foundation Young Harrow Foundation (YHF) Strategy Plan 2016-2019 Background

“It’s early The Young Harrow Foundation was It is managed overall by a Board of days in our set up in 2015 and is funded for three trustees with a range of skills and engagement years by the John Lyon’s Charity and experience and day to day by a with Young City Bridge Trust. It is designed to be CEO supported by three staff. It is a a new model of local support for not registered charity and a member-led Harrow for profit organisations working with organisation. Foundation but children and young people in Harrow Similar foundations are being set up we’ve been within a climate of increasing cuts in the eight other local authority areas really impressed in statutory funding and reduction covered by John Lyon’s Charity. in support for children and young YHF will share its lessons and work so far and people and increasing needs. YHF in partnership with these other can see the aims to develop and implement Foundations as appropriate. wide ranging new ways for funders and not for benefits of the profit organisations to develop in partnership more effective ways of Foundation” supporting and delivering activities to meet the needs of children and young people in Harrow. Needs

“I think in the Harrow is an area in North West that is home to more short amount than 230,000 people. There is increasing deprivation, particularly of time since affecting children and young families, and significant health Young Harrow inequality. It is ranked 7th nationally for ethnic diversity and 2nd Foundation was for religious diversity in London. established it has made The 2011 Census showed that At LSOA level the range of pupils great progress Harrow’s residents were born in eligible for Free School Meals in bringing approximately 200 different countries was above 34% for the wards of together and the percentage of Harrow’s Marlborough, Edgware, Canons and different residents born in the UK is the 6th . lowest ranking nationally. Harrow has high levels of child organisations income deprivation with 18 (13%) and The 2011 National Census revealed out of the 137 LSOAs ranked in the strengthening that the 0-4 age group in Harrow has country’s 20% most deprived LSOAs. local links” increased by 4,945 between mid- Eight of the top ten ranked areas 2001 (12,058) and mid 2013 (17,003), for child income deprivation are in which represents a 41% increase. London Borough’s, with Harrow There have also been increases ranked 23rd in London, where 1st is across all the statutory school age gr the most deprived. oups. Eight Lower Super Output Areas is the most deprived (LSOA) in Harrow are in the bottom ward, with four of the ward’s six 10% for multiple deprivation within LSOAs falling within the country’s the wards of , Edgware, 20% most deprived LSOAs and the Marlborough and Roxbourne. The other two in the next range. wards of South, Headstone North and each have a LSOA in the most deprived 5%. In the country. The available financial support from statutory sources for resources for young people available within Harrow is declining and is set to decline further with substantial cuts planned for early Intervention services and Children’s Centres.

Voluntary and Community Sector groups working with children and young people within Harrow have a poor record of securing funding from all sources due to lack of capacity – most have no paid staff - and lack of skills in fundraising.

Areas of risk and unmet needs which would benefit from more funding include: • The development of children • Family and home life, such as family and young people, including their breakdown, negative reputation, emotional and social development, unemployment and financial issues behavioural development • Housing • Identity, including self-esteem and self-image • Educational issues

• Health, Including their general • Negative peer group effects health, physical development, or speech and language

These factors increase the possibility of the most disadvantaged children and young people in Harrow engaging in negative behaviour, such as offending / anti-social behaviour in gangs, substance misuse, poor self -care, inappropriate sexual behaviour, having mental health issues, poor attendance at school, college or training or being NEET (Not in Education, Training or Employment). Our Mission

“It’s great to Our mission is to ensure that every child and young person in know that there Harrow is properly and effectively supported and safeguarded is someone to enable them to reach their full potential and to access every working to opportunity available to make this happen. support us in communicating Our Values Our Operational with funders • Inclusivity Objectives and Harrow • Diversity • To develop a strong, inclusive council. • Fairness and active membership • Children and Young People We really • To bring in to Harrow increased centred appreciate the external funding and other • Partnership working resources value this adds • Cross-sector working • To develop and support member to the work we • Grassroots involvement organisations on training, are doing” networking opportunities, advice Our Strategic sessions and forums for sharing information Objectives • Develop a bank of affordable premises for member • To develop a sustainable organisations model of support for not for • Develop wide stakeholder profit organisations working with engagement and support for children and young people in YHF including from funders, Harrow businesses, individuals • To strengthen the capacity of not and private, public, voluntary and for profit organisations working statutory organisations with children and young people in • Promote and publicise YHF Harrow effectively through a wide and • To increase external funding and tailored range of social media other resources in Harrow for not and other communication for profit organisations working channels with children and young people in • Develop a local Youth Panel and Harrow other forums for including the • To increase effective partnership voice of children and young working in Harrow between people in the delivery of our work organisations working with • Develop an effective small grants’ children and young people in programme Harrow • Implement processes for • To be an effective voice and research, evaluation, learning representative body for not for from and sharing the impact of profit organisations working with our work children and young people in • Ensure effective processes for Harrow ensuring our operational, financial, organisational and staffing, (including volunteers and trustees) capacity