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Agenda for a meeting of the Bradford East Area Committee to be held on Wednesday, 19 February 2020 at 6.00 pm in Committee Room 4 - City Hall, Bradford

Members of the Committee – Councillors LABOUR LIBERAL BRADFORD DEMOCRAT INDEPENDENT AND GROUP INDEPENDENT GROUP Choudhry R Sunderland Sajawal H Khan Knox Iqbal R Ahmed Salam Stubbs

Alternates: LABOUR LIBERAL DEMOCRAT AND INDEPENDENT GROUP Jamil Griffiths I Khan Reid Mir J Sunderland Shafiq Ward Notes:  This agenda can be made available in Braille, large print or tape format on request by contacting the Agenda contact shown below.  The taking of photographs, filming and sound recording of the meeting is allowed except if Councillors vote to exclude the public to discuss confidential matters covered by Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972. Recording activity should be respectful to the conduct of the meeting and behaviour that disrupts the meeting (such as oral commentary) will not be permitted. Anyone attending the meeting who wishes to record or film the meeting's proceedings is advised to liaise with the Agenda Contact who will provide guidance and ensure that any necessary arrangements are in place. Those present who are invited to make spoken contributions to the meeting should be aware that they may be filmed or sound recorded.  If any further information is required about any item on this agenda, please contact the officer named at the foot of that agenda item. Decisions on items marked * are not Executive functions and may not be called in under Paragraph 8.7 of Part 3E of the Constitution. From: To: Parveen Akhtar City Solicitor Agenda Contact: Fatima Butt/Tracey Sugden Phone: 01274 432227/434287 E-Mail: [email protected] A. PROCEDURAL ITEMS

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2. DISCLOSURES OF INTEREST

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An interest must also be disclosed in the meeting when it becomes apparent to the member during the meeting.

Notes:

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(3) Members are also welcome to disclose interests which are not disclosable pecuniary interests but which they consider should be made in the interest of clarity.

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2 whose name is shown on the front page of the report.

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(Tracey Sugden - 01274 434287)

4. PUBLIC QUESTION TIME

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To hear questions from electors within the District on any matter this is the responsibility of the Committee.

Questions must be received in writing by the City Solicitor in Room 112, City Hall, Bradford, BD1 1HY, by mid-day on Monday 17 February 2020.

(Fatima Butt/Tracey Sugden – 01274 432227/434287)

B. BUSINESS ITEMS

5. SAFER ROADS DEVOLVED BUDGET - BRADFORD EAST 1 - 12

The Strategic Director, Place will present a report (Document “V”) which seeks approval for programmes of safer roads schemes in the Bradford East constituency for 2020/21 and 2021/22.

Recommended –

(1) That the programmes of Casualty Reduction schemes for 2020/21 and 2021/22 listed in Appendix 1 to Document “V” be approved.

(2) That the proposed programmes of Traffic Management measures for 2020/21 and 2021/22 listed in Appendices 2 and 3 to Document “V” be approved.

(3) That any Traffic Regulation Orders, or any legal procedures linked to the processing of traffic calming measures or pedestrian crossing facilities which are necessary to implement the chosen schemes be approved for processing and advertising subject to the scheme details being agreed with the local Ward Members.

(4) That any valid objections to the advertised Traffic Regulation Orders, traffic calming or pedestrian facilities be submitted to this Area Committee for consideration or in the event of there being no valid objections the Traffic

3 Regulation Orders be sealed and implemented and the traffic calming or pedestrian facilities be implemented as advertised.

(Andrew Smith – 01274 434674)

6. BRADFORD OPPORTUNITY AREA: BRADFORD EAST 13 - 28

The Area Committee is asked to consider Document “W” which provides information in respect of the Bradford Opportunity Area in Bradford East.

Members are advised that, as an “Opportunity Area”, the DfE funds a small team to work with Bradford to agree and deliver priorities in improving social mobility. Its work is driven by an Opportunity Area board made up of key stakeholders from across Bradford. This group has identified four priority area to work on:-

 Strengthening school leadership and the quality of teaching  Improving literacy and oracy, including a focus on parental engagement  Helping young people access rewarding careers  Removing health-related barriers to learning

A wide range of activity has been funded and is outlined at Appendix 1 to Document “W”.

Recommended –

That the programme progress be noted for information and the use of the Social Mobility Dashboard (as outlined in Appendix 3 to Document “W”) be endorsed to support the work of the Area Committee.

(Kathryn Loftus – 01274 434590)

7. HOUSING STANDARDS 29 - 42

The Strategic Director, Place will present a report (Document “X”) which provides members with an overview of the work of the Housing Standards and Empty Homes and Loans Teams undertaken in the Bradford East Area.

Recommended –

That the report be noted.

(Julie Rhodes – 01274 431163)

4 8. COMMUNITY ACTION BRADFORD AND DISTRICT 43 - 64

Members are asked to consider Document “Y” which provides an overview of Community Action work undertaken across the area.

Recommended –

That the information in Document “Y” be noted and welcomed.

(Paul Stephens – 01535 612500)

THIS AGENDA AND ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN PRODUCED, WHEREVER POSSIBLE, ON RECYCLED PAPER

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Report of the Strategic Director, Place to the meeting of the Bradford East Area Committee to be held on 19 February 2020

V Subject:

SAFER ROADS DEVOLVED BUDGET – BRADFORD EAST

Summary statement:

This report seeks approval for programmes of Safer Roads schemes in the Bradford East constituency for 2020/21 and 2021/22.

Steve Hartley Portfolio: Strategic Director - Place Regeneration, Planning & Transport

Report Contact: Andrew Smith Overview & Scrutiny Area: Principal Engineer Phone: (01274) 434674 Regeneration & Environment E-mail: [email protected]

Page 1 1. SUMMARY

1.1 This report seeks approval for programmes of Safer Roads schemes in Bradford East for 2020/21 and 2021/22.

2. BACKGROUND

2.1 The West Yorkshire Transport Strategy 2040 was approved by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) in August 2017. In conjunction with the Strategic Economic Plan, the overarching aim of the strategy is “…for Leeds City Region to be a globally recognised economy where good growth delivers high levels of prosperity, jobs and quality of life for everyone.”

2.2 The key objectives of the strategy are:

Economy: Create a more reliable, less congested, better connected transport network.

Environment: Have a positive impact on our built and natural environment.

People and place: Put people first to create a strong sense of place.

2.3 In terms of Safer Roads themes, the strategy includes a specific aim to reduce road accidents, aspiring to ‘zero tolerance’ of transport-related deaths. There are also aspirations to encourage walking and cycling by improving safety.

2.4 The Strategy includes a casualty reduction target, similar to that first introduced within the Local Transport Plan. This equates to a 42% reduction in the number of people killed or seriously injured in road collisions (KSI) by 2027 (using the 2016 KSI figure as a base).

2.5 The prioritisation of funding for Casualty Reduction schemes has been an important contributor to the continuing downward trend in casualty rates within the district. This has been achieved in partnership with other interventions including Police enforcement (in particular more recently, Operation Steerside) and Road Safety education, training and publicity activities. However, the current level of funding dictates that individual Area Committees are restricted in the scale of projects that can be prioritised. The current system also precludes the development of projects of more strategic significance or on a district-wide basis.

2.7 There has been a systematic addressing of locations with notable clusters of recorded traffic collisions. As such, the occurrence of collisions is becoming more sporadic and thus more difficult to target with specific Area Committee based interventions. Notwithstanding this, it is acknowledged that there remains a safety benefit in delivering traffic management schemes in areas where casualty rates are not necessarily high, but where there are concerns about vehicle speeds, severance or more general safety issues.

2.8 In order to address the issues highlighted in paragraphs 2.6 and 2.7 the following revisions to the Safer Roads budget allocation and scheme governance systems for 2018/19 onwards were approved by Executive committee on 12 June 2018:

Page 2  Establish a strategic Safer Roads budget to enable the development of larger scale schemes with road safety benefits, with the approval to promote such projects and consideration of any resulting objections being an Executive Member function.

 Funding continues to be distributed to the Area Committees to promote Casualty Reduction schemes as a priority.

2.9 An element of the Safer Roads budget can also be prioritised to address community safety, access, mobility and sustainable transport issues. The determination of proposed schemes programmes takes into account the needs of all road users, including those with special mobility needs.

2.10 Due to the timing of funding announcements, previous years Safer Roads programmes have generally been presented to Area Committees in June or July. This has sometimes resulted in there being only 8 months to deliver a full programme of schemes; given the lengthy consultation and legal process required for many of the projects, this has inevitably resulted in a failure to complete programmes on time. In order to ensure timely delivery of schemes, it is proposed to determine a 2-year programme. This also facilitates the potential for a more flexible approach whereby more significant schemes could be funded over a 2-year period.

3. OTHER CONSIDERATIONS

3.1 It is recommended that the Area Committee re-affirms its commitment to progressing Disabled Persons Parking Places and undertaking mobility access improvement works by again including budgets for these within the 2020/21 and 2021/22 programmes. The cost of any traffic surveys required to assess requests for traffic management measures and assist in determining future schemes programmes will also need to be met from this budget as these are now generally externally procured to maximise resources.

3.2 It is also suggested that the successful exercise of promoting a constituency-wide Traffic Regulation Order (TRO), to include a number of sites where minor amendments to waiting restrictions have been requested, be repeated in 2020/21 and 2021/22. (Due to the more extensive processes involved, it would not be feasible to include any larger schemes or Residents Permit Parking Schemes within the constituency-wide Order). Given that the Traffic & Road Safety team receives a number of requests for new TRO’s throughout the year, only approval for a 2020/21 programme of Orders is being sought at this stage. It is then proposed to present a report to the Area Committee early in 2021 to seek approval for the 2021/22 TRO programme.

Page 3 4. FINANCIAL & RESOURCE APPRAISAL

4.1 The total Bradford East Safer Roads budgets for 2020/21 and 2021/22 are £110,000 per year.

4.2 The recommended annual split between casualty reduction schemes and community-based projects in Bradford East is £70,000 and £40,000 respectively. However, there is an option to increase the spend proportion on community-based projects when viable casualty reductions schemes programmes have been exhausted. Suggested schemes programmes are detailed in Appendices 1 and 2.

5. RISK MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE ISSUES

5.1 A failure to follow an evidence-based approach and prioritise schemes on the basis of casualty reduction potential would not meet with the overarching aims of the Safer Roads allocation

6. LEGAL APPRAISAL

6.1 There are no specific issues arising from this report. The course of action proposed is in general accordance with the Council’s powers as Highway Authority and Traffic Regulation Authority.

7. OTHER IMPLICATIONS

7.1 EQUALITY & DIVERSITY

7.1.1 Due consideration is given to Section 149 of the Equality Act 2010 when developing all Safer Roads schemes.

7.1.2 It is expected that there will be no disproportionate impact from the projects recommended for implementation within this report; furthermore some of the schemes would advance equality of opportunity for people who share a protected characteristic. Any projects where a potential disproportionate impact is identified, through more detailed investigation and design, will be subject to Equality Impact Assessments.

7.2 SUSTAINABILITY IMPLICATIONS

Safer Roads projects are designed to minimise future maintenance implications and the impact on the environment.

7.3 GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IMPACTS

The implementation of highway safety schemes and projects which encourage sustainable transport modes will potentially reduce harmful emissions.

Page 4 7.4 COMMUNITY SAFETY IMPLICATIONS

The Safer Roads programme delivers a wide-range of projects including traffic calming, pedestrian crossing facilities, cycling and horse riding provision, speed limit reductions and junction improvements. Such measures, along with partnership activities, form an integral part of improving safety in local communities. Improved community cohesion and a reduction of community severance and are two positive outcomes of this programme.

7.5 HUMAN RIGHTS ACT

There are no implications on the Human Rights Act arising from this report.

7.6 TRADE UNION

None

7.7 WARD IMPLICATIONS

Respective ward members will be involved in the development of site specific projects.

7.8 IMPLICATIONS FOR CORPORATE PARENTING

None

7.9 ISSUES ARISING FROM PRIVACY IMPACT ASSESMENT

None

8. NOT FOR PUBLICATION DOCUMENTS

None

9. OPTIONS

9.1 Members may nominate alternative schemes to those recommended in Appendices 2 and/or 3 (to the same total budget value). Officers will provide appropriate advice on any suggested substitutions. Any alternative sites suggested for inclusion in Appendix 1 will be subject to justification in terms of Casualty Reduction potential.

