COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT UPDATE April - December 2019

Lark in the Park at Cedars Park

Community Development – Quarter One 2017 1 EM200248 INTRODUCTION

This monitor provides an update of the work of the Community Development Team (CDT) during the first nine months of 2019/20. The team’s focus is on the provision of leisure activities for community and social benefit, contributing to the Council’s corporate priorities.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Attendances at projects and events Table 1: Community Development Attendances during 2019/20 delivered or commissioned by the Q1 Q2 Q3 Total CDT during this period totalled 41,487 which is 3% above target. 2019/20 12,940 20,378 8,169 41,487 This is due to higher than expected Target 2019/20 14,562 17,613 8,201 40,376 attendances at children’s activities and sports development initiatives % difference -11% +12% --- +3% for adults. Attendances are lower 2018/19 17,617 19,774 16,489 53,880 than in 2018/19. % difference -27% +3% -50% -23%

CHILD SAFEGUARDING

There were 46 child safeguarding referrals made during this period to County Council’s Children Services or Hertfordshire Constabulary. This is four more than the same period the previous year. 74 children or young people were supported in this process. Of these referrals, the majority related to neglect.

Under Section 47 and Section 17 of the Children’s Act, the Council has a legal responsibility to co-operate and provide information to Hertfordshire County Council. The Council received 114 Section 17 or Section 47 requests from Children’s Services during this period, requesting information on families residing in the Borough. There were 123 such enquiries in 2018/19.

60 members of staff were trained on safeguarding by the Community Development Manager during this period.

Community Development Update - April - December 2019 2 CHILDREN (Under 11s)

Kidz Klub The Kidz Klub playscheme ran at the John Warner Sports Centre during all school holidays in this period, except Christmas. This was a total of 42 days. Attendance totalled 2,711 children; an average of 64 children per day. This was lower than in 2018 due to competing schemes setting up in the Borough. The Kidz Klub Manager worked with local primary schools and Hertfordshire County Council Children’s Services seeking funded places for children. There were also attendances by children with additional needs including ADHD, Global Development Delay Disorder and Autism. Activities have included roller disco, trampolining, swimming, arts and crafts, treasure hunts, Nerf wars and many different sports.

Summer 2019 Kidz Klub Summer 2019 Kidz Klub

Fit and Fed Fit and Fed is a nationwide campaign that seeks to improve the lives of disadvantaged children and young people currently at risk of suffering from holiday hunger, social isolation and physical inactivity. A Fit and Fed scheme ran over the summer school holidays on the Holdbrook Estate in Waltham Cross.

The programme is open to any child, 8-16 years old, who is in receipt of free school meals. 36 children attended the programme and there was a total of 310 attendances. 82% were from the Holdbrook Estate and the average age attending was 10.

The programme consisted of two hours of physical activities and one hour of healthy eating (spilt for breakfast and lunch) which was prepared by Community Development staff. Nutritionists from BeezeeBodies attended each week providing nutritional workshops and family cooking activities that challenged the children’s presumptions on healthy eating, their current eating habits and their general knowledge of food and nutrition.

Sport and Physical Activity at Fit and Fed Healthy Eating at Fit and Fed

Community Development Update - April - December 2019 3 Lark in the Park For the third year running, Lark in the Park offered children, young people and their families free sports and games in five of the Borough’s parks during the school summer holidays. Activities included dodgeball, water fights, Nerf Wars, kwik cricket and badminton at Grundy Park (Mondays), Cedars Park (Tuesday), Park (Wednesdays), Barclay Park (Thursdays) and Holdbrook (Fridays). There were a total of 1,132 attendances. All costs were covered by a grant from the Tesco Bags of Help scheme.

Windrush Day Grants Lark in the Park at Cheshunt Park Funding from the Government’s Windrush Day grant scheme was made available for councils and local communities to run projects celebrating and educating people on the contribution of the Windrush generation. £7,000 was successfully bid for to fund Caribbean cultural activities in local primary schools, including dance, song and quilt making, and assemblies in secondary schools. These were delivered by the Society of Caribbean and Africans (Broxbourne). 1,259 children participated in these activities. Family Events National Playday was held at Cheshunt Park on Wednesday 7 August. The good weather saw approximately 1,500 people attend and enjoy the inflatables, slip and slide water play and sports activities. The team also worked with CHEXS on their annual VegFest celebration at Grundy Park on Sunday 7 July. The event is centred around the conclusion and judging of the primary schools’ growing club competition. Approximately 1,200 people attended.

