Moss Side Community First Plan

Moss Side Community First Plan

 

This plan explains the purpose and priorities for the Moss Side Panel.

 

Its purpose is to:

·    improve communities through better coordination between services

·    respond to the concerns of the community and elected members (councillors)

·    make the most of the opportunities and strengths of the ward and community.

 

In order to do these things we bring partners, Moss Side Councillors and the community together in the Ward Coordination quarterly meetings.   The partners include the Greater Manchester Police (GMP), Registered Housing Providers and our colleagues in other directorates such as the Neighbourhood Delivery Team, Children’s and Adults Services and representatives from community groups. The Ward Coordinator leads these meetings and all ward coordination activities in Moss Side.

 Some of these representatives sit on the Moss Side Community First Panel.

·         Khan Moghal

·         Sameem Ali (Councillor)

·         Jean Coddington

·         Tracy Neil

·         Tom Cass

·         Tola Adesemeowo

·         Patricia Carmody

·         Mike Bisson

·         Mohammed Sheikh

 

Moss Side is a vibrant, multicultural ward with a large number of active Tenants’ and Residents’ Associations and a strong tradition of community cohesion and empowerment.

Tenants are also included in the Moss Side Community First Panel.

Moss Side straddles Princess Road and is situated just two miles from Manchester City Centre, with excellent transport links to the city centre in the north and the airport and motorway network in the south. Moss Side is also situated on the doorstep of the University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University, as well as Manchester Royal Infirmary and Manchester Children’s Hospital. 

 At a ward level, the ‘Our Moss Side’ initiative is a collaboration of City Council officers, Registered Providers and Greater Manchester Police, which focuses on four main work areas:

 Worklessness and Financial Inclusion

Community Safety

The Environment

Marketing and Communication.

 Priorities for Moss Side Community First

Priorities for the Panel are agreed on an annual basis through discussions with the above named group.

 

1.    Promote the development, training and employment of young people

 

2.    Increase local activities for children, by supporting after school clubs, holiday, play, sports and cultural activities, etc

 

3.    Improve the local environment, by addressing environmental priority issues, e.g. graffiti, drains, alleys play areas

 

4.    Address the issue of climate change, to include recycling and education

 

5.    Increase support and services available for vulnerable groups including people with a disability and older people

MOSS SIDE WARD ACTION PLAN                                                                                                              

 

Community Strategy Spines             Spine 1 - Growth

Spine 2 - Reform
Spine 3 - Place

 

	Priority	Spine	Action Required	Lead & Support	Target date	Progress
1.1	Business, Employment, and Financial Inclusion	1 & 2	Increase the number of Moss Side residents taking up employment, training and volunteering	Central Manchester Regeneration Team (CMRT), The Works, Focusing First on People (FFoP), Registered Providers (RPs), Manchester Adult Education Service (MAES)	31.03.2014
1.2			Reduce the number of Moss Side residents that are NEET	Connexions CMRT, The Works, FFoP, RPs, Voluntary Sector partners, MAES	31.03.2014
1.3			Promote and increase uptake of Credit Union membership	Credit Union, CMRT, The Works, RPs	31.03.2014
2.1	The Environment, Waste and Recycling	3	Reduce commercial waste-dumping	Neighbourhood Delivery Team (NDT), CMRT, GMP, Our Moss Side	31.03.2014
2.2			Tidy-up and make better use of derelict/waste ground in Moss Side	Our Moss Side, CMRT, NDT	31.03.2014
2.3			Promote and increase recycling - reduce amount of landfill waste	NDT, Environmental Campaigns, Our Moss Side	31.03.2014
2.4			Promote and increase community growing and greening schemes.	RPs, CMRT, Environmental Campaigns, Our Moss Side	31.03.2014

                                                                                                        

