2019 ’s Performance Review

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2008 2008 2009 2010 Town Centre Vision Bournemouth Spa Village Hub opened launched Air Festival launched Leisure Scheme library, housing office, completed children’s centre 2010 BH Live charitable trust launched events hospitality active

2014 2013 2012 2011 £1m visitor centre 20 year Customer Arts by the Sea Seafront Strategy contact centre Festival launched officially opened adopted opened 130,000 visitors in 2018

16,627 LEDs, 1000 lighting columns 1638 lit signs & bollards

2014 2015 2015 2016 Streetlighting MASH - Multi Agency Tricuro set up Seascape Homes replacement Safeguarding Hub short and long term care, and Property Ltd launched opened support to adults, carers as private sector landlord to and their families house homeless families

£350m development completed £200m in £4m construction phase savings

2018 2017 2017 2017 Town Centre investment Alternate weeks Bournemouth and Aspire Adoption Agency bin collections shared corporate services set up with introduced created County Council and Borough of Poole

Vitality Index Trip Advisor

2018 2018 2018 2018 Planning consent for Pier Approach THE greenest Best UK Beach £150m Winter Gardens Phase 2 regeneration town in UK 5th best in Europe project completed

South Coast UK Powerhouse Town of the Year

2019 2018 2018 Bournemouth in Christmas Tree Wonderland Property Development top 20 for growth developed - funding for 5 years and Inward investment 2 Bournemouth’s Performance Review 2019 1 Introduction

Welcome to Bournemouth Council’s final performance review.

In the past we have provided annual performance The performance and achievements celebrated updates, but this year as we enter a new era with over the following pages are presented under the formation of the BCP Council, we wanted the headings of Bournemouth’s ‘Ambition 2020’ to celebrate and reflect on our journey towards priorities: achieving the Council’s Ambition 2020 priorities. • Developing the Future of Local Government Bournemouth has continued to be a top in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole performing, efficient Council, leading the town to greater economic prosperity and there have been • An Efficient Council, delivering value for money many successes in a very tough financial climate. services

Since 2007 the reductions in council funding have • An Active Community, supported to take a lead been significant. We have successfully embedded in their future a programme of efficiencies, achieving cumulative savings of £450m against an original target of • An Improving Environment, providing high £326m by 2020 and achieved a balanced budget quality infrastructure for residents, businesses outturn for 11 consecutive years. and visitors while protecting and enhancing the beauty of Bournemouth’s environment This performance review tells a really positive story about our achievements. It also reports progress • A Thriving Economy, strengthening our key against some of the key performance indicators industries and creating new opportunities for that we have focussed on over recent years and growth and development. includes some new insight about Bournemouth, its residents, visitors, businesses and services.

None of the achievements and successes shared through this review could have been realised without the dedication and commitment of our workforce, our councillors and partners throughout the different sectors across Bournemouth.

Cllr John Beesley Jane Portman Leader of the Council Managing Director

Bournemouth’s Performance Review 2019 3 Developing the future of Local Government in 2 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole We said … we would continue to work • The legislation enabling Local Government closely with central government and our Reorganisation in Dorset has been approved by local authority neighbours to develop Parliament and the shadow authority created. In February 2018 the Secretary of State for proposals for the future provision of local Communities and Local Government approved government service in south . our proposal – Future Dorset – to replace all nine councils in Dorset with two new unitary We would meet the challenge of reduced authorities. government funding in Dorset, stimulate economic growth and secure a prosperous • The new council will be in place by 1 April future for the residents and businesses of 2019. The Shadow Authority, Bournemouth, south east Dorset. Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council is established as well as a Shadow Executive Committee. The first meeting took place in June 2018 and at the meeting on 21 February the first BCP Budget was approved.

• Graham Farrant has been appointed as the BCP Council gives us the clear opportunity new Chief Executive of BCP, the Tier 2 Director to showcase our area on the national and posts have been filled and the Tier 3 recruitment international stage, attracting investment from process initiated. A BCP Programme Team is in both outside industry and Government. place and a BCP shadow authority website and We are now one of the largest city regions staff intranet have been launched. on the South Coast. Cllr Philip Broadhead

4 Bournemouth’s Performance Review 2019 An Efficient council – 3 Delivering value for money services We said … we would develop our workforce

• Within Housing and Communities we employ around 40 trade apprentices at any one time and 60% of our current workforce were once our apprentices. This is workforce development in action, supporting local people and the local economy. Development of more varied apprentices across other services has grown in recent years and we currently employ an additional 22 apprentices across areas including Business Administration, Human Resources, We said … we would become a 24/7 council Leadership & Management, Environment, Finance, Horticulture, Customer Service and • The new Council Customer Contact Centre was Social Care. launched during 2012/13 alongside a refreshed customer service charter. • Staff sickness absence has reduced from 10.53 days per annum per full time equivalent • We have increased the range of online employee in March 2007 to 9.1 days in January services available to residents, resulting in a 2019. To help manage staff sickness across the noticeable channel shift and reduction in the Authority we have delivered mandatory Mental number of telephone enquiries. These include Health training to 350 Managers/Supervisors report-it type enquiries, a range of online across all services. This has also been payment options and online applications aimed supported by free public health workshops for at different customer groups. Since its launch all employees on topics including: in April 2015 the system has captured over The Five Ways to Wellbeing; Managing Stress 480,000 transactions and as at end of March and Starting the Conversation; Supporting & 2018 the online take-up had risen from 73% to Motivating Others. These have been attended 81%. 57% of customers have chosen to use the by 200 employees. Other health and wellbeing online transactions between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. initiatives have been promoted including yoga classes, nordic walking, reduced rates for local • Customer service satisfaction surveys show leisure centres through BH Live, on site NHS a steady increase in satisfaction from 97% in health checks, and beneficial deals through 2014/15 to 99% in 2017/18. Simply Health.

• A new adult social care service has been • Employment data dashboards have been launched to provide emergency care and introduced and are widely used by services to support to vulnerable people outside of usual inform and manage staff attendance at work. office hours. The “Out of Hours” service is operational during weekends, bank holidays and at night to provide essential care, including We really value and appreciate our talented mental health assessments to people in crisis. and dedicated staff, who contribute so much to the lives of the residents of Bournemouth. I am particularly proud of the apprentices taking their first steps of their working lives with Bournemouth Council and look forward to several of them becoming permanent members of staff. Cllr Anne Filer

Bournemouth’s Performance Review 2019 5 • Developing our new and aspiring managers has We said … we would manage sound been a priority with over 330 of our managers finances attending modules within our Leadership and Management Development Programme since • We have continued to work within budget over its re-launch in 2016. the course of the Corporate Plan and achieved a balanced or better budget for 11 consecutive • We have also developed our wider workforce years, and forecast this will be 12. through other learning and development opportunities. This has included personal • Cumulative savings of £450m have been made development training such as, Resilience & as at the end of 2017/18 since 2007/08. This is Wellbeing (over 400 employees have attended) against an original target of £326m by 2020. and group coaching with specific focus for men, women and mixed gender groups (over • As part of the council’s financial strategy and 270 employees have attended). The internal in partnership with Bournemouth Development Mentoring programme has been successful Company llp and others, £78.7m of town centre in aligning mentees to mentors with a specific Investment was generated in 2017/18 making focus on career and personal development. a total of £357.2m of investment since the Additional personal development opportunities 2013/14 baseline. are offered through our internal e-learning system and over 7,800 modules have been • In December 2018 Bournemouth Council completed since 2008. was rated as the third most improved local authority in a national league table. The “Which Council is Best” study by consultancy firm We said … we would achieve “Excellent” iMPOWER showed that Bournemouth Council in the Equality Framework for Local has improved its performance and productivity Government across a range of services at a faster rate than most councils across the country. The report • We achieved “Excellent” accreditation from the showed which councils are spending their Local Government Association in 2016. money most effectively and getting the best outcomes for their residents. It analysed 150 • We have good knowledge and understanding local authorities on their productivity per pound of the diversity of our communities and use it to spent across a range of services. improve services.

