www.cypnow.co.uk GOOD PRACTICE www.cypnow.co.uk More case studies @ www.cypnow .co.uk 19 July–1 August 2016 Children & Young People Now 31 30 Children & Young People Now 19 July–1 August 2016 PROJECT Holiday Kitchen PURPOSE To improve the wellbeing of low-income and vulnerable families FUNDING Around £4,000 per eight-day programme, £50 per family per day, funded by Children in Need, Public Health England, Family Action, Accord Group’s own investment and other donations BACKGROUND Holiday Kitchen addresses issues including food poverty, financial stress, isolation, inactivity and loss of learning experienced by low- income and vulnerable families during school holidays, particularly the long summer break, when free meals and support from schools are no longer available. It was sparked by a 2012 community consultation in a deprived east Birmingham neighbourhood, conducted by Ashram Housing Association – now Ashrammoseley – part of the Accord Group. Food poverty and a lack of summer activities topped the needs identified. So with the help of a Children in Need grant, the organisation ran a holiday activity programme in summer 2013, providing food for almost 500 children. Accord developed the programme with Family Action and last summer, Holiday Kitchen was delivered at 23 locations in the West Midlands, Greater Manchester and Lincolnshire, benefiting more than 200 families. ACTION Organisations that want to deliver the programme, such as children’s centres, housing associations, refuges and community centres, Focus on food improves health of families physical activities; “make and taste”, which involves cooking and exploring new foods; a storybook- based drama and dress-up session, and a “money fun” session, with advice on money management and budget shopping. The last session is a celebration, with music and dance. “Parents or carers are expected to be involved in the activities, supporting and spending time with their children,” explains Wolhuter. OUTCOME May 2016 Birmingham City University-led evaluation reports from 12 Holiday Kitchen programmes in Greater Manchester and eight in the West Midlands last summer, indicate improvements in families’ nutrition, relationships, emotional wellbeing and the quality of their time together, as well as an expansion of their knowledge and interests and a reduction in financial stress. Before the programme, 15 out of 45 – 33 per cent – West Midland families described their food as nutritionally “good” to “excellent”. This increased to 29 families – 64 per cent – after the programme. Of these 45, 16 – 36 per cent – said they were “confident” or “extremely confident” in undertaking family activities with their children before the programme, nearly doubling to 31 families – 69 per cent – after. Of 91 Greater Manchester parents, 81 per cent said their children learned “quite a lot” or “a great deal” of new things from the programme and 75 per cent said their children felt “quite a lot” or “a great deal” better about themselves. If you think your project is worthy of inclusion, email supporting data to [email protected] send staff to a training day run by Accord. The programme is designed for the families of pre-school and primary-aged children. Children’s services, schools and others are invited to refer families who could benefit most. Some centres advertise the programme through their own networks and families can refer themselves. Accord recommends the eight- day programme runs from the first week of August and is spread over the month, with two half-day sessions each week. “This means if something goes wrong at home, they are only a few days away from the next session,” explains Caroline Wolhuter, head of social inclusion at Ashrammoseley, who has led the programme since its inception. Around 10 parents or carers and 20 children take part in each programme, arriving for breakfast from 9.30am. After around two hours of activities, they take part in a community lunch, which they often help prepare. Food is contributed by organisations including charitable food distributor FareShare and families sometimes take food home. The eight days consist of a forest school session; a “field to fork” session, in which participants learn about growing vegetables; a “park challenge” day, with sports and CASE STUDY 1 | Midlands and north of England | Social care Programme works to improve the wellbeing of parents and young children through the summer holidays by providing food and support Children and families learn about good nutrition by preparing community lunches at Holiday Kitchen sessions over the summer PROJECT Choice (Children have Options, Imagination, Challenge, Experience) PURPOSE To improve school attendance and attainment among eight- to 11-year- olds and reduce their likelihood of becoming Neet (not in education, employment