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Lisburn & Castlereagh Strategic Community Community Plan Planning Partnership Action Plan 2019-24

Contents Foreword...... 5

Introduction...... 6

Why are we doing this?...... 9

Who is responsible?...... 12

What are the cross-cutting themes and principles?...... 14

What are the constraints and risks?...... 16

What are the structures for delivery?...... 18

Who are our neighbouring Councils?...... 20

What is in the Action Plan?...... 22

How will the actions be monitored?...... 25

Appendix 1 - Action Flowcharts...... 26

Appendix 2 - Addressing Local Government Outcomes...... 39

Abbreviations List...... 42

3 The Lisburn & Castlereagh Community Planning Partnership, June 2019.

4 Foreword by Chair of the Strategic Community Planning Partnership

Welcome to the Lisburn & Castlereagh Community Planning Partnership Action Plan 2019-2024.

The first Action Plan 2018/2019 has now been The detail of the Action Plan identifies what we reviewed and a further five year Action Plan say we are going to do, what we are trying to Heather McKee, SERC has been agreed by the Community Planning improve, how we are going to do it and who is Partnership. Some of the original actions have going to deliver it. It is flexible and can be changed remained in this revised action plan; some have if the actions are not meeting local need. We will changed their focus; some have been amalgamated regularly review and keep everyone informed of and some have been removed as they are ‘business progress. as usual’ projects for Partner organisations. At a time of uncertainty, we must all work together The actions in the plan have been devised through to improve the lives of everyone who lives in, works collaborative working with community, voluntary, in or visits Lisburn & Castlereagh. statutory and business partners and sharing of information which has resulted in new ways of thinking and working.

5 Introduction

In May 2017 the Lisburn & Castlereagh Community Planning Partnership launched its first Community Plan which brought together many representatives of public services and the community to develop and implement a shared vision for everyone. It aims to promote social, economic and

nurture and environmental wellbeing for everyone who reap the rewards lives and works in Lisburn Castlereagh.

6 The Plan identifies five themes and associated outcomes which reflect the needs and aspirations of our citizens.

The 5 Themes are:

Theme 1: Theme 2: Theme 3: Theme 4: Theme 5: Children The Health and Where Our and Young Economy Wellbeing We Live Community People

Our children and Everyone benefits We live healthy, We live and work We live in young people have from a vibrant fulfilling and long in attractive, empowered, the best start in life economy lives resilient and harmonious, safe environmentally- and welcoming friendly places communities

7 Following the launch of the Community Plan, statutory and support partners along with local community representatives developed a series of actions. These are currently being implemented to help the Partnership achieve the agreed outcomes.

This was accomplished through a number of workshops focused on each of the themes. The outcomes and supporting outcomes identified in the Community Plan were the starting point for discussion; and through collaboration and partnership working agreed actions were generated on who should lead on each action delivery.

The outworking of the development of the actions is contained later in this document.

The first Action Plan was two years in duration and over this time, in response to changing circumstances, the Action Plan has been reviewed and updated.

The Community Planning Partnership has taken account of the updates and has agreed a further Action Plan which will be implemented over the next five years, building on the successes to date.

8 Why are we doing this?

Community Planning is enshrined in the Local Government Act () 2014 and places a duty on the Council along with a number of named partners to identify long- term objectives for improving the social, economic and environmental wellbeing of the city Council area.

It also requires achievement of sustainable development while promoting equality of opportunity and good relations and tackling poverty, social exclusion and patterns of deprivation.

The emerging Programme for Government has been devised using an outcomes approach and government departments have recognised that delivery will not be achieved through individual departments working in isolation. Community Planning is reflected in this approach and is committed to outcomes based accountability. Tying these plans and strategies together will lead to more cohesive delivery for all.

Appendix 2 (page 39) shows the relationship between the Lisburn & Castlereagh Community Plan outcomes with the Programme for Government outcomes and indicators.

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10 More importantly, this collaborative and outcomes based approach to service delivery is a vital component in empowering local people Our vision is: to influence the type and standard of services they receive in an atmosphere of austerity and An empowered, tightening budgets. Working together will create efficiencies and a culture of shared learning prosperous, healthy, not previously experienced. Action planning is an opportunity to develop ideas on how safe and inclusive to reshape resources, not just funding. As a result all partners have agreed to embrace the community. principles of co-design and co-production in the formulation and delivery of the Action Plan.

The partners in this community planning process have listened to what people have to say, considered the evidence and, bringing their own experience and expertise to bear, have a clear Our mission is: vision for Lisburn Castlereagh that can be shared by everyone who lives and works here. Working together Community Planning Partnership is committed to encouraging to deliver better innovation and fostering new ways of operating in the delivery of its actions. The Partnership will lives for all look for synergies between individual delivery plans and develop new models for operating where appropriate.

