Fence Houses Steering Group

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Fence Houses is Great (Lauren Lowery aged 11yrs)
The Hive Community Development Project April
2006 March 2007

• Fence Houses Steering Group

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Introduction

• Background to the project
• Fence Houses Steering Group
• Community Development
• Engaging with the Community
• Staffing Operational times
• Whats been happening and what we are doing
• Future Steps

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Background information

• The Future of Barnardos in the South West
  Coalfield Area November 2004
• Area Fence Houses
• Issues of concern Drugs
• Action Research in Fence Houses May 2005
• Play/Safe play
• Community Building
• Crime/drug misuse/violence
• Transport/traffic
• Environment/dog mess/graffiti
• Housing

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Fence Houses Steering Group

• The Aim
• The Community of Fence Houses will be a place
  where people have got the knowledge, skills and
  abilities to be involved in creating a better
  future for everybody.
• They want there to be a safe, clean inviting
  environment and a community building with local
  ownership and local management.
• Membership
• Over 40 members on the Steering Group including
  statutory, voluntary groups/agencies and local
  people
• Funding
• The project currently gets funding from
  Barnardos, City of Sunderland Strategic
  Initiative Budget, funding specifically to fund a
  peer mentoring scheme commissioned by TPCT on
  behalf of the Drug Action Team and Safer
  Sunderland Partnership

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Community Development
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Engaging with the community

• Examples of how we get to
• know local people
• Tea Party
• Fun days
• Provide a venue for other services i.e. Community
  Safety day (SHG)
• We never turn anyone away

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Official Opening of the project
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Where are we based

• In a community bungalow between 8 10 Brancepeth
  Avenue, Fence Houses
• Owned by Sunderland Housing Group (SHG)
• Barnardos entered into a license for 1 year
• SHG have agreed that the property will remain for
  community use for a 5 year period

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Staffing Operational Times

• The project employs 2 development workers one for
  37hrs, one for 29hrs a week, two play development
  workers for 11hrs a week and other support staff
• The Hive Fence Houses is open 4 days a week
  Tuesday to Friday

Jackie Nelson Audrey Bewick
Development Workers
Jane Bell Julie Roberts Play
Development Workers
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What are we doing?

• Supporting community groups
• Colliery Row Residents Association
• Dubmire Primary School
• Fence Houses Action Group
• Dubmire Ducklings
• St Johns Methodist Church (Tin Chapel)
• Looked after young people
• St. Michaels Drop In
• Bankhead Tiny Tots
• Bright Stars

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What are we doing?

• Parent/carer peer mentoring scheme
• This is a pilot project which is currently
  providing
• mentoring and drug awareness training for 13
• parents/carers of whom we hope at least 6 will go
• forward to become volunteers to support other
• parents/carers in the Fence Houses area who have
• a family member experiencing problems with
• drug/substance use.

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Future steps

• The Fence Houses Steering Group will continue to
  work to secure the future of the project this
  will be based upon the outcomes of project
  monitoring and evaluation
• The results will allow the Steering Group to
  share lessons learnt with the wider Sunderland
  community and if successful will form the basis
  of future funding bids

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Contacts

• Contact Audrey or Jackie on
• 0191 5845729 Mondays or
• 0191 3858673 Tuesday - Friday
• or email
• audrey.bewick_at_barnardos.org.uk
• jacqueline.nelson_at_barnardos.org.uk