National Playday at Cheshunt Park

Community Development Update - April - December 2019 4 YOUTH (11-19 YEAR OLDS)

Year-to-date attendances at youth projects, delivered or funded by Community Development, at the end of December totalled 9,064 which was 21% below target. This was primarily due to the lack of additional youth provision during school holidays because of to capacity issues, the end of the satellite sport club initiative and the cancellation of the monthly X-plosion youth disco due to rising costs and declining attendances. The attendance figures include both mainstream (discos, music, sport) and youth diversionary/detached youth projects.1 Weekly youth diversion projects target primarily those locations where there is greatest need for positive activities for young people. The Borough’s weekly youth programme comprised the following 14 projects as of December 2019:

Table 2: Weekly programme of youth activities

Mondays Thursdays • BoxCleva project at Cheshunt Boxing Club • Flamstead End detached youth work • Pound Close Multi-Sports • Next Generation Project at Boundary Park (with Catalyst Housing) • Grundy Park Multi-Sports

Tuesdays Fridays • Wormley Multi-Sports • Grundy Park Friday Night Football Project • Women & Families Multi-Sport Session in Turnford • Detached Youth Project in (with Safer Places) • Friday Youth Sport Night at John Warner Sports Centre

Wednesdays Sundays • Holdbrook Multi-Sports • Junior Parkrun at Cheshunt Park • Cheshunt Park Multi-Sports • Broxbourne Youth Council (fortnightly)

Impact of Youth Projects

Whilst the Borough and the XS Project’s youth Table 3: Nuisance youths attending youth projects provision is not limited solely to those young % of “nuisance youth” attending people involved with anti-social behaviour (ASB), Period one of the programme’s intentions is to act as a Broxbourne Council youth projects positive alternative. A ‘nuisance youth’ spreadsheet 2017-18 25% records details of all young people coming to the Q1 2018-19 30% attention of Community Safety partners. Of the 130 names on the list, 25% have attended at least one Q2 2018-19 27% Borough run or funded youth project during this Q3 2018-19 26% period. Officers continue to work with colleagues in the police and the Council’s Community Safety Q4 2018-19 24.5% team to focus provision on those neighbourhoods Q1 2018-19 19% where there are higher levels of youth disorder. Q2 2018-19 25%

Q3 2018-19 25%

1Diversionary projects are designed to provide a positive alternative to anti-social behaviour. They operate in neighbourhoods where community safety partners have identified youth disorder as an issue and the projects are open to all young people in that neighbourhood. Detached youth work directs youth workers to the locations where young people congregate, compared to traditional, static youth clubs.

Community Development Update - April - December 2019 5 Broxbourne Youth Intervention Programme £256,000 was received from the Police and Crime Commissioner for the Broxbourne Youth Intervention Programme. An outreach worker from the St Giles Trust has been working with 43 young people who have been identified by their schools and partners as being vulnerable to being involved with gangs. The information sharing process involves the schools, the police, Hertfordshire County Council, Broxbourne Council and the London Borough of Enfield as there are cross-border issues. It is intended to expand the project to other secondary schools in 2020.

As part of the programme, YC Hertfordshire has delivered two TRACKS projects to support young men at risk of this lifestyle. The programme aims to develop young men’s confidence and self-esteem and equip them with the knowledge, ability and attitudes to make positive choices concerning a range of influences and issues within their lives.

The Herts Sports Partnership received funding from Sport to set up Sporting Chance projects in each district to act as a positive alternative to youth violence. A boxing project was piloted at St Mary’s High School and engaged with 26 young people regularly between June and December.

Police and Crime Commissioner Funding £4,500 was successfully bid from the Police and Crime Commissioner to deliver sport and physical activity sessions for families at the Safer Places domestic abuse refuge in Turnford. This has consisted of a regular two hour session each week open to all residents plus additional day trips to leisure and sport facilities. Although there is a high turnover of residents at the refuge, there have been 244 attendances at the project.