11 Who is responsible?

While the Council has responsibility for facilitating and managing the community planning process, the development and delivery of the Community Plan is a shared task between all partners and the Council. The Lisburn & Castlereagh Strategic Community Planning Partnership comprises of

BELFAST HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST • COUNCIL FOR CATHOLIC MAINTAINED SCHOOLS • DEPARTMENT FOR COMMUNITIES • DEPARTMENT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE • DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION • EDUCATION AUTHORITY NI • HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE BOARD • INVEST NI • LIBRARIES NI • LISBURN & CASTLEREAGH CITY COUNCIL • NI FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE • NI HOUSING EXECUTIVE • NICVA • NORTHERN IRELAND PRISON SERVICE • POLICE SERVICE OF NI • PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY • SOUTH EASTERN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST • SOUTH EASTERN REGIONAL COLLEGE • SPORT NORTHERN IRELAND • TOURISM NI • TRANSLINK • VOLUNTEER NOW

This Action Plan has been developed by the partners who engaged in and committed to the process.

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Support Partners:

13 What are the cross-cutting themes and principles?

Throughout the process to develop the Community Plan and the associated Action Plan the partners have agreed a number of cross-cutting themes and principles. These are listed below. The first three principles are enshrined in the Community Plan, the fourth was developed during the action planning process.

Sustainable Development: Equality: Co-production and co-design: Sustainability affects every part of government, Reducing inequalities is a second core principle It is accepted that the best outcomes for civil society and business. Sustainable running through the Plan. Equality is a state our citizens will come from collaborative Development is development which meets of affairs in which all people within a specific working between the service providers and the needs of current generations without society have the same status in certain respects, the service users. The partners who have compromising the ability of future generations to including civil rights, freedom of speech, influenced the Action Plan process have meet their own needs. We will check that all our property rights and equal access to certain social agreed that following co-production and actions have at least a better than neutral impact goods and services. Inequality undermines co-design principles will help to ensure on sustainability and focus on those actions the wellbeing of people, our communities, our our actions are responding to need. that can deliver results for economic, social and economy and our environment. environmental wellbeing simultaneously. EQUALITY Participation: The ability to fully participate in a democratic society is vital for our wellbeing. This plan and the actions it will generate depend on the full involvement of citizens, community groups and businesses.

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CO-PRODUCTION AND CO-DESIGN 15 What are the constraints and risks?

There are a number of external factors which will impact on the success or otherwise of the Community Plan Action Plan.

Many of these are beyond the control of the • Budget constraints within each organisation • Not all partners have been fully engaged in partners but others may be mitigated against by and funding uncertainty within community the process and this Action Plan is a reflection careful planning and collaborative working. and voluntary organisations brings insecurity of those who engaged and, more importantly, External factors include: into the process. committed to delivering better lives for all. • A lack of essential data at a local level which • BREXIT – the impact of BREXIT, what it will may take years to gather in order to show • There is a risk that the Community Planning mean for the border and for funding streams trends. Partnership fails to engage with hard to reach is an unknown at present. or seldom heard groups and all partners have • A lack of comprehensive mapping of existing a responsibility to tackle this issue. • Assembly / Ministerial guidance – the lack facilities and services to better understand of an Assembly and Ministerial guidance what is available and what is already being may hinder the progress of the community done, resulting in potential overlaps in planning process as the Programme for service delivery. Government is inevitably delayed. Partner agencies are unsure of their responsibilities and funding arrangements, creating an air of uncertainty.

16 17 What are the structures for delivery?

Governance structures are in place which have been approved by the PfG Outcome Strategic Community Planning Partnership (SCPP). Strategic Community Planning Partnership The SCPP has overall control of the community Alongside the Action Plan, a series of locality planning process and agrees and approves the plans will be generated, directed initially on actions to be delivered by the Action Planning the areas most in need. This more focussed Groups (APGs). There is one APG for each action approach will allow specific measures to be which comprises statutory and support partners put in place in response to local conditions, Theme 1 and representatives from the community and reflecting the outcomes identified in the Children and Young People Action Leads Group interest groups. Each APG has an action lead Community Plan. from a partner agency or the Council who will convene meetings as and when necessary and More detail is contained in the Partnership Theme 2 co-ordinate the delivery of the actions. Each Agreement but opposite is an outline of the EconomyThe action lead will feedback to the SCPP on a structure. quarterly basis. Them Healthe and 3 W The purpose of each APG is to share information, ell-Being capture what is new, but acknowledge what each partner is already doing to initiate new Them actions. Each member of the APGs will provide Wheree 4 We Live updates on projects in their own organisations and work streams to feed into the action plan process. Each APG will have an agreed Terms of Theme 5 Reference based on the SCPP Agreement. CommunityOur

18 Diagram 2: Structure of Lisburn & Castlereagh Community Planning Partnership PfG Outcome

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19 Who are the neighbouring councils?

The Council area shares boundaries with the following five neighbouring Councils:

• Antrim & Newtownabbey Borough Council • Borough Council • Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council

Mid and East Antrim

Causeway Coast and Glens • City Council Ards and North Down Belfast

• Newry, Mourne and Down District Council.

