Hidden Dorset II Report Shining a light on local needs and inspiring local giving Contents Foreword…………………………………………………………….…………………………………………………………… 3. About the Author……………………………………………………………………………………………………….……. 4. Methodology…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 4. Some Definitions……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5. 1.0 County of Contrasts…………………………………………………………………………………………………... 8. 2.0 Health, Wellbeing and Mental Health……………………………………………………………………… 20. 3.0 Work, Education and Training………………………………………………………………………………….. 33. 4.0 Disadvantage and Poverty……………………………………………………………………………………….. 48. 5.0 Loneliness and Isolation…………………………………………………………………………………………… 67. Data Sources………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 75. 2 Foreword Welcome to the second edition of Hidden Dorset. Many of you may remember our first edition in 2015 which illustrated the deprivation existing in Dorset, exhibiting the need for community action and philanthropy. Our aim is that this edition of Hidden Dorset is more than just a report on how things are. We want it to form the basis of an ongoing commitment to understanding the needs and challenges in the county, to bring people together to tackle those needs and create a mechanism for tracking progress and demonstrating positive impact. We’ll be using Hidden Dorset to inform our strategy and improve our grant making, but we want it to have a wider purpose. Our aim is that it will help groups demonstrate the need for their projects, start conversations between donors and recipients, unite communities over a common purpose and bring together representatives from the private, public and voluntary sectors for the good of the county as a whole. We realise that this may take time, but we want to highlight that we see this report as a catalyst for action. To create Hidden Dorset we have brought together the latest available statistical data to produce a comprehensive document, available to view on our website at www.dorsetcommunityfoundation.org. This research shows that Dorset is a county of contrasts – between rich and poor, rural and urban, tradition and innovation. The report suggests that some of our strengths can also be the source of our weaknesses and vice versa. For example, the general affluence of the county can exacerbate the problems of those who are struggling to make ends meet, but it is in some of the most disadvantaged areas where you will find some of the strongest communities. From existing data we have created this published summary drawing out existing issues that we see as the most important, marrying them to case studies of work going on to alleviate the problems associated with those issues and suggesting further questions to instigate discussion and debate. This is a starting point to help us decide where we need to focus our attention, to identify the role we at Dorset Community Foundation can play in making a difference and to inspire others to take action. I welcome your input to this debate and would be delighted to hear from you at [email protected] about any of the issues raised. This is an exciting time for the Foundation. We are delighted with the report and the partnerships that have developed during the project. We hope you enjoy it and find it useful. But the true value of Hidden Dorset isn’t just in the information showcased in these pages, it’s in what we do with it. Jon Yates – Chief Executive 3 About the Author Phil Faulkner is a qualified Social Worker and Psychodynamic Organisational Therapist. He has worked in the private and third sectors as a leader of services providing systemic care, education and treatment for children and families who have experienced psychological trauma, or live with developmental disabilities such as autism. He is registered with the HCPC, and the British Psychoanalytic Council through membership of the Association for Psychodynamic Practice and Counselling in Organisational Settings (APPCIOS). Methodology The main source of data and information in this report is from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), which is the UK’s largest independent producer of official statistics and is responsible for collecting and publishing statistics related to the economy, population and society at national, regional and local levels. The ONS also conducts the census in England and Wales every 10 years. The methodologies for ONS data can be found at; https://www.ons.gov.uk/methodology. Statistics from the ONS cited in the report have either been collected directly from its website, or via information produced by other statutory bodies such as Dorset County Council, Poole and Bournemouth Borough Councils, Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), Public Health England and the Police. Other sources of data, including from Government departments, can be found, with respective hyperlinks, in the Data Source table on page 75. A key focus of the report is deprivation, as assessed using the 2015 Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD). This combines information from seven domains (Income Deprivation; Employment Deprivation; Education, Skills and Training Deprivation; Health Deprivation and Disability; Crime Deprivation; Barriers to Housing and Services and Living Environment Deprivation) to produce an overall relative measure of deprivation. In addition, there are two supplementary indices: the Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index and the Income Deprivation Affecting Older People Index. Each of these domains is based on a basket of indicators. Most indicators in the Indices of Deprivation 2015 relate to the tax year 2012/13. The Indices of Deprivation 2015 provide a set of relative measures for small areas called Lower-layer Super Output Areas (LSOAs) across England. Definitions of the seven domains and of LSOAs can be found below, and the methodology underpinning the Indices of Multiple Deprivation can be found at; https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/english-indices- of-deprivation-2015-technical-report. The two main sources of IMD data for Dorset used in the report are; http://dclgapps.communities.gov.uk/imd/idmap.html, an interaction application provided by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, and Dorset County Council’s interactive statistics site https://apps.geowessex.com/stats/Dashboards/Dashboard/indices- of-deprivation-2015. 4 As a secondary research project the report endeavours to represent the most current available data from existing source material in the public domain. An unavoidable limitation of this approach is that information may be based on statistics that are several years old (such as the 2011 Census); potentially resulting in a gap between what is represented in the data, and the currently perceived reality in the day to day lives of individuals, communities and organisations. The report sets out to represent some key areas of relevance to Dorset Community Foundation’s charitable work. It draws on a wide breadth of source material, but does not attempt to provide an exhaustive account of every aspect of deprivation and disadvantage in the county. Definitions Geographical Terminology ‘Dorset’ is used to describe the whole county including Bournemouth and Poole. ‘Shire Dorset’ is used to describe the current Dorset County Council area (excluding Bournemouth and Poole) Indices of Multiple Deprivation • Income Deprivation Domain Measures the proportion of the population experiencing deprivation relating to low income. The definition of low income used includes both those people that are out-of- work, and those that are in work but who have low earnings (and who satisfy the respective means tests). • Employment Deprivation Domain Measures the proportion of the working age population in an area involuntarily excluded from the labour market. This includes people who would like to work but are unable to do so due to unemployment, sickness or disability, or caring responsibilities. • Education, Skills and Training Deprivation Domain Measures the lack of attainment and skills in the local population. The indicators fall into two sub-domains: one relating to children and young people and one relating to adult skills. • Health Deprivation and Disability Domain Measures the risk of premature death and the impairment of quality of life through poor physical or mental health. The domain measures morbidity, disability and premature mortality but not aspects of behaviour or environment that may be predictive of future health deprivation. 5 • Crime Domain Measures the risk of personal and material victimisation at local level. • Barriers to Housing and Services Domain Measures the physical and financial accessibility of housing and local services. The indicators fall into two sub-domains: ‘geographical barriers’, which relate to the physical proximity of local services, and ‘wider barriers’ which includes issues relating to access to housing such as affordability and homelessness. • Living Environment Deprivation Domain Measures the quality of the local environment. The indicators fall into two sub- domains. The ‘indoors’ living environment measures the quality of housing; while the ‘outdoors’ living environment contains measures of air quality and road traffic accidents. • Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index Measures the proportion of all children aged 0 to 15 living in income deprived families. This is one of two supplementary indices and is a sub-set of the Income Deprivation Domain. • Income Deprivation Affecting Older People Index Measures the proportion of all those aged 60 or over who experience