or training) FUNDING £35,000 this academic year, funded by Wakefield Council, Pontefract Academies Trust, Pontefract Education Trust, Wakefield and District Housing, Casey’s Construction and West Yorkshire Police BACKGROUND Choice is the brainchild of its manager Annette Jones, who in 2011 was welfare manager at Carleton Community High School in Pontefract. She realised pupils needed intervention during primary school, when they are “more receptive to advice and guidance and keener to build relationships with police and other professionals”. So Jones devised a pilot for 10 children at De Lacy Primary in Pontefract. This year Choice will be delivered to 99 pupils in 11 Wakefield primaries. ACTION Choice is run by schools partnership Pontefract Academies Trust. Heads of participating schools identify pupils in years four, five and six, who Jones says “need something to give them a bit more drive”. She meets each child’s parents or carers to assess their needs, signposting them to support agencies where necessary. She supports them throughout the programme with “surgeries” for issues such as debt or housing. The 30-week programme starts in the autumn, running weekly in the last hour of school, or throughout the afternoon for out-of-school activities. It includes three six-week courses: a police-run Explorer course where participants learn the consequences of criminal behaviour through visits to court and custody; a Young Fire- fighters course where firefighters drill participants in practical skills leading to a military-style “passing out” parade; while a third course sees an alternative therapist teach how to deal with anger and stress. The remaining 12 weeks include sessions from Barnardo’s on child sexual exploitation; from British Transport Police on railway safety; from school nurses on healthy eating and dental hygiene; and from Keep Britain Tidy on protecting the environment. In addition, housing association WDH talk to pupils about the consequences of antisocial behaviour. OUTCOME Of 36 pupils referred to Choice last year, 65 per cent improved school attendance, 80 per cent progressed in reading, 90 per cent in writing and 83 per cent in maths. Choice sees primary pupils shine CASE STUDY 2 | Yorkshire | Education The majority of pupils referred to Choice improved their school attendance, plus their reading, writing and maths Source: Evaluation led by Birmingham City University IMPACT ON FAMILY LIFE Results for Holiday Kitchen families in the West Midlands Before After Before After Food nutritionally good/excellent Confident doing activities with children 33% 36% 64% 69%
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ProjectHoliday Kitchen
PurPoseto improve the wellbeing of low-income and vulnerable families
fundingaround £4,000 per eight-day programme, £50 per family per day, funded by children in Need, public Health england, Family action, accord group’s own investment and other donations
backgroundHoliday Kitchen addresses issues including food poverty, financial stress, isolation, inactivity and loss of learning experienced by low-income and vulnerable families during school holidays, particularly the long summer break, when free meals and support from schools are no longer available.
It was sparked by a 2012 community consultation in a deprived east Birmingham neighbourhood, conducted by Ashram Housing Association – now Ashrammoseley – part of the Accord Group. Food poverty and a lack of summer activities topped the needs identified. So with the help of a Children in Need grant, the organisation ran a holiday activity programme in summer 2013, providing food for almost 500 children.
Accord developed the programme with Family Action and last summer, Holiday Kitchen was delivered at 23 locations in the West Midlands, Greater Manchester and Lincolnshire, benefiting more than 200 families.
actionOrganisations that want to deliver the programme, such as children’s centres, housing associations, refuges and community centres,
focus on food improves health of families
physical activities; “make and taste”, which involves cooking and exploring new foods; a storybook-based drama and dress-up session, and a “money fun” session, with advice on money management and budget shopping. The last session is a celebration, with music and dance. “Parents or carers are expected to be involved in the activities, supporting and spending time with their children,” explains Wolhuter.
outcomeMay 2016 Birmingham City University-led evaluation reports from 12 Holiday Kitchen programmes in Greater Manchester and eight in the West Midlands last summer, indicate improvements in families’ nutrition, relationships, emotional wellbeing and the quality of their time together, as well as an expansion of their knowledge and interests and a reduction in financial stress.