Liburn & Castlereagh There is a host of inter-relationships between There is scope for working collaboratively on a

Council areas. People travel across boundaries range of infrastructure issues. There are also Mid

for work, education and leisure and there can shared opportunities for greater accessibility to Derry and Strabane be considerable benefits from recognising the green spaces such as the Lagan Valley Regional Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon

important links between Council areas and Park and the Lagan Navigation project. Lisburn Newry, Mourne & Down working in collaboration with neighbouring Castlereagh has worked collaboratively with Councils. For example, owing to its accessibility, the Community Planning Partnerships in each new employment at Long Kesh and West of the neighbouring Council areas to ensure our Lisburn/Blaris may provide opportunities outcomes are symbiotic and complementary. for people living in West Belfast where unemployment is high.

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Causeway Coast and Glens Ards and North Down Belfast

Antrim and Newtownabbey

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Derry and Strabane

Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon

Newry, Mourne & Down

Fermanagh and Omagh

21 What is the Action Plan?

The following section details the actions which have been Each theme has a number of agreed by the partners, corresponding actions illustrating: arranged by theme. • Why are we doing it? • What is our target? • How are we going to achieve it? • Who is going to do it? • What resources do we need to do it? • What supporting outcomes does this address?

22 These actions have been devised use of green spaces, reducing waste and longer term actions will be developed as a result of collaborative working food poverty for example will impact on through the Action Plan Groups as and demonstrate that by working in a number of outcomes collectively. they monitor successes or otherwise partnership and sharing information and assess what difference they are new ways of tackling problems can be Effective communication between the making, in response to local needs and developed. However, it is vital that all action leads and the SCPP, as well as community engagement. the work that each of the partners is within partner organisations, will ensure currently doing as part of their remit is that any feedback or learning from work The following section provides the also captured in this Action Plan. undertaken on connecting actions under detail of the Action Plan. It identifies the different themes will be shared and rationale for what we say we are going to Each action is interdependent with other experience gained will positively impact do, what we are trying to improve, how actions. This interdependency will be on all partners and outcomes. we are going to do it and who is going to highlighted when relevant, and it is deliver it. It is flexible and has the ability accepted that addressing issues such The actions in this Action Plan will be to respond to changing need. as physical activity and diet, increased achieved over the next five years. The

23 Lisburn & Castlereagh Strategic Community Planning Partnership

Lisburn & Castlereagh Strategic Community Planning Partnership

Theme 1: Children and Young People Theme 4: Where we live Our children and young people have the best start in life We live and work in attractive, resilient and environmentally-friendly places

Theme 2: The Economy Theme 5: Our Community Everyone benefits from a vibrant economy We live in empowered, harmonious, safe and welcoming communities Theme 3: Health and Wellbeing We live healthy, fulfilling and long lives

24 How will the actions be monitored?

The Community Planning Partnership is required to make arrangements to monitor progress against meeting the Community Plan outcomes, and the effectiveness of the actions taken for the purpose of achieving those outcomes.

The Council must publish a statement once Therefore, it is of benefit to the representatives Regular reporting gives partner organisations every two years on actions taken and outcomes of the Council, statutory partners and support opportunities to raise concerns about achieved from information provided by the partners to gain an understanding of the deliverability at an early stage. community planning partners. The first various roles, remits and responsibilities of their statement was produced in November 2019. respective organisations including their legal Where agreed actions are not being progressed, duties, resource limitations and accountabilities reasons for this should be reviewed with the It is the responsibility of each appropriate to other agencies as early as possible in the partners and appropriate action taken to assist partner to report feedback and monitoring to process. progress or amend the Action Plan. The Council the action lead for any action. The action leads is responsible for accountability to the public by will report to the SCPP. There will be an annual publishing a statement on progress every two review of statistics therefore monitoring will take years. place every six months if necessary in order to assess if actions are achievable, relevant and making a difference. If actions are failing to achieve outcomes, reprioritising will happen.

25 Appendix 1 - Action Flowcharts

Theme 1: Children and Young People

Outcome: Our children and young people have the best start in life

Action 1a: Looked After Children

Why are we doing it? What is our target? How are we going to achieve it?