10. RECOMMENDATIONS

10.1 That the Bradford East Area Committee approves the programmes of Casualty Reduction schemes for 2020/21 and 2021/22 listed in Appendix 1.

10.2 That the Bradford East Area Committee approves the proposed programmes of Traffic Management measures for 2020/21 and 2021/22 listed in Appendices 2 & 3.

Page 5 10.3 That any Traffic Regulation Orders, or any legal procedures linked to the processing of traffic calming measures or pedestrian crossing facilities which are necessary to implement the chosen schemes be approved for processing and advertising subject to the scheme details being agreed with the local Ward Members.

10.4 That any valid objections to the advertised Traffic Regulation Orders, traffic calming or pedestrian facilities be submitted to this Area Committee for consideration or in the event of there being no valid objections the Traffic Regulation Orders be sealed and implemented and the traffic calming or pedestrian facilities be implemented as advertised.

11. APPENDICES

Appendix 1 – Bradford East proposed programmes of Casualty Reduction schemes for 2020/21 and 2021/22.

Appendix 2 – Bradford East proposed programmes of Traffic Management measures for 2020/21 and 2021/22.

Appendix 3 – Bradford East proposed programmes of Traffic Regulation Orders for 2020/21

Appendix 4 – Bradford East list of outstanding requests for Traffic Management schemes.

Appendix 5 – Bradford East list of outstanding requests for Traffic Regulation Orders.

12. BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS

12.1 Report of the Strategic Director Place to the meeting of Council Executive 12 June 2018 – Proposed changes to the Safer Roads budget allocation.

Page 6 APPENDIX 1

Bradford East proposed programmes of Casualty Reduction schemes for 2020/21 and 2021/22.

2020/21

Location 5-yr casualties Scheme Ward Estimate (£) Cutler Heights Lane/Fenby 21 Traffic Signals Bowling & Barkerend/ 35,000* Ave./Holmewood Road Tong Sticker Lane/Bowling Back 6 Junction Improvement Bowling & Barkerend 30,000 Lane Town Lane @ Sherborne Road 2 Traffic Island Idle & Thackley 5,000 TOTAL 70,000 Page 7 Page

2021/22

Location 5-yr casualties Scheme Ward Estimate (£) Cutler Heights Lane/Fenby 21 Traffic Signals Bowling & Barkerend/ Tong 40,000* Ave./Holmewood Road Thornbury Road 4 Build-outs and road hump Bradford Moor 25,000 Highfield Road 1 LED belishas 5,000 TOTAL 70,000

*Joint funding with Bradford South Safer Roads budget - subject to approval by Bfd South Area Committee. Funding spans 2020/21 and 2021/22 APPENDIX 2

Bradford East proposed programmes of Traffic Management measures for 2020/21 and 2021/22

2020/21

Location Scheme Ward Estimate (£) Various Area-wide Traffic Regulation All 13,000 Order Various Blue Badge Parking Places All 12,000 Various Traffic Surveys All 5,000 Various Mobility works All 5,000 Leeds Road @ Brighton Street Zebra Crossing Improvements Idle & Thackley 5,000** TOTAL 40,000 Page 8 Page

2021/22

Location Scheme Ward Estimate (£) Various Area-wide Traffic Regulation All 13,000 Order Various Blue Badge Parking Places All 12,000 Various Traffic Surveys All 5,000 Various Mobility works All 5,000 Leeds Road @ Brighton Street Zebra Crossing Improvements Idle & Thackley 5,000** TOTAL 40,000

**Funding spans 2020/21 and 2021/22 BRADFORD EAST AREA COMMITTEE APPENDIX 3 RECOMMENDED TRAFFIC REGULATION ORDERS

Date of latest Ward Location Type of Order Request Originator Comments / Problem Bolton & Undercliffe 4 Cliffe Road Waiting restrictions 19-20 Internal Dyls at entrance to Peel Park for tractor access 4 Valley Road Waiting restrictions 19-20 Internal Extend Dyls Bowling & Barkerend 5 Broad Lane Waiting restrictions 19-20 Business Dyls at entrance to Broad Lane Motors for access and safety 5 Fearnville Drive Waiting restrictions 19-20 Public Dyls at entrance from Sticker Lane for safety 5 Silkstone Road Waiting restrictions 19-20 Public Dyls on both sides to ensure access to Karmand Centre car park 5 Usher Street Waiting restrictions 19-20 Business Dyls at entrance to Usher Street Business Park for access

Bradford Moor 6 Curzon Road (6) Formalise DPPP 19-20 Public Formalise existing DPPP Page 9 Page 6 Gladstone Street (196) Formalise DPPP 19-20 Cllr Formalise existing DPPP 6 Killinghall Road Waiting restrictions 19-20 Business Dyls at entrance near property number 399 for safety - school parking issue Killinghall Road at Third 6 Avenue Waiting restrictions 19-20 Public Dyls north side of junction for safety- school parking issue

Eccleshill 10 Leeds Road at Fagley Road Waiting Restrictions 19-20 Public Extension to yellow lines from junction on narrow part of road

Idle & Thackley 13 Town Lane adj 90 and 98 Waiting Restrictions 19-20 Public Dyls adjacent 90 and 98 to protect sight lines

Little Horton 18 Bowling Old Ln and Albany St Waiting Restrictions 19-20 Internal Parkmap correction and additional lining Albany Street for access 18 Bude Road Waiting Restrictions 19-20 Public Extension to yellow lines from junction with Rooley Lane - difficulty accessing street Waiting Restriction 18 Caledonia Street review 19-20 Internal Parkmap correction, no change on site 18 Spring Mill Street Waiting Restrictions 19-20 Business Double yellow lines at entrance to Niko Coatings for safety

BRADFORD EAST AREA COMMITTEE LIST OF REQUESTS FOR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT MEASURES APPENDIX 4

SURVEY ROAD TYPE OTHER FACTORS YEAR years)

(H/M/L) (H/M/L) ROUTE

(5 SCHOOL

PETITION HOUSING REQUEST INTEREST

TO CUL-DE-SAC GENERATED

DISTRIBUTOR PLAYGROUND SPEEDS REQUEST VOLUMES NUMBER OR THROUGH - RECENT /

ROAD/ MEMBER ROUTE WARD SHELTERED VEHICLE MOST ORIGINAL TRAFFIC MINOR SAFER SCHOOL RESIDENTIAL ACCIDENTS DISRIBUTOR COMMITTEE/FORUM EST. ROAD NAME REQUEST COST COMMENTS

Bolton & Undercliffe

4 Undercliffe Road Traffic calming 30,000 18-19 1 M H Y Y Y Concerns of transfer post calming on Idle Rd 35000 Idle Road (former QLM Lay by etc Zebra crossing enhancements 17-18, still 4 (6,500 16-17 18-19 1 M H Y Y Y Page 10 Page site) (bollards only) parking issues ) 4 Kingsley Ave Bolton Ln Permit parking 10,000 17-18 L L Y Y Match day residents only parking Pedestrian 4 Lister Lane 25,000 16-17 1 M H Y Y Crossing towards park crossing 4 Stanley Rd jw Canal Rd Extend island 10,000 17-18 0 M H Y Police concern, 2 lanes forming at signals

Bowling & Barkerend 5 Burras Road Traffic calming 15,000 10-11 16-17 1 L L Y Y Y Possible 20mph zone Priority 5 Killinghall Drive 10,000 18-19 0 L L Y Y At junction with Barmby Road, property damage buildouts 5 Wapping Road Traffic calming 45,000 11-12 18-19 0 H L Y Incl. North Wing - frontages

Bradford Moor 6 Moorside Ln / Scaley St One way 10,000 12-13 16-17 0 L L Y Narrow roads, rat running to avoid signals Residents 6 Mortimer Row 10,000 13-14 17-18 L L Y parking 6 Thornbury Road Build-outs 30,000 12-13 16-17 4 M M Y Y Y Aid pedestrians crossing between school sites

Eccleshill Acre Avenue / Acre Residents 10 10,000 13-14 18-19 L L Y Include Rowanberry Cl and Whitebeam Wk Lane parking Police request. Half in Shipley area seek match 10 Bradford Road (E5 Rbt) Zebra Crossing 40,000 16-17 0 L H Y funding VAS each direction - does not meet speed 10 Norman Lane VAS 10,000 17-18 1 H M Y Y criteria in Policy 10 Roundwood Glen Traffic calming 15,000 17-18 1 M L Y Chicane near 33 to reduce speed on bend

Idle & Thackley Residents Layby nearest Leeds Rd. Workers taking 13 Albion Road 10,000 14-15 18-19 M M Y parking parking, 1 res Footway 13 Albion Rd / Howgate 10,000 18-19 0 L M Y Y Y Reduce width of Albion Rd to form xing route buildout 13 Apperley Road Traffic calming 15,000 18-19 1 M M Y Y Feature on approach to Milman Swing Bridge 13 Croftlands / Green Lane Traffic calming 25,000 06-07 15-16 0 L L Y Minor side road leading to cul-de sacs 13 Cross Road Traffic calming 20,000 09-10 17-18 0 L L Y Y Y Access to playground Cyprus Ave/Windhill Old 13 Point closure 10,000 13-14 17-18 0 L L Y Through traffic issue - 2 residents Rd 13 Harrogate Road VAS 5,000 17-18 1 M H Y Y 85%ile speed near river bridge 36mph Zebra 13 Highfield Road 5,000 17-18 1 M H Y Upgrade beacons refurbishment Zebra for SCP outside Blakehill School. Half in 13 Highfield Road Zebra crossing 25,000 19-20 2 M H Y Y Y Shipley area seek match funding 13 Leeds Road Zebra crossing 20,000 15-16 4 M H Y Existing refuge and dyls at Apperley Lane Zebra 13 Leeds Road, Thackley 5,000 17-18 0 M H Y Y Y Upgrade beacons refurbishment Orchard Gr / Old Park 13 Traffic calming 60,000 12-13 17-18 0 M M Y Y Y Y Include Hawthorn Dri, Bracken Edge & 20 zone Rd 13 Tenterfields Traffic calming 30,000 17-18 0 L L Y Y Harrogate Rd to Marina and 20mph Town Lane at Sherborne 13 Refuge island 10,000 16-17 1 M H Y Difficulties crossing to bus stops Page 11 Page Rd

Little Horton Lindley Road side 18 Road closure 7,000 16-17 0 L L Y Y Closure of access road between 42 and 44 access road 18 Little Horton Lane Permit parking 10,000 17-18 M H Y Y Add permit holders to limited waiting 683-707 Traffic calming adjacent to build-outs (July 2018 18 Melba Road Traffic calming 20,000 10-11 17-18 0 L L Y Y Y average speed 20mph) Existing road Abuse of existing closure - needs trief kerb 18 Quaker Lane 10,000 18-19 0 L L Y closure construction 18 Round Street Traffic calming 20,000 07-08 17-18 1 L L Y Y Bus route

BRADFORD EAST AREA COMMITTEE APPENDIX 5 LIST OF REQUESTS FOR TRAFFIC REGULATION ORDERS

Date of latest Ward Location Type of Order Request Originator Comments / Problem Bolton & Undercliffe 4 Cliffe Road Waiting restrictions 19-20 Internal Dyls at entrance to Peel Park for tractor access 4 Idle Road Waiting restrictions 18-19 Internal Former QLM site - parking on footway issues 4 Kings Gate Waiting restrictions 19-20 Business Dyls at entrance to business park

Bowling & Barkerend 5 Broad Lane Waiting restrictions 19-20 Business Dyls at entrance to Broad Lane Motors for access and safety 5 Fearnville Drive Waiting restrictions 19-20 Public Dyls at entrance from Sticker Lane for safety Waiting restrictions 5 Harris Street review 19-20 Business Reduction in hours of operation of limited waiting to aid charity staff 5 Silkstone Road Waiting restrictions 19-20 Public Dyls on both sides to ensure access to Karmand Centre car park 5 Usher Street Waiting restrictions 19-20 Business Dyls at entrance to Usher Street Business Park for access

