Achieving Social Inclusion in Rugby Borough – the Rural Area
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Achieving social inclusion in Rugby Borough – the rural area 2 Achieving social inclusion in Rugby Borough – the rural area Disclaimer This report has been prepared by the Warwickshire Observatory, Warwickshire County Council, with all reasonable skill, care, and diligence. We accept no responsibility of whatsoever nature to any third parties to whom this report, or any part thereof, is made known. Any such party relies on the report at their own risk. Copyright Statement The copyright for this publication rests with Warwickshire County Council. This publication may be downloaded from the Warwickshire County Council and Observatory websites free of charge and may be used for research, private study or for internal circulation within an organisation. The report includes Crown copyright and OS copyright information, used with permission. Any material that is reproduced from this report must be quoted accurately and not used in a misleading context. The copyright must be acknowledged and the title of the publication specified. Publication Date: 19 October 2015 Author: Louise Boffey Telephone: 01926 418066 Email: [email protected] 1 Achieving social inclusion in Rugby Borough – the rural area Contents Page Income and labour market 22 Introduction 3 Isolation 23 Methodology 3 Correlation 25 Key Messages 5 Appendices Analysis by Area 1. Map showing LSOAs in the rural area i Number 1: Church Lawford, Kings Newnham and Long Lawford 8 2. Map showing LSOA boundaries & rank of exclusion ii 3. Full list of rank of LSOAs iii Number 2: Wolvey 9 4. Ranking of the top ten LSOAs, IMD 2010 & 2015 iv Number 3: Long Lawford South 10 5. Index of multiple deprivation in the Borough vi 6. Full list of domains and sub domains, IMD 2015 vii Number 4: Wolston South 12 7. MSOAs and LSOAs ix Number 5: Fosse West 13 8. Glossary, reference and notes x 9. Sources of data xi Analysis by Theme Children and young people 14 Cohesion 16 Crime and community safety 18 Health and wellbeing 19 Housing and homes 21 2 Achieving social inclusion in Rugby Borough – the rural area Introduction Methodology Social inclusion measures how integrated residents feel within their The Rugby Financial Inclusion Partnership (RFIP) met for the first time community. This is a much wider measure than poverty or deprivation in May 2014 and, as the Rugby Area Team had commissioned the and, while these factors do lead to social exclusion, a number of other Observatory to produce a Social Exclusion Index, it was agreed at the factors, such as housing and crime also affect the extent to which a July meeting that the RFIP should take ownership of the process. person feels included in society. The working definition of social exclusion used by the Cabinet Office Social Exclusion Task Force is: The RFIP is chaired by Councillor Leigh Hunt and members include officers from the County and Borough Council, Warwickshire “Social exclusion is a complex and multi-dimensional process. It Community and Voluntary Action, Bedworth, Rugby and Nuneaton involves the lack or denial of resources, rights, goods and Citizens Advice Bureau, Rugby Credit Union and the Department for services, and the inability to participate in the normal Work and Pensions. Other organisations are invited to attend relationships and activities available to the majority of people in a society, whether in economic, social, cultural or political arenas. meetings as when agreed applicable. It affects both the quality of life of individuals and the equity and cohesion of society as a whole” In order that communities that are identified as being more excluded can be identified as closely as possible the majority of the data used in As well as the definition by the Cabinet Office, examples of social the Report has been analysed at lower super output area (LSOA) exclusion or people who could feel socially excluded include: level. To preserve anonymity of health data this information is not available at LSOA level and was therefore collated at middle layer • People who are unable to work due to ill health or lack of skills super output area (MSOA) level with the data being allocated equally • Feelings of isolation and or loneliness to the LSOAs that fall within each MSOA. There are 17 LSOAs and 4 • People who feel there is a lack of community MSOAs in the rural area of Rugby Borough; LSOAs contain • People not in education, employment or training approximately 1,500 people and MSOAs have approximately 7,200. • Limited access to services Seven themes representing different aspects of social exclusion make up the index. These are isolation, cohesion, health and well-being, children & young people, income & labour market, housing & homes and crime & community safety. A total of 49 indicators sit below these seven themes, each