• Children in care are more likely to have lower educational • Improve the lives and futures Work in partnership to implement additional and novel ways to help young people in attainment, become involved in criminality and engage in risk- of looked after children (LAC) care achieve their potential. This will include: taking activities (since April 2017, 229 young people have gone • Reduce the risk factors which • Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council (LCCC) creating a paid apprenticeship post for through the court system) impact on looked after children care leavers by February 2020 (subject to approvals). The South Eastern Health and • In 2018, only 47.1% of care leavers went into education, training or Social Care Trust (SEHSCT) LAC employability team will support LCCC HR colleagues • Increase the number of care employment in establishing these posts and will provide additional support to the operational leavers going into education, manager and the young person during the duration of the apprenticeship if required. • Community Planning partners need to work together in new ways training or employment LCCC to also share this ‘best practice’ with other Councils to help children in care overcome the disadvantage that they face. • Increase opportunities for All government bodies share a corporate parenting responsibility. • LCCC to offer a corporate Vitality membership for resident children and staff in Flaxfield looked after children to It is important that leaders work together to provide additional Children’s Home, close to Lisburn city centre. SEHSCT to manage the membership to participate in leisure and opportunities to help young people in care achieve their potential ensure young people in care are able to access services both frequently and safely recreational activities • LCCC to offer corporate Vitality membership rates to all foster carers and their children living in the LCCC area. This will include new processes that facilitate children attending who have recently moved to the home. SEHSCT social workers to communicate the membership to foster carers • SERC to offer a range of engagement activities including taster sessions for young people leaving care in the SE area and their carers / social workers

What supporting outcomes does this address? What resources do we Who is going to do it? need to do it? • Children and young people in need and looked after children • SEHSCT (Jason White) experience stability and positive transitions into adulthood • All parties are contributing • BHSCT • LCCC • All children have an equal chance to fulfil their educational potential resources to enable these new approaches to be tested • SERC • Children and young people are protected from harm • Crime and anti-social behaviour are reduced

26 Action 1b: Youth Council

Why are we doing it? What is our target? How are we going to achieve it?

• Children and young people have a restricted voice and little • More young people are empowered to become active citizens • Recruit and maintain a Youth Council influence over service delivery (in 2018, only 5% of young • More young people’s leadership, citizenship and • Work in partnership to fund and manage the Youth Council people in the NIYLT survey felt they had influence over local communication skills are developed decisions) • Involve Youth Council in community planning actions • Increase proportion of young people on the Youth Council • There are few formal processes for children and young people • Give young people some influence over service delivery who feel they have influence over local decisions to over 80% to have their say on issues affecting their lives • Deliver leadership and development training programmes • Increase the number of young people who successfully • Young people have an important role in society and deserve a and other accredited courses achieve accredited courses mechanism to fully participate

What supporting outcomes does this address? What resources do we need to do it? Who is going to do it?

• The positive role of children and young people in the • No additional resources as yet • Education Authority (Esther Millar) community is valued and encouraged • LCCC (GR, CP, PEACE IV) • Funding required from April 2020 • PCSP • Children and young people live in a society that respects their • PHA rights • PSNI • There is participation and volunteering in public and community life, arts culture and sport by people of all backgrounds • We feel a sense of belonging in our local neighbourhoods; urban, suburban and rural

27 Action 1c: Early Years

Why are we doing it? What is our target? How are we going to achieve it?

• 32% of children in Lisburn entered primary school with • Reduce the number of children from entering primary school • Fund a co-ordinator post to run the Help Kids Talk project in speech and language issues (2013 prevalence study). Of with speech and language issues partnership with LCCC, SEHSCT, Barnardos and EANI these, 77% were boys from disadvantaged areas • Co-ordinate a funded pilot Help Kids Talk project • Share learning from the pilot project with aim of supporting • There is a direct effect on future achievement levels and a similar projects in other areas as necessary • All parents of children 0-6 years will have a greater awareness correlation with educational attainment and employment of the importance of speech, language and communication • Secure ongoing commitment to the Help Kids Talk opportunities of children who have problems with speech development and language at primary school age (in 2016/17 81.8% of non-FSME school leavers achieved at least 5 GCSEs including • Increase the number of children involved in speech, language Maths and English, compared to only 50.9% of FSME school and communication development programmes leavers) • All early years services, early education settings and primary • We need to improve outcomes for young people – and ensure schools in Lisburn will receive appropriate level of training they have the best start in life that will support speech, language and communication development

What supporting outcomes does this address? What resources do we need to do it? Who is going to do it?

• All children have an equal chance to fulfil their educational • A proposal to Council for one-off funded assistance for first • Resurgam (Mabel Scullion) potential three years • Barnardos • BHSCT • Good health will no longer be dependent on where we live or • SCPP to give guidance on how to resource the project • CYPSP what income we have • EANI • Poverty and disadvantage is reduced • LCCC • Libraries NI • PHA • Private Sector (Day Care) • SEHSCT • Voluntary and community sectors

28 Theme 2: The Economy

Outcome: Everyone benefits from a vibrant economy

Action 2a: Business Development

Why are we doing it? What is our target? How are we going to achieve it?

• There is a need to create more new businesses (in 2018-19 • Reduced income inequality • Hold a Business Start Up Event: Event aimed at early stage there were 151 new business start-ups through NIBSUP and business owners in LCCC area to make them aware of the • Increased capacity and skills levels to secure employment or the employment rate of 16-64 year olds in 2018 was 76.8%) support services available to them start a new business and to grow existing businesses to employ more people • Scoping exercise: Face-to-face or online survey to gauge needs • Increase the number of new businesses • We need to reduce income inequality of businesses in LCCC area • We need to equip our local workforce with the right skills to secure employment and/or start a business

What supporting outcomes does this address? What resources do we need to do it? Who is going to do it?

