2 0 1 9 Provided holiday child care, family fun activities and healthy food throughout Hampshire 1 CONTENTS Introduction 4 - 5 Who’s involved 6 - 7 Holiday childcare providers 8 Family fun days 9 Timetable 10 Activities 11 - 13 Staffing 14 - 15 Testimonials 16 - 17 Facilities 18 - 19 The numbers 20 - 23 Feedback 24 Additional visitors 25 Did we achieve? 26 Even better if... 27 - 29 And finally... 30 - 31 2 3 INTRODUCTION Welcome to our review document for our project, Connect4Summer. We are two Community Managers from In December 2018, The Department for 2 0 1 9 schools in Hampshire with 40 years experience Education announced grants to fund local between us in community development, coordination of free holiday activities and supported by school management and healthy food for disadvantaged children during We required a name for the project. The logo Our project consisted of: governing bodies. 2019 summer holidays; both managers decided represents the colours of both schools, and the to work in partnership and apply. need to make connections across Hampshire. • 4 week programme between 29 July Jan Lefley is based at Romsey Community through to 23 August 2019 The Department for Education aims of the School and Susan Parish at Park Community It was confirmed on 4 April 2019 that we had • Free family fun activities 10am-3pm in grant programme are: School, both focus on the needs of students, been successful as one of eleven organisations 20 venues their families and beyond. In the past both to share £9.1m. From the 1 May planning could “To develop a more efficient and joined- • Free child care in 20 venues in Hampshire, managers have provided free food and activities start but the official launch was not until 12 up approach to free holiday provision for Southampton and Portsmouth one venue for students in the holidays. June 2019. disadvantaged children; and to ensure there is in each additionally included enough good quality free holiday provision to • Provide as many job opportunities and Partnership Board meet the demand from children eligible for free training for the long termed unemployed as school meals (FSM) in the local authority during we could We required partners who would be supportive the 2019 summer holidays”. • Hot 2 course daily meals provided in in what we set out to achieve and also be every venue critical friends providing challenge. The Board “This grant funding is to take on the role of • Daily Mile completed everyday members are from various organisations who testing the coordination of free holiday provision have a good mix of occupations, interests and (including healthy food and enriching activities) professional skills. Members represented a County of Hampshire for disadvantaged children during the 2019 range of partners: Test Valley, Havant Borough Hampshire is an area of 1400 square miles summer holidays in the Hampshire Local Councils, Hampshire County Council, BME with a population of 1,370,700. Levels of Authority area in the South East Region”. Community, Outdoor Education, Salvation Army, FSM in schools across some areas of Havant, HomeStart and Personal Best Education. We Gosport, Andover, Aldershot and Basingstoke created Terms of Reference with the main focus We created our project using contacts and are between 30%-56%. 17,534 are eligible being to develop, promote and recommend the partners from across Hampshire. Businesses for FSM. 5,500 families are supported Connect4Summer project to partner agencies and voluntary agencies, schools and community through the Supported Families Programme and organisations and to review the Action Plan premises, unemployed and skilled practitioners, in Hampshire when Southampton and and key performance indicators for the project. commercial food suppliers and foodbanks all Portsmouth population are included, our This has worked well and has proved invaluable came together to create a programme that catchment area is 1.8 million people. in joining up the dots to ensure support from would have a lasting legacy. other organisations. We would like to record our thanks to those that helped us. 4 5 WHO’S INVOLVED 21 FAMILY FUN Governing Bodies Play Leader Romsey Community School STAFFED VENUES Park Community School Headteachers Jonathan De Sausmarez Daily Specialist Chef Christopher Anders WEST AREA EAST AREA Jan Lefley Susan Parish Community Manager Community Manager Romsey Community School Park Community School Sports Specialist Craft Specialist Work Academies Catering Finance Jo Steve Sam & Sarah Play Worker Play Worker Connect 4 Summer Connect 4 Summer Coordinator: WEST Coordinator: EAST Sam Jayne 10-60 CHILDREN daily accompanied by a parent/carer 17 Health & Venue Venue Venue Booking Safety Coordinator Coordinator Coordinator Coordinator childcare Mandy Bob Jack Nigel Bobbi providers 6 7 HOLIDAY CHILDCARE FAMILY FUN DAYS With our expertise in community development PROVIDERS this is where we believed we could make the greatest difference with parents being