• Senior leaders are committed to equality and In local government we are operating in a we have a strong stance on anti-discriminatory very challenging financial environment, with practice in service delivery. significant and ongoing reductions in funding coupled with unprecedented levels of demand • We have an inclusive working environment and for statutory services. The excellent work that our staff have a good work life balance. takes place throughout the financial year in Bournemouth to deliver planned savings and • We use the Equality Act 2010 as a driver for efficiencies whilst continuing to deliver high improvement to promote inclusive growth. quality services to our residents and visitors means we anticipate the budget outcome for Bournemouth in 2018/19 to be I am absolutely determined that we drive out in balance or better for the 12th inequality and intolerance both within the successive year. Council and in our communities. We have a Cllr John Beesley very multi-cultural and multi-faith community in Bournemouth which should be celebrated and encouraged. Cllr Jane Kelly

6 Bournemouth’s Performance Review 2019 and three leisure centres. We work together to develop these assets and the services they offer. None of Bournemouth Council’s assets have been subject to a formal ‘community transfer’ request, which is a testament to the flexible approach the council adopts with partners and groups to sharing its building assets.

• An Office Accommodation Strategy is in place which aims to relinquish expensive rented office space, taking advantage of break options or leases coming to an end. Overall office we would make the best use of We said … accommodation floor space reduced by 400m2 our assets following the surrender of Parkway House and Dorset House and the Tourist Information • The council currently owns 1,154 land and Centre. Recent reductions in staff has left office building general fund assets, including 444 accommodation less well occupied although built assets that support the delivery of council joint services with Poole has led to staff working services. This includes offices, libraries, youth from both the Town Hall in Bournemouth and and community centres. We also manage 5,100 Poole Civic Centre. council homes as well as a further 529 council leaseholder homes. • The Kinson Hub was opened in 2010 and is home to a comprehensive library, housing office • Rental income on the council’s existing estate and children’s centre providing the community has increased on average 5% a year from with a one stop shop for local services. 2013/14 to 2016/17 and additional income has been earnt on new assets. • A new £2m state-of-the-art mortuary, Holly Tree Lodge, was opened in 2010 at East Cemetery. • Following on from the success of the Madeira The new facilities provide specialised services Road, Leyton Mount and Berry Court to meet the needs of bereaved families, medical developments, Bournemouth Development staff and clinicians. Company llp started construction of a 48 unit private rented sector scheme at St Stephens Road Car Park which will be held as a valuable With one of the fastest growing economies and council asset. Planning consent has also been populations in the UK, we’ve had to adapt quickly. given on the £150m Winter Gardens mixed use Using innovative, trendsetting structures like the scheme which will be one of the south coast’s Bournemouth Development Company – which is largest development projects. now being replicated across the Country – we’ve been able to secure new housing, • We updated our 2017-20 Corporate Asset regeneration and economic opportunities Management Plan (CS CAMP) which sets out for our whole area. a programme of 76 asset related activities over Cllr Philip Broadhead the next three years. Already 24% of activities have been achieved with 41% on track.

• Despite reduced maintenance budgets, 92% of the council’s operational buildings scored either ‘good’ or ‘satisfactory’ for meeting service needs through recent Suitability Surveys.

• The council shares a range of assets with partners through leases and management agreements for community centres, sports clubs and bowls clubs. Leases have been granted to BH Live, a charitable trust, for the Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth International Centre

Bournemouth’s Performance Review 2019 7 We said … we would work in Partnership

• By 2017/18 we established shared corporate services between Bournemouth and Poole achieving savings of £4m across both Councils. There have also been joint working initiatives that have taken place ahead of BCP in Libraries, Tourism, Adult Social Care and Adult Learning.

• In December 2010 we launched BH Live – a new leisure and cultural trust. By transferring the management and operation of our conference and leisure facilities to BH Live, we have managed to generate considerable • We have implemented a borough wide revenue savings. In its first year of operation, targeted enforcement project, expanding the the Trust saw nearly 47,000 more visits to success of Operation Galaxy. The project is leisure facilities and increased ticket sales of currently focusing on Boscombe, Eastcliff and over 11,000. In 2017/18 they welcomed over areas and the team are co- 3,000,000 visitors to their venues, hosted located with the neighbourhood policing team, 440 cultural shows, sold over 500,000 tickets working in close operational and strategic to a diverse range of cultural, sporting and partnership. entertainment events and 100,000 delegates attended conferences and exhibitions. The • We have expanded our Community Safety partnership supported over 4,500 local jobs Accreditation Scheme which we run alongside indirectly and generated £44m of direct Dorset Police throughout the town centre. economic benefit for the local community. • The Pan-Dorset Youth Offending Service has • In partnership with Dance South-West we been successfully established and recognised opened Pavilion Dance in 2010. A centre of as providing high quality services through the excellence for dance locally, regionally and Ofsted inspection process. nationally. • Through various strategic leadership groups, • We work in partnership with Bournemouth Bournemouth Council has played a strong role Development Company llp which is a public- in helping to shape the Dorset Integrated Care private partnership between Bournemouth System during the past year. This has included Council and Morgan Sindall Investments Ltd, partnership work to deliver the Dorset Care established to deliver much of the Town Centre Record, and helping shape the development of Vision through the development of Council- new care models and community hubs through owned land. The limited liability partnership is the East System Leadership Team. Much of the owned jointly (50/50) by the council and Morgan joint work has been alongside NHS providers to Sindall Investments Ltd and develops a number deliver on the ground integration in community of sites around the town centre for a variety of teams, to reduce delayed discharges, delay uses, in line with the council’s planning policy. admissions to hospital, and improve the quality of social care. • Shared Lives is a form of care which offers both support and accommodation to individuals with • Housing and Communities Service assisted care needs at an approved Shared Lives Carers voluntary groups to bring in at least £439k for home. The services operated by Bournemouth their work in the community. Council and Borough of Poole have combined to make the best use of existing resources • The BH Coastal Lottery was launched at the across the two organisations whilst enabling end of January 2019 enabling Bournemouth individuals to live a full life in the community charities and voluntary organisations to get without having to live alone. involved and encourage people to support local good causes.