• New businesses and social enterprises are created and • Can be delivered within existing resources • LCCC/SERC (Patricia Mallon/Paddy McShane) existing ones grow, employing more people • Beannchor Group • Inspire Business Centre • Our local workforce is equipped with the right skills to secure • Invest NI employment and / or start a business • Lisburn Chamber of Commerce • Income inequality is reduced • Lisburn Enterprise Organisation • Prince’s Trust • Women in Business • Young Enterprise

29 Action 2b: Social Economy

Why are we doing it? What is our target? How are we going to achieve it?

• It is important to support the social enterprise sector as they • To deliver capability support to new and existing Social • Capability support to SEs to be provided via the Council are a vital partner in the economy, civil society and in creating Enterprises in the LCCC area Interreg project, running from 2020-2022 a fairer more inclusive society • To deliver asset transfer and SE projects in the LCCC area • Council Asset Transfer/SE projects include: • As part of the third sector, social enterprises play a key role in - Redevelopment of Hilden Primary school to include 2 social • To deliver the SE/AT aspect of Lagan Navigation Project delivery of our public services enterprises (in partnership with Resurgam); Primary • Raise awareness of the benefits of asset transfer and Social School; Lagan Navigation • The importance of capacity-building and business supports for Enterprise in the LCCC area social enterprises/ Leadership Development in the Third Sector • Resurgam Trust asset transfer project at – Friends Meeting House • The need for better measurement and awareness of the impacts of social enterprises demonstrating Social Value • ATLAS Women’s Centre to incorporate social enterprise community shop and working gardens into newly extended • The benefits of enhanced networking/collaboration - testing premises by 2022 new consortia and resource sharing models • Provide case studies of successful SE/AT projects • Event in Council area to showcase SE and AT projects

What supporting outcomes does this address? What resources do we need to do it? Who is going to do it?

• New businesses and social enterprises are created and • Time resource • DfC (Sharon Polson/Lorraine Gallagher) existing ones grow, employing more people • LCCC (Patricia Mallon) • Budgets against the following: • Lagan Navigation Trust • Income inequality is reduced - Interreg Funding. • Resurgam - Lagan Navigation Project. • There is community ownership and management of local • Atlas - Hilden P.S. / Derriaghy P.S.CAT assets and facilities • Potentially Ballybeen - Friends Meeting House - CAT -ATLAS SE projects

30 Theme 3: Health and Wellbeing

Outcome: We live healthy, fulfilling and long lives

Action 3a: Be Active Lisburn and Castlereagh

Why are we doing it? What is our target? How are we going to achieve it?

• There are unacceptably low levels of physical activity – • Increase the numbers of people participating in physical • Establish a physical activity group across LCCC by March 2020 particularly amongst people with disabilities, females and activity and sports clubs • Map existing services and create an action plan by March people in areas of need • Reduce the numbers of preventable deaths and reduce heart 2020 • There was a 57% gap in preventable deaths between Lisburn disease, obesity, some cancers and mental health issues • Establish baseline figures to inform action plan September Castlereagh as a whole and the most disadvantaged areas in • Reduce the numbers of Year 1 children and Year 8 children 2020 2013-17 overweight or obese • Monitor actions post-March 2020 • 15% of Year 1 and 22.46% of Year 8 children were overweight or obese in 2016 • Put tackling obesity measures in place by June 2020

What supporting outcomes does this address? What resources do we need to do it? Who is going to do it?

• People of all ages are more physically active more often • Partners’ time • SportNI (Conleth Donnelly) • LCCC (Faron Morrison) • Older people age actively and more independently to stay • BHSCT well and connected • Community and voluntary sector • Good health will no longer be dependent on where we live or • DfC what income we have • EANI • We enjoy good mental health • NIFRS • Outdoor Recreation NI • PHA • SEHSCT • The Waterways Community

31 Action 3b: Age Friendly

Why are we doing it? What is our target? How are we going to achieve it?

• We have an increasing ageing population. In 2018 16% of the • AF Strategy to be in place by December 2019 • Age Friendly Strategy to be in place by December 2019 population were over 65. In 2032 28% of the population will – Establish a reporting mechanism for Age Friendly & Age – Signed letter of commitment to work towards joining the be over 65 in Lisburn Castlereagh Friendly Alliance members to report on their lead action Global Network of Age Friendly Cities and Communities. • Findings within the community conversations states contained within the Age Friendly Strategy – Follow the indicative steps in becoming Age Friendly laid – There is a lack of awareness around what is available for – Establish a communication strategy to inform the out in the Age Friendly Framework & include older people older people. community of the progress of the Age Friendly Strategy as part of that process – There is a lack of co-ordination of services – Increase the co-ordination among services aimed towards – Produce an Age Friendly baseline of statistics to inform an older people Age Friendly Strategy – There is no older persons network in the LCCC area • Establish an Older Persons Network within the Lisburn • Work with our colleagues in the South Eastern Health and – Participation in social and physical activities is low Castlereagh area by December 2019 Social Care Trust and Belfast Trust to establish an Older Persons • There are increasing numbers of people with dementia who Network by engaging our local community groups • Establish community training to highlight the impact of will need increased support dementia and build knowledge of dementia in the LCCC area • Establish locality group to roll out dementia training by DEA – There were 783 people on the Dementia Register in the area LCCC area in 2018

What supporting outcomes does this address? What resources do we need to do it? Who is going to do it?

