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THE VINCE HINES FOUNDATION In Association With BECDF Local Community Development And Support Network _________________________________________________ Partnership On The Street (A Report On Innovative Street Work At Nights Among Children And Young People Age 13-18 years, In The London Borough Of Hammersmith And Fulham) June 1999 - August 2000 _________________________________________________
The Vince Hines Foundation Celebrates 25 Years Of Achievements: 1975-2000
Management, Administrative And Support Services The Vince Hines Foundation Springside House 84 North End Road London W14 9ES Tel: 020 7603 9974. Fax: 020 7603 9918. E-mail: cmass@ubol.com Internet: http://www.ubol.com/ Charity Reg. No. 269681. Established 1975. All rights reserved © 2000. Price £50.00
Index Contents
1 Name of Programme, page 5
2 Contact Address, page 5
3 Legal Status, page 5
4 Duration of Project, page 5
5 Management Body, page 5
6 Project Working Committee, page 5
7 The Background, page 5
8 Social Deterioration, page 6
9 Project Target Area & Social Make Up, page 7
10 Project Objectives, page 9
11 Strategy To Achieve Objectives, page 9
12 Partnership On The Street, page 11
13 Target Group Location, page 11
14 Factors Contributing To Children And Young People On The Streets, page 11
15 Profile Of Target Group, page 12
16 Number Of Children And Young People Targeted, page 13
17 Service Delivery Methods, page 13
17.1 Phase One - Night Cruise, page 13
17.2 Mentoring, page 14
17.3 Off-Road Motor Bike Training, page 15
17.4 Funds For Provisional Driving Licence and CBT - DL 196, page 15
17.5 Sports - Foundation Eagles FC, page 15
17.6. Job Brokerage And CV Writing, pages 15-16
18 New Work Planned, page 16
18.1. Reliability And Initiative Training, page 16
18.2. Music And Video Workshops, page 16
19. Number of Hours Beneficiaries Enjoyed, page 16
20. Contacts With Other Agencies, page 16
21. Finance, page 17
22. Monitoring And Evaluation, page 18
23. Conclusions And Recommendations, page 18
23.1. Conclusion, pages 18-20
23.2. Recommendations, page 20
Appendix A: Bibliography of Current Street Words
Appendix B: Charter Of Service Users' Rights And Equal Opportunity Policy
Appendix C:: Project Photographic Display .
Partnership On The Street (A Report On Innovative Street Work At Nights Among Children And Young People Age 13-18 years, In The London Borough Of Hammersmith And Fulham)
Name of Programme: Partnership On The Street
2. Contact address:
Management Administrative And Support Services The Vince Hines Foundation Springside House 84 North End Road LONDON W14 9ES Tel: 020 7603 9974 Fax: 020 7603 9918 E-mail:cmass@ubol.com
3. Legal Status: Registered Education Charity No. 269681. Established 1975
4. Duration of Project: June 1999 to August 2000
5. Management Body:
The Vince Hines Foundation, Sports, Leisure and Recreational Committee
6. Project Working Committee and Staff Team
Horace Lashley— Educationalist, Lecturer in Youth And Community Matters, University of Reading/Project Chairperson, Clifford Parris— Social Work Manager/Vince Hines Foundation Chairperson Dr Deng D. Akuany— Consultant/Sociologist Yishibah B. Israel— Psychologist Maquada Butler— Lawyer Dr Vince Hines— BECDF National Director, Project Fieldwork Researcher and Co-ordinator Dr Rudy Mohammad—LCDSN Representative/Health Advisor
Staff Team Callistus Igboanugo— Administrator Delia Damso— BA (Hons) in Community & Youth Studies Student, University of Reading Wayne Fleary— Youth and Community Worker Donovan Brown — Driver Sydney Roberts— Driver-Project Worker Sandra Thorpe— Voluntary Worker Omo Igwaegbe— Student/Trainee Yohannnes Demmelash— Artist/Voluntary Worker
7. The Background
THE VINCE HINES FOUNDATION, Community Education and Training Service, was founded in 1975, in London, England, by Dr Vince Hines, an African, born British, in Jamaica, the Caribbean, who lived in the United Kingdom since 1962. The Foundation was founded in response to pressing social needs among young people in London. The Foundation is a non‑governmental organisation (NGO) and registered as a national education Charity, at the Charity Commission.
The Charity's early years saw pressing social difficulties among disadvantaged youth, particularly on the issue of temporary homelessness. Youngsters were leaving home in search of their independence, with knock on effects, resulting in the lack of proper training and skills. This generally leads to high unemployment, crime and imprisonment.
After a short period of social support by the Foundation, the young people were able to organise themselves and settle down to normal lives. The Foundation's slogan in 1975 was (and still is) 'SELF‑HELP'. The average age of a beneficiary at the time was 17 years, mostly male, many of whom were new arrivals from the British Commonwealth. They were experiencing 'culture shock'.
8. Social Deterioration:
Today, the media and social researchers are ever reminding members of the wider public about the current social difficulties of children and young people, inner cities residents, who are torn by poverty, HIV virus, AIDS, drug misuse, truancies, school exclusions, youth crimes, unemployment and homelessness.
During the 1970s and 80s, the Foundation did not have to deal with HIV/AIDS, and today’s high levels of school truancies and exclusions, drug misuse, youth crimes, youth unemployment, homelessness, single parent families, mental illnesses, and a significant and continued flow of refugees.
The Foundation’s Trustees had learnt much over the years about community development at the grassroots, and the pressing needs of the poor and disadvantaged in our inner cities.
The Trustees recognised that, in order to continue providing culturally sensitive and effective services for members of the Community, those services must be relevant to current needs
In reviewing current needs in 1994, the Foundation Management resolved to continue the work of the Charity. A Ten-Year Development Plan was adopted, in order to bring the Foundation’s work to an even higher level of effectiveness. The Foundation’s organisational structures were re-organised, along Community, Educational and Training direction.
This Report, 'Partnership On The Streets', is the result of one of the Foundation's innovative and dynamic intervention project among the poor and disadvantaged, as we move into the 21st century.
9. Project Target Area and Social Make Up
In their proposal to the Government, applying for 'New Deal for Communities' status, members of The North Fulham Community Partnership, Steering Committee, of which the Vince Hines Foundation is a member, gave a summary of the pressing social issues in the areas which need to be addressed:
Worklessness
High levels of unemployment coupled with inequalities in the labour market
Lack of local employment and training infrastructure, in particular "first-rung" provision, with main services remote and unresponsive
"Cycle of decline" in workless and poor households coupled with low motivation and aspiration
Low levels of skills and educational attainment
Health
High levels of drug and alcohol misuse, mental health problems, depression and teenage pregnancies
Significant level of clinical conditions relating to unhealthy "lifestyles" Social conditions impacting on practice delivery
Inadequacies in quantity, quality and accessibility of specialist referral services
Crime
Very high level of street crime
Deep local concern about drugs and related crime Poor quality design in public spaces
High levels of racial harassment and racially motivated crime
Education
Low levels of attainment particularly at Key Stage 2
Children attending a large number of schools which experience high levels of free school meal entitlement, EAL needs, high mobility and dramatic increases in refugee children
Social conditions impact on attainment Lack of family support structures
Community, Self-Help and Participation
The local community infrastructure is weak
Levels of participation in community activity is extremely low and barriers to participation are significant
There is limited community development activity supporting existing voluntary effort
Very low levels of participation by black and ethnic minority people and few black and ethnic minority community organisations
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