8 Bournemouth’s Performance Review 2019 4 An Active Community We said … we would help children and • Additional secondary school places have been young people to achieve their potential created to accommodate increasing pupil numbers including the development of a new • An increased percentage of children and young Free School for Bournemouth in the Lansdowne people are achieving outcomes at least in line area. Work with the two Bournemouth Grammar with the national average at the end of each schools has led to government grant funding Key Stage Assessment process, with some being allocated to support their expansion significant increases and outcomes in excess plans. Investment in the local school estate of this, particularly at the end of Early Years now exceeds £100m and has benefited schools Foundation Stage. Ofsted have congratulated across the Town. Bournemouth on the KS4 Progress 8 figures and recognise the real improvement in 2017/18. • Work continues to reduce the number of 16-17 year olds Not in Education, Employment • The number of disadvantaged pupils achieving or Training (NEETS) and the number of the ‘expected standard’ or better at the end ‘Not Knowns’. The latest data for November of KS2 in Reading, Writing and Mathematics 2018 shows that at 5.8%, performance is better has improved from 40% in 2015/16 to 55% in than the statistical neighbour comparative figure 2017/18. Bournemouth is 7.6% higher than of 6.9%. statistical neighbours and the best in the South West region. The largest subject gap is in the • The Early Help Strategy is positively impacting reading test. on outcomes for families with evidence that intervention prevents further escalation. • The SEN team completed all statutory An example of this is where there has been a assessments within the statutory 20 week break-down in the relationship between a young timescale and Bournemouth is one of a few person and the rest of the family. We have local authorities to achieve this. worked with them to address the problems and avoid re-escalation to Children’s Social Care. • The percentage of pupils attending schools rated as good or outstanding by Ofsted has • The percentage of contacts accepted by improved from 74% in 2012/13 to 91.9% in Early Help has increased in every quarter and January 2019. The national average is 86.6% has doubled since the contact outcome was ranking Bournemouth 39th nationally and introduced, preventing the involvement of the 2nd highest performing local authority in Children’s Social Care. the South West region where the average is 83.5%. The proportion of pupils in good or • The numbers of children subject to a child better secondary schools is particularly good at protection plan have reduced from 52.9 in 93.8%, compared to a national figure of 83%. 2014/15 to 33.9 per 10,000 at the end of September 2018, comparing very favourably at national and other local levels.

Children and young people in Bournemouth achieve well at all stages through their education but we are always aware that there is more to do. We are committed to giving our young people the best start in life, including those who are disadvantaged or who have additional needs and disabilities. Cllr Nicola Greene

Bournemouth’s Performance Review 2019 9 • The number of looked after children per • In 2008 looked after young people in 10,000 children is currently 70.8. Less than Bournemouth were getting a taste of adult life our statistical neighbours at 72.1 but above the by living in a “training flat” before they leave national level of 62.0. care. The furnished one-bedroom flat was being leased by Bournemouth Council to let • 10.7% of looked after children had 3 or more young people who feel ready to leave foster or placements in the last 12 months which is in residential care have a trial run at living on their line with the national figure and better than own. We now offer a whole range of supported statistical neighbours where it is 13.4%. accommodation and we have provided training for 34 supported lodging carers who offer a • Aspire Adoption Services was launched home to care leavers up to the age of 21. in 2017. This is a Bournemouth Council, Dorset County Council and Borough of Poole partnership which provides outstanding services We said … we would help improve older for children and adults with links to adoption or people’s quality of life special guardianship. All three Local Authorities and Families for Children have been working • The Better Together programme, a joint venture together for many years and their strength in with our partners in Dorset aimed to transform partnership enhances the quality of the services services to ensure people receive better care offered as a Regional Adoption Agency. and support closer to home. Key projects include early intervention and prevention, helping people to stay independent for longer and receive care and support in their homes or closer to their homes, and delay the need for long-term care and unnecessary hospital admissions.

• Substantial progress has been made in transforming the direct payment provision in Adult Social Care into a model which is providing both better customer service and stronger financial governance. This activity has included migration of all existing on-line direct payment accounts to a new payment card and the recovery of £65k in unused direct payments.

• A new Home Care service called Care & Support At Home was commissioned, which • A pan-Dorset Protocol to Reduce the increases capacity and provides greater Criminalisation of Children in Care has been control of costs. This work was undertaken in implemented which has been recognised as partnership with the Borough of Poole and has best practice at national level by the Howard been successfully implemented at a time when League. pressure on services has been increasing.

• Children’s Services were judged as ‘requiring improvement’ following an Ofsted inspection in July 2018. Bournemouth, along with Dorset and Poole are amongst 43% of Children’s Services departments currently rated as requiring improvement. The report praised the quality of services to children with child protection and children in need plans, children in care and children with a disability, fostering services, private fostering and adoption and services for separated and unaccompanied children seeking asylum.

10 Bournemouth’s Performance Review 2019 Whilst the demand for Adult Social Care We said … we would improve the health services for older people continues to increase and wellbeing and reduce health inequalities substantially year on year we, together with for residents our partners, have managed to maintain and improve services. This has been made possible • On 1 April 2013 public health functions through the tireless efforts of everyone in transferred from the NHS to local authorities the service, both paid and voluntary, working and Bournemouth, Poole and Dorset secured effectively together. a pan-Dorset arrangement to provide public Cllr Blair Crawford health services in the most efficient way.

• The LiveWell Dorset service was successfully brought in-house under a transition plan. • The social care quality of life survey score www.livewelldorset.co.uk was launched at the in 2017/18 of 19.4 has improved since our end of the year and is already supporting more 2015/16 score of 19.1 and was the third best people to improve their lifestyles. The service outcome over the last eight years. The Personal has supported 4,741 people from Bournemouth Social Services User Survey is based on over the past 3 years, and expects to double responses to the questions relating to people’s the number supported going forwards. Many of perspective on control, personal care, food, the users report the service makes a significant accommodation, personal safety, social life, change to their health through stopping occupation and dignity and the score is out of a smoking, drinking less alcohol, being more total of 24. active or losing weight. The service can also be used to sign-post people to local community • In Bournemouth care users continue to manage groups and volunteers to help improve their their own support, with 100% of care users over health and well-being. 18 using self-directed support compared to 89.4% nationally. • Tricuro Services, set up by Bournemouth Council, Borough of Poole and Dorset County • Bournemouth and Poole Safeguarding Adults Council in 2015, provides short and long term Board received very positive feedback from a high quality care and support to adults, their Safeguarding Peer Review in September 2016 carers and families. They help 7,000 people and all highlighted actions were complete by a year across Bournemouth, Dorset and year end. The number of safeguarding concerns Poole and have taken on new services in has increased since 2016/17 however, the Bournemouth, including Coastal lodge, a new number where the outcome was taken further short stay residential care home and the outcome was either ‘Section 42 Enquiry’ or ‘Other Enquiry’ has decreased from • Sexual health outcomes are improving, 948 in 2016/17 to 677 in 2017/18. especially in younger people. Under 18 conceptions continue to fall in line with national • Bournemouth has successfully applied the trends, and the detection rate for chlamydia in Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) which Bournemouth remains above the national target protect the human rights of people in care of 2,300 positives per 100,000. The service is homes and hospitals and we are now managing undergoing a shift to a more community-based the most urgent/priority cases. model, with increased access to testing and treatment. • Delays in hospital discharge attributable to social care in Bournemouth has reduced from a Our Prevention at Scale Programme, monthly average of 100 days in 2015 to 24 days alongside LiveWell Dorset, aims to help at the end of November 2018. people live healthier, more active lives, starting from childhood but also for everyone • Bournemouth adult social care community to make small changes to their lifestyle. teams for older people have restructured These changes can prove very beneficial to align with GP practices and regular in the long run. attendance by team members at GP locality multidisciplinary team meetings has supported Cllr Jane Kelly a preventative approach to avoiding hospital admissions.