• Older people age actively and more independently to stay • No additional resources needed as yet • LCCC (Gareth McCausland) well and connected • Age Friendly Alliance • Health & Social Care Board • People of all ages are more physically active more often • Lagan Valley Rural Transport • Good health will no longer be dependent on where we live or • Libraries NI what income we have • Linking Generations NI • Poverty and disadvantage is reduced • NIFRS • PCSP Lisburn & Castlereagh • PHA • Resurgam Trust • SEHSCT/BHSCT • Volunteer Now

32 Action 3c: Good Mental Health

Why are we doing it? What is our target? How are we going to achieve it?

• Incidents of self-harm were 75% higher in 2013/14-2017/18 • Increase awareness about the benefits of promoting good • Roll out of ‘Take 5’ approach to include piloting of the Take 5 in the most deprived areas compared to LCCC as a whole mental health Toolkit • The suicide rate was 93% higher in 2013-17 in the most • Increase knowledge, confidence and skills within the wider • Development of Take 5 Implementation Plan (BHSCT&SEHSCT- deprived areas compared to LCCC as a whole community in terms of supporting people with poor mental wide) health • The numbers of people on prescriptions for mood and anxiety • Ongoing delivery of training with a more targeted approach to disorders has been rising since 2011 • Increase knowledge and awareness of available mental health who delivers what training and suicide prevention services • The Health Survey for NI 2017/18 indicated that almost • Development of a Good Mental Health Awareness and Suicide 1/5 (18%) of respondents had a GHQ12 score which could • Support community organisations to deliver positive mental Prevention Training Plan (BHSCT&SEHSCT-wide) indicate a mental health problem and a quarter (26%) of health messages and events • Improved information sharing and co-ordination amongst respondents had concerns about their own mental health • Encourage more collaboration and coordination across existing mental health and suicide prevention groups and services with an interest in, or remit for, promoting good structures (BHSCT&SEHSCT-wide) mental health and/or addressing poor mental health • Aim to replicate the Belfast ‘Have Your Say’ Survey in LCCC, • Initiate a householder survey to find out more about people’s disseminate findings widely and use the information to views and experiences of living in Lisburn Castlereagh and inform further action to be taken under the ‘Good Mental how their health is impacted – then build on this information Health’ theme year on year

What supporting outcomes does this address? What resources do we need to do it? Who is going to do it?

• We enjoy good mental health • Partners’ time • SEHSCT / PHA • Community groups • Children and young people are protected from harm • Pooling resources and/or co-ordinating efforts • LCCC • Children and young people are physically active and enjoy • Libraries NI good mental health • Those who undertake mental health, emotional resilience and • Good health will no longer be dependent on where we live or suicide prevention training what income we have • We feel a sense of belonging in our local neighbourhoods

33 Theme 4: Where We Live

Outcome: We live and work in attractive, resilient and environmentally-friendly places

Action 4a: Housing

Why are we doing it? What is our target? How are we going to achieve it?

• To connect people and opportunities through our • Identify land to meet the diverse range of housing • Draft LDP housing policies will ensure adequate land to infrastructure - there is an increasing need for enough requirements including affordable housing over the period of meet the HGI requirement including the affordable housing appropriate land to deliver the housing growth requirement the LDP requirement for the Plan period • To care for others we help those in need by providing sufficient • Increase the choice of housing available at a range of prices • Carry out research on house building standards and consider affordable housing for those in housing stress in the Council and tenures policy initiatives within the Draft LDP to address accessibility/ area with the highest average house price in NI mobility/ disability requirements by December 2019 • Consider the need to provide housing which is appropriate • As the demographics of LCCC changes, appropriate housing for the needs of older people and those with mobility and policies should accommodate the needs of the elderly people disability issues and those with mobility and disability issues

What supporting outcomes does this address? What resources do we need to do it? Who is going to do it?

• Neighbourhoods are designed and regenerated to promote • Can be delivered within existing resources • Housing Executive (Stephen Semple) well-being • Community representatives • DfC Housing Group • We have access to essential services, shops, leisure and • Housing associations workplaces • LCCC • The built and natural environment is protected and enhanced • Private sector • Everyone lives in an affordable home that meets their needs

34 Action 4b: Sustainable and Active Travel

Why are we doing it? What is our target? How are we going to achieve it?