Satellite Sport Clubs Satellite Sport Clubs were part of Sport England’s Youth Strategy and the Sports Development Officer has worked with the Herts Sports Partnership, local sports clubs and schools to set up clubs in local secondary schools. The funding came to an end in July 2019.

Table 4: Satellite Sport Clubs in operation during April to July 2019

Organisation Sport School Q2 Attendances

Celtic Harmony Archery 108 3TENN Tennis Goffs 234

Hertfordshire Golf Association Golf The John Warner School 100

TOTAL 442

Junior Parkrun at Cheshunt Park This is a free, weekly, 2km community running event established by the Council and delivered by volunteers for 4-14 year olds. It takes place every Sunday at 9am in Cheshunt Park. During this period there were 38 events, attracting 1,647 runners and 884 volunteers.

The Council successfully bid for Feeling Good funding which paid for two “Couch to 2k” running courses for young people, one in Hoddesdon and one in Cheshunt. There were 98 attendances on the five week course.

Couch to 2k course

Community Development Update - April - December 2019 6 Paddlesport The Lee Valley White Water Centre hosted a youth activity day during the Easter school holidays, attracting 250 young people who tried kayaking, rafting and stand-up paddleboarding. This was followed by a four week paddlesport development course attended by 13 young people each week.

Opportunities for Excellence Eight Borough residents successfully applied for Opportunities for Excellence grants to support them to compete at the highest levels of their chosen sports through free leisure centre memberships.

Summer Holiday Youth Paddlesport Engagement Programme As with previous years, additional youth activities were put on during the summer holidays. Additional multi- sport sessions were put on each week at Waltham Cross Playing Fields, Canada Fields, , Cheshunt Park and Old Highway as well as two additional sessions per week at Grundy Park.

A football match was held at the Laura Trott Leisure Centre between the police and young people to build relationships between the two groups. This is also linked with the police’s ‘Knives not Lives’ campaign.

A skatecamp was held at Cheshunt Park to teach young people how to skateboard or learn new tricks. A Skatejam competition was held at both Cheshunt Park and at Pound Close, engaging with over 170 young people.

Eight art and wellbeing workshops were held at Wormley Community Centre and at High Trees Family Centre, funded in part by the Wormley Turnford Big Local. 50 young people attended these sessions.

Young People vs police football match at the Laura Trott Leisure Centre

Community Development Update - April - December 2019 7 October half-term Youth diversionary programme There is often an upward spike in anti-social behaviour during the October half-term/ Halloween. To counter this, youth diversionary projects were delivered to target those likely to become involved. YC Hertfordshire delivered a week-long Positive Alternatives programme which had 61 attendances whilst an activity day took place at the Lee Valley White Water Centre on Halloween with the intention that the 38 young people participating would be too cold, wet and tired to cause mischief! Police reported that Halloween was considerably quieter than in previous years. Activity Day at Lee Valley White Water Centre on Halloween

Mayoral debate for secondary schools Teams from all of the Borough’s seven secondary schools participated in the annual Mayoral debate held on Wednesday 4 December. Half of the schools made the proposition “to secure a prosperous future, it is necessary to develop Broxbourne’s green spaces for housing, retail and entertainment“ whilst the others argued that “Broxbourne’s green spaces must be maintained as places for relaxation, farming and exercise.” The winning school was .

Goffs Academy won the 2019 Mayoral Debate for Secondary Schools

Broxbourne Youth Council The Broxbourne Youth Council met on 16 occasions with a total of 129 attendances. The membership has grown throughout the autumn and there is now regular attendance by pupils from seven different schools. Guest speakers have included Parliament UK’s outreach worker, Hertfordshire Constabulary’s Gangs and Schools team, Changing Lives, CVS for Broxbourne and East Herts, Herts Young Homeless and Arriva Buses following the Youth Council’s campaign for the 251 route to not use smaller buses during the school-run.