Bournemouth’s Performance Review 2019 11 • In the recent Bournemouth Opinion Survey • In Churchill Gardens we have approved and 73% of residents reported good general health published a Conservation Management Plan and wellbeing compared to 72% in 2015. and in Kings Park rebuilt and improved the Kings Park Play area. • The Bournemouth & Poole Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy was refreshed in 2016/17 • We have built 11 affordable homes at Gladstone with a renewed focus on prevention. Public Mews in partnership with Bournemouth 2026 Health Dorset, with the support of system as well as purchasing and refurbishing five partners worked on developing a Prevention empty police houses. We also developed an at Scale Programme for wider health and 11 unit shared ownership housing scheme social care partners to accelerate delivery of at Palmerstone Road and explored various prevention approaches in settings across potential development sites. the sector. • We have bought and refurbished three homes • Public Health alongside partners such as G.Ps, of multiple occupation (HMOs) and provided 10 employers and NHS health providers have new self-contained flats to encourage families in focussed on improving detection and treatment to the area. of cardiovascular disease following the observation of rising early death rates in males • Operation Galaxy has been proactively over the past five years. Last year saw the first inspecting the houses of multiple occupation in downward fall in rates for men compared with Boscombe since 2017, with more than £100K previous years. invested in improving conditions in 600 units of accommodation in this area units and there has been a 4,100% increase in enforcement We said … we would support activity from the 2015 baseline. 149 warning Bournemouth’s communities with a focus letters have been issued for untidy sites, on providing regeneration opportunities in accumulations and litter. Boscombe and Operation Galaxy goes from strength to • Bournemouth has delivered an area action strength and has helped many people to based approach to issues in two key areas improve their situation. Private landlords must of Bournemouth, including the development be held to account for the safety and wellbeing of a conservation area grant programme, of their tenants, we are also requiring them to installation of communal bins, improvement of take some responsibility for the behaviour of housing standards and external appearance of challenging tenants and take steps to protect properties and joint operations with the Police to their neighbourhoods. A community must tackle anti social behaviour and crime. be able to feel safe within their locality and we are working hard to achieve that, • Anti-social behaviour in Boscombe West has which our residents have reduced from a reported 1,494 incidents in acknowledged. 2013/14 to 1,145 incidents in 2017/18. Cllr Jane Kelly Anti-social behaviour in West Howe has also reduced from a reported 648 incidents in 2013/14 to 472 in 2017/18.

• The 2017 Bournemouth Opinion Survey shows • We have established Outset Bournemouth with that more residents in Boscombe West felt safe EU and Council funding which assists people after dark: 32% compared to 22% in 2014, and to set up their own businesses and supports more residents also felt safe after dark in West business growth. We also opened up the Old Howe: 39% compared to 37% in 2014. School House which is a working space for creative and digital enterprises. • In Boscombe we have invested in and remodelled the Crescent as well as • In Boscombe we have also provided a new implemented a new Shared Space at the Youth Service Drop in at the Cotton Exchange. end of the Precinct.

12 Bournemouth’s Performance Review 2019 • In West Howe a community shop was opened in 2009 by local residents and West Howe Community Enterprises was developed. They have since become a registered Company and Charity. They run the ‘Inspiring Change Shop’ which provides low cost items, a place for people to volunteer and learn new skills or simply just a place to meet new friends. They also coordinate a host of activities for the community including Health Helpers, Job Club, Howe Tasty Cafe, Bingo, coffee mornings and give and take days. • We launched our service for separated and trafficked children seeking asylum, attracting • The West Howe Regeneration Partnership national recognition and a two-year grant of has been developed and Bournemouth £184k. So far 33 children and young people 2026 funding has been distributed. This has have been supported through this service. included a community cinema, Henry Brown Youth Centre equipment, street signs, alley • We opened our Multi Agency Safeguarding naming, Fernheath Sports building surveys Hub (MASH) for children in partnership and lease, Cunningham Crescent in Bloom, with Dorset County Council, Borough of summer and transition school at Bourne Poole, Dorset Police and Dorset Healthcare Academy and CAB support in schools across in 2015. MASH is Bournemouth Council’s West Howe. single point of contact for anyone who is worried about a child or young person. • The Money Talk project, undertaken and The team takes all referrals into Children funded by JP Morgan is a financial education Social Care and will assess quickly what programme that seeks to provide a practical help and support is required by gathering response to the difficulties of living on a and sharing vital information. low income. • The LV= sponsored Kidzone Scheme on • There have also been a number of other the beach has been expanded. In 2007 successful projects undertaken in West we reunited 110 missing/found persons Howe such as support for hoarders, securing on Bournemouth seafront and in 2018 this funding with Bournemouth Parks to rebuild increased to 192 people. There has also a sports pavilion and secure the future of been a significant improvement in how football in the area, Arts festivals, music quickly we reunite those people as in 2007 festivals, Christmas celebrations and other it took an average time of 15 minutes and community events. 7 seconds, whereas in 2018 this was reduced to 8 minutes and 8 seconds. We said … we would work with others to ensure people are safe and feel safe • During 2007/8 the new CCTV system and control room was launched in partnership • In Bournemouth the number of overall with Dorset Police to improve the image incidents of anti-social behaviour reported of our night time economy and make to Dorset Police reduced from 16,590 in Bournemouth a safer place to live and visit. 2009/10 to 10,773 in 2017/18. A Designated Public Places Order was also introduced to give Police powers to stop • In the 2017/18 Adult Social Care Survey anti-social drinking in the town centre. 86.7% of clients said that the services they receive made them feel safe and secure • Adult social care services have worked compared to 72.1% in 2012/13. with commissioning colleagues across Bournemouth and Poole to support the provider care market to maintain high quality care and keep vulnerable adults safe from harm.

