agreed by Barrow Local Committee to encourage small and medium sized employers to provide apprenticeships across Barrow. The scheme has provided local opportunities for young people who were not in employment, education or training and five apprentices have so far been recruited.

Reduced waste to landfill and creating new jobs: A new mechanical biological treatment (MBT) plant in Barrow opened

help Combe House on Walney Island reach dementia gold standard was completed. Refurbishment focused on decoration, flooring and upgrading lighting in bedrooms, toilets, bathrooms, corridors and community spaces.

Tackled teenage pregnancies and supported teenage parents: Following the transition of Public Health into Cumbria County Council, this team commissions and is accountable for sexual health services in Cumbria. This includes services from Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, GP surgeries and includes offering young people’s walk-in clinics in schools and colleges.

Invested in our local communities: We have invested more than £518,000

in grants to help support a wide variety of community projects in our area – everything from making footpaths safer, to school equipment and money towards football strips and protecting our local

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£518,000 directly into our communities supporting projects and initiatives that benefit everyone from making footpaths safer, and providing grants for school equipment and football strips to protecting our local community centres. This year we will continue to face tough financial challenges but despite this we remain committed to supporting local people and local communities and we are looking forward to seeing what we can achieve together in 2013/14.

Last year Cumbria County Council’s Barrow Local Committee set out its priorities and the council’s plans for services in the area in a simple easy to read document that was delivered to every household in the area. A year later we wanted to tell you how we have done.

As you can see we have achieved a lot for our communities supporting a range of projects that will benefit businesses and residents alike.

Despite being up against the toughest financial challenges that we have ever faced, we have still invested more than

Our priorities were: Economic growth: Attracting businesses to the area. Education and skills: Getting local people appropriately skilled and into employment. Health and wellbeing: Improving the health outcomes for local people through a strong

partnership approach; understanding the specific health inequalities of the area and targeting the level and type of care accordingly; supporting young people in the area

to reach their full potential.

Building work on the new Furness Academy started and continued through the year. It will open for the next school year in September.

Barrow Local Committee agreed a £10,000 investment for Furness Youth Council to help it continue to play an important role in representing the views of young people in the district.

Adult Social Care’s support for people in their own homes grew as the number of Furness Telecare users increased by nearly 150% to 213, and the number using Reablement more than doubled to 281.

The independent Ivy Unit in the Risedale Retirement Home in Barrow received a county council grant to improve its dementia care as part of a county-wide £1million scheme. The grant was match-funded by the home.

Cumbria Care’s Combe House on Walney Island reached the gold standard for dementia care after improvement work.

Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service added a state-of-the-art vehicle to Barrow fire station fleet collection to boost fire fighting and rescue capabilities.

Barrow firefighter Mike Barton was a finalist in the Pride of Britain awards for the role he played in the immediate aftermath of the Keswick School bus crash in 2010 that claimed the lives of two pupils. Off-duty at the time, he was one of the first on the scene.

Barrow Local Committee gave its backing to the Barrow and District Credit Union. The not-for-profit group provides savings and loans to people and received almost £50,000 in council grants. The union offers low cost loans to savers and the work of the volunteers was praised by the Committee.

Cumbria Trading Standards and the England Illegal Money Lending Team joined forces to launch a week-long campaign in Barrow to encourage people to turn away from loan sharks and report the crime if they’ve been a victim.

Work continued on Barrow Island School’s £3.5m revamp. The new building opened in June.

A new mechanical biological treatment (MBT) plant opened

in Barrow to treat household waste. Up to 15 jobs have

been created locally, added to the 50 jobs created during its construction.

£23,000 from Barrow Local Committee helped local

employers to provide apprenticeships for young people not in employment,

education or training. Five apprentices have

been recruited so far.