• There is a need to get people using more sustainable • Reduce private car use • Consider developing new and extend existing Park and Ride transport and away from private car use and Park and Share facilities in key locations according to the • Reduce congestion, pollution and obesity Transport Plan • There’s a need to promote better health and wellbeing • Increase walking and cycling and access to open spaces • Investigate and develop plans to improve public transport • Need to make cycling and walking safer and more appealing • Monitor and assist with the delivery of the strategic plan to • There are unacceptably high levels of congestion, pollution improve greenways and walking corridors/cycle routes by (especially near schools) and obesity. 20.15% of Year 1 and December 2019 22.46% of Year 8 children were overweight or obese in 2016 • Create and develop strategic greenways and access to towpath • There is poor connectivity within the Council area • Promote opportunities for active travel routes in Ballybeen • Develop a plan to provide safe storage bike racks at Moat Park to tie in with Belfast Rapid Transit by December 2019 • Make cycling and walking safer and more appealing • Keep electric vehicle development and charging point requirement under review

What supporting outcomes does this address? What resources do we need to do it? Who is going to do it?

• There is a modal shift to sustainable and healthy transport • Can be delivered within existing resources • DfI (Raymond McCullough) options • DfC • EANI • We have access to essential services, shops, leisure and • LCCC workplaces • Lagan Navigation Trust • Neighbourhoods are designed and regenerated to promote • NIHE wellbeing • Social Trusts • The built and natural environment is protected and enhanced • SportNI • Sustrans • Greenhouse gas emissions are reduced

35 Theme 5: Our Community

Outcome: We live in empowered, harmonious, safe and welcoming communities

Action 5a: Support Hub

Why are we doing it? What is our target? How are we going to achieve it?

• We need collaboration among agencies to provide early • Improve opportunities for vulnerable people • Establish a support hub to help vulnerable groups/individuals intervention and support to vulnerable groups/individuals by December 2019 • Increase the number of people who have been supported with complex needs successfully through work of the hub • Develop a programme of regular reviews and interventions by • To provide holistic support to reduce a person’s vulnerability March 2020 • Reduce pressure on public services • Key professionals working together to facilitate better quality • Improve the service to individuals through more efficient information sharing and decision making to improve lives of working the most vulnerable in our community

What supporting outcomes does this address? What resources do we need to do it? Who is going to do it?

• Public services are enhanced through co-design and co- • Administration • LCCC (Angela McCann PCSP) production • Community & voluntary sectors • DoJ • We feel a sense of belonging in our local neighbourhoods: • EANI urban, suburban and rural • Health Trusts • Crime and anti-social behaviour are reduced • NIAS • NIFRS • NIHE • PBNI • PSNI • Youth Justice Agency

36 Action 5b: Establish a Community Network

Why are we doing it? What is our target? How are we going to achieve it?

• Currently no consistent approach to community engagement • Increase level of engagement and participation • Develop seven DEA engagement forums by March 2020 • Not all community voices are represented • Increase the sense of ownership and sense of belonging and • Reflect diversity in focus groups increase opportunities to be involved • There are areas where there is no collaborative approach – • Promote community development opportunities more widely questions around representation and capacity, there is a need • Increase numbers of people availing of community • Develop a community engagement network by March 2020 to share learning and to adopt co-production and co-design development opportunities principles • Develop and set up a Community Network • There is no community network

What supporting outcomes does this address? What resources do we need to do it? Who is going to do it?

• There is participation and volunteering in public and • Community Infrastructure Fund • LCCC (Louise Moore) community life, arts, culture and sport by people of all • Age Friendly • DfC Community Support Programme backgrounds • BHSCT • Community and voluntary sector • We feel a sense of belonging in our local neighbourhoods: • DfC urban, suburban and rural • EANI • Diversity is celebrated and there are good relations between • Lagan Navigation Trust people of different backgrounds and identities • Libraries NI • NICVA • NIHE • NIFRS • PCSP • PSNI • SEHSCT • SportNI • Volunteer Now • Youth Council

37 Action 5c: Volunteering

Why are we doing it? What is our target? How are we going to achieve it?

• We want to ensure volunteers receive adequate support & • Encourage people to volunteer • Stronger recognition of volunteering, those who do volunteer recognition often don’t see themselves in that role, particularly in sports, • Promote volunteering opportunities widely faith-based groups and small social groups • Volunteering is integral to a healthy & vibrant community • Empower individuals to participate • Increasing volunteering of all Section 75 groups • Volunteering increases employability • Enable volunteering by building capacity of organisations • Need for stronger collaboration/ signposting to other service • Volunteering improves health, wellbeing & reduces high • Recognise the value of volunteering and the contribution of providers levels of isolation volunteers • Improve volunteering practice and provide training • Diversity in volunteering enriches the communities we live in • Recognise volunteering as part of a journey towards personal development

What supporting outcomes does this address? What resources do we need to do it? Who is going to do it?

