The Partnership received a report which provided an
update regarding the Haringey Community Gold programme 2019-21,
approved by Cabinet in March 2019. It set out progress made in the
delivery of commitments made against the Young People at Risk
Action Plan and in terms of governance arrangements. The
Partnership were asked to note that Greater London Authority
funding comes to an end on 31st December 2021. In addition to the
report, the Partnership were also shown a mini-documentary
‘Our Impact’ which provided a number of testimonies
from young people about the impact of Community Gold on them. The
longer version of the documentary was premiered at the cinema in
Wood Green and was available to watch at the link provided on the
agenda. The report and the video were introduced by Eduardo Araujo,
Senior Tottenham Community Safety Manager, as set out in the agenda
pack at pages 17-20.
The following arose in discussion of this
item:
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The Partnership commended the video short as well as
the screening event that took place.
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The Partnership also praised the work that Haringey
Community Gold had done, suggesting that gains from employment and
training would percolate into wider areas across the community. The
Partnership noted with concern the fact that funding was due to end
at the end of the year, and it was suggested that every effort
should be made to keep this going.
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The Chair advised partners that she had a meeting
with the VRU and the Deputy Mayor of policing to urge them to
continue funding the programme, as well as promulgating the value
of early intervention work in this area more generally.
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Assurance was sought from officers around what work
had been done in anticipation of the looming funding deadline.
Officers were also asked to comment on the key areas to highlight
and key areas to take forward. In
response, officers advised that a number of evaluations had been
carried out on the successful contributions that the programme had
made to the community. Officers set out
that one of the key lasting benefits was the links made across the
community and across the Council and partners which had allowed the
programme to flourish and had demonstrated the value of
cross-partners working. It was also noted that the youth outreach
work was seen as being pivotal and would be something that everyone
involved would like to see continue. Officers agreed to share the
academic evaluation of the programme with the Cabinet Member For
Children, Families and Early years. (Action: Eubert
Malcom).
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Officers added that there had also been some key
learning points around smaller partnership working for future bids,
as well as how to work with the private sector; a framework had
been developed to support this.
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In response to a question around whether links had
been developed with specific groups such as Turkish/Kurdish groups
and Somali groups vis-a-vis ongoing funding from the Mayor’s
Office, officers advised that cultural engagement with specific
groups had taken place and that the key element to doing this
successfully was around specific recruitment and commissioning of
services to engage with those groups directly.
RESOLVED
Noted