Bradford Moor 6 Curzon Road (6) Formalise DPPP 19-20 Public Formalise existing DPPP Page 12 Page 6 Gladstone Street (196) Formalise DPPP 19-20 Cllr Formalise existing DPPP 6 Killinghall Road Waiting restrictions 19-20 Business Dyls at entrance near property number 399 for safety - school parking issue Killinghall Road at Third 6 Avenue Waiting restrictions 19-20 Public Dyls north side of junction for safety - school parking issue

Eccleshill 10 Leeds Road at Fagley Road Waiting Restrictions 19-20 Public Extension to yellow lines from junction on narrow part of road

Idle & Thackley 13 Albion Road, The Green Waiting Restrictions 18-19 Cllrs Dyls one side parts Albion Rd and Howgate - obstruction issues 13 Leeds Road, Thackley Waiting Restrictions 18-19 Cllrs Dyls junctions with Bourne Street etc, minimum only 13 Thackley Road Waiting Restrictions 17-18 Public Dyls at 12/14 for access 13 Town Lane adj 90 and 98 Waiting Restrictions 19-20 Public Dyls adjacent 90 and 98 to protect sight lines

Little Horton 18 Bowling Old Ln and Albany St Waiting Restrictions 19-20 Internal Parkmap correction and additional lining on Albany St for access 18 Bude Road Waiting Restrictions 19-20 Public Extension to yellow lines from junction with Rooley Lane - difficulty accessing street Waiting Restriction 18 Caledonia Street review 19-20 Internal Parkmap correction, no change on site 18 New Cross Street Waiting Restrictions 19-20 Cllr Limited waiting in layby at Dickens Street 18 New Cross Street Waiting Restrictions 18-19 School Double yellow lines on narrowed rail bridge 18 Spring Mill Street Waiting Restrictions 19-20 Business Double yellow lines at entrance to Niko Coatings for safety

Agenda Item 6/

Report of the Programme Director (Bradford Opportunity Area) to the meeting of Bradford East Area Committee to be held on 19 February 2020 W Subject:

Bradford Opportunity Area: Bradford East

Summary statement:

As an ‘Opportunity Area’, DfE funds a small team to work with Bradford, to agree and deliver priorities in improving social mobility. Its work is driven by an Opportunity Area board made up of key stakeholders from across Bradford. This group identified four priority areas to work on:

 Strengthening school leadership and the quality of teaching,  Improving literacy and oracy (spoken English), including a focus on parental engagement  Helping young people access rewarding careers,  Removing health-related barriers to learning.

We have invested in a wide range of activity of which is outlined in Appendix 1 which specifically focuses on the Bradford East Area.

Mark Douglas Portfolio: Strategic Director of Children’s Services Education, Employment and Skills

Report Contact: Kathryn Loftus Overview & Scrutiny Area: Phone: (01274) 434590 E-mail: [email protected] Children’s Services

Page 13 1. SUMMARY

1.1 As an ‘Opportunity Area’, DfE funds a small team to work with Bradford, to agree and deliver priorities in improving social mobility. Its work is driven by an Opportunity Area board made up of key stakeholders from across Bradford. This group identified four priority areas to work on:

 Strengthening school leadership and the quality of teaching,  Improving literacy and oracy (spoken English), including a focus on parental engagement,  Helping young people access rewarding careers,  Removing health-related barriers to learning.

1.2 We have invested in a wide range of activity of which is outlined in Appendix 1 which specifically focuses on the Bradford East Area.

2. BACKGROUND

2.1 The Department for Education (DfE) published its Bradford Opportunity Area plan in January 2018. With this plan, DfE committed an extra £6m of funding and a tilting of more national programmes into Bradford until 2020. Bradford has received £4.85m to date with a further £1.4m due before the end of March 2020 (total £6.25m). On top of this, Bradford also received £5.6m in Essential Life Skills funding.

2.2 By the end of August 2020, Bradford schools will have been direct recipients of over £9m additional funding since the start of the Opportunity Area programme.

3. OTHER CONSIDERATIONS

3.1 None.

4. FINANCIAL & RESOURCE APPRAISAL

4.1 The Opportunity Area investment has totalled £12m (from 2017 – 2020) through a grant from the Department for Education. This included in excess of £6m for the main Opportunity Area grant (with an extra £500K committed in summer 2019), in excess of £5.5m for Essential Life skills funding with the remainder made up of support from national partners and prioritised funding for other government initiatives. This investment has been across the entire Education sector in Bradford and not all of the funding has passed through the Council, with grants awarded directly to schools for some activities and programmes.

4.2 It is currently expected that all Opportunity Area related expenditure will be met from the grant available and there has been no call on Council’s funding.

4.3 Specific initiatives such as the school to school support programme are being reported in line with Council procedures.

Page 14 5. RISK MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE ISSUES

5.1 None.

6. LEGAL APPRAISAL

6.1 Section 31 of the Local Government Act 2003 provides that a Minister of the Crown may pay a grant to a local authority in England towards expenditure incurred or to be incurred by it. The amount of a grant under this section and the manner of its payment are determined by the Minister but may include conditions such as provision as to the use of the grant and provision as to circumstances in which the whole or part of the grant must be repaid. In the case of a grant to a local authority in England, the powers under this section are exercisable with the consent of the Treasury.

6.2 Section 31 is a wide-ranging power to enable any minister to make a grant for any purpose, capital or revenue, to any local authority. The power is designed to allow authorities more flexibility in the use of such resources.

6.3 The Council can spend this grant to promote activity in the Opportunity Area that will improve the social mobility outcomes of children and young people. It can choose how to spend the money in order to best meet local need, however it expected that all decisions on spending will be informed by the actions and commitments made in the local OA delivery plan.

6.4 Any procurement activity must be undertaken in accordance with Council’s Contract Standing Orders and in line with internal governance requirements.

6.5 The Local Authority must also have regard to its public sector equality duties under section 149 of the Equality Act 2010 when exercising its functions and making any decisions. A local authority must carry out an Equalities Impact Assessment to enable intelligent consideration of any equality and diversity implications when commissioning services

6.6 The Public Services (Social Value) Act requires people who commission public services to think about how they can also secure wider social, economic and environmental benefits. The Act applies to the pre - procurement stage of contracts for services. Commissioners should consider social value before the procurement starts because this can inform the whole shape of the procurement approach and the design of the services required.

7. OTHER IMPLICATIONS

7.1 EQUALITY & DIVERSITY

7.1.1 Not applicable as this report is for information only.

7.2 SUSTAINABILITY IMPLICATIONS

7.2.1 Not applicable as this report is for information only.

Page 15 7.3 GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IMPACTS

7.3.1 Not applicable as this report is for information only.

7.4 COMMUNITY SAFETY IMPLICATIONS

7.4.1 Not applicable as this report is for information only.

7.5 HUMAN RIGHTS ACT

7.5.1 Not applicable as this report is for information only.

7.6 TRADE UNION

7.6.1 Not applicable as this report is for information only.

7.7 WARD IMPLICATIONS

7.7.1 All Wards affected.

7.8 IMPLICATIONS FOR CORPORATE PARENTING

7.8.1 Not applicable as this report is for information only.

7.9 ISSUES ARISING FROM PRIVACY IMPACT ASSESMENT

7.9.1 There may be a need for partner agencies to share data however this would only be with the express permission of the service user in the full knowledge of why and what it would used for. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) principles relating to any individuals data and rights under the Data Protection Act 2018 will be respected.

8. NOT FOR PUBLICATION DOCUMENTS

8.1 None.

9. OPTIONS

9.1 There are no options as the programme of delivery is underway and being overseen by the Opportunity Area Partnership Board.

10. RECOMMENDATIONS

10.1 It is recommended that the programme progress be noted for information and the use of the Social Mobility Dashboard ( as outlined in Appendix 3) be endorsed to support the work of the Area Committee.

Page 16 11. APPENDICES

11.1 Appendix 1: Bradford Opportunity Area – Bradford East Briefing 11.2 Appendix 2: Bradford Opportunity Area Board Membership

11.3 Appendix 3: Bradford East Social Mobility Index

12. BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS

12.1 Bradford Opportunity Area Delivery Plan (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/social-mobility-and-opportunity-areas)

Page 17 Appendix 1: Bradford Opportunity Area – East Briefing

Bradford Opportunity Area: Bradford East Briefing Date: 19 February 2020

Report Author: Kathryn Loftus, Programme Director [email protected]

Bradford’s Opportunity Area

The Department for Education (DfE) published its Bradford Opportunity Area plan in January 2018. With this plan, DfE committed an extra £6m of funding and a tilting of more national programmes into Bradford until 2020. Bradford has received £4.85m to date with a further £1.4m due before the end of March 2020 (total £6.25m). On top of this, Bradford also received £5.6m in Essential Life Skills funding.

By the end of August 2020, Bradford schools will have been direct recipients of over £9m additional funding since the start of the Opportunity Area programme.

As an ‘Opportunity Area’, DfE funds a small team to work with Bradford, to agree and deliver priorities in improving social mobility. Its work is driven by an Opportunity Area board made up of key stakeholders from across Bradford (see Appendix 2 for full list). This group identified four priority areas to work on:

 strengthening school leadership and the quality of teaching,  improving literacy and oracy (spoken English), including a focus on parental engagement  helping young people access rewarding careers,  removing health-related barriers to learning.

We have invested in a wide range of activity, which includes some of the below results:

Improving the quality of our schools and outcomes for Bradford pupils

1. Support of up to £60,000 each for 26 schools across Bradford, to improve results and support better opportunities for pupils and teachers. Five of the schools we have supported have already improved in their Ofsted judgement. We will update the board on progress throughout this project.

2. 31 primary schools are also receiving £17,500 each to improve literacy outcomes, supported by evidence-based practice in literacy.

Page 18 3. On top of this support for literacy, we have invested £63k in a new phonics scheme, training and books for five Bradford primary schools. All five schools have significantly improved their phonics results (between 4% - 15% percentage points improvement) and are now at or above the national average of 82%.

4. In addition, in partnership with Bradford's English Hub (at Burley Woodhead CofE Primary School), we are making a further £175,000 available to help improve phonics outcomes in Bradford.

5. We have invested in school leadership, and have funded over 300 school leaders and senior leaders to access high-quality, accredited leadership training. This will help Bradford to develop its next set of school leaders. We have also provided experienced mentors to 70 new and aspiring Bradford headteachers. These new heads receive personalised coaching and mentoring as they adjust to headship. These heads also receive headteacher masterclasses.

6. Bradford teachers at the start of their career will benefit from additional funded support through the Early Career Framework. New teachers will be funded to have extra planning time, and will have access to high-quality teaching materials and lesson plans. Their mentors will get extra training and funding to support new teachers. Bradford is one of only four areas nationally to get this support in September 2020, a year before the rest of the country.

7. In 2020, Bradford will have a new Teaching School Hub, with around £200k of funding to support school improvement across the district. This is just one example of the local education infrastructure that Bradford has gained in its status as an Opportunity Area. Bradford has also been chosen to host:

o a Research School at Dixons Academy Trust, which supports schools to engage with educational research and evidence, to give the best chance of success with new programmes o an English hub at Burley and Woodhead CE Primary, which supports schools with phonics and early reading, including funding for resources o a computing hub at Bingley Grammar School, which will support computing teachers across Bradford, including providing high quality training

Enriching children’s lives and their opportunities for personal development

1. Our Essential Life Skills funding supported over 600 school commissioned activities for children to improve essential skills such as resilience, teamwork and self-control.

2. We want young people to forge greater links to their communities. This is why we worked with the National Citizenship Service to deliver over 40,000 hours of social action in Bradford in 2018/19.

Page 19 3. From schools and employers we hear about a lack of aspiration in Bradford, which is reflected in a low progression rate to highly selective universities and under- employment of some graduate groups. We want children and parents in Bradford to have better opportunities, and more importantly, how they can access these opportunities themselves through good careers guidance. That is why we are working with, and investing in, the Careers and Enterprise Company (CEC). CEC is creating a support network of co-ordinators and advisors to help schools to deliver the Gatsby Foundation’s benchmarks of good careers guidance. To date, 80% of Bradford secondaries and sixth forms are linked with their own ‘Enterprise Advisor’.