Bournemouth’s Performance Review 2019 13 • Bournemouth and Poole Local Safeguarding and responded to through the implementation Children Board (LSCB) ensures an interagency of Multi-Agency Risk Management (MARM) approach to the safeguarding and well being protocols, which bring local agencies together to of children, young people and their families. support and protect adults at risk through a co- Bournemouth and Poole LSCB has an ordinated and risk managed approach. independent chair who is also the independent chair of Dorset Safeguarding Children’s Board. • The local authority has also worked with the This has enabled an increasing Pan Dorset Care Quality Commission and other partners approach and response. The LSCB chair works to ensure the quality of care provided by care closely with the three Authorities Directors of homes, nursing homes and domiciliary care Children’s Services. providers is continually improving and that contingency plans are in place for the few • Adult social care has contributed to the work instances when providers cease trading or fail of the Bournemouth and Poole Safeguarding to provide an adequate service. Adults Board, including taking a lead role for the development of new multi-agency policy and procedures. The need to protect vulnerable adults at particular risk of harm or exploitation has been recognised as a priority

Insight What do we know about our community?

The community in Bournemouth is growing and changing and the population is predicted to continue increasing over the next ten years. This is largely driven by migration into the area.

The most notable increase is for those over 65 where the population is predicted to increase by 18% from 2017 to 2027.

These changes will have an impact on the demand for services in the area, particularly health and social care services and housing services.

People in Bournemouth have a similar life expectancy at birth to the national average. Men are expected to live 79.1 years and women are expected to live 83.

In 2017, 17.2% of children in Bournemouth were estimated to be living in relative poverty, according to the charity, End Child Poverty, with numbers in the East Cliff & Springbourne and Kinson South wards considerably higher. Relative poverty generally means that a person can’t afford an ordinary living pattern and that they are excluded from the activities and opportunities that the average person enjoys.

In Bournemouth 15 Lower Layer Super Output Areas (LSOAs), which are small geographical areas with a population between 1,000 and 3,000, fall into the worst two deciles nationally for the Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (IDACI), an indicator developed in line with the Indices of Deprivation.

14 Bournemouth’s Performance Review 2019 The percentage of children achieving a 9 - 4 pass in GCSE Maths and English is 68% in Bournemouth and 59% nationally. The average Attainment 8 score per pupil, which is defined as students’ average achievement across eight subjects, is 47.9, higher than the national per pupil average of 44.2.

The recent residents’ satisfaction survey, the Bournemouth Opinion Survey, found that 80% of respondents were generally satisfied with their lives and the area they live and 75% rated their life satisfaction at 7 out of 10 or above.

Health Services were seen as the most important factor in making somewhere a good place to live followed by the level of crime and clean streets.

Just under a quarter of respondents receive support from someone else to help them with their daily life and 20% provide care of some sort to others.

16% of respondents identified themselves as having either ‘some social contact, but not enough’ or as having ‘little social contact with people and feeling socially isolated’. This indicator has increased since the last survey was conducted in 2015.

Residents say Insight Top factors for a good place to live low crime levels good health services

Population 194,752 mid year estimates 2017

In 2027 16.7% 18% In 2027 0-15 population aged 0-15 aged 65+ 65+ population

+ 1,400 32,532 35,300 + 6,300

Lower than Higher than national average national average diversity inequalities census 2011 % 17.2 ethnicity language religion disability children 84% White British 91% English Christian 104,828 9% limited a lot living in relative poverty 8% Non White British 9% ENFL Buddhist 1,215 10% limited a little 8% BME Hindu 1,292 81% not limited Jewish 1,343 Muslim 3,264 Sikh 156 other religion 1,216 no religion 55,911 [Source : Population Projections 2016] religion not stated 14,266

Bournemouth’s Performance Review 2019 15 5 An Improving Environment • A first phase of innovative overnight stay Beach Lodges at Manor Steps. The Lodges offer short stay visitor accommodation which has exceeded income projections and taken over 1,300 bookings since launch in March 2017 with a number of guests on their fifth booking already. Funding from the scheme has enabled refurbishment of the public toilets, a new catering kiosk on the promenade, and solar lighting to the cliff access slope.

We said … we would build a world-class Projects due for completion by Summer 2019 include: seafront • A second phase of 10 overnight beach lodges In 2013, after extensive consultation, the council at Manor Steps adopted a 20-year Seafront Strategy with the ambition of delivering seven key projects by 2020 • An 18 hole adventure golf attraction on the site that would act as a catalyst for tourism growth, of the Waterfront at Pier Approach, based on raising visitor spend by 7% (£33m) and helping pre-Bournemouth’s 18th century smuggling to create and sustain 660 new jobs across the history. tourism economy. The Seafront Strategy aims to place Bournemouth as Britain’s premier resort, • An expansion of the Prom Cafe in Pier competing with the best in Europe. Approach into a year round offer.

By May 2018 those seven projects had been • Works to refurbish the public toilets within the delivered, with a further four projects aiming for Pier Entrance building. completion by Summer 2019. Some examples of how council investment can Completed projects include: lead to increased confidence and private sector investment include the Oceanarium expansion, • Regenerated Pier Approach, phase 1 (2014/15) Penguin house, Rock Reef and zip wire on the included a family waterplay feature, new Tourist Pier and the Pizza Oven at Boscombe. Information Centre, lighting and landscaping. Latest independent visitor volume and value • Pier Approach, phase 2 (2017-18) saw new data shows that between 2014 and 2017 total landscaping on the western portion of the site annual visitor spend in Bournemouth has and was funded as part of a grant from the increased by 7.4%. Most significantly, the value of Government’s Coastal Communities Fund. spend by international staying visitors, the highest spending group, has increased by 55.7% to £120m • Three developments of Super Huts, one over the same period. Southbourne and two in between 2014-2017. All huts sold on 25 year leases, generating capital receipts to fund other improvements on the seafront including a refurbished ‘Treasure Island’ themed playground at Alum Chine which makes extensive use of tropical timbers recycled from groyne works at Southbourne.

• Chineside cafe/restaurant at . The development also includes a beach office, shop and public toilets.

16 Bournemouth’s Performance Review 2019 I am incredibly proud of the progress that has been made with the Seafront Strategy projects and the significant regeneration we have achieved with public and private sector investment. I look forward to seeing the next phase of projects come to fruition and further enhance Bournemouth’s reputation as the UK’s premier seaside resort. Cllr Pat Oakley We said … we would meet Bournemouth’s housing needs

