Model Neighbourhood

Our ambition is to empower communities in North East of Sheffield to live happier and healthier lives.

The four North East areas of focus will be:

There are three key aims to the work:

To connect people to each other in their communities through increased investment in to local Voluntary and Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) organisations
To build community capacity of individuals and neighbourhoods to help them address issues that are important to them
To devolve power to communities

Communities will produce their neighbourhood plans
Make long term investments into VCSE
Improve opportunities for people to connect and contribute to their local area
To coordinate work of partners in North East
People can influence decisions that affect their neighbourhood via participatory budgeting
Ensure we make the best use of local infrastructure to improve connection to people in the community
Enhance the skills, knowledge and resources of local people to improve their communities and own lives
Pilot a new relational model for small number of families experiencing disadvantage

High levels of inequality and deprivation, with disempowered and disconnected communities
The North East has very high levels of deprivation, impacting life expectancy, healthy life expectancy, educational attainment, skill-level and the overall health and wellbeing of our communities
Area has largest number of people who are in multi-occupation households, digitally excluded, experience fuel poverty and food insecurity. Area has high unemployment and high crime rates
Communities are big users of public services, many with complex needs and lives, yet with little say or control over decisions that affect them
VCSE sector on its knees with huge demands, short-term funding, and managing more complex cases than before
System is overwhelmed and understaffed
Public sector services are designed around the needs of system, not communities.
Race Equality Commission report recommendation for NHS to “reconsider the balance of health funding for prevention and treatment services, disproportionate investment including in community capacity and infrastructure building”
Changing national narrative on need to work differently with communities and shift power

Shift power to communities
Target resources to where needs are greatest
Focus on what’s strong and local, not what’s wrong and external
Readdress the balance in funding for black, minority ethnic communities
Work alongside communities on identifying needs and solutions
Plans will be community led and community focused, not system led
Investment into VCSE will be long-term, sustainable, flexible, and accessible
Non-medical model based on relationships and connections, not services
Be inclusive and recognise communities of interest alongside neighbourhoods
Work together to maximise opportunities for extra investment
Improve coordination of work between local organisations and different parts of the same organisation
Work will be evidence-based
Share good practice locally and wider
Monitor long-term impact on system and communities via stories, not inputs or outputs

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