4. We have empowered young people to be active in their community. We have issued over 150 grants of up to a £1,000 each via youth panels, for young people to improve their own life chances and those of their peers. We have launched a youth empowerment programme with Citizens UK and the Youth Service to give young people a greater voice in, and ownership of, decision making in Bradford.

5. We have led by example. The Council, the Opportunity Area and the other organisations represented by Opportunity Area board members have to date offered 36 paid internships for undergraduates from disadvantaged backgrounds from Bradford to improve their employability skills and options upon graduation. We will be working with businesses to do the same this year.

Building stronger relationships and working with partners to strengthen Bradford’s offer to children

1. The creation of a Centre for Applied Educational Research (CAER) has brought in over £1m in additional funding for school-based health interventions. These include interventions ensuring that children with eyesight issues have the glasses they need, and motor skill interventions to develop handwriting. CAER has also paid a key role in wider bids that have brought in an extra further £25m of applied research funding to Bradford. This will support Bradford to be a global leader of applied research.

2. The Careers and Enterprise Company – part funded by the OA programme – have recruited a network of employers to boost the offer of ‘employer encounters’ to young people. This project will deliver 150,000 opportunities for young people in Bradford to experience the world of work, by summer 2020, equivalent to 3 such experiences for every 14-19 year old in the district, over that period.

3. The network – which is working alongside Bradford’s ICE programme – is led by 5 ‘cornerstone’ employers, who contribute their own staff as volunteers to work with schools, and encourage other employers to get involved. PWC is one of the cornerstone employers. PwC estimate that they have reached over 2000 pupils during the 2018/19 academic year with a range of engagement activities.

4. PwC are also a good example of how getting involved in this kind of project can act as a catalyst for employers, to increase their stake in the district. Having got involved

Page 20 in Bradford through the Opportunity Area, PwC have now opened their newest office on Godwin Street, with recruitment policies deliberately designed to attract young people from disadvantaged backgrounds in the district.

Social Mobility Index by Constituency

The House of Commons have produced a briefing on social mobility by constituency (based on the indicators in the SMI) – can be found here: http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-8400/CBP-8400.pdf

The dashboard for Bradford East can be found in Appendix 2, and here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/economy-business/work-incomes/constituency-data- social-mobility-index/#compare_constituencies

Bradford East School Overview

The wards included in Bradford East are:  Bolton and Undercliffe  Bowling and Barkerend  Bradford Moor  Eccleshill  Idle and Thackley  Little Horton There is also one Bradford East school (All Saints CofE Primary) in City ward.

There are 51 schools in Bradford East:  36 primaries.  9 secondaries.  1 all-through school  2 special schools  3 pupil referral units There are also 2 post-16 colleges (Dixons Free Sixth Form and New College Bradford).

Ofsted profile of schools in Bradford East:  8 outstanding  30 good  7 Requires Improvement

Page 21  4 recently sponsored schools with no judgement (2 were previously RI – Co-op Academy Parkland and Thornbury Primary Leadership Academy; 2 were previously Inadequate: Fearnville Primary School and Holybrook Primary School)  2 new free schools with no judgement yet – Bronte Girls’ Academy and Eden Boys’ Leadership Academy

Opportunity Area priorities: summary of activity

The OA plan set out four priorities. These are summarised below with reference to activity taking place in Bradford East.

Priority 1 - Strengthening school leadership and the quality of teaching

School to School Support C£1.5m to improve the quality of school leadership in 26 schools rated RI or inadequate at publication of the OA plan. Support provided by ‘system leaders’ (National Leaders of Education or those with equivalent experience) from the district or surrounding region. System leaders matched to schools through a brokerage process including the Local Authority and the Regional Schools Commissioner.

Each school is being supported by a National Leader of Education, able to draw on £60k of resources to deliver an improvement plan. Every NLE and school leader on the programme receives 3.5 days training from the Bradford Research School (at Dixons Trust) on effective implementation.

The OA is providing support to 4 schools in Bradford East:  Co-op Academy Parkland  Fearnville Primary School  Laisterdyke Leadership Academy  Westminster Church of England Primary Academy

The OA is providing additional support to Hanson School, in recognition of the significant challenges the school faces. In 2019/20, we will invest £140,000 to accelerate improvement at the school, with oversight and challenge provided by a Challenge Panel of local experts and stakeholders.

9 Bradford East primary schools are receiving £17,500 each to improve literacy at their school, supported by research and evidence. The 12 schools are:  All Saints Church of England Primary School  Bowling Park Primary School  Fagley Primary School  Grove House Primary School  Holybrook Primary School  Lower Fields Primary School

Page 22  St Clare's Catholic Primary School  St Mary's & St Peter's Catholic Primary School  St Stephen's CofE Primary School

The OA is also working with schools and the local authority to put in place an offer of support for governing bodies. Details will be made available as they become available.

As an Opportunity Area, Bradford’s schools have also been eligible for support through the DfE’s (national) Strategic School Improvement Programme and Teaching, Leadership and Innovation Fund.

 18 schools in Bradford East have benefitted from the Strategic School Improvement fund programmes.  13 schools are/have received support from the Teaching and Leadership Innovation Fund.  7 Bradford East schools are eligible for further support from the Department’s school improvement offer, which includes a total of £56k of additional funding and support from a National Leader of Education.  15 new or aspiring Bradford East Headteachers are receiving coaching, mentoring and masterclass support  20 schools are accessing funded support through the West Yorkshire Maths Hub

In total, 72% of Bradford East’s schools are receiving extra support through the Department’s national programmes and/or Bradford OA.

Priority 2 – Parents and Place: Literacy and Learning

The OA has invested £500K to test community based approaches to reaching disengaged parents in three of Bradford’s most disadvantaged wards, to improve their relationship with school, and their confidence and skills in supporting their children’s learning. We are targeting improvements in pupil attendance and literacy, in particular reading. The three wards are:

 Tong & Bowling (with a focus on Holme Wood)– National Literacy Trust  Keighley Central – National Literacy Trust  Eccleshill and Idle – Ravenscliffe Community Association

Currently Ravenscliffe Community Association are running three sessions per week within the community and one in each of the three schools identified (Our lady and St Brendans, Holybrook Primary, Parkland Primary). The sessions within the schools are based on the school curriculum or a topic identified by the schools. The community-based sessions replicate the school based activities. There is a session that is arts and craft-based activities, where the families are working together to develop props for the end of project celebration event and a session focusing on drama, also in preparation for the event, which will be held 27th March 2020. RCA have plans to carryout half term activity in the February

Page 23 break and this will involve the organisation ‘Explore Learning’ who will come in to deliver English Language based activities. Alongside this they will be evaluating the project in line with the Centre of Applied Educational Research and carrying out consultation with project participants and the schools to look at an exit strategy for the programme.

We are also aiming to increase by a quarter (c 40 schools) the number of primary schools adopting EEF best practice guidance on parental engagement, by summer 2020. This is expected to build on the practice identified by the survey of all primary and nursery schools, which considers the effectiveness of their parental engagement activity. Support will be led by Exceed Academies Trust (as the contracted provider). The offer will be designed with schools from September 2019.

Priority 3 – Improving access to rewarding careers

Essential Life Skills delivery in Bradford Opportunity Area As the largest Opportunity Area, Bradford received £5.5m from DfE to develop Essential Life Skills (ELS) including resilience, team work and self-control for Bradford children. Every Bradford school (207 schools) received ELS funding, equating to £4.6million. Funding was weighted towards schools with the largest number of disadvantaged pupils).  Over £1.2 million in school commissioned activity has been delivered in Bradford East. Furthermore, a guide to best practice in supporting pupils to develop Essential Skills has been produced by the Research School. The Research School and the Industrial Centres of Excellence (ICE) team are developing a CPD programme for teachers around implementation of this best practice. Careers and Enterprise Company (CEC) support Every secondary school and post-16 provider in Bradford is receiving support and resources through the Careers and Enterprise Company, including the option to buy-in tailored support from the CEC ‘rate card’ providers, to improve Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance, and employer engagement. These rate card providers and CEC are working with Bradford’s ‘ICE’, to align work with employers and maximise the impact of the offer to schools. Primary Careers The OA is investing in networking events for primary school leaders and employers and an “aspiration fund” to support employer contacts and primary careers education in the most disadvantaged wards. The latter includes access to consultancy support for embedding employer contacts in curricula, through the organisation ‘Education and Employers’.  All primary schools in Bradford East are eligible to attend the networking events.  All primary schools in Bolton and Undercliffe, Bowling and Barkerend, Bradford Moor, Eccleshill and Little Horton wards are eligible for the “aspiration fund”. Quality in Careers Standard funding and Careers Leader training

Page 24 All secondary schools in Bradford are eligible for funding to cover the cost of taking the Quality in Careers Standard, along with a fully funded training place for their Careers Leader through the Careers and Enterprise Company. These measures will support schools to meet the Gatsby Benchmarks – the government backed standards of quality careers education.  To date, 2 schools in Bradford East have applied for and been awarded Quality in Careers Standard funding. These are Bradford Academy and Oastlers School. Youth Grants Grants of up to £1000 (total budget c£100k) have been awarded to young people to run projects to improve essential life skills and social mobility in Bradford. Applications were assessed by panels of young people in each of the constituencies in the Opportunity Area. This is ELS funded activity so cannot run beyond summer 2019.  £20,000 worth of grants were ring fenced for young people in Bradford East. In addition, under our Youth Empowerment programme, being delivered by Citizens UK and the Youth Service, a panel of young people in each constituency will be supported to identify their priorities to improve social mobility in their communities. They will then be helped to realise these priorities through engagement with key decision makers in Bradford and a £10,000 budget in each constituency.

Priority 4 – Using evidence and research to remove barriers to learning

The OA has invested to create a Centre of Applied Educational Research (CAER) in Bradford. Research by the 'Born in Bradford' longitudinal study, which tracks the experiences and outcomes of over 13,500 school pupils in Bradford, has identified a range of physical and cognitive issues that are limiting pupils' learning. The Centre for Applied Education Research (CAER) has been created to help schools and health services better understand and tackle these developmental issues. CAER's Opportunity Area-funded trials are currently running in over 130 Bradford schools, working with teachers and health workers to test practical tools and guidance aimed at improving early interventions. One two-stage trial responds to research showing that a child's early years foundation stage (EYFS) profile could act as an early indicator for Autism. The trial, run in 10 schools, involved teacher-led, in-school screening of 600 pupils to identify 'at risk' pupils faster and more accurately. It has identified 35 children who would benefit from formal assessment. Each school has been visited by a multi-agency team including CAMHS and educational psychology services to help make these formal assessments quickly and share information instantly with clinicians and parents. A second CAER led trial, 'Glasses in Classes', is funded by a £750,000 EEF grant and is running across 100 Bradford schools. It is testing the impact on children's literacy of providing pupils with two pairs of glasses; one for home, and one to be kept in the classroom. This follows evidence from Born in Bradford showing a correlation between

Page 25 untreated eye problems and underperformance in reading, and data showing that around a quarter of the 9,500 children in Bradford with eyesight problems do not visit their optician. For more information on CAER see http://caerbradford.org/

Improving our understanding of social mobility As you will be aware, the House of Commons Library holds constituency level versions of the Social Mobility Index 2016 (See appendix 3). In a district as large and diverse as Bradford, a constituency level view can be more helpful in identifying specific social mobility concerns, as well as a useful comparison to performance in other constituencies. The index may also be helpful in engaging and mobilising people and partners to take action on key issues. However, the data within the Index is now several years old and, in our view, could be improved further by including indicators on additional themes known to impact on or boost social mobility. The Opportunity Area team is developing an updated constituency level social mobility dashboard, which will include additional indicators covering health and crime. We will also ensure that all data used is and will be accessible locally, so that the dashboard can be kept up to date. If the Committee is keen, we would like to bring this new dashboard back to you for discussion at a later meeting.

