4.2 Community Campus© Multi Agency, Renewal and Cohesion
The Community Campus was developed in an attempt to provide a truly multi agency and ‘joined up approach’ in responding to the young people engaged in sport and cultural activity. Building on the social impact models of the early 90’s, the community campus provides a ‘social net’ in the hope that no young people involved in social inclusion activity, through sport and cultural activity falls through the ‘social cracks’.
The Moss Side Community Campus also identifies other facilities that were providing programmes and projects with the Youth Charter support along with other youth and community development providers.
The initial social cluster of facilities included Ducie High School (now the Manchester Academy), Moss Side Millennium Powerhouse, Moss Side Leisure and Procter Youth Centre.
Other facilities, projects and programmes are also identified within the community campus approach. This is through the local strategic partnerships and area youth strategies.
Fig. 4.4 Community Campus
The development and support of young people cannot be achieved by a single agency and prescriptive solutions. For the needs, hopes and expectations of young people to be satisfied a multi-agency approach that develops mind, body, emotions and spirit will prepare young people to adopt positive lifestyles and hence exploit their potential.
The Community Campus© concept is the natural development of the Youth Charter’s Social Centre of Excellence complemented by all organisations committed to supporting and developing young people.
The Community Campus© is a community based multi-agency partnership committed to developing and sup- porting young people through the three phase Neighbourhood Model of the Youth Charter’s Citizenship in Action© Strategy.
Central to the Community Campus© is the Social Centre of Excellence©
Connecting to the Community Campus© The five zones of a Social Centre of Excellence© are: Community Interactive Communication Spiritual and Lifestyle Enterprise Youth
Technology is exploited to support the operational framework and one feature of a Social Centre of Excellence© are a high number of computer terminals allowing access to ‘virtual’ zones. This is not to say that SCE©s are devoid of people as this would miss vital links but rather allow staff to support individuals with specific issues. Each zone links to the wider community through a Community Campus© creating a multi- agency partnership. The links can be formal (as in the case of schools and local government delivery) or informal (e.g. public and private sports facilities).
The experience gained by the Youth Charter over the last twelve years is now being reflected in government policy. In particular the consultation paper Youth Matters had as a key challenge ‘Things to do and places to go’. The Social Centre of Excellence prospectus first published in 1998 prefaced (by six years) and extended this commitment with ‘Something to Do’, ‘Somewhere to Go’, ‘Someone to Show them’.
The community campus builds on the Social Centre of Excellence prospectus and the many urban, rural, inner city communities that have benefited or utilised one or more aspect of this approach. The Moss Side Millennium Powerhouse (seen in chapter 1) was the first attempt to provide a social sport and cultural activity programme that could be delivered in parallel with a community social regeneration benefit in the broad themes of education, health, social order and the environment.
5. Citizenship in Action©
Citizenship in Action© (CIA) aims to engage, motivate and inspire young people to adopt a healthy attitude and lifestyle. CIA has been effective in the following communities: Wolverhampton
Bradford London On-going liaison with Bradford City Council.
Co-founded British Asian Rugby Association (BARA) launched - 2004. Anglo-Asia Youth Culture Initiative with British Council.
Currently developing a multi agency neighbourhood partnership for delivering a school based/wider community participation project and organisations. Current ESF Community Social Inclusion Framework and Model under development as part of social and youth culture element of the 2012 Olympic Bid. Consultation has taken place over six London Boroughs and the Greater London Authority. The Bsix Community College is currently developing a social coach programme and the Langdon High School is piloting 30 Soccerwise citizenship packs. Presentations have also been made to city based charitable and financial institutions.
Oxfordshire
Tennis Inclusion consultation linked to LTA dialogue and discussion with regard to a Tenniswise©
inner city initiative.
Greater Manchester Woodhouse Park Lifestyle Centre - has now opened and is part of an inter neighbourhood link to the existing Moss Side Millennium Powerhouse. Youth Charter’s Soccerwise©
Education
Schools pilot extended to Year 2 to five schools in Greater Manchester. Also preparing a Greater Manchester Youth Inclusion through Sport and the Arts strategy. The Artwise©
module has now
been developed and funded by the East Manchester Regeneration partnership. Manchester Kids and the Army Recruitment Campaign are also supporting a module promoting respect, social, cultural tolerance and conflict resolution.
Ongoing inclusion, regeneration social policy and evaluation framework & model being developed.
Participation in Youth Inclusion Project and Greater Manchester Police and now discussing how this can be extended to provide sustainable model.
Liverpool
On-going dialogue with Liverpool City Council education development to re-establish on-going 7 year effort to date of an intergenerational educational and cultural community based learning experience through sport and the arts in the area of Granby - Toxteth. Re-submitted proposals to regional agencies, public/private and community sectors will aim to realise the effort to dates as a contribution to the Liverpool 2008 City of Culture.
Newcastle
100 young people were invited to the 2002 Commonwealth Games ‘Connecting Communities’ event. Unfortunately no representation was made. However, Newton Wynter Thompson, a former modern apprentice of the Youth Charter HQ is currently leading a Social Inclusion Programme with the Soccerwise Citizenship programme being piloted in the region.
Fig. 5.1 Citizenship in Action©
N.B. Similar work is being developed in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. progress to date
Citizenship Programme, which will be school, based and linked to the LTA
Fig. 4.5 Social Centre of Excellence Prospectus
Youth for Youth Summit organised by Youth Charter in 2003. Liaison with community organisations and regeneration agencies. Citizenship educational workshops.
page 36
page 37
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24