WEYDON AND WRECCLESHAM (W2)

CONSULTATION AND MAPPING PROCESS – February 2008

1. Introduction

Wrecclesham is one of the villages that surround Farnham, a town of 37,000 people at the western end of Surrey. Mainly residential, there are several commercial enterprises in Wrecclesham and the railway line running from Alton in Hampshire to London crosses the Wrecclesham Road at the end of Weydon Lane. As a rural area bordering on Hampshire it is poorly served for public transport and is particularly affected by pollution problems from school run traffic and heavy duty vehicles.

The area defined for this consultation is bounded to the north by Weydon Lane and to the west by Wrecclesham Road (areas 009b, 006c, 006d from 2001 Census) and has a population of over 3,900 based in 1,650 households of which 350 households ( 21%) with no car ownership. There are over 100 lone parent households with dependent children in the area. Because most of the area is prosperous, the significant social deprivation and need is being missed from the substantial amounts of funding at present targeted at areas like the Sandy Hill and Chantrys estates in Farnham. Clubs and societies operate in the community without coordinating the activities being offered or sufficiently increasing awareness of them to local residents.

On 27 September 2007 a General Meeting (see minutes attached , Appendix F) was held at the Weydon Christian Centre to discuss ways in which the needs of the Weydon and Wrecclesham area could be identified and addressed.

2. Progress To Date

The work undertaken since that time has been split into two working groups – a Youth Working Party and a General Consultation Group.

i) Youth Working Party

Appendix A is an outline of the youth services provided in the W2 area by different organisations. Appendix G attached is the Minutes of the meeting held in October 2007

The key conclusions from the working party were that all agencies working in the area agreed to co-ordinate their provision to ensure avoidance of duplication and competition and to optimise the services provided to young people.

Fiona Jackson has also been appointed for one day a week to facilitate the opening of youth provision at the Wrecclesham Community Centre, starting from the 15^th February. Fiona will be outlining her thoughts and proposals at our meeting on 25^th February. Two small grants have been made to Sue Marsh, the home-school link worker to provide new games for the play club and to establish a Saturday play group.

ii) General Working Party

A considerable amount of work has been done over the course of the past four months by the General Working Party in identifying the areas of deprivation and also what services and provisions are being made.

A number of Appendices with relevant information are attached hereto.

Early on in the consultation process it was identified that there were strong areas of deprivation based on the government’s social deprivation indices. On the north side of the area covered, a number of these were at levels similar to those on The Chantrys and above the national average – a detailed map will be presented at our meeting.

It was suggested that we would focus our research on these areas which are designated as 9b, 6c and 6d by Waverley Borough Council.

In discussions with agencies already working in the area, a number of issues have arisen relating to support for single parents and also, support for the elderly.

We are now at the point of looking at ways of conducting the community consultation in ways that access the silent and unheard voices as well as those more easily accessible.

APPENDICES

Appendix A

An outline of the youth services provided in the W2 area by different organisations

Appendix B

Statistics for the north part of the W2 area

Appendix C

Crime Statistics

Appendix D

Premises - link to pdf file

Appendix E

Environmental Issues

Appendix F

Minutes of General Meeting – September 2007

Appendix G

Minutes of the Youth working party meeting held in October 2007

APPENDIX A

Youth services for Weydon/Wrecclesham area

St Thomas’

Partnership with Pilgrim’s Way, providing volunteers to hear children read and with the Breakfast club

Brambleton Hall

Community hall accommodating-

Independent dancing classes, playgroup, etc plus Bourne CYI activities.

Bourne CYI

Qualified youth worker (funded SYDS, CX, and other grants)providing

Advice and information based on the Shop, Firgrove Hill. Project work, based on Shop, Firgrove Hill and Groove Club. Football Boys, girls and young men Weydon Sports hall Liaison Weydon School and Farnham College providing community support for vulnerable young people and opportunities for youth volunteering.

Clubs at Brambleton Hall

Buzz 8-11 year olds Monday evenings

Groove 14-16 year olds Monday evenings. Music and project work.

Additional provision needed.

Additional part time youth worker to cover sickness, youth worker vacancies and to provide more club time and project work targeted on the most vulnerable young people--£12,000pa.

Children’s play area ?upgrade current

Youth shelter/ indoor meeting space/extra lighting winter, Outdoor play space Current grassy area messy in summer.

Additional clubs/activities for 11-13year olds.

School holiday provisions

Wrecclesham.

Junior tennis
Junior rugby

Leverton Hall.

Brownies
Happy Nappies …. Mothers and Toddlers …. Not a church group as such, started 16 years ago by church Mothers Union members … and re launched using the original money and new leaders.

St.Peters Church.