Page 26 Appendix 2: Bradford Opportunity Area Board Membership  Anne-Marie Canning, Independent Chair of Bradford Opportunity Area and Director of Social Mobility and Student Success, King’s College London

 Duncan Jacques CBE, CEO of Exceed Academies Trust  Daniel Copley, Executive Headteacher at St Cuthbert & The First Martyrs’ Catholic Primary School and St Francis Catholic Primary School.  Janice Stephenson, former Headteacher, Newby Primary School  Christian Bunting, Director, Bradford Birth to 19 Teaching School Alliance  Corinne Templeman, Regional Lead, North East, Careers and Enterprise Company  Prof Shirley Congdon, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), University of Bradford  Kersten England, Chief Executive of Bradford Council  Will Richardson, Senior Partner, Price Waterhouse Cooper (PwC)  Sir Nick Weller, CEO and Executive Principal of Dixons Academies Trust, including Bradford’s Research School  Cllr Imran Khan, Deputy Leader and Portfolio Holder for Education, Bradford Council  Prof Mark Mon-Williams, Professor of Cognitive Psychology and Professor of Psychology, Bradford Institute of Health Research  Vicky Beer, Regional Schools Commissioner for Lancashire and West Yorkshire

The meetings are also attended by the DfE head of delivery and area lead, who advise and support the partnership board.

Page 27 Appendix 3: Bradford East Social Mobility Index

In the Average Range of all Life stage Variable area Rank (mean) indicator values Variable description Early years stage ranking is 97 of 533 constituencies % of non- domestic childcare providers rated Nursery quality 94% 189 93% (72% - 100%) Early 'outstanding' or 'good' by Ofsted Years % of children eligible for FSM achieving a 'good level of Early years attainment 57% 109 53% (37% - 71%) development' at the end of Early Years Foundation Stage

School stage ranking is 449 of 533 constituencies % of children eligible for FSM attending a primary school Primary school quality 83% (45% - 100%) 70% 463 rated 'outstanding' or 'good' by Ofsted % of children eligible for FSM achieving at least the School Primary school attainment 35% 367 39% (18% - 62%) expected level in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2 % of children eligible for FSM attending a secondary Secondary school quality 72% (0% - 100%) 54% 415 school rated 'outstanding' or 'good' Average attainment 8 score for pupils eligible for children Secondary school attainment 39 (27 - 54) 39 244 eligible for FSM Youth stage ranking is 216 of 533 constituencies % of young people eligible for FSM that are in Positive destination after KS4 87% 337 88% (76% - 95%) education, employment or training (positive destination) after completing KS4 Youth Average A-level or equivalent Average points score per entry for young people eligible 26 (3 - 43) for FSM at age 15 taking A-level or equivalent points score 28 189 qualifications % of young people eligible for FSM at age 15 achieving A-levels or equivalent by age 19 36% 158 34% (19% - 65%) 2 or more A-levels or equivalent qualifications by the age of 19 Adulthood stage ranking is 343 of 533 constituencies Median weekly salary of employees who live in the local Average earnings £443 (£312 - £750) £376 466 area (Full-time and part-time)

Average house prices compared to median annualised Housing affordability 4 25 8 (3 - 31) Adult- weekly salary of employees who live in the local area hood Managerial and professional % of people in the local area who are in managerial / 22% 462 30% (14% - 54%) jobs professional occupations (SOC1 &2) % of jobs that are paid less than the applicable Living Living wage 25% (9% - 47%) 25% 248 Wage Foundation living wage % of families with dependent children who are owener Home ownership 65% (17% - 87%) 62% 369 occupiers (incl. shared & full owenership)

Page 28 Agenda Item 7/

Report of the Strategic Director of Place to the meeting of the Bradford East Area Committee to be held on 19th February 2020

X Subject:

Housing Standards

Summary statement:

This report provides members with an overview of the work of the Housing Standards and Empty Homes and Loans teams undertaken in the Bradford East Area.

Steve Hartley Portfolio: Strategic Director of Place Regeneration, Housing, Planning and Transport

Report Contact: Julie Rhodes, Head of Overview & Scrutiny Area: Housing Operations Phone: (01274) 431163 Regeneration and Environment E-mail: [email protected]

Page 29 1. SUMMARY

This report provides members with an overview of the work of the Housing Standards and Empty Homes and Loans teams undertaken in the Bradford East Area.

2. BACKGROUND

2.1 Members have been clear that the provision of quality and affordable housing is a key strategic priority and recognise the importance of a good quality private rented sector in the Council’s “A place to call home, a place to thrive, Housing Strategy for the Bradford District 2020-2030”.

2.2 The Housing Operations teams deliver a number of statutory functions to address housing conditions across the district. This report provides an update for members on housing conditions in the Bradford East area and the work of the Housing Standards and Empty Homes and Loans teams to address these.

2.3 The Housing Standards Teams (HST) based within the Economy and Development service deliver a statutory service responsible for inspecting property in order to ensure compliance with various housing and other legislation. The service is largely reactive and particularly focuses on conditions in the private rented sector, although it does perform a number of statutory functions relating to statutory nuisance and filthy and verminous premises across all tenures.

One of the HST teams is also responsible for the inspection of Houses In Multiple Occupation (HMOs) and the administration and enforcement of the mandatory licensing scheme for Houses in Multiple Occupation.

2.4 In 2018/19 the service received 648 service requests relating to housing standards in the Bradford East area, the majority of which were from the private rented sector. This is a 20% increase on the number received in 2017/18, which is higher than the increase across the whole District, which was 15%. Appendix 1 provides a breakdown of those service requests received in 2018/19 by ward.

2.5 The main legislation enforced by the team is the Housing Act 2004. This legislation came into force in April 2006 and uses the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) as the prescribed method of assessing a house’s condition. Under the HHSRS officers are required to ensure that each property is assessed against 29 separate hazards. Using the assessment tool hazards are categorised as either Category 1 or Category 2 hazards. Details of the 29 hazards assessed using HHSRS are provided in Appendix 2.

2.6 Under the Housing Act 2004 the Council must keep the housing conditions in their area under review and has a duty to remove Category 1 hazards where they exist.

2.7 The HHSRS is based on risk assessment and is not prescriptive. All 29 hazards in each property must be individually risk assessed, thus the outcome of the assessment between properties will vary.

2.8 Some property types pose a higher risk than others; For example in back to back

Page 30 properties which are common in the District (approximately 10,500) there is a higher risk of serious injury should a fire occur as there is only one way out of the house and this can be through a high risk room, such as a kitchen or living room. Also the high proportion of pre – 1919 housing in Bradford’s housing stock means that the hazard of falls on stairs due to the steepness of stairs in these properties is often identified.

2.9 In 2018/19 the most frequently scored hazards in Bradford East were Fire, Electrical Hazards and Damp and Mould. This is broadly in line with the frequency of hazards across the District, except that the proportion of Electrical Hazards is higher and Excess Cold (which is one of the top three hazards District wide) is lower.

2.10 The service works with landlords to ensure compliance with legislation. Wherever possible this is through education and encouragement but the service does use enforcement powers, in line with the Council’s Enforcement Policy, where necessary.

2.11 During 2018/19 for properties in Bradford East:

• The HST served 302 notices requiring works to be undertaken • Housing conditions were improved in 317 properties • Housing conditions were improved in 131 properties where children aged 0 -18 years were • 2 prosecutions were taken for non compliance

2.12 The Housing Standards Team is also responsible for the enforcement of standards in Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs), such as bedsits and shared houses. These are statistically proven to pose a higher risk of fire than singly occupied houses and therefore require a higher standard in terms of fire safety. Measures included higher specification for fire alarm systems and fire doors and fire stopping measures.

2.13 Since April 2006 certain high risk categories of HMO have been required to obtain a licence in order to operate. This is known as mandatory licensing. The main reason that these properties are deemed to be high risk relates to risks associated with fire due to their size and mode of occupation i.e. sharing of amenities and sanitary facilities. The Housing Standards Team is responsible for administering the mandatory licensing scheme. The Council has a Zero tolerance approach towards owners who operate licensable properties without a licence. There are currently 263 licensed HMOs in the Bradford district.

The Licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation (Prescribed Description) (England) Order 2018 had the effect of extending the scope of Section 55(2)(a) of the Housing Act 2004 from October 1st 2018.

The Order does not alter the occupation requirement (for mandatory licensing to apply the property must still be occupied by 5 or more occupants, the occupants to comprise two or more households) but this is now regardless of the number of storeys.

Page 31 One of the most significant impacts of this is the inclusion of self- contained flats in multiple occupation that are not purpose built.

In anticipation of the extension of the mandatory scheme, the Housing service implemented a marketing and communications campaign to raise awareness amongst landlords and tenants. This included:

• Advisory letters sent to all landlords listed in departmental records who may own or manage HMOs • A series of updates using the Council’s “Stay Connected” bulletins • Promoting the changes using social media, the local Press and the Council’s website

The Housing service also carried out a number of physical surveys to identify potential properties. This included survey work in the Bradford East area.

2.14 The HST works closely with the Housing Options service and now undertakes housing inspections for the service to ensure compliance with standards as part of the new approach to provide additional housing options in the private rented sector.

During 2018/19 HST carried out inspections of 79 properties in Bradford East in support of the Private Rented Lettings Service which is 20% higher than the number in 2017/18.

2.15 The Housing and Planning Act 2016 introduced a number of amendments to the Housing Act 2004. One of these amendments was to introduce a new section into the Act which establishes the legal basis for imposing civil penalties for specific offences under the Housing Act 2004.

A civil penalty is a financial penalty imposed by a Council on an individual or organisation as an alternative to prosecution. Under the above legislation the Council is able to impose a civil penalty of up to £30,000 per offence for the following offences under the Housing Act 2004:

Section 30 – failure to comply with an improvement notice Section 72 – mandatory licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) Section 95 – licensing under Part 3 of the Housing Act 2004 Section 139 – failure to comply with an overcrowding notice Section 234 – breach of management regulations in respect of HMO

In order to implement these new powers the Council had to first adopt and publicise its policy with regard to the use of civil penalty notices (CPNs) for these offences and also amend the Council’s Private Sector Housing Enforcement Policy.

The Council’s Private Sector Housing Enforcement Policy was updated to include the Council’s policy relating to Civil Penalty Notices and was agreed by Executive in November 2017.

Officers worked with colleagues across West Yorkshire to agree a consistent approach across the sub region with regard to the enforcement approach to Civil Penalty notices for Housing Act offences and level of monetary fine. This is

Page 32 important due to the fact that property owners often operate across local authority boundaries.

2.16 Tackling empty homes in the district contributes towards the issues of housing supply, housing quality and creating neighbourhoods which are clean and where people feel safe.

As the district has over 217,000 properties it is recognised that there are always a number of homes that are empty due to people moving home, ending tenancies, etc. Known as “transactional” empties these properties are generally empty for less than 6 months (however due to the current housing market it is not uncommon for properties to remain empty for up to 12 months whilst being sold). These properties do not generally need any intervention from the Empty Homes and Loans team so resources are focussed on properties that have been empty for more than 6 months (known as long term empties).

2.17 All local authorities provide a return to central government on an annual basis (in October) of data extracted from the Council Tax database. This includes data on empty properties such as the total number of empty properties and the number of long term empty properties. These figures are published by central government and provide the Council’s official position. At October 2019 there were 7,373 empty properties in the district, of these 3,333 had been empty for less than 6 months and 4,040 were considered to be long term empty properties (empty for over 6 months). In 2009 there were 7,302 long term empty properties therefore the current figure shows a reduction of 3,262 long term empty homes since 2009.

2.18 Understandably, data and figures fluctuate from month to month, especially those relating to the housing market and empty properties. The table below shows for the Bradford East area the number of long term empty homes and the length of time that they have been empty (at end December 2019).

