CHINBROOK ACTION RESIDENTS TEAM (ChART) Big Local Plan 2020-2021 (Plan Year 4) 1 | P a g e CHINBROOK ACTION RESIDENTS TEAM BIG LOCAL PLAN Table of Contents 1. Introduction o Co-Chairs welcome 2. Chinbrook Context a) Data from Local Insight b) Map of area c) Survey and consultation results 3. Partnership 4. Costed Vision and Priority Areas a) Priority 1: Health, Well-being and Environment b) Priority 2: Education, Training and Employment c) Priority 3: Routes out of Poverty d) Overarching themes: ▪ Community and belonging ▪ Community investment ▪ Monitoring and evaluation ▪ Legacy and leveraging funding 5. Action Plan 6. Legacy statement 2 | P a g e 1. Introduction from our Co-Chairs Hello all, It is lovely to be able to send you this message a couple of years on from the previous plan. We are still here, still going strong and working towards the goals we set ourselves for our residents. Is this as good as it gets? I don’t know, I depend on the people we serve to tell me … and they do. We have had some successes and failures which is pretty normal. The Food Project, Wassail, Nature Club, Children’s Homework Clubs, just some of the projects, all working well, well attended, with a combination of old and young and every age in between. Friendships being made. People sharing tips, supporting each other. Our Steering Group are a marvellous crowd. Hardworking, original, funny and clever. A great bunch of people and thank you for letting me be part of that. Our future, more of the same and more besides. We listen to our residents and respond to what they say. Our workers, Paul, Suzannah and Victoria work extremely hard in bringing the events to life. A big thank you to you all. Look at our website, come and see us, take part in our events because if you don’t come and join in, they disappear. Bye-bye for now. Jacqui xx Jacqui Cook, Co-Chair 3 | P a g e Hi, We are really excited about all the work that has been achieved in the Chinbrook area so far. For the new plan we have reviewed what we have done so far and used the consultations and discussions we have had with people in the area, to put together a plan that builds on that. We hope you agree that it will help deliver the most important projects for our area. Keep a look out for the leaflets and flyers or go onto the Facebook page or website to find out what’s on. Please come and join us for our events and activities. We would love to have more people on our steering group too to help decide what to do next so get in touch. Anne www.chartbiglocal.org.uk Anne Slater, Co-Chair 4 | P a g e 2. Chinbrook Context Chinbrook is a suburb in south east London; it is located 14 km (8.7 mi) southeast of Charing Cross and is in the southeast corner of the London Borough of Lewisham on its boundary with the London Borough of Bromley. Chinbrook lies between Grove Park and Mottingham, approximately half a mile east of Grove Park centre and is generally considered part of Grove Park. The Chinbrook Big Local area consists of 1,615 properties (likely to be between 4,000-5,000 residents); the majority of which are houses, the highest proportion of these houses are either social registered housing or owner occupied of a pre1930’s terraced cottage design. There are two main housing estates in the area. Grove Park Estate, to the southwest of the crossroads is a group of roads all with terraced houses, and some semi-detached houses between Marvels Lane and Chinbrook Meadows that was built by Lewisham council between 1926 and 1929. Chinbrook Estate, to the southeast of the crossroads is several small roads, has two high tower blocks plus many smaller terrace houses and flats and one community centre. It lies in the south east corner of the Grove Park ward but comes under SE9 not SE12 like most of Grove Park. It is surrounded by and has entrances on Marvels Lane, Dunkery Road, Grove Park Road and Mottingham Sports Ground. Chinbrook residents benefit from being sandwiched between two large parks, Mottingham Playing fields (known locally as ‘Foxes’) which borders the Mottingham Big Local area and Chinbrook Meadows. Mottingham Playing fields has a small children’s play area, caged basketball and football space and changing room facilities. It also has a stream which borders the woods that link to Elmstead Woods at the top of the neighbouring Chinbrook Meadows. The park has open access from a road that runs alongside it 24 hours a day. Chinbrook Meadows is one of Lewisham's public parks in the south of Chinbrook and Grove Park, the area was previously occupied by Chinbrook Farm, a dairy farm. The park was first formally opened to the public in 1929 and was then a children's play area of 8-acre (32,000 m2), on the edge of the recently built Grove Park Estate; London County Council purchased a further 23 acres (93,000 m2); and the larger area was opened to the public in June 1937. The majority of the park is maintained short grass with footpaths and lined with tall trees and bisected by the River Quaggy; the grass often has markings for football pitches, a cricket ground and other sports and is used by local schools for sports days. Chinbrook meadows also contains public toilets, a café, public concrete tennis courts, and a football pitch and basketball court in one. The parks and woods are part of the green chain walk linking green spaces throughout London. New outdoor gym facilities have been installed in the park this year. There are a number of small green spaces dotted within the catchment area as well. Despite what would appear to be a wealth of green spaces in this part of London the parks are most regularly used by dog walkers, families and those hiring pitches and courts. Both parks benefit from committed local groups and associations committed to the improvement, care and increased use of the parks. This has been addressed over the past year with successful ChART walking groups, nature clubs, free yoga sessions and environmental conservation work sessions as well as a ChART presence at the local carnival and dog show. Chinbrook Meadows (which is the park 5 | P a g e most centrally within the Chinbrook Big Local area) has ‘Friends of Chinbrook Meadows’. They have been instrumental in gaining funding for new play, leisure and sports equipment and park furniture. In addition, they have successfully hosted a number of events which have increased take up and use of the park over the years. The name Chinbrook is derived from "Chin Brook" which was an alternative name for the Quaggy River at the turn of the twentieth century. 2.1 Data from Local Insight Data from a recent Local Insights report (see summary below in Table 1) shows that the Chinbrook population has slightly more young people than the London average. This data also shows that Chinbrook has somewhat less ethnic diversity than average for London, with the Black African and Black Caribbean communities the largest ethnic minority group in the area. The population has a lower turnover rate than average for London, meaning that residents are less likely to move house than average. There is a slightly higher than average number of lone parent households and pensioner households in the area. There are also higher than average (for London) numbers of people in the area claiming incapacity benefits and working age workless benefit claimants. The number of people claiming Disability Living Allowance and those who are in receipt of Personal Independence Payments (PIP) is approximately twice as high in Chinbrook as the London average. Until April 2013, Disability Living Allowance was payable to children and adults in or out of work who are below the age of 65 and who were disabled and required help with personal care or had walking difficulties. It is a non-means tested benefit and since April 2013 PIP has replaced Disability Living Allowance for all new claimants. PIP helps with some of the extra costs caused by long-term disability, ill-health or terminal ill-health. Similarly, the numbers of working age people claiming Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) benefits is almost twice the London average and the number of Housing Benefit claimants is also much higher than the London average, as are Universal Credit claimants. The proportion of children living in poverty in Chinbrook is 26%, which is much higher than the London and England average, but slightly decreased from previous years. The numbers of children in out of work households and lone parent households is also much higher than average for London. The number of people on mental health related benefits is almost twice as high as the London average. Approximately 10% of people in the area are providing unpaid care, which is slightly higher than average for London. A person is a provider of unpaid care if they give any help or support to another person because of long-term physical or mental health or disability, or problems related to old age. There are higher than average numbers of children in the area providing unpaid care and numbers of people providing more than fifty hours of unpaid care per week. The numbers of people in social housing are higher than London averages and increased this year to 42% from 33% in Chinbrook.