• Last year, 27 affordable housing units were • Bournemouth continues to achieve four Blue completed. 226 homes have been built or flags and has now won six Seaside awards. purchased since 2010. • In the Bournemouth Opinion Survey 88% of • The £27m Berry Court housing development residents were satisfied with the seafront and in the town centre, completed in partnership 79% of residents have used the seafront at with the Bournemouth Development Company, least once a month. delivered 113 new rentable properties. • The Bournemouth Beach Management scheme • Aside from the town centre sites, a further has continued with a further six new groynes pipeline of approximately 300 new homes on completed. 24 have been completed since the Council owned land is planned for the next few commencement of the works programme. years, most of which will be affordable for those • Bournemouth opened the UK’s first purpose on the Housing Register. built disabled accessible beach huts in 2011. • A grant funded community housing project is • In April 2012 Bournemouth was the first place underway to bring forward affordable housing in the UK to offer Beach Hut weddings on the led by the community in Boscombe. seafront. The first wedding was the result of • We have developed three housing related a competition and televised on ITV Daybreak companies: Seascape South Ltd, Seascape show. Homes and Property Ltd and Bournemouth • By 2008/09 we had completed the leisure Building and Maintenance Ltd. scheme at Boscombe Spa Village including • In 2011 we became a ‘preferred partner’ Europe’s first artificial surf reef. This also of Homes (then called Homes included the renovated Overstrand complex, & Communities Agency). Council house rebuilt Pier and major landscaping works on development of over 200 new homes has Boscombe seafront which was the winner of recently culminated in the full ‘development an LGC Award for Best Regeneration project cycle’, with Seascape building council homes in 2010. The multi-million pound regeneration to the highly energy efficient ‘Passiv-Haus’ project for Boscombe Seafront helped attract standard, importantly with our own workforce. a number of events, substantial private sector The team are currently building traditionally investment, increased spend per head in the constructed homes in Townsend. The choice area and proved to be a catalyst for other of construction is dependent on orientation to development, house price increases in the local the sun. area and reduce crime. We said we would make housing a top • In 2012 the council having listened to the views council priority. We have, and in the pipeline of its residents acted on them by demolishing there are hundreds of new council homes the Waterfront Building. In its place there has coming through; some are being been an outdoor events and arts area. built right now. Cllr Robert Lawton

Bournemouth’s Performance Review 2019 17 • A £45m property acquisition programme is well • The Homelessness Strategy was approved underway to purchase existing properties in during 2017/18 and joint work is underway to Bournemouth and let them to households who deliver this across a wide range of the statutory, have approached the council as homeless. voluntary and private sector partners. As at July 2018, 243 people including 127 children had been accommodated in this newly • The Landlord Accreditation scheme was purchased housing. launched in 2013/14 and gives local landlords access to online development modules and • We have seen an increase in the number of courses, as well as opportunities to attend households in temporary accommodation and seminars, landlord liaison meetings and in the number specifically in bed & breakfast information days. in recent years which is reflective of national trends. • The multi-agency enforcement and support partnership continues in Bournemouth, primarily • We have opened an additional family hostel, in the town centre area, to tackle street based extended another of our family homeless ASB including rough sleeping and begging. hostels and are currently refurbishing another Issues remain but lots of positive outcomes property to avoid placing families in bed and continue to be achieved with people moving breakfast. away from the street as a result of the very close operational and strategic collaboration • Alongside this, numerous homeless prevention between various Council teams as well as projects are in place to avoid the use of the Police. emergency accommodation, including the recruitment of eight additional housing options officers who provide early intervention advice We said … we would promote sustainable and assistance and have implemented the new travel homelessness legislation. • 2017/18 saw a dip in the number of passengers • Bournemouth was awarded £387.5k from on buses in Bournemouth from 17,183,507 central government to tackle homelessness in 2016/17 to 16,797,145. There was a during 2018/19 and a further allocation of corresponding drop in residents satisfaction with c£350k has been indicated for 2019/20. The local buses from 75% in 2013 66% in 2017. grant funds a project manager, four additional outreach workers, five units of specialist rough • Bournemouth’s cycle network increased from sleeper accommodation units and a ‘duty to 72km in 2008/09 to 86.5km in 2016/17 and the refer’ coordinator. It will also fund an additional number of cycling trips at selected monitoring mental health specialist for rough sleepers, sites increased from 4,472 in 2013/14 to 5,024 building on the significant resources already in in 2016/17. place to tackle rough sleeping. • There has been continued engagement with • During the last count in March 2019, 18 people businesses and schools through the Business were found sleeping on the streets. Although Travel Network and School Travel Planning less than the previous year numbers have been initiatives and wider cycling campaigns such as generally increasing locally and nationally over the Momentum Cycle Challenge to encourage the last few years. cycling as a more sustainable travel option. We have so far delivered 683 cycling sessions • Members of Bournemouth’s rough sleeper to children aged between 10 and 18 years old team welcomed the Chancellor of the Duchy of and Council staff completed 11,400 commuter Lancaster in July 2018 to discuss the positive challenge journeys. work to support vulnerable rough sleepers in the town.

18 Bournemouth’s Performance Review 2019 We said … we would improve the quality of Bournemouth’s built environment

• The percentage of minor planning applications determined in time has increased from 80% in 2014/15 to 82% in 2017/18.

• Bournemouth was announced as winner of the Association for Public Service Excellence (APSE) for Best Construction and Building Service 2017 and has been officially recognised as Town of the Year at the recent South Winning the Transforming Cities Fund Coast Property awards - an award focused investment provides a huge step up in on the towns and cities in the region that are our work promoting sustainable alternatives developing projects for both employers and to car travel. We will use it to find ways residents. of allowing our growing population to • In 2017 we acquired the Mallard Road Retail travel efficiently and safely around Park in Bournemouth as part of the Asset our conurbation. Investment Strategy to create a portfolio of Cllr Mike Greene investments that support the local economy as well as generate surplus income.

• Works aimed at alleviating congestion have • Cycling training for children and adults, been completed at Blackwater East Junction. pedestrian training for young children and These works were funded by Dorset Local our young driver training programme helped Enterprise Partnership’s Bournemouth Bournemouth win the national award for the International Growth (BIG) Programme - best new road safety scheme. a major economic growth plan focused on employment and development in and around • The average speed per mile on selected routes Bournemouth Airport and Fields. has remained similar at 23.6 mph in 2016 and 23.9 mph in 2015. • Beale Place Public Realm and Yelverton Road are two projects designed to enhance • The number of road casualties – serious/fatal pedestrian priority, slowing vehicles and making has remained similar to the 2005 baseline of people feel safer on the street. Works include 80, reaching 82 in 2017. However, the number introducing a 20mph zone, wider footways of slightly injured road casualties have reduced and new crossing facilities for pedestrians, significantly from 670 in 2005 to 440 in 2017. new trees and seating. Beale Place went out • The Road Safety Project to improve the on-slip for tender in October 2018 and construction onto the A338 Wessex Way at Richmond Hill commenced in January 2019. Yelverton Road has been completed. is in the design stage awaiting funding.

• Over 1,000 potholes were repaired last year and £45.2m was secured for transport and I am really pleased that we have continued infrastructure improvements. to carefully consider and protect our beautiful natural environment when determining the location of development in the town. Cllr Dave Smith

Bournemouth’s Performance Review 2019 19 We said … we would protect Bournemouth’s • New sections of the Stour Valley Trail are now parks and natural open spaces more accessible for wheelchair users, cyclists and pedestrians at Hicks Farm, Tea • Bournemouth’s parks and gardens won 11 gold Gardens and Iford Meadows. Spyglass Point medals from the South & South East England at Alum Chine has a new viewing and garden in Bloom Awards in 2017/18 and have been area, developed in partnership with the Open awarded 19 green flags from The Green Flag Spaces Society. Award Scheme for well managed parks and green spaces. • The £1m Hengisbury Head Visitor Centre was officially opened in April 2014 by Chris • In 2011 and with the backing of British Cycling, Packham, wildlife expert and television we opened our regional 250m Olympic size presenter. The new centre displays outdoor cycle track, the first of its kind to be built internationally important archaeology, geology in the UK for a generation. The Bournemouth and ecology in a variety of exhibitions designed Velodrome at will help us to to raise awareness of this fascinating area. maximise the opportunities associated with the growth in cycling. • Entente Florale is an international competition to find horticultural excellence in cities, • During 2013/14 we worked with AFC towns and villages across Europe. In 2014 Bournemouth to improve the facilities available Bournemouth won the Gold medal in this to the public at Kings Park through the prestigious competition. It also won a gold development of the AFC Bournemouth training award and a tourism award from the Royal pitches and car park. Horticultural Society in the same year.