Length of Time Empty Total 6 - 12 Months 269 1 - 2 Years 263 2 - 3 Years 77 3 - 5 Years 89 5 - 10 Years 71 Over 10 Years 42 Grand Total 811

2.19 The work of the team is a mixture of this reactive work as well as proactive work generated from the Councils’ own data and surveys of the district. The team are dealing with just over 1,200 cases empty properties at any one time. A breakdown of the type of request for service of investigation relating to properties in the Bradford East area is given below (at end December 2019):

Page 33 Nature of Request / Intervention No. Long Term Empty Property – General Issues / Concerns 72 Request for Empty Property Advice 84 Proactive Empty Property Investigation 119 Defective Gutters at an Empty Property 4 Damp causing a nuisance from an Empty Property 16 Empty Property Loan Enquiry 1 Empty Property Loan or Assistance Case 8 Monitoring a vacated property following enforcement 53 Total 357

2.20 A large proportion of the work and response provided by the team relates to resolving issues through formal enforcement powers such as nuisance from empty properties (i.e. dampness) and securing empty properties against unauthorised access. In addition, Empty Homes Advisors work both reactively and proactively to investigate the circumstances surrounding empty properties and provide advice to owners on their options, products available and organisations that may be able to help.

2.21 The most problematic long term empty properties, considered to be of a higher risk (following a risk assessment by officers), are targeted more intensely by officers for action. There are currently 119 high risk long term empty properties in the district, 45 of which are located in Bradford East. Every one of these properties is being dealt with according to the circumstances and the willingness/activity of the owner/s.

2.22 The reasons why properties are left to become long term empty can be many and varied. Detailed investigations are often necessary to identify legal ownership of properties before any action can be taken. For this reason one of the products developed and used by the team is to offer some owners legal assistance to help them to resolve ownership issues which are preventing them bring the property back into use.

2.23 Officers utilise appropriate products from the full range of options available to them to try to encourage owners to bring their homes back into use but in some cases they have to use the ultimate sanction against uncooperative owners – compulsory purchase. Since 2010, the service has compulsorily purchased 35 properties and voluntarily acquired 39 properties. There are a further 20 cases currently ongoing where the Council is attempting to acquire properties, 12 of which are through compulsory purchase and 8 are through voluntary acquisition. 3 of the properties subject to compulsory purchase and 1 of the properties subject to voluntary acquisition are in the Bradford East Area.

2.24 The Empty Homes and Loans team is often approached by developers who are looking to find empty properties to bring them back into use. Officers will often pass the details of these developers to empty home owners and act as facilitators in negotiations as it may provide an additional means of bringing their property back into use.

Page 34 2.25 The range of products and services the Council and its partners are able to support continues to grow with 12 fact sheets available from the Council. This information provides advice to owners on how the barriers they are facing may be broken down, this is accompanied by face to face advice and signposting on complex issues.

2.26 One of the key products developed by the service is the Empty Property Loan (EPL). This is an equity share loan intended to provide essential funding to enable long term empty property owners to bring their properties back into use. This is one of a very few loan products that are being successfully delivered to empty home owners nationally and has been developed in partnership with Sheffield City Council who administer the loan on behalf of the Council.

2.27 The service has also developed a new product known as Empty Property Assistance (EPA) which is a small grant of up to £5,000 which owners can only access where they have been unable to access loan funding. It is intended to be a last resort and to provide help to empty property owners who have no other means of funding and who have exhausted all other ways to raise finance. It will only suit circumstances where works costing up to £5,000 will bring the property back into use.

2.28 The Empty Homes team also work closely with colleagues in the Council Tax Enforcement Team to coordinate action relating to the Enforced Sale of empty properties where there is debt against the Council. This debt can be Council Tax debt or debt that has been generated as a result of other services having to carry out works at empty properties – where owners will not - in order to remove statutory nuisance, rubbish or to secure them against unauthorised entry.

2.29 There is also collaboration between the team and colleagues in Adult Services where properties are empty due to owners either being elderly and in permanent residential care or in particular where owners have been in residential care and have since passed away and there is a debt owing to the Council for that care. Such cases are obviously very sensitive and the team helps Adult Services in dealing with these.

3. OTHER CONSIDERATIONS

3.1 Homes England (formerly known as the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA)) has advised that applications for funding to create affordable homes through the acquisition and repair of empty homes will be considered. The Council is working with partners to identify opportunities to access this funding.

4. FINANCIAL & RESOURCE APPRAISAL

4.1 The service continues to recycle funding through loans, property acquisition and disposals. The funding supports bringing homes back into use. Other impacts include the reduction of debt to the council through enforced sale and the use of the empty property loan and assistance, as owners can only access these forms of assistance if they have cleared any outstanding council tax debt to the Council first.

4.2 The financial benefit to the Council of bringing empty homes back into use can be

Page 35 measured in a number of ways with one of the most significant being its contribution to the new homes bonus (NHB) awarded by Government.

4.3 The Rating (Property in Common Occupation) and Council Tax (Empty Dwellings) Act 2018 received Royal Assent on 1 November 2018. This Act increases the maximum premium that a Council can choose to apply in the case of long term empty dwellings (over 2 years).

At the Council’s meeting of the Executive Committee on the 4th December 2018 it was agreed that the Council will increase Council Tax premiums, phased in over three years, so that:

• From 1 April 2019 – the maximum charge is up to 100% for properties empty for at least two years

• From 1 April 2020:

 the maximum charge is 100% for properties empty for at least two years but less than five years  the maximum charge is 200% for properties empty for at least five years

• From 1 April 2021:

 the maximum charge is 100% for properties empty for at least two years but less than five years  the maximum charge is 200% for properties empty for at least five years but less than ten years  the maximum charge is 300% for properties empty for at least ten years

These charges (or premiums as they are known) are charged in addition to the usual council tax charge that applies to the property.

5. RISK MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE ISSUES

5.1 No significant risks have been identified.

6. LEGAL APPRAISAL

6.1 Legal Services have provided advice on the format of notices and procedures required to implement new statutory responsibilities.

7. OTHER IMPLICATIONS

7.1 EQUALITY & DIVERSITY

7.1.1 The improvement of housing conditions in the District will have a positive impact on

Page 36 those groups and individuals who suffer multiple disadvantages associated with poor quality and inadequate housing.

7.1.2 The Council is always mindful of its Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) when making the decision to pursue compulsory purchase action and ensures it has had due regard to the three aims of the Equality Duty. That is to:

• Eliminate unlawful discrimination • Advance equality of opportunity between people who share a protected characteristic and those who do not • Foster good relations between people who share a protected characteristic and those who do not

7.1.3 Before taking any action, formulating or applying policy and exercising discretion with regard to compulsory purchase powers and procedures, the Council will always decide the extent to which the aims of the PSED are relevant and whether people with a protected characteristic may be impacted.

7.1.4 The Decisions to pursue compulsory purchase action are taken on a case by case basis and relate to a property and the need to bring it back into use.

7.1.5 However, where a specific case involves a person with a recognised shared characteristic appropriate action will be taken to ensure that the information provided and support given ensures they are not placed at a disadvantage with regard to the process. This could be in relation to an owner with a disability, such as mental health issues, or an elderly person who needs support in understanding the process.

7.2 SUSTAINABILITY IMPLICATIONS

The interventions that the Housing Standards team take to improve the quality of the private rented stock will help to create a more sustainable housing stock for the district.

The Councils work on bringing empty homes back into use supports the objective of making use of existing resources to provide housing wherever possible rather than using new materials to construct new housing. Significant CO2 emissions occur through construction which may be avoided by maximising the existing housing stock. Greenfield sites in particular comprise a valuable resource for biodiversity, recreation and resilience to climate change which further strengthens the case for consolidating existing housing stock and previously developed land.

7.3 GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IMPACTS

Any work done to a domestic property to remove excess cold as a hazard or to improve its energy efficiency is likely to have the effect of reducing the domestic carbon emissions of that property (in addition to reducing the household’s heating bills). This will contribute to meeting the District’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions targets.

7.4 COMMUNITY SAFETY IMPLICATIONS

Page 37 7.4.1 The presence of empty homes within communities impacts significantly on community safety, the fear of crime and the feelings that residents have towards their neighbourhood. As a result, the success of the team, and returning a property into occupation, impacts significantly on whole streets and neighbourhoods.

7.4.2 Empty homes can, in some cases, attract antisocial behaviour, accumulations of refuse and also criminal activity. The team often work with neighbourhood wardens, Neighbourhood Services and the police to highlight and tackle problematic properties, ensuring that action can be taken where possible.

7.4.3 One of the hazards assessed by officers using the Housing Health and Safety Rating system (HHSRS) relates to entry by intruders. Where the hazard of entry by intruders has been identified in a home measures to address that hazard will be included in any action taken.

7.5 HUMAN RIGHTS ACT

7.5.1 A key element of the teams’ work in the enforcement of legislation, and in particular in the compulsory purchase of properties is the consideration of individuals’ human rights, both those of the property owner/s and the residents in the neighbouring properties or community.

7.5.2 All actions taken by the team are in line with the Private Sector Housing Enforcement Policy (reviewed and agreed by the Council’s Executive Committee on the 7th November 2017).

7.6 TRADE UNION

No Trade Union implications have been identified.

7.7 WARD IMPLICATIONS

7.7.1 A large proportion of the work of the teams is reactive. However both teams carry out proactive work to target areas of concern. This is often on a risk assessed basis.

7.7.2 Council Tax empty homes data is analysed to produce lists of empty properties at ward level. For some time, beginning initially in the wards containing the highest number of long term empty properties, Empty Homes Advisors proactively approach properties / owners (where the team is not already involved) to investigate the circumstances and discuss the owners’ intentions, offering help and taking action where possible and appropriate.

7.8 IMPLICATIONS FOR CORPORATE PARENTING

No implications for corporate parenting have been identified.

Page 38 7.9 ISSUES ARISING FROM PRIVACY IMPACT ASSESMENT

The Housing service routinely completes Privacy Impact Assessments in line with legislation where there is a change in policy and/or practice. Any issues identified through those assessments are then addressed.

8. NOT FOR PUBLICATION DOCUMENTS

None.

9. OPTIONS

9.1 Option 1 – that the Committee note the report.

9.2 Option 2 – that the Committee note the report and request a further update on the work of the Housing Operations teams in 12 months.

10. RECOMMENDATIONS

10.1 That the Committee note the report.

11. APPENDICES

11.1 Appendix 1 - Breakdown of service requests received in 2018/19 by ward.

11.2 Appendix 2 - Details of the 29 hazards assessed using HHSRS.

11.3 Appendix 3 – Breakdown of long term empty properties (at end December 2019), by Ward.

12. BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS

None.

Page 39 Appendix 1

Breakdown by ward of housing standards related service requests received in 2018/19

WARD Total BOLTON AND UNDERCLIFFE 86 BOWLING AND BARKEREND 193 BRADFORD MOOR 115 ECCLESHILL 65 IDLE AND THACKLEY 15 LITTLE HORTON 174 Grand Total 648

Page 40 Appendix 2: Hazards Assessed Using the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS)

A PHYSIOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS Hygrothermal Conditions 1 Damp and mould growth 2 Excess cold 3 Excess heat

Pollutants (non-microbial) 4 Asbestos 5 Biocides 6 Carbon Monoxide and fuel combustion products 7 Lead 8 Radiation 9 Uncombusted fuel gas 10 Volatile Organic Compounds

B PSYCHOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS Space, Security, Light and Noise 11 Crowding and space 12 Entry by intruders 13 Lighting 14 Noise

C PROTECTION AGAINST INFECTION Hygiene, Sanitation and Water Supply 15 Domestic hygiene, Pests and Refuse 16 Food safety 17 Personal hygiene, Sanitation and Drainage 18 Water supply

D PROTECTION AGAINST ACCIDENTS Falls 19 Falls associated with baths etc 20 Falling on level surfaces etc 21 Falling on stairs etc 22 Falling between levels

Electric Shocks, Fires, Burns and Scalds 23 Electrical hazards 24 Fire 25 Flames, hot surfaces etc

Collisions, Cuts and Strains 26 Collision and entrapment 27 Explosions 28 Position and operability of amenities etc 29 Structural collapse and falling elements

Page 41 Appendix 3: Total Number of Long Term (6 months or more) Empty Properties (Bradford East) by Ward (at End December 2019)

WARD No. Long Term Empty Properties Bolton And Undercliffe 117 Bowling And Barkerend 218 Bradford Moor 175 Eccleshill 79 Idle And Thackley 84 Little Horton 138 Total 811

Page 42 Agenda Item 8/

Report of the Strategic Director, Place to the meeting of the Bradford East Area Committee to be held on 19 February 2020

Y Subject:

Community Action Bradford and District

Summary statement:

This report will provide the Bradford East Area Committee with an overview of work undertaken across the area. The Area Committee will be requested to provide feedback.