	Priority	Spine	Action Required	Lead & Support	Target date	Progress
3.1	Welfare Reform	3	Use community champions to assist in communicating welfare changes, and signpost residents to support	CMRT, RSLs, Schools	31.03.2014
3.2			Provide support for families affected by changes to welfare	CMRT, RSLs, Schools	31.03.2014
3.3			Work with schools to provide information to families	CMRT, Schools	31.03.2014
4.1	Complex Families	1 & 2	Identify and engage with complex families in Moss Side to improve their long-term prospects	Children’s Services, CMRT	31.03.2014
4.2			Increase engagement with BME communities, particularly Somali community	CMRT, TARA Forum, CCS, GMP	31.03.2014
4.3			Create Youth Forum for Moss Side	CMRT, VCS Groups	31.03.2014
5.1	Community Safety	2 & 3	Reduce the amount of ASB in Moss Side	Community Safety Team , GMP, CMRT	31.03.2014
5.2			Tackle specific crime issues in Moss Side: Drugs and Burglary	GMP, Community Safety Team	31.03.2014
5.3			Improve image and perception of Crime and Disorder in Moss Side. Improve community relations	GMP, Community Safety Team	31.03.2014
5.4			Raise awareness of Domestic Violence issues in Moss Side and take steps to help victims report incidents of Domestic Violence	GMP, Community Safety Team	31.03.2014
6.1	Health and Wellbeing	2	Promote and expand Moss Side good neighbours scheme	Our Moss Side	31.03.2014
6.2			Encourage the formation of new residents groups and new community groups. Continue to support existing groups.	CMRT, RPs	31.03.2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Round 3 applications - update

Following the Panel meeting on 6 June, we will shortly be publishing details of the group that have been recommended for funding.

Diary date - Round 4 applications will be reviewed by Panel on 9 October. Further information on this will be published soon. In the meantime if you have any queries please post a comment. Thanks

Moss Side Community First priorities

Please refer to these priorities when you are making an application 

1.    Promote the development, training and employment of young people

2.    Increase local activities for children, by supporting after school clubs, holiday, play, sports and cultural activities, etc

3.    Improve the local environment, by addressing environmental priority issues, e.g. graffiti, drains, alleys play areas

4.    Address the issue of climate change, to include recycling and education

5.    Increase support and services available for vulnerable groups including people with a disability and older people

Moss Side Community First Panel minutes

Notes of Community First Meeting held at Mosscare’s Head Office at 5.30pm on 23 February 2013

 

 

Present:                Khan Moghal

Sameem Ali

Jean Coddington
Tracy Neil
Tom Cass

Tola Adesemowo

Patricia Carmody

1.    Membership of the Group
Khan restated the membership of the Group as follows.

·        MCCR

·        Mosscare

·        Manchester City Council

·        Councillor Sameem Ali

·        Mike Bisson, Community Leader

·        Mohammed Sheikh, Community Leader

Khan then went on to welcome new members Tracy Neil and Jean Coddington.  Tracy is from Salisbury Street and Jean Coddington from the Alex Park Estate.  Jean also confirmed that Hazel Walker was due to attend future meetings. 

2.    Aim of the Group
Khan stated the aim of the group was to put forward recommendations for £33,000 of government funding to be spent over a 3 year period via applications from the community.

The aim of today’s meeting was to set the priorities for the year ahead and Khan confirmed the amount to be allocated for the current year was £8,488, current year being from 1^st April 2013 onwards.

Khan confirmed that we are in Year 3 of the 4 year project.

3.    2013/14 Priorities
The group came up with the following as this years priorities.

·        Young People – training and employment

·        Environmental issues

·        Children

·        Addressing the issue of climate change – to include recycling and education

·        Older people

Patricia agreed to come up with a useful form of words and this will be circulated to the group prior to the priorities being updated on the Moss Side Community First website.

The Group agreed that the advert would open for the current round of funding on the 1 April, to close on 31 May and the next meeting was arranged for Thursday 6 June at 3.00pm.

Tom agreed to add Jean and Tracy to the mailing list and in terms of the action plan, Tola agreed to send a copy of the guidance for new panels to Tom.

4.    Expenses
The issue of expenses was raised and Khan updated the group on what Levenshulme do in that a small community group administer the funds, so no expenses is paid.  In terms of Moss Side, Mosscare are the administrators and will not be putting forward any expense claims.  This was welcomed as the group prefer that the funding goes toward the community projects.

5.    Date of Next Meeting
Thursday 6 June at Mosscare’s office at 3.00pm.

 

Who is on the Moss Side Community First Panel?

Khan Moghal

Sameem Ali (Councillor)

Jean Coddington

Tracy Neil

Tom Cass

Tola Adesemeowo

Patricia Carmody

Mike Bisson

Mohammed Sheikh