• The number of residents using parks and open • New playground facilities have been completed spaces at least once a month increased from at Kings Park and Fisherman’s Walk as well 75% in 2008 to 79% in 2017. as other community facilities for Roebury Lane Greenway, Muscliffe petanque and Queens • Working in partnership with the RSPB and Park. Work is underway on the refurbishment with support from the Heritage Lottery Fund, of the Playpark, with new equipment Kingfisher Barn was opened to the public, being installed to create an exciting play area providing a wildlife garden, mini-visitor centre, for young children. The £100k refurbishment refreshments and toilet facilities. has been funded by the council, with a £2.2k contribution from the Local Improvement Fund of Littledown Ward Councillors.

• We were awarded the Institute of Crematorium and Cemetery Management Charter for the Bereaved Gold Standard for both Cemeteries and Crematorium. We were also APSE finalists for the Best Service Team of the year for Cemetery and Crematorium.

• The launch of alternate weekly bin collections has led to a reduction in the cost of waste collection and an increase in the amount of waste recycled.

• We have enhanced the Big Bin, Little Bin service, including continued promotion of food waste collections, supply of caddy liners and expanding the range of dry material collected at the kerbside.

20 Bournemouth’s Performance Review 2019 • We said we would continue to reduce our carbon emissions to meet a target of 34% by 2020 and met this target early, achieving 40% this year. A new target of 42% has been set for 2020 and an aspirational target of 60% by 2030.

• A streetlight and lighting column replacement programme launched in 2014 has reduced the council’s carbon footprint and is expected to deliver efficiency savings of over £32.2m over the next 20 years.

• In the first two years of food waste collections • There was an increase in the number of Bournemouth recycled over 4,300 tonnes households saving money on energy bills of food waste, an average of 8.4 tonnes per through LEAP (Energy Advice Programme). day. This food waste was composted locally A scheme where eligible residents receive in Dorset and generated enough energy to advice and free gadgets to help them cut their power the composting facility as well as 300 home energy bills – over 1,300 households households for an entire year. A liquid soil have now been helped to save a total of £800k improver was also made from the food waste on energy bills. Some of these have also and this has been spread on nearby farming received new gas boilers and entire central land. heating systems thanks to grant funding. All these improvements have meant savings • Bournemouth has promoted waste prevention on bills and increased income amounting to activities such as subsidised home compost over £3m. bins, the real nappy incentive scheme and launched reuse events such as Repair Cafes • We achieved the Public Sector Sustainability (skill-sharing events), alongside the council’s Award at the Big Green Awards for our work to successful Give or Take days. be a Green Economy Leader.

• Over 19,000 residents have taken up the opt-in chargeable garden waste service and as a result, in excess of 10,000 tonnes of garden waste has been collected for recycling.

• The Big Give, an end of year recycling collection promotion was launched with where we arrange for collections from designated roads and Halls of Residence for which the University reimburse us.

• Bournemouth was listed as THE greenest town in the UK in the Vitality Index for 2018 and has had Fairtrade Town status since 2014. 100% of hot beverages served in the Town Hall continue to be Fairtrade certified.

• Bournemouth was the only UK area to be ‘fully compliant’ with the Compact of Mayors global requirements in 2017. This is a global coalition of city leaders addressing climate change by pledging to cut greenhouse gas emissions and prepare for the future impacts of climate change.

Bournemouth’s Performance Review 2019 21 Insight What do we know about our environment?

Bournemouth has 7 miles of sandy beaches, 4 of which have received blue flags and 19 green flag public parks and gardens.

According to Visit Britain, 442,000 holiday trips were made to Bournemouth, per year, between 2014/2016, the most in the county. The same group estimate the annual value of these holiday trips to be £122m.

In the 2017 Bournemouth Opinion Survey, parks and open spaces were amongst the top five priorities identified as making somewhere a good place to live.

Traffic congestion, road and pavement repairs and affordable decent housing were the three issues most in need of improvement in their local area.

59% of residents said they were satisfied with local transport information and 66% were satisfied with local bus services.

Housing in Bournemouth remains relatively expensive. The median price for private sector rented accommodation is higher than the national average for one, two and three bedroom properties.

The resident based affordability ratio, a ratio that accounts for median earnings and median house prices in an area is 8.75, higher than the national average but lower than Poole and Christchurch.

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88% 60% 83% 77% 59% beaches refuse parks & libraries museums collection open spaces Current satisfaction with local services

Residents say ... Top factors for a good place to live access to parks & open spaces [Source : Bournemouth Opinion Survey] affordable housing clean streets

22 Bournemouth’s Performance Review 2019 4 A Thriving Economy We said … we would improve Bournemouth’s evening and night-time economy

• Bournemouth Council attained Purple Flag accreditation for excellence in managing the evening and night-time economy in 2018/19.

• The Summer Live Festival had its 5th anniversary in 2018 and offered free live music, entertainment, art demonstrations and food in the Square. Again, it was very successful with many people attending the event on a nightly basis throughout the summer. • Investment has been gained from a US company in 5G equipment to develop proof of • 24 premises were accredited with the Best Bar concept. None award in 2016, an accreditation scheme with National Awards supported by the Home • A “Smart Place” Research and Development Office and the drinks industry. It is a partnership Consortium has been developed, which between the local authority, the police, the trade includes representatives from the private, and the private sector to broaden the appeal public and health sectors, to accelerate the of an area, more especially its evening and region’s Smart Place programme, increasing night-time economy. productivity, driving innovation and generating value. Retaining the Purple flag for 2018 confirms • A network of ducting and fibre has been that Bournemouth Town Centre continues to be installed to provide gigabit speeds to welcoming to everyone and provides a good organisations looking to develop, test and trial mix of venues and attractions, appealing to new ideas. both daytime and night-time visitors. Cllr Pat Oakley • An Internet of Things (I.o.T) network was deployed. This is a network of sensors that help create a vibrant, safe, healthy and prosperous place that meets the current and future needs of citizens, businesses and visitors.

We said … we would build a smart and • Workshops have been arranged with Silicon connected digital town South to enable digital companies to develop Smart city applications and benefit from • Working with Ordnance Survey, Council ‘open innovation’, and more are planned resources were provided to help produce a with Public Health Dorset and Dorset Clinical digital twin of Bournemouth, a map which will Commissioning Group to develop ‘Smart health’ inform the development of 5G, the next mobile applications. broadband technology.