Steve Hartley Portfolio: Strategic Director - Place Neighbourhoods and Community Safety

Report Contact: Paul Stephens Overview & Scrutiny Area: Phone: 01535 612500 E-mail: [email protected] Corporate

Page 43 1. SUMMARY

1.1 This report will provide the Bradford East Area Committee with an overview of work undertaken across the area. The Area Committee will be requested to provide feedback.

1.2 Community Action leads and manages this grant. It covers 5 strands  VCS Information  VCS Voice and Influence  VCS Engagement, Support and Development  Volunteering  Active Giving Community Action delivers strands 1 and 3 (strand 3 with WYCAS and Locality), with the other strands delivered by a range of partners: CNet, CoEMO, Equity Partnership and Equality Together (strand 2); Volunteering Keighley (strand 4) and Volunteering Bradford (strands 4 and 5). This report highlights the outcomes that we have achieved as reported in our regular quarterly monitoring. Information for Strand 3 can be shown as what we have achieved at constituency level (due to how the information is recorded), but other strands this is not possible and we provide outcomes at a district level to show how the grant is spent.

2. BACKGROUND

2.1 Strand 1: VCS Information – this area of our work provides reliable and accessible information to groups and other interested stakeholders in the most effective way possible. This includes:  Supporting the DIVA Bradford database, making core contact details available to other relevant partners, including Bradford Council.  Maintaining the bfunded website which provides important information on funding available to groups  Maximising self-serve for groups through social media, website and Briefing Bradford During the first quarter of 2018/19 the information team spent time talking about pooling newsletters to send to the sector. Briefing Bradford (BB) and Hotpicks were successfully launched. These are both fortnightly publications; BB is a full newsletter covering all aspects of this grant and Hot Picks appears in the intermediate weeks highlighting any urgent items or reminders. From the start the click through rate was excellent. Circulation continued to go up with each publication and at present we reach in excess of 1640 readers per edition. Community Action continues to run the bfunded funding information service for the district reaching hundreds of organisations every year. The bfunded annual summary 2018/19 can be found on www.bfunded.org.uk

Page 44 In summary we provided:  154 news items researched/ distributed. 38 funding events promoted.  The email community funding news email list remained stable at 680.  143 additional people followed bfunded on Twitter (from 978 to 1,121 followers in 12 months). The Information team has received further funding to update DIVA. Although the DIVA update project was due to finish by the end of March 2019, it has been extended by 6 months. Appendix 1 shows the statistics relating to the information presented in this report, as well as other outcomes achieved such as the promotion of the People Can brand and development of the Community Action website. 2.2 Strand 2: VCS Voice and Influence – this involves representation for local voluntary organisations and community groups, developing relationships between the public sector and the VCS, engaging with diverse organisations and groups and developing opportunities with Public and private bodies. This includes:  Supporting the Assembly and Forum structure  Supporting equalities work, an important element of the Assembly and Forum structure. Appendix 2 shows the number of people attending the Assembly Forum meetings:  Community Economic Forum  Equalities Forum  Health & Wellbeing Forum  Safer Communities Forum  Young Lives Bradford Forum As well as the regular forum meetings, the Assembly Steering Group meets quarterly, a meeting of the Chairs of the Forums and other voluntary sector partners. The new Assembly Chair is Kim Shutler-Jones, CEO of the Cellar Trust, was appointed as Assembly Chair in Autumn 2018. Kim says that she is keen to develop leadership in the VCS and to strengthen voice and influence in key decision making.

Other meetings highlighted in Appendix 2 include the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) engagement. The Assembly understands that the most effective communication of Voice depends on being able to ensure that the forums reflect as far as possible the full range of the communities who live in Bradford District. Holding a ‘Your City, Your Voice’ event was felt to be the most useful first step. The event was designed and organised to bring together both current assembly members and people from relevant grassroots community groups.

The stated purpose of the event was to identify actions to increase the number and range of voices from BAME communities on the Bradford District Assembly and its Forums so that the Assembly is able become an even greater influence for positive change.

In March 2019 the Bradford District Assembly Conference, “Shaping the Future”

Page 45 took place at Bradford City Football Ground. This was a joint event, uniting the VCS, Local Authority, Bradford District Care Trust and other NHS colleagues. Over 200 delegates from a diverse range of groups, sectors and organisations came together to share information and discuss key issues.

The event featured an information marketplace, with a number of VCS organisations and Community Partnership representatives displaying information about the work they carry out. This enabled smaller specialist groups, in particular those supporting communities of interest, to promote their work and raise the profile of their community. It also provided an opportunity for partners to be involved in the Infrastructure Review, focusing on what the VCS needs from infrastructure, and how it can be delivered. 2.3 Strand 3: VCS Engagement, Support and Development – this supports general advice related to funding, governance, marketing, dissemination and gathering of information, good practice, evaluation and tendering. This includes:  Provision of training to include the development of skills, effective use of resources and community accountancy  Strong generalist offer of support to groups – particularly new and emerging groups  A named Voluntary Organisation Support Officer (VOSO) within each constituency area who can provide support to groups As the grant only offers a limited number of hours per group, we charge for services for both more specialist areas of support (eg charity commission online registrations) and for larger established groups (eg Away Day facilitation, bespoke training). Any charges are re-invested into the organisation so that smaller and start-up groups can still receive support free of charge Over the past year our Training Team has worked with Voluntary Action Leeds (VAL), developing a joint training plan, which was launched in September 2018. The purpose of this joint approach is because across the UK training provision for the VCS is disappearing as more organisations struggle to balance their books. Both Community Action and VAL were seeing a reduction in attendance so sharing our programmes and jointly running courses where possible has meant both districts are able to continue to offer this service. The number of courses run fluctuated throughout the year but improved with the joint programme with VAL. In 2019/20 we will look to introduce a greater range of personal development courses alongside our organisational development programmes. Funding from other sources: The grant from the council enables us to draw down funding from other areas to supplement our Training Programme. In the past year, due to financial pressures at Bradford College Adult and Community Learning funding (ACL) came to an end. However, Community Action delivered a full programme of training to VCS to help them manage their records on DIVA (supporting the group to advertise and self-promote) funded by Bradford City and District Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG). We were also commissioned by the CCGs to deliver bespoke training to Patient Participation Groups (PPG), which we delivered from September 2018 to March 2019. Because the training was well received we have been commissioned to deliver further sessions through to 2021. We also delivered free Cyber Security Training, funded through a NAVCA grant.

Page 46 VOSOs continued to support groups across Bradford & District. Appendix 3 provides more detailed information relating to the Bradford East constituency. However, VOSOs also supported groups through:  Big Advice Day in May 2018  Day Opportunity Grant support  Community Network Events in each constituency VOSOs continue to support the Transformation Programme, devised by Bradford Council in partnership with the voluntary sector in Bradford. Partners in the programme are Bradford Council, Arise Yorkshire, Participate, Community Action and CNet. The programme is developed from the Community Building Grants process that took place during 2016/17. The premise is that there are a number of community buildings and other hub organisation in the voluntary sector across the Bradford District that have a sustainable future but need an injection of advice, expertise or finance to help them increase their sustainability. The rationale is to be strategic in identifying groups that could benefit from a transformative input rather than an open grant process to subsidise the groups’ ongoing activity. For example, a group could register as a charity where it has not previously done so and consequently receive mandatory 80% rate relief.

The Voluntary Organisation Support Officers are visiting identified groups and assessing them with a health check to identify the kind of inputs the group could benefit from. This is similar to the way in which the Community Building Grants operated. These assessments are then taken to a panel meeting every two months where the panel decide what action and support can be offered to the group. Support can be offered through the Voluntary Organisation Support Officer team and other voluntary sector support agencies. The funding put forward by the council has recently been matched by Power to Change and the Community Fund (aka Big Lottery Fund) is also interested in the outcomes with a view to matching this in the future. The Community Led Local Development CLLD programme started in mid July 2018. It covers the wards of Manningham, City and Great Horton. Community Action has been asked to use VOSO support as match funding. We mention this here because it has had an effect on the amount of work we can do in other areas outside of the wards in this project. 2.4 Strand 4: Volunteering – focuses on encouragement and promotion of volunteering, recruitment and co-ordination Volunteering Bradford and the Keighley Volunteer Centre provides support to groups in relation to volunteering.

Volunteers Week in June 2018 went very well, with events including a volunteer festival at City Park. 25 charities attended along with the BBC, The Pulse and BCB radio. During the first quarter there was also an older people volunteering conference with Positive Minds at Kala Sangam. To celebrate Volunteer’s Week

Keighley & District Volunteer Centre held a Fun Day event. Community Stars Awards 2018 was even bigger than the previous year and moved to a new venue. There were 109 nominations and a record of number of votes cast,

Page 47 totalling over 16,000 – mostly through online voting. Students from Bradford University filmed the nominees and awards ceremony.

Over the year 124 community groups got good practice support on volunteering and 12 groups successfully completed the People Can Volunteering Kitemark and received their certificates. During 2018 to 2019 there were 370 new volunteer opportunities in Bradford & District. 3066 volunteers were assisted online and 368 volunteers interviewed. 97 new groups registered on do-it and 124 VCS groups got good practice support regarding volunteer involvement issues. Appendix 4 gives more statistical information relating to volunteering in Bradford and district. 2.5 Strand 5: Active Giving – includes support for Bradford District Community Fund, Local giving and Corporate giving. This includes:  building a stronger relationship between local business and voluntary and community organisations to develop a new resource for the sector  building a stronger relationship between local business and voluntary and community organisations to develop a new resource for the sector  Supported the Bradford BID launch & linked to People Can Campaign.  Act as a conduit for local business to engage with VCS groups, arranging team challenge days and brokering pro-bono support  Employee volunteers from DriverHire worked with Dominica Association to decorate the space.  30 volunteers from Drive Devilbis invested over £5000 in time and resources to do a decorating and garden project at Windhill Community Centre

3. OTHER CONSIDERATIONS

3.1 There are no other items for consideration

4. FINANCIAL & RESOURCE APPRAISAL

4. The programme of works outlined in this report are part funded from Bradford Council and other funding bodies. The organisation’s supports a VCS with funding advice, guidance and submission. It addition, the work of the organisation supports developing the knowledge, skills and capacity of VCS organisations reach, voice and influence.

5. RISK MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE ISSUES

There are no direct risk management and governance issues. The work of the organisation overall contributes to the healthier governance arrangements of the VCS.

Page 48 6. LEGAL APPRAISAL

There are no direct legal appraisal issues arising from this report.

7. OTHER IMPLICATIONS

7.1 EQUALITY & DIVERSITY

Community Action Bradford & District was formed in 2017 as the merger of BCVS, KIVCA and SBVS, to support and develop the voluntary and community sector. We have a long history pre-merger and we retain values rooted in our experience of the sector and our communities. Our values have always been listening to our communities in order to empower them, we will continue as Community Action to do this; by building on these firm foundations, but with a mind to the future, we will ensure the sector remains sustainable.

7.2 SUSTAINABILITY IMPLICATIONS

Community Action supports, enables, develops, represents and informs the community in a wide variety of ways. We offer operational support in setting up and sustaining a voluntary or community group; we manage bfunded to offer support in finding and applying for funding; we manage DIVA Bradford to advertise job vacancies, events and room hire for your organisation; we offer a range of training opportunities for your organisation, staff and volunteers.

7.3 GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IMPACTS

There are no direct Greenhouse Gas Emission impacts arising from this report.

7.4 COMMUNITY SAFETY IMPLICATIONS

Community Action supports a range of VCS organisations and projects which support improving engagement, social mixing and neighbourhood based priorities to meet local needs including reducing community safety issues.

7.5 HUMAN RIGHTS ACT

There are no Human Rights issues arising from this report.

7.6 TRADE UNION

There are no trade union implications.

7.7 WARD IMPLICATIONS

Community Action work across the Bradford district covering all Wards.

7.8 AREA COMMITTEE ACTION PLAN IMPLICATIONS

Page 49 Community Action programme activities contribute to the priorities within the Area Committee's Action Plan and will impact priorities across all themes.