with their We provided grant funding to these Holiday children and taking part in an exciting, different Childcare Providers (HCP) to allow access for free daily programme of fun and activities. We to those children receiving FSM and their parents planned to use 20 venues but increased to 21 who were working. Each parent could book 10 venues because we recognised they would bring The Grange Community days of free childcare. We planned for 20 providers a benefit to the programme. Junior School but worked with 17 venues. This was because some Farnborough, GU14 8TA centres had large capacity and needs and could South View Junior School meet demand; and some providers were unable to Basingstoke, RG21 5LL Isis Club provide a hot meal. Roman Way Primary School Basingstoke, RG21 5PB Andover, SP10 5JY Westside Community Centre CF Play Alderwood School/ For these providers it gave them certainty of Creative Kidz The 21 venues: Basingstoke, RG22 6QB Fun House Farnborough, Knights Enham Junior School Leisure Centre income for the holiday, created capacity and the Andover, SP10 1JZ Basingstoke, RG24 8NS GU14 8HN Andover, SP10 4BS Aldershot, GU12 4AS opportunity to make a difference with Wooteys Junior School parents who ordinarily would have relied on Alton, GU34 2JA friends and families, or alternatively not been The Carroll Centre able to work in the holidays. Woodlands Community Hall Winchester, SO22 4EJ Sports-skool Bordon, GU35 8AS Some families would have required payment Winchester, SO22 5AZ The Hilt Community Centre plans to afford childcare. Social Eastleigh, SO53 5NP 360degrees Sports Coaching Active8minds Pavilion on the Park services signposted families Sports-Skool Romsey, SO51 8ZB Petersfield, GU32 3LU Eastleigh, SO50 9LH who were in need, Hursley, SO21 2LA Romsey Community School Itchen College especially where poor Mountbatten Holiday Club Romsey, SO51 8ZB The Acorn Centre Southampton, SO19 7TB mental health was an issue. Test Valley, SO51 1SY Itchen College Havant, PO8 9GX Testwood School Southampton, SO19 7TB New Forest Childcare Totton, SO40 3ZW Park Community School Active Kids Medina Primary School Totton, SO40 8EB Growing Places Havant, PO9 4BU Havant, PO9 4BU Portsmouth, PO6 3NH Fareham, PO15 6LL Hayling Island The 17 venues: Hamble and Applemore Community Centre Early Years Growing Places Alver Valley Junior School Hayling Island, PO11 0HB New Forest, SO45 5TN Havant, PO9 5JD Gosport, PO13 8AA Oaktree Family Group Active8minds St Vincent’s College Salvation Army Gosport, PO13 8AA Gosport, PO13 0DH Gosport, PO12 4QA Portsmouth, PO1 4HA 8 9 TIMETABLE ACTIVITIES We created a timetable in which three employed “The mile walk is a good way Make, take and freeze at home Friday weekend bags playworkers lead three sessions a day and one to get everyone engaged.” The families spent an hour each day with trained To continue with the healthy options, every session was led by a visiting practitioner who Victoria toured venues to give a little added excitement staff and followed a recipe to make something Friday the families went home with a bag of and learning opportunities each day. We were they were able to take home, bake and eat as fresh ingredients including meat with enough able to recruit a good quality range of expertise a family or freeze. We used fresh ingredients to make two family meals over the weekend. to ensure each day was always unique. and the recipes were created by, LACA National The bag includes the recipe cards, cards with School Chef of the Year 2019 Steven Cross who free activities that are happening in their area, ensured that they were healthy and ingredients or ideas of what a family can do to be active. The timetable of the day was: were readily available in supermarkets, affordable Families have been delighted to receive them. and practical for a busy household. TIME RED GROUP BLUE GROUP GREEN GROUP YELLOW GROUP Free Hampshire Activities (east) Spaghetti Carbonara Serves 4 - Alice Holt Gruffalo Trail Lunch - Portsmouth Museum Lunch together - Natural History Museum - Farnborough Air Sciences trust - Hayling Billy - Queen Elizabeth Country Park 10.00 Registration, introduction and divide into groups - Emsworth museum - 400g spaghetti - 1tbsp olive oil It is important to be able to sit together at a - Going for a picnic - 200g mushrooms sliced - 2 garlic cloves, crushed - 3 eggs - Going for a long walk - 75ml double cream - 50g grated cheese - Building a den - Visiting National Trust location (take a look online for some near you) table with others, have conversations and enjoy - Use the What’s On Guide online to see events taking place Make, take and Team building/ 10.05 Crafts together Surprise specialist a meal. 20 recipe cards using meat were created, freeze at home sport along with the same number for vegetarian Form: 10 Form: 10 Page 1 of 1 Page 1 of 2 options. We had a selection of cards for those Make, take and Team building/ 11.00 Surprise specialist Crafts together with dietary needs.