Before the programme, 15 out of 45 – 33 per cent – West Midland families described their food as nutritionally “good” to “excellent”. This increased to 29 families – 64 per cent – after the programme. Of these 45, 16 – 36 per cent – said they were “confident” or “extremely confident” in undertaking family activities with their children before the programme, nearly doubling to 31 families – 69 per cent – after.
Of 91 Greater Manchester parents, 81 per cent said their children learned “quite a lot” or “a great deal” of new things from the programme and 75 per cent said their children felt “quite a lot” or “a great deal” better about themselves.
If you think your project is worthy of inclusion, email supporting data to [email protected]
send staff to a training day run by Accord.
The programme is designed for the families of pre-school and primary-aged children. Children’s services, schools and others are invited to refer families who could
benefit most. Some centres advertise the programme through their own networks and families can refer themselves.
Accord recommends the eight-day programme runs from the first week of August and is spread over
the month, with two half-day sessions each week. “This means if something goes wrong at home, they are only a few days away from the next session,” explains Caroline Wolhuter, head of social inclusion at Ashrammoseley, who has led the programme since its inception.
Around 10 parents or carers and 20 children take part in each programme, arriving for breakfast from 9.30am. After around two hours of activities, they take part in a community lunch, which they often help prepare. Food is contributed by organisations including charitable food distributor FareShare and families sometimes take food home.
The eight days consist of a forest school session; a “field to fork” session, in which participants learn about growing vegetables; a “park challenge” day, with sports and
CASE STUDY 1 | Midlands and north of England | Social care
Programme works to improve the wellbeing of parents and young children through the summer holidays by providing food and support
children and families learn about good nutrition by preparing community lunches at Holiday kitchen sessions over the summer
Projectchoice (children have options, imagination, challenge, experience)
PurPoseto improve school attendance and attainment among eight- to 11-year-olds and reduce their likelihood of becoming Neet (not in education, employment or training)
funding£35,000 this academic year, funded by Wakefield council, pontefract academies trust, pontefract education trust, Wakefield and district Housing, casey’s construction and West Yorkshire police
backgroundChoice is the brainchild of its manager Annette Jones, who in 2011 was welfare manager at Carleton Community High School in Pontefract. She realised pupils needed intervention during primary school, when they are “more receptive to advice and guidance and keener to build relationships with police and
other professionals”. So Jones devised a pilot for 10 children at De Lacy Primary in Pontefract. This year Choice will be delivered to 99 pupils in 11 Wakefield primaries.
actionChoice is run by schools partnership Pontefract Academies Trust. Heads of participating schools identify pupils in years four, five and six, who Jones says “need something to give them a bit more drive”. She meets each child’s parents or carers to assess their needs, signposting them to support agencies where necessary. She supports them throughout the programme with “surgeries” for issues such as debt or housing.
The 30-week programme starts in the autumn, running weekly in the last hour of school, or throughout the afternoon for out-of-school activities. It includes three six-week courses: a police-run Explorer course where participants learn the
consequences of criminal behaviour through visits to court and custody; a Young Fire-fighters course where firefighters drill participants in practical skills leading to a military-style “passing out” parade; while a third course sees an alternative therapist teach how to deal with anger and stress.
The remaining 12 weeks include sessions from Barnardo’s on child sexual exploitation; from British Transport Police on railway safety; from school nurses on healthy eating and dental hygiene; and from Keep Britain Tidy on protecting the environment. In addition, housing association WDH talk to pupils about the consequences of antisocial behaviour.
outcomeOf 36 pupils referred to Choice last year, 65 per cent improved school attendance, 80 per cent progressed in reading, 90 per cent in writing and 83 per cent in maths.
Choice sees primary pupils shineCASE STUDY 2 | Yorkshire | Education
the majority of pupils referred to choice improved their school attendance, plus their reading, writing and maths
Source: Evaluation led by Birmingham City University
iMpact oN FaMiLY LiFeresults for Holiday kitchen families in the West midlands
before after before after
food nutritionally good/excellent confident doing activities with children
33% 36%
64%69%
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