7.9 IMPLICATIONS FOR CORPORATE PARENTING

There are no implications for corporate parenting.

7.10 ISSUES ARISING FROM PRIVACY IMPACT ASSESMENT

There are no issues arising from privacy and impact assessment.

8. NOT FOR PUBLICATION DOCUMENTS

There are no not for publication documents.

9. OPTIONS

9.1 That the Bradford East Area Committee adopts the recommendations outlined in this report.

9.2 That the Bradford East Area Committee adopts the recommendations outlined in this report, with amendments.

9.3 That the Bradford East Area Committee decides not to accept the recommendations outlined in this report.

10. RECOMMENDATIONS

10.1 That the information in this report be noted and welcomed.

11. APPENDICES

11.1 Digital Monitoring Report 11.2 Forum Meeting Attendance 11.3 Groups supported within the Bradford East Area constituency 11.4 Volunteering in Bradford and District

12. BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS

There are no background documents.

Page 50 Appendix 1 – Digital Monitoring Report

Community Action managed the mylocalcommunity.org.uk website until Jan 19, the Community Action website from Jan 19, the DIVA website and the bfunded.org.uk website. The usage rates of these websites can be seen below.

bfunded – from April 18 to March 19  Users – 13145  New (unique) users – 10180  Sessions – 14127  Average Session Duration – 00:01:92  Page Views – 89269  Bounce Rate – 54.614

Mylocalcommunity – from April 18 to Jan 19  Views – 26092

Cabad.org.uk – from Jan 19 to March 19  Users – 1,719  New (unique) users – 1,719  Sessions – 2,821  Average Session Duration – 00:02:43  Page Views – 8,696  Bounce Rate – 39.49%

Divabradford.org.uk – from Jan 19 when analytics were installed  Users – 4,466  New (unique) users – 4,457  Sessions – 8,423  Average Session Duration – 00:02:34  Page Views – 22,625  Bounce Rate – 49.50%

Community Action also manage a number of social media accounts to enable us to communicate relevant information and messages to the sector in the most accessible way – these are, a centralised Community Action Twitter; a DIVA directory Twitter and

Page 51 Facebook; a Briefing Bradford Twitter; and a bfunded Twitter, as well as supporting with the People Can Twitter and Facebook accounts.

Community Action Twitter - @weareCABAD. Account created 07/06/18 so stats cover this date to 31/03/19. This account has begun to build a following in VCS organisations, individuals and groups. The channel shares news, information and resources across the Bradford District but also anything national that comes to light and is relevant.

Community Action

Posts in days Followers 289 in 457 298

Impressions Engagement 13456 3624 2

DIVA Twitter & Facebook (combined statistics) - @DIVABradford & DIVA Bradford. From 01/04/18 to 31/03/19. The posts mostly relate to VCS jobs in the district as these get the higher engagement but will include prompts to update data as needed.

DIVA Twitter & Facebook Posts in days Followers 153 in 4,448 365

Impressions Engagement 1965 11415 4

Page 52 bfunded Twitter - @bfunded. From 01/04/18 to 31/03/19.. These posts relate to available funding in the district for VCS groups and organisations, which can be from local or national sources

bfunded Twitter

Posts in days Followers 193 in 1121 365

Engagement Impressions 968 65475

Briefing Bradford Twitter - @bfdnews. From 01/04/18 to 31/03/19. This is the Twitter account linked with the previous publication that was Briefing Bradford. It encapsulates news, information and resources relating to the VCS in Bradford but also has a public interest angle in Bradford.

Briefing Bradford Twitter Posts in days Followers 287 in 3046 635

Impressions Engagement 921 6465 0

Page 53 People Can Twitter & Facebook - @PeopleCanBD & People Can. From 01/04/18 to 31/03/19. This is a Bradford Council project to encourage volunteering, neighbourliness, community action and resource/skill sharing. The posts relate to internal projects, community projects and user- generated content related to these topics.

People Can Twitter & Facebook Posts in days Followers 928 in 2,659 365

Engagement Impressions 1285 31539 0 2

Page 54 Appendix 2 – Forum Meeting Attendance

Forum Numbers Attending Apr - June July - Sept Oct - Dec Jan - March Assembly Steering Group 17 20 10 25 Equalities 11 32 39 15 Health and Wellbeing 37 30 28 29 Mental Health Providers Forum 17 - - CEF 14 12 21 Safer Forum 5 27 54 42 Women’s Health Network 31 30 33 19 Anti-Poverty and Universal Credit 70 - - Summit Maternity Voices Partnership 22 18 International Women’s Day 112 BAME task group 19 36 5 6 BDA Conference 217 Total 221 187 212 483

Page 55 Appendix 3 – Support activities for voluntary and community groups in the Bradford East constituency.

Community Action helps voluntary and community groups to start up, grow and develop. As the needs of groups change over time, we also help groups change, reduce activities or close when needed. The voluntary organisation support officer role involves helping groups with good governance and explaining how to raise funding including, but not limited to, applying for grants. Typical enquiries also include questions about employment/ volunteer issues, financial management, marketing and business planning.

There are four voluntary organisation support officers working district-wide with staff working together as a team. In Bradford East constituency, Clive Whitaker and Lincoln Oakley, based at Perkin House in Bradford city centre provide help through one-to-one support (phone, email, and outreach), events and network meetings to staff, volunteers and management committee members. Groups are referred to other support and training where appropriate.

Organisations supported in Bradford East Constituency 2018/19

Groups supported Number

Bolton and Undercliffe 6

Bowling and Barkerend 9

Bradford Moor 3

Eccleshill 8

Idle and Thackley 4

Little Horton 11

TOTAL groups that work in the Bradford East area 41

Groups that work district-wide 39

TOTAL groups supported by whole team across 303 Bradford district.

Page 56 Bolton and Undercliffe

Organisation/ project or individual Support provided

Communityworks Funding

Friends of St James Community Starting from scratch training, small grants Hall training, legal structures, funding advice

Green Allotment Group Funding advice

St James Pantomime Players Funding advice

St James’s Wednesday Club Feasibility study, formation and legal advice, funding

Undercliffe Cemetery Charity Funding

Bowling and Barkerend

Organisation/ project or individual Support provided

Anah Project Funding

Better Start Bradford Network event, help with commissioning project

Bradford Sea Cadets Funding and networking

E:merge (UK) Funding

Hindu Cultural Society of Bradford Funding

Karmand Community Centre Governance, charity registration

Nutrition Advice Fitness Self-care Funding

Primetime Bradford Funding

Youth Community Impact Centre Legal structure

Page 57 Bradford Moor

Organisation/ project or individual Support provided

Punjabi Roots Academy Legal structure, community events

Thornbury Centre State Aid advice, training options for St Mary’s Group

United Sikh Association for the Data and information, GDPR policy Elderly

Eccleshill

Organisation/ project or individual Support provided

Eccleshill Bowling Club Funding

Fagley Community Association Funding

Food for Life @ Bradford Network meeting

Ravenscliffe Community Network event, supporting and constituting Association and the Gateway new groups Centre

SNOOP (Special Needs Objective Funding Outreach Project)

Sorted Church Funding

The Big Swing Network meeting, funding

The Springfield Centre Transformation programme assessment

Idle and Thackley

Organisation/ project or individual Support provided

Greengates and Apperley Bridge Constitution Community Volunteers

Healthcare 4 All Policy update

Idle Music Company Legal structure, funding

Inspired Neighbourhoods CIC Funding

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Organisation/ project or individual Support provided

All Saints Landmark Centre Funding

Bradford East African Community Funding and raising profile of the group

Bradford People First Trustee training

Canterbury Youth Centre Governance

Light of the World Community Funding Centre

MAPA Bradford Funding

Parkside Community Centre Community asset transfer

The Ripley Project New legal structure, charity status, building advice, funding

West Bowling Community Advice Funding and Training Centre

West Bowling Youth Initiative Funding

West End Centre Funding, CLLD

Organisations supported district wide

As well as supporting groups within each ward, as a team we also support groups that work across the district. These groups are listed below.

Organisation/ project or individual Support provided

16-2-25 advice advocacy action Funding

Abigail Housing Funding

Anah Project Funding and business plan

BAME Voices Yorkshire Enquiry about becoming a charity. Policy framework.

BEACON (Bradford Ecumenical Governance Asylum Concern)

Black Health Forum Funding advice. Networking meeting/ support.

Page 59 Bradford Befriending Network Facilitated in-house training on outcomes/ writing a case study

Bradford Community Broadcasting Funding and governance. Setting up a (BCB) charity.

Bradford District Credit Union Big Advice Day : one-to-one advice

Bradford Model Engineering Society Networking meeting

Bradford Refugee Forum Staffing

Bradford Women’s Aid Governance

Bradford Youth Development Transformation programme assessment. Partnership (BYDP) Advice re website/ social media. Governance and funding

BSHHANDS Setting up social activities for Deaf people

Centre Resolution Conflicts (CRC) Setting up as a charity

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Advice re DBS checks. Supporting Council (CBMDC) community buildings grant advisory groups. Sustain and survive workshop. Training in legal identity and charity.

Contact the Elderly Introduction to the Bradford voluntary sector

Cycle re Cycle Governance

Drugs project in Bradford Setting up community group and governance

Equality Together Transformation programme assessment

Global Promise Charity registration

Groundwork Funding

Grow Bradford Business plan and social accounting

Hands on Drugs Support Setting up a new project

Hope Housing Big Advice Day: one-to-one advice. Partnership working.

Page 60 Horton Housing Association CLLD

Individual wanting to set up group re Starting from scratch course dangerous driving

Junior Kitchen Idea Setting up a social enterprise.

Parents’ Forum for Bradford and Forming a CIO. Facilitating their away Airedale day.

Peacemaker International and Funding Women in Safe Hands (WISH)

Pickthall Foundation Registering a charity.

Racial Justice Network Governance and constitution

Royal Mencap Society Advertising for volunteers

Shia Mental Health group Setting up new group

Sudanese Community in Bradford Charity registration

Syrian Association Yorkshire Funding

Unity Academy Setting up CIO

Yorkshire Punjabi Virsa Forum Enquiry about setting up a group, legal structures and governance

Zimbabwean Child Nursery Forming international charity and possible business venue

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Gender

Female 171 180 171 Males 180 Not specified 15 Prefer not to say 2 Female Males Not specified Prefer not to say

Faith Christian 65 65 Muslim 57 57 Buddhist 0 204 0 Hindu 1 33 1 None 33 8 Prefer not to say 8 Christian Muslim Buddhist Hindu Not specified 204 None Prefer not to say Not specified

Ethnicity White British 168 6 White and Asian 41 3 4 52 White Other 5 4 Pakistani 52 7 0 Bangladeshi 5 11 168 1 African 11 5 2 Indian 6 6 52 Other Asian 2 41 Chinese 1 5

Gyspy/irish traveller 0 White British White and Asian White Other Arab 7 Pakistani Bangladeshi African Caribbean 4 Indian Other Asian Chinese Other black/African 4 Gyspy/irish traveller Arab Caribbean Other ethnic group 3 Other black/African Other ethnic group Other mixed/multiple Other mixed/multiple 6 Not specified Not specified 52

Page 62 Age Range 15-18 45 45 19-25 68 2 53 6 26-29 36 19 30-34 32 68 13 35-39 27 27 40-44 21 45-49 19 19 36 21 50-54 27 27 32 55-59 13 60-64 19 15-18 19-25 26-29 30-34 35-39 Over 65 6 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 Prefer not to say 2 Over 65 Prefer not to say Not specified Not specified 53

Post Codes BD1 10 BD9 17 BD17 5 BD2 14 BD10 3 BD18 15 BD3 22 BD11 0 BD19 1 BD4 22 BD12 4 BD20 20 BD5 15 BD13 1 BD21 44 BD6 14 BD14 2 BD22 42 BD7 19 BD15 4 BD23 0 BD8 32 BD16 14 Other/not specified 48

55 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 BD1 BD2 BD3 BD4 BD5 BD6 BD7 BD8 BD9 BD11 BD10 BD13 BD14 BD15 BD16 BD17 BD18 BD12 BD19 BD20 BD21 BD22 BD23 specified Other/not

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