Junior church 5-11 yrs – Sunday am.
SOS 11- 16 yrs – Sunday am and social termly.
14+ group – Sunday evening - fledgling group looking at informal worship with social after … hoping to meet monthly.
Youth Achievement Award group – small group of 13 – 16 yrs – started to give incentive to young people to get more involved. Sort of works but the trouble is young middle class high achieving young people don’t need YAA –so it is not run as it should be … i.e. coming from them and their peers and not from the leader (me).
Holiday Club – 5-11 years – one week in August – had a break for a few years but has started up again this year and last.

Wrecclesham Community Centre.

Boxing - 3 nights a week – starting age 9.

FCCT Youth Team

Weydon School - Detached Youth Work – Wednesday lunchtimes term time.

Weydon School – Assemblies, all year groups – Ongoing throughout the year

Weydon School – R.E Lessons, Ongoing throughout the year, some dates – Week of 19^th November, Year 7 – ‘Who is Jesus’. Week of 3^rd December, Year 8 - ‘Christian Ecumenical Movement’. Week of 21^st January, Year 7- ‘How the Bible is used’, Week of 4^th February, Year 9 – ‘Christian Values in a Changing World’. Jan/Feb - Dates TBC- Weydon Year 11 –‘‘Death and the Afterlife’.

Weydon School – ‘Rock Solid’, Free after school club for Years 7-9. Wednesday’s 3.30-4.30. Opportunity to explore the Christian Faith around a theme each week, lots of games and activities. ( currently about 15 young people)

Weydon School – ‘CRE: 8’, Free after school club joint with The Dance Movement– Tuesdays, 3-4.30pm. Exploring dance, filmmaking, woodcraft and other visual arts. (starts next Tuesday 30^th Oct).

The Cooler – Youth Drop-in. Thursdays, 4-6pm, Weydon Christian Centre. Pool, Table Tennis, X-Box 360, PS2, Tuck Shop, Youth Management Team, holiday activities and residentials. For 11-18 year olds. (Currently 120 on books, see between 20-35 weekly).

Pioneer People Farnham

Orbit - Joint church based youth group with Weybourne Baptist Church.

2 Sundays a month from Weydon Christian Centre 5-8pm, relaxed games and chat with 10 minute God slot.

1 Sunday a month Orbit Going Deeper meets in a home 7.30-9pm for a Bible Study.

1 Sunday a month Orbit Special a social or something different, meet with other youth groups etc.

Jubilee Church Farnham

Glo

Quote from their website: ‘On Friday nights, we spend time together having fun, learning about what God has said, and how we can put that into practice. We see how our lifestyles, and the way we interact with our mates, will change the world for God. If you are aged between 11 and 18, come along and join in.’ Weydon Christian Centre.

WEYDON AND WRECCLESHAM SCHOOLS PROVISION

There are three schools in the area - St. Peter’s, Pilgrims Way (both junior schools) and Weydon (11-16).

In terms of community involvement, they operate under the influence of the statutory obligation placed on them in July 2007 to promote community cohesion. This is yet another demand on the already busy lives of schools but they have responded to this under the framework of the Fearnhamme Confederation of Schools and conducted an initial audit of the provision of the schools within their area. A copy of this is attached.

St. Peters

St. Peters is a Church of England primary school and does a significant number of clubs throughout the day. All of these are staffed by existing teachers.

Pilgrims Way

Pilgrims Way have a number of clubs but excellent facilities which they are keen for the community to use. There is also a breakfast club supported by St Thomas on the Bourne. Sue Marsh is their home-school link worker and it looks as if there may be some initiatives that arise from this.

Weydon School

In Weydon School they are now involved in providing community skills training and literacy training to parents. A number of clubs are run during and after school.

Mapping

Jane Wilkinson, Head of Pilgrims Way, provided a very useful breakdown based on deprivation indices, which shows that the north part of the area has levels of deprivation at or above the national average. These are in line in some cases with the deprivation in the Chantrys.

This information will be provided to the full Review Meeting in early February.

Appendix B

Statistics for Waverley areas 009b,006c,006d from 2001 Census

Demographics

Total Population: 3934

Males: 1855

Females: 2079

Age:

0- 4 yrs : 237

5 - 9: 220

10 - 15: 289

16-19: 173

20- 64: 2332

65+: 683

Health
General Health Good :	69.1%	Waverley District Council	74.5%
General Health Fairly Good:	22.6%		19.6%
General Health Not Good:	8.2%		5.9%

People with a limiting long term illness:	17.13%		14.06%

Employment - aged 16-74
Employees Full-time:	46.39%	Waverley District Council	41.07%
Employees Part-time:	12.37%		12.20%
Self Employed:	8.54%		12.33%
Unemployed:	1.83%		1.62%
Looking after home/family:	5.85%		7.25%
Permanently sick/disabled:	3.50%		2.56%