Elections were held in September and Lloyd Evans (St Mary’s C.of.E High School) was elected as Youth Mayor / Chair of the Youth Council replacing Chris Bakalis. Chris Bakalis passing the Youth Mayor chain of office to Lloyd Evans, the new Youth Mayor

Community Development Update - April - December 2019 8 EVENTS

St George’s Day Over 3,000 people attended the 11th annual St George’s Day celebration at Grundy Park on Saturday 20 April. The fun day was opened by (then Mayor) Councillor Carol Crump and was followed by a re-enactment of the St George and the Dragon legend, Morris dancing, an array of song and dance from performing arts students at Hertford Regional College and three falconry displays by Hawkeye Falconry. Children’s activities included pony rides, face- painting, bouncy castles, wall climbing, a mini steam train, archery and funfair rides. There were 40 stalls from local community organisations promoting their services or charitable causes. With income from sponsorship and activity charges, the net cost to the Council was £455, equating to 15p per person attending. St George’s Day

Borough Open Day Approximately 1,500 people attended the annual Borough Open Day held on 6 July at Bishops’ College. The CDT was responsible for the musical entertainment on the sunken lawn and the children’s entertainment (inflatables, face painting etc).

Celebrating our Community The eleventh Celebrating our Community multi-cultural festival took place in Waltham Cross town centre on Sunday 28 July. The CDT provided advice and direction to the Society of Caribbean and Africans (Broxbourne) who delivered the event.

Community Development Update - April - December 2019 9 ADULT PARTICIPATION IN SPORT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

During this period, the following activities were delivered to help increase the level of participation in sport and physical activity by adults: • Swim and Socialise (600 attendances) • Aerobics at the Friary (163 attendances) • Broxbourne Health Walks programme (1,636 attendances) • Borough Guided Walks programme (359 attendances) • Cheshunt Park Nordic walks (230 attendances) • Parkrun (5,846 attendances) • Cheshunt Futsal (333 attendances – 37 per session) • Back to Netball at Wormley (174 attendances) • Back to Netball at Goffs Churchgate (57 attendances – ran for three months) • Pickleball (207 attendances) The most recent data from Sport England’s Active Lives survey suggest a 4.3% increase since last year in the number of Broxbourne adults who are active (150+ minutes of physical activity per week). Broxbourne was the second worst district in Hertfordshire but is now fifth best.

Parkrun at Barclay Park The weekly Parkrun continues to draw in new runners with a strong team of volunteers and monthly prize draws to keep participants engaged. During this period there were a total of 39 events, attracting 5,846 runners and 554 volunteers. The 5km timed run, which is free to enter and open to people of all ages and abilities, takes place at the park every Saturday at 9am. Parkrun at Barclay Park

Pickleball Pickleball is a new, fast-growing racket sport that combines badminton, table-tennis and tennis. It is played on a badminton court, usually in a doubles format. Following a successful trial in 2019, Pickleball now runs every Wednesday afternoon at the Laura Trott Leisure Centre and attracted 207 participants during this period. Funding has been secured for a second weekly session to take place at the John Warner Sport Centre.

Community Development Update - April - December 2019 10 Active Herts As of the end December 2019, there had been 1,400 referrals to Broxbourne’s Get Active Specialist, part of the Active Herts project established in late 2015 and initially funded by Sports England, Hertfordshire County Council Public Health and the two Hertfordshire Clinical Commissioning Groups. The project aims to support inactive people at risk of cardio-vascular disease or suffering from mild-to-moderate mental health into activity through motivational interviewing, behaviour change models and an offer of six weeks of free physical activity sessions followed by low cost sessions.

The Get Active Specialist received referrals from primary care professionals from 12 surgeries in the Borough as well as from other NHS organisations and MIND. Residents can also self-refer. There were 260 referrals during the period covered by this report. There were 5,415 attendances at the activity sessions.

Table 5: Active Herts attendances at activity centres (April to December 2019)

Activity Location Attendances

Low impact circuits Flamstead End Hall 854

Low impact circuits Wormley Community Centre 332

Low impact circuits The Laura Trott Leisure Centre 989

Low impact circuits Waltham Cross Youth Centre 953

Low impact circuits Bollescroft 677

Health walk Wormley 441

Health walk Waltham Cross / Lea Valley 224

Swimming The Laura Trott Leisure Centre 376 Swimming The John Warner Sport Centre 266

Walking football The Laura Trott Leisure Centre 303

Totals 5,415

Canoe Slalom World Cup The Canoe Slalom World Cup took place in June 2019 at the Lee Valley White Water Centre. 700 pupils from schools in the Borough attended the tournament and participated in water sport activities whilst free tickets were distributed to local community organisations.

