Objectives - Inclusion

Deliver an inclusive programme of activities that invovles and engages hard to reach groups, improving community cohesion

Our social inclusion programme will;

1. Develop and deliver a programme of activities that reduces incidences and reports of Anti Social Behaviour (ASB) by 20% over four years.
2. Develop sustainable activities that enable  over 4000 young people in Derwent and other focus areas to access initiatives within the local community, empowering them to be active in other communities.

For many years  DCITC has recognised that sport and in particular, football can play a significant role in addressing some fo the major social issues that affect some of our most disadvantaged areas such as anti-social behavior, community cohesion, health, employment and attainment. Since 2005 the Hat-trick Project, and more recently the Kickz Project, have tackled these challenging issues in the Derwent ward of Derby with a great deal of success, which has resulted in the expansion of such schemes to other parts of the city and county. As a result DCITC has recognised the benefits of having a co-ordinate strategic approach to Social Inclusion and the potential impact of such work in having positive effect on under-represented and hard to reach groups.

DCITC is commited to developing and deliveringa programme of activities that reduces incidents and reports of of ASB by 20% over the next four years. Building on the lessons learned from Hat-trick and Kickz delivery, we will deliver sustainable activities that enable young people throughout Derbyshire to access initiatives within their local community, empowering them to be active in other communities. In doing so we will be challenging behaviours, attitudes and improving community cohesion.

Through the delivery of an innovative programme of sports and physical activity we will engage over 1000 young people each year. A focus will be placed on partnership working to ensure our programmes are supporting , enhancing and enriching exisiting provision within the County. We will engage young people in a range of constructive activities that create routes into volunteering, education, training and employment and break down barriers between police and young people.

Both Hat-trick and Kickz programmes will have funding challanges in the future. Hat-tick funding will end in June 2012. The programme involves two full-time members of staff. An exit strategy for the programme is being formulated with the current plan for Hat-trick Officer taking on a wider role of Inclusion Manager. A decision needs to be made on the Community Coach Role as to whether it is incorporated in the main delivery team or made redundant. The programme has been hugely successful in the capacity building the local community so a number of the current programmes will be sustained without finance and manpower from the DCITC programme. Whilst Kickz has secured funding in place until September 2013 match funding will be required to sustain activities. We are currently looking at cost cutting measures such as sessions being reduced from 3 hours to 2 hours resulting in significant staffing and facility costs savings. These savings will reduce the burdenof attracting match funding and enable us to continue delivery making a huge impact until September 2013.