Education - aged 16-74
People with no qualifications:	27.71%	Waverley District Council (WDC)	18.39%
People with highest qualifications up to 4 GCSES/GCEs or NVQ1:	17.36%	WDC	13.5%
People with highest qualifications 5+ GCSES/GCEs or NVQ2:	19.74%	WDC	21.66%
People with highest qualifications 2+ A Levels/NVQ3:	8.79%	WDC	10.35%
People with highest qualifications Degrees/Higher Degrees	20.08%	WDC	30.09%

Marital Status
Single (never married)	1767
Married (first marriage)	1259
Re-married	238
Separated	73
Divorced	298
Widowed	299

Lone Parent Households with Dependent Children :	102

Housing
Number of Households:	1648
Owned households:	1064
Social Rented from Council:	419
Private rented:	100

Car Ownership
Households with no car ownership:	349
Percentage of population:	20.77%

APPENDIX C

APPENDIX D

APPENDIX E

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

1. FLY-TIPPING

Clean streets are a concern for local people as dumping of litter and waste is an eye sore and at worst a risk to human health and the environment. The street cleaning frequency varies from weekly to every 3 months to take account of the amount of litter likely to be dropped e.g. Weydon Lane is done every 2 weeks and Shortheath Road every 3 months.

Waste is being dumped regularly at Wrecclesham Recreation Ground and other places at the side of the road but this is not a major problem in the area being covered by this group.

Where a significant amount of fly-tipped waste has been seen it has been associated with building work and Waverley have acted promptly to get it removed.

2. GRAFFITI

Widespread damage is unusual in the area but has happened in Weydon Lane and also resulted in damage at Weydon School. Graffiti has also been found in Green Lane, Ridgway Road and Shortheath Road. The Waverley Community Safety Coordinator can be contacted and the planning department, if on a building development site hoarding, as happened in Ridgway Road when a development of flats started there.

3. AIR QUALITY

Farnham is one of the wards particularly affected by traffic pollution e.g. school run traffic and heavy duty vehicles through Wrecclesham. The latest air quality action plan in December 2007 aims to reduce this problem through improved traffic flow, changed behaviours etc.

Domestic bonfires are another source of air pollution and a key source of concern to local residents, prompting a large number of complaints every year to Waverley's Environmental Health department. The Council needs to encourage behaviour change.

There is a possibility in the future of using cleaner vehicles e.g. refuse collections service but an overall reduction is achieved now through alternative weekly collection service. Surrey County Council is working with schools to produce travel plans aimed at making travel to and from school less dependent on the private car.

APPENDIX F

WEYDON & WRECCLESHAM CONSULTATIVE GROUP

MINUTES OF GENERAL MEETING

A meeting was held on Thursday, 27^th September 2007 at the Weydon Christian Centre to discuss the formation of a working party to map existing provision in the Weydon and Wrecclesham area and to organise a variety of methods for community consultation to ascertain the needs of the community.

Present:
Melanie Ray	PPF
Roger Ellis	Wrecclesham Community Centre
Anne Gell	St. Peter’s Wrecclesham
Jane Still	FCCT
Jonathan Still	St. Thomas-on-The Bourne
Fiona Jackson	Wrecclesham Community Centre/St. Peter’s
Ivy Skeet	Wrecclesham Community Centre/St. Peter’s
Pat Frost	Local Councillor
Bob Frost	Local Councillor
Calum Mercer	St. Thomas-on-The Bourne
David Munro	Local Councillor
Chris Secker	FCCT/PPF
Mike Henson	PPF
Gemma Henson	FCCT/PPF
Suzanne Baker	Seedbed
Sean Gubb	Jubilee Church
Kenton Sparks	Farnham Resident

Apologies:
Pat Lambert	Bourne CYI
Michael Causey	Local Councillor

It was agreed that the area to be covered would be bounded by the Farnham by-pass to the north, Shortheath Road/Echo Barn Lane to the south, Firgrove Hill to the east and the village of Wrecclesham (including Riverdale) down to the A31.
Suzanne Baker outlined a proposed format for gathering statistical information about the area, then mapping the existing provision and perceived needs from organisations already operating and then finally, a community consultation. Details of this presentation are attached. It was agreed to proceed on the basis outlined.
A working group consisting of representatives from PPF, Wrecclesham Community Centre, St. Peter’s, St. Thomas on the Bourne, Jubilee Church and FCCT would undertake to complete this exercise and report back to a series of open meetings as matters progress.

First meeting of the working party to be held by the end of October.
Co-ordination and Support of existing Youth Provision

A separate meeting was proposed for all those interested in youth work to map what the current provision is, identify areas of corporation, identify gaps and to seek resources to feel those gaps. This would be an interim measure until such time as the full mapping exercise had been concluded.