indicator being assigned to the most suitable 3 Achieving social inclusion in Rugby Borough – the rural area theme based on the views of the working group. The full list of themes Health-related benefit claimants (ESA) and indicators are detailed in Table 1 below. The themes and Long term disability claimants indicators selected were approved at a meeting of the RFIP. Emergency hospital admissions Obese children (Reception year) A full report highlighting the most excluded areas across the Borough Obese children (Year 6) has been produced. As it is acknowledged that issues in urban areas Obese adults Low birth weights can mask problems in rural areas this Report uses the same data and Binge drinking adults methodology but only for LSOAs in the rural area. Life expectancy at birth (males/females) Active presentations for drugs and/or alcohol Table 1: Themes and indicators used to construct the index of social Housing & Housing benefit claimants exclusion Homes Households without central heating Theme Indicators Over occupancy of homes Children & School absenteeism (unauthorised absence) Fuel poor households Young Eligible for & claiming free school meals Income & Job seeker allowance (JSA) claimants People NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training) Labour Claiming JSA for over 6 months Educational attainment (not achieving 5+ A*-C GCSE Market Households where no-one works grades including England and Maths) Pension credit claimants Children in low income families CAB debt clients Lone parents with dependent children No qualifications Youth unemployment (24 years and under) Financial Literacy (cost of living & budgeting) Financial Literacy (longer term financial planning) Young carers Isolation Access to a car/van Cohesion No one in a household has English as a main Broadband speed needs improving language Lone pensioner households No adults in a household have English as a main Lone person households language Widowers (proxy for bereavements) Ethnicity Access to services: Residents born abroad Road Distance to a Post Office, GP premises, food Crime & Crime store and primary school Community Burglary Anti-social behaviour Safety The focus of the Report is findings that have been produced from Health & In bad or very bad health analysing data and producing an index. Equally important when Wellbeing Providing unpaid care 4 Achieving social inclusion in Rugby Borough – the rural area considering action that can be taken as a result of this however is the Table 2: Index of social exclusion wealth of anecdotal evidence and community intelligence available in Overall LSOA the Borough. This will help supplement gaps in data and give strength rank to agreed actions. 1 Church Lawford, Kings Newnham and Long Lawford North 2 Wolvey Key messages 3 Long Lawford South 4 Wolston South The overall rank of social exclusion in the rural area is presented in 5 Fosse West Table 2 and the map on the next page. The darkest colours on the 6 Binley Woods South map represent the most socially excluded areas while the paler colours 7 Easenhall, Newton & Biggin and Harborough Magna show those that are least excluded. 8 Ryton on Dunsmore 9 Dunchurch The most socially excluded LSOA is Church Lawford, Kings Newnham 10 Fosse East & Long Lawford North; it is the worst performing area for crime & 11 Binley Woods South community safety, health & wellbeing, housing & homes and income & 12 Easenhall, Newton & Biggin and Harborough Magna labour market, ranks second for isolation and third for children & young 13 Ryton on Dunsmore people and cohesion, putting it in the top three for all seven indicators 14 Dunchurch used in the Report. 15 Fosse East 16 A map in Appendix 2 shows the ranking of LSOAs overlaid on a base Binley Woods North 17 map to help identify where their boundaries are. Princethorpe, Marton, Frankton, Bourton & Draycote 5 Achieving social inclusion in Rugby Borough – the rural area 6 Achieving social inclusion in Rugby Borough – the rural area Table 3: Ranking of the top ten most socially excluded LSOAs by indicator Rank LSOA Children & Cohesion Crime & Health & Housing & Income & Isolation young community wellbeing homes labour people safety market 1 Church Lawford, Kings Newnham & 3 3 1 1 1 1 2 Long Lawford North 2 Wolvey 13 1 2 15 10 12 11 3 Long Lawford South 1 2 7 3 7 3 12 4 Wolston South 2 9 5 2 3 2 15 5 Fosse West 5 5 4 4 12 5 6 6 Binley Woods South 9 6 9 6 9 6 10 7 Easenhall, Newton & Biggin and 11 7 13 12 2 8 5 Harborough Magna 8 Ryton on Dunsmore 4 11 3 9 13 10 14 9 Dunchurch 6 8 12 14 6 9 8 10 Fosse East 12 16 15 8 5 7 1 7 Achieving social inclusion in Rugby Borough – the rural area Analysis by area • It is the worst performing LSOA for crime & community safety, health & wellbeing, housing & homes and income & labour market This section looks at the LSOAs that are in the top five for social • exclusion in the rural area.