• Bids have been submitted to Government for investment enabling Bournemouth to have the infrastructure necessary to develop 5G and Smart City networks. Although unsuccessful to date private sector investment and support has been achieved which will enable projects to be developed in the future.

Bournemouth’s Performance Review 2019 23 We said … we would grow a vibrant digital • In 2008 Bournemouth Council produced a Town and creative business sector Centre Vision following consultation with local people. The vision helped inform emerging • The number of digital and creative industries planning policy and create the Bournemouth in Bournemouth increased to 760 in 2018 from Development Company llp (BDC), which is 515 in 2011. a 20 year partnership between the council and Morgan Sindall Investments. The vision • Tech Nation report 2018 reports Digital Tech included a number of development projects, jobs have increased by 25% 2014-2017 in some of which have already been implemented. Bournemouth & Poole https://technation.io/ insights/report-2018/bournemouth/ • Quality office space is still scarce, and demand is growing, creating investment opportunities • We have worked with partners to promote the for developers and entrepreneurs. Buildings Old School House in Boscombe as a flexible that would have previously been developed space to encourage business incubation and for housing are now being turned in to or acceleration. refurbished for appropriate business spaces.

• We have worked with private sector landlords • The UK Powerhouse study by Irwin Mitchell lists to inform their proposals for office space, Bournemouth in the top 20 places for growth for especially around the provision of co-working 2019. and flexible office space which are required by the digital and creative business sector for • At least 10 companies have received growth. investment from the Dorset Business Growth programme, which is underwritten and • The latest figures show that the percentage of governed by the council. This grant funding is graduates that found work locally was 11.4%, matched by the employer and is used to invest an improvement from the previous year of 10%. in capital improvements to their operations, creating jobs. • As part of our Digital Challenge, in 2013/14 the Open Data Portal went live to provide more • Bournemouth has gained recognition and status transparency and improved data for the public. as a Green Economy Leader, a place that Events such as “HackBmth” were held as part values and works to improve its environment of the National Hack Government Initiative and alongside its economic growth. Bournemouth was only one of four centres outside of London. • We launched BOMO Festival, a season of arts, culture and ideas that brings together a series • “Think, Create, Do” was created as a not- of thought leadership conferences in technology for-profit resource designed to celebrate and and creativity alongside a rich mix of film, support the creative and digital economy. The theatre, visual arts, literature and music events. Code Club was launched to teach coding to 9-11 year old students. • In 2012, two Business Improvement Districts (BID) were set up. The Bournemouth Town Centre BID is a not for profit company with a We said … we would play our part in a board of directors made up of representatives thriving conurbation of levy paying businesses. Primarily funded by nearly 700 businesses within the BID area, • Government investment through the Local the initiative invested over £3m into the town Economic Partnership in the conurbation grew centre in its first 5 year term, and will invest from zero in 2013/14 to £40m in 2015/16 and a further £3m over the second 5 year term in £15m of EU Structural and investment funding raising the profile of the town centre, increasing was also secured in 2016/17. footfall and ultimately bringing businesses more customers. In 2012 the Coastal BID was also • The Lansdowne programme is developing well set up to increase the number of people visiting with more investors coming to the area as a Bournemouth off-season and persuade them result of the regeneration plans. to stay longer and improve their experience to encourage repeat visits.

24 Bournemouth’s Performance Review 2019 We said … we would invest in our tourism economy

• In recent years significant management and efficiency improvements have been introduced across the tourism department’s portfolio. A strong commitment to embracing product innovation and partnership working has helped to transform the department, helping to drive commercial and public sector investment into events such as the annual Air Festival and Christmas Tree Wonderland as well as attract Establishing the joint tourism services with investment into the public realm and leisure Poole has helped deliver significant benefits facilities across the seafront. across the conurbation. The marketing and • The council’s direct commercial operations events activity has been taken to a new on the seafront are generating a significant level with Christmas Tree Wonderland, net annual surplus which means the Tourism Air Festival and Arts by the Sea Festival department as a whole this year is on course helping to keep Bournemouth ahead to contribute over £1.3m net to the council’s of the game. budget savings target. For the first time since Cllr Pat Oakley the council was established in 1892, the council’s tourism function is a net contributor rather than a cost to the taxpayer and delivers exceptional value for money to the conurbation, • The Christmas Tree Wonderland concept helping to support a tourism sector worth over 2018-2022 has been developed and we have three quarters of a billion pounds a year to the secured funding over the next five years. local economy. Footfall has increased by 50% over last year and the year before, helping to contribute a • A joint tourism service is now in place across strong town centre destination feel. Bournemouth and Poole. • We continue to work closely with the • Destination, Seafront and Festival marketing integrated Education Fund to raise the profile campaigns have been delivered through of Bournemouth as an Educational Tourism traditional and digital channels and reached Destination and following the BREXIT vote over 72m people nationally and worldwide, have been proactive in support over the issues reaching over 2m people through social media surrounding visa applications and EU citizen and e-marketing platforms. status.

• Bournemouth Air Festival, the UK’s biggest free • Arts by the Sea was launched by Bournemouth Air Festival, has been hosted by the council Council in 2011. It also became an Arts Council since 2008. It attracts over a million people to England National Portfolio Organisation in the town and reinforces the importance of the 2015. The festival is Bournemouth’s annual tourism sector to the identity and economic celebration of art, culture, people and place, wellbeing of Bournemouth. through which we strive to enhance a sense of community and raise Bournemouth’s profile on a national scale as a leader in culture.

• In May 2014 the Wheels Festival was launched and attracted more than one million visitors since it began. It took place for three years until 2016.

Bournemouth’s Performance Review 2019 25 Insight What do we know about our local economy?

Bournemouth’s total working age population is 126,913, which represents 65.2% of the total population.

The percentage of working age population who are economically active is 78.2% which is slightly lower than the national of 78.6%.

The unemployment rate is 4.1% which is 3% lower than the national figure.

According to the Business Register & Employment Survey the three sectors that employ the most people in Bournemouth are Health 16.78%, Retail 11.99% and Accommodation & Food Services 10.79%. Understanding the impact of Brexit on employment locally will be key as a large number of EU nationals work in the health sector.

The sectors that generate the most GVA in Bournemouth are Public Services, Real Estate, distribution, transport, accommodation & food and finance & insurance. eW know that certain sectors are more productive in terms of GVA per capita (nationally Real Estate, Information & Communication and Finance and Insurance are the greatest sectors) however local authority level data is currently not available.

Housing in Bournemouth is relatively expensive for Bournemouth residents.

Median private sector rent is higher than the national average for one, two and three bedroom properties and the resident based affordability ratio, which is calculated using median earnings and median house prices for Bournemouth is also higher than the national equivalent.

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Of those who lived less than 2km (1.25 miles) from their workplace ... 24 mins walking 8 mins cycling [Source : Insight Team] 40% drove to work

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