The proposed date for this meeting will be Thursday, 18^th October 2007 at 8 pm. If you are interested in this meeting could you please revert as soon as possible confirming your availability.

Roger – would it be possible to have this meeting at the Wrecclesham Community Centre?
Ivy Skeet has agreed to approach the Wrecclesham Institute to see if they wish to be part of this process.

SUMMARY ACTION POINTS

People to revert with nominees for working party by 5^th October 2007.
Confirmation of the date of the meeting to discuss youth provision and attendees by the 5^th October 2007.
Ivy Skeet to contract Wrecclesham Institute to ascertain interest in being part of the process.

Proposed Outline Plan – Suzanne Baker

First Stage - Preparation - Values/Setting up Team

The group needs to identify why people wish to be involved, what do they want to see happen, what are the biblical underpinnings, what set of values to they want to work with. Then to look at how they wish to operate as a team, how they will make decisions. They can find out within the group what skills set each has and any particular areas of interest.

The group may wish to seek if there are other Christians in the area that may be interested in being involved.

Second Stage - Engaging and Researching the community

This is a very important stage as it enables the team to identify the key needs of the community, rather than focusing on the most apparent issues.

It also stops the duplication of activities that may be happening by another provider in the area.

It importantly asks the community what they want, giving them voice on what needs to take place.

There are three suggested areas of research.

Reports and Statistics

The group can go to the local council and other statutory bodies to obtain any local statistics, government reports on areas such as crime, employment, education, health, housing etc. These reports and statistics can bring up some surprising information and provide some useful background information.

Find out about other agencies and organisations active in the area.

Then, the team needs to identify what local agencies are active in the area. They need to speak to them and find out what they are doing, what they see as the gaps in provision. This can take time but it gives these people awareness of group and also the group might find that you encounter 'people of peace' who provide them with some very helpful information or lead them to another helpful contact or opportunity.

Community Consultation

Finally the team need to consult the community on what they would like to see happen (based on what you know already exists and some needs that may have been identified). Various methods of consultation can be used, a common one is through a questionnaire (Shaftesbury Society have a very helpful pack), or 121 interviews etc.

This stage can take some time but again, in the mix of this relationships are being built with the local community.

Third Stage Choose Area to be involved with.

Having identified the key needs, the team will then need to explore ways in which they may be addressed.

The team can then consider how the needs match skills identified within the group.

It is good to start small and do something that is manageable.

Fourth Stage Planning

This is about making it happen. The team need to look at what is needed to set up the project. They need to look at how the values they looked at at Stage 1 work out through the project and how they operate. They need to look at what policies and procedures they need, what resources they need and where to look for them, identify other agencies to work with or make awareness to of the new initiative.

Fifth Stage - set the project up and build in evaluation stages.

Once the initiative is up and running, consultation with the community does not stop. The group will need to establish ongoing evaluation and monitoring procedures, as they will help them to keep answering the questions that are being asked by the community. The project may need to adapt and change to this.

It is recommended that the team build in times of reflection to look at how the project is developing, reflect on the values, consider any changes that need to happen within the team etc.

APPENDIX G

MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE WEYDON AND WRECCLESHAM YOUTH WORKING PARTY

A meeting was held of the Weydon and Wrecclesham Youth Working Party on Thursday, 18^th October 2007 at the Wrecclesham Community Centre (“WCC”).

Present:	Fiona Jackson	WCC & St. Peter’s
	Pat Lambert	Bourne CYI & St. Thomas On-The Bourne
	Gemma Henson	Pioneer People Farnham & FCCT Youth Team
	Sylvia Jacobs	Former Liberal Democrat Councillor
	Linda Daruvula	Farnham Assemblies and Schools Team
	Carol Harnett	Farnham Assemblies and Schools Team
	Kenton Sparks

An outline of the current provision for youth in the area was provided by the various representatives – please see attached details.
Partnership Working

All parties were struck by the common purpose in the youth work being provide by the agencies represented and the scope for working together to fill gaps, share premises and even a joint recruitment (see below). It was agreed that each of the bodies represented would revert to their management/Steering Committees to confirm a policy of working together wherever possible in the provision of services for youth and children.

The specific recommendation would be that a part or full time partly qualified youth worker would be recruited to work alongside all the existing organisations and specifically in the area of Weydon and Wrecclesham.
The current immediate need identified is the provision of a youth club or drop in specifically targeted at 11 to 14 year olds.
Further Mapping

It was agreed that contact would be made with Weydon School, St. Peter’s School and Pilgrims Way School to ascertain what is being provided on an extra curricular basis in the area.
Consultation Process

The use of the ‘Big Brother’ video booth and other means of ascertaining the views of young people and their parents would be an important part of the proposed consultation exercise.