The Canoe Slalom European Championships The Canoe Slalom European Championships in May 2020. 20 students from Hertford Regional College have been recruited to work as volunteers at the event, which will see them receive qualifications in Paddlesport and Safety and Rescue training. Schools have already purchased over 500 tickets for their pupils to experience the event.

Community Development Update - April - December 2019 11 ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE

Art Club A weekly art club for residents at Wormley Court sheltered housing scheme attracted 119 attendances during this period.

Grow Cheshunt Support and guidance has been given to Grow Cheshunt, a local grassroots arts and environmental organisation. This has included guidance on establishing themselves as a charity as well as practical support around workshops for young people and photographic exhibitions.

Creative People and Places Broxbourne is eligible to apply to the Arts Council’s Creative People and Places fund. Funding between £1million and £2million is available. The bid must be led by a consortium including grassroots and cultural organisations so the Broxbourne Creative Partnership has been formed. Members include Broxbourne Arts Forum, Love Hoddesdon, Wormley and Turnford Big Local, Generations Multi-Academy Trust, , the CVS for Broxbourne and East Herts, Society of Caribbean and Africans, Broxbourne Ethnic Minority Association, Hoddesdon Quaker House, Grow Cheshunt, Hoddesdon Library, YC Hertfordshire and the Broxbourne Volunteer Centre. To inform the bid which will be submitted in March, a survey has been carried out and partners have been identifying elements of the bid

Lowewood Museum During this period, there have been two main exhibitions at Lowewood Museum. From May to September, the Clothmakers Wings explored the history of the clothing industry in Hertfordshire and was led by local charity The Gifted working with pupils from the John Warner School.

Funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund enabled the second exhibition which commemorated 250 years since the birth of Royal Academy artist, James Ward. An artist of international importance, who lived in Cheshunt for the last 31 years of his life. Works on display included the collections at Lowewood Museum as well as loans from The Fitzwilliam Museum and The Tate. This exhibition ran from September 2019 to January 2020.

There were 14,842 visitors to Lowewood Museum during this period which is 66% higher than the same period in 2018. There were also 5,000 school visits or outreach sessions.

Community Development Update - April - December 2019 12 EXTERNAL FUNDING

External Funding and support secured during this period is shown in the table below:

Table 7: External Funding secured during Q2 2018-19

Funder Amount Activity

Tesco Bags of Help £1,000 Lark in the Park Police and Crime Commissioner £4,660 Sport and Physical Activity at Safer Places National Lottery Heritage Fund £70,000 James Ward exhibition (to EFDC) B3Living £500 Halloween youth engagement programme Stall holders and activity charges £3,156 St George’s Day Ministry of Housing, Communities and £7,000 Windrush Day activities Local Government Tesco Bags of Help £1,420 Youth basketball programme Tesco Bags of Help £2,000 Lark in the Park Lee Valley Community Access Fund £1,635 Halloween youth engagement activities Participants’ fees £11,583 Active Harts HCC Public Health £30,000 Active Herts Participants’ fee £54,690 Kidz Klub Year to Date Total £187,644

GLOSSARY OF PARTNER ORGANISATIONS

Active Broxbourne – a community sport network comprising of local organisations and clubs in the Borough with an interest in sport and physical activity. Originally established by Sport England, its aim is to increase participation in sport and physical activity by Borough residents. They organise the annual and Summer Sport Festival.

Child UK – a Hertfordshire based provider of youth and sport activities, working primarily in community settings with young people at risk of offending.

Herts Sports Partnership (HSP) – the county sports partnership, funded primarily by Sport England to promote sport and physical activity in Hertfordshire.

Local Partnerships – established to provide additional services primarily at school sites, wrapped around the school day e.g. breakfast clubs, after-school clubs, community learning on school sites and community projects. There are three Local Partnerships in the Borough – Allsorts Community Partnership, Cheshunt Extended Services (ChExS) and Hoddesdon and Broxbourne Settings Partnership (HABS)

MIND – a national mental health charity

Sport England – a non-departmental public body. Its remit is to develop community sport provision by working with national governing bodies for different sports, increase participation in sport and help talented athletes to reach their potential.

YC Hertfordshire – This is the statutory youth service managed by Hertfordshire County Council and provides both traditional youth work (youth centres, detached youth work), specialist projects (young carers, provision for those with disabilities) and advice services (health, careers, relationships).

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