• There is participation and volunteering in public and • Administration by Volunteer Now • Volunteer Now (Antje Otto) community life, arts, culture and sport by people of all • Ballybeen Improvement Group • Information sharing & collaboration between all action group backgrounds • DfC members • Disability Action • Diversity is celebrated and there are good relations between • EANI people of different backgrounds and identities • LCCC • We feel a sense of belonging in our local neighbourhoods: • Lisburn Church Community Trust urban, suburban and rural • Orchardville Society • NIFRS • NIHE • SEHSCT • Sport NI • The Waterways Community

38 Appendix 2 - Addressing Local Government Outcomes

PfG Outcomes Action Plan Outcomes Action Plan Actions

1 We prosper through a strong, competitive, Theme 2: 1a Looked After Children regionally balanced economy Everyone benefits from a vibrant economy 2a Business Development 2b Social Economy 4b Sustainable and Active Travel

2 We live and work sustainably - protecting Theme 4: 4a Housing the environment We live and work in attractive, resilient and 4b Sustainable and Active Travel environmentally friendly places

3 We have a more equal society Theme 3: 1b Youth Council We live healthy, fulfilling and long lives 3a Be Active Lisburn & Castlereagh 3b Age Friendly 3c Good Mental Health 4b Sustainable and Active Travel 5a Support Hub 5b Establish a Community Network 5c Volunteering

4 We enjoy long, healthy, active lives Theme 3: 3a Be Active Lisburn and Castlereagh We live healthy, fulfilling and long lives 3b Age Friendly 3c Good Mental Health 4b Sustainable and Active Travel 5a Support Hub

39 PfG Outcomes Action Plan Outcomes Action Plan Actions

5 We are an innovative, creative society, Theme 5: 1a Looked After Children where people can fulfil their potential We live in empowered, harmonious, safe and 1b Youth Council welcoming communities 2a Business Development 2b Social Economy 3b Age Friendly 4a Housing 5a Support Hub 5b Establish a Community Network 5c Volunteering

6 We have more people working in better Theme 2: 1a Looked After Children jobs Everyone benefits from a vibrant economy 1b Youth Council 2a Business Development 2b Social Economy

7 We have a safe community where we Theme 5: 1a Looked After Children respect the law, and each other We live in empowered, harmonious, safe and 1b Youth Council welcoming communities 3c Good Mental Health 5a Support Hub 5b Establish a Community Network

8 We care for others and we help those in Theme 3: 1a Looked After Children need We live healthy, fulfilling and long lives 1c Early Years 3b Age Friendly 3c Good Mental Health 4a Housing 5a Support Hub 5b Establish a Community Network 5c Volunteering

40 PfG Outcomes Action Plan Outcomes Action Plan Actions

9 We are a shared, welcoming and Theme 5: 1b Youth Council confident society that respects diversity We live in empowered, harmonious, safe and 2b Social Economy welcoming communities 3b Age Friendly 3c Good Mental Health 5a Support Hub 5b Establish a Community Network 5c Volunteering

10 We have created a place where people Theme 4: 2a Business Development want to live and work, to visit and invest We live and work in attractive, resilient and 2b Social Economy environmentally friendly places 4a Housing 4b Sustainable and Active Travel

11 We connect people and opportunities Theme 2: 1a Looked After Children through our infrastructure Everyone benefits from a vibrant economy 1b Youth Council 2a Business Development 2b Social Economy 3b Age Friendly 4b Sustainable and Active Travel 5a Support Hub 5b Establish a Community Network 5c Volunteering

12 We give our children and young people Theme 1: 1a Looked After Children the best start in life Our children and young people have the best 1b Youth Council start in life 1c Early Years 3a Be Active Lisburn & Castlereagh

41 Abbreviations List

AF Age Friendly LAC Looked After Children APGs Action Planning Groups LCCC Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council AT Asset Transfer LDP Local Development Plan BHSCT Belfast Health & Social Care Trust LEAs Local Enterprise Areas CAT Council Asset Transfer NIAS NI Ambulance Service CCMS Council for Catholic Maintained Schools NIBSUP NI Business Start Up Programme CP Community Planning NICVA Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action CYPSP Children and Young People’s Strategic Partnership NIFRS NI Fire & Rescue Service DE Department of Education NIHE NI Housing Executive DEA District Electoral Area NIYLT NI Young Life and Times Survey DfC Department for Communities PBNI Probation Board for Northern Ireland DfI Department for Infrastructure PCSP Policing and Community Safety Partnerships DoJ Department of Justice PHA Public Health Agency EANI Education Authority NI PSNI Police Service NI FSME Free School Meals Entitlement SCPP Strategic Community Planning Partnership GHQ General Health Questionnaire SE Social Enterprise GR Good Relations SEHSCT South Eastern Health & Social Care Trust HGI Housing Growth Indicator SERC South Eastern Regional College HR Human Resources

42 Lisburn & Castlereagh Strategic Community Planning Partnership

Lisburn & Castlereagh Strategic Community Planning Partnership