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Initial Evaluation Report: Northamptonshire Armed Forces Covenant Partnership Project Initial Evaluation Report: Northamptonshire Armed Forces Covenant Partnership Project Author: Vikki Barr Armed Forces Covenant Partnership Officer, Northamptonshire County Council Data Maps in Appendix A by Inge Pye January 2018 1 Contents Executive Summary…………………………………………………………………………….. 3 Background…………………………………………………………………………………………. 3 Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………… 5 The Project Aims…………………………………………………………………………………. 5 Research and Data………………………………………………………………………………. 6 Actions to Overcome Data Issues………………………………………………………… 13 Current Project Position and Action Plan…………………………………………….. 15 Re-signing the Covenant……………………………………………………………………… 15 Further Opportunities…………………………………………………………………………. 16 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………………………… 17 Table 1: MOD personnel by region……………………………………………………………………………………… 6 Table 2: Veteran numbers in England…………………………………………………………………………………. 8 Table 3: Northamptonshire Armed Forces Pension and Compensation recipients by Bar Graph…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 9 Table 4: Northants Armed Forces Pension and Compensation recipient’s numbers………….. 10 Table 5: Northamptonshire Veterans registered at local Job centres………………………………… 11 Table 6: Police custody statistics for military personnel and veterans by region. ……………… 12 Appendix A: Data Mapping…………………………………………………………………….. 18 Appendix B: Action Plan…………………………………………………………………………. 29 2 Executive summary The extent of the military community within Northamptonshire is unknown. There is some local data provided by Defence statistics but it does not identify the community’s needs. Despite only having one reserve base left in the county, Northamptonshire has an estimated armed forces community of 65,0001, this includes regular serving, veterans, reservists and their dependant families. The Covenant has been established in the County since 2013, great work has been done in regards to Veteran Health within Nene CCG and with regards to civic events but each officer has been part of the partnership in addition to their current role and therefore progress has been slow. A recent successful bid has provided much needed funding in order establish the building blocks of the Armed Forces Covenant within Northamptonshire and employ a dedicated full time officer. This project involves creation of a dedicated website for the military community in the county and a bespoke training package to frontline local authority staff to equip them with the knowledge and awareness to effectively deal with enquiries from those within the community. A focus group made up of a wide range of armed forces community members including Army and RAF, male and female, reservists, veterans and spouses across a wide age range is informing the project of what the community really needs. Healthwatch have been commissioned to carry out a report on the health and social needs of the military community and its survey will allow us to access a wide population across the entire county. It is hoped that the survey will identify areas of need and help highlight potential projects going forward. Current data from various sources has been analysed within this report and will assist in informing the University of Northampton in their final evaluation of the project. DWP data indicated that there is high unemployment within our veteran population and with economic sources advising they are struggling to fill skilled roles a further bid was submitted to tackle this issue. The result of which should be known by the end of February 2018. Mental health and housing were also flagged as areas of concern along with high crime levels amongst the veteran population compared to our regional counties, as reported by our local police. The focus group also highlighted a need to have activities and places to meet other veterans that are of the same age. Although some of them have transitioned into civilian life well, there is a large gap missing in respect of understanding within a civilian environment and they would like to be able to meet others from the same background. Therefore a further bid has been placed to establish hubs/drop in centres and activities directory aimed at ex-military and their families. Background The Armed Forces Covenant (AFC) is a promise from the nation, the government and the military to ensure that those who serve and have served in the Armed Forces and their families are treated fairly and are not disadvantaged by their service. 1 RBL Household Survey 2014 3 The covenant has two distinct areas business and community, although the covenant has now been combined into one, there are specific pledges to be made under each area. Businesses can sign up to the covenant to pledge support to the military community and offer employment opportunities for those leaving the military, reservists and their families. An award system is in place to indicate the level of commitment a company may have. The community covenant is for local authorities and community organisations to pledge assistance with a range of services to ensure that those who leave the military are supported in their transition and assisted should they find themselves in crisis. The local Armed Forces Community Covenant was signed by the following Northamptonshire organisations in 2013: 1 The Leader, Chairman and Head of Paid Services from Northamptonshire County Council 2 The High Sheriff of Northamptonshire 3 HM Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire 4 Commander 49 (East) Bde Representative for Northamptonshire 5 Commanding Officer 158 (Royal Anglian) Tpt Regt RLC(V) 6 Royal British Legion 7 SSAFA 8 Borough Council of Wellingborough 9 South Northamptonshire Council 10 Daventry District Council 11 Northampton Borough Council 12 Corby Borough Council 13 Kettering Borough Council 14 East Northamptonshire District Council 15 Northamptonshire Health Services This partnership has met every quarter and in the intervening years there have been changes and additions to this partnership. From 2015 the additional have included the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), voluntary sector, Police and a local business representative and is chaired independently by a Deputy Lord Lieutenant. The partnership remains open to recruiting new members to increase the scope of delivery across the county. Its objectives are to; • Give strategic direction to and have oversight of the work to deliver the Armed Forces Covenant in Northamptonshire. • Develop, deliver and monitor an Engagement Strategy to foster links between all communities across the County. • Promote the objectives of the Covenant • Champion the ethos of working in partnership to deliver bigger and better things for veterans and their families. • Support military charities both locally and nationally in what they are trying to achieve. • Be a steward to ensure remembrance and respect remains visible in the County. • Give oversight and endorsement to applications from groups seeking grant assistance for initiatives aimed at promoting the objectives of the Covenant. • To task work to the Covenant Officers' Group and any set up task and finish arrangements for developing initiatives and work streams. A successful bid was approved in 2017 for covenant grant funding to employ a specific covenant officer and for that officer to manage a building blocks project to develop a covenant website for the county 4 and develop, source and deliver training to all frontline staff in local authorities. The training provides awareness of the needs and unique issues the military community face, in order to provide a better service to those needing it. At time of submission the Royal British Legion Household survey2 indicated that Northamptonshire had 65,000 veterans residing in the county and therefore the need for such a project was high. Funding was granted and an officer put in place 11th September 2017. Introduction This initial evaluation report is being drafted in order to document the starting position of the project, its current position - after the first 3 months of research by the project officer and the future plans for the project. It will inform the next stages going forward and will document further actions to be considered in the future. It will be a starting point for the final evaluation to be carried out by the University as agreed in the original bid and looks to document issues that have arisen during this project that may need further research and potential for further projects. It provides the opportunity for initial scoping of the social impact of the project and the development of a theory of change. The Project Aims The aims and outcomes as submitted and agreed in the original bid documents are as follows; Outcome 1: The needs of the veterans are better understood in Northamptonshire and met increasingly by the Northamptonshire Covenant Partnership Outcome 2: Improved experience of veterans when interacting with Local Authorities and Partners Outcome 3: Improved web presence, directing veterans and their families to appropriate services. The portal to act as a reference point for staff and continue to be supported and sustained Outcome 4: Veterans will have a better service while transitioning into civilian life This will be achieved by developing a comprehensive website which will act as a ‘one stop shop’ for advice, information and contact details on all the local services available to the military community within the county. A training package to be developed and distributed to local authority frontline staff across the county. A focus group of
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