Girls Inspired Straight Talking project and family support (360G-EssexCF-A465839)
Funding Organization
£9,950
Recipient Organization
To provide specialist courses and support for teenage girls across Southend and Thurrock to reduce their risk with regard to drugs, alcohol, gangs, sexual exploitation and anti-social behaviour
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Grant Details
| Amount Applied For | 9950 |
| Amount Awarded | 9950 |
| Award Date | 2018-01-23T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Beneficiary Location: Country Code | GB |
| Grant Programme: Code | 2017/18 |
| Grant Programme: Title | Multiple Funding |
| Impact Category | Advance people's physical and mental health, wellbeing and safety |
| Last Modified | 2021-04-29T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Planned Dates: Duration (months) | 11 |
| Planned Dates: End Date | 2019-03-31T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Planned Dates: Start Date | 2018-04-01T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Primary age group | All Ages |
| Primary beneficiary | Children and Young People |
| Primary ethnicity | All Ethnicities |
| Primary issue | Offending/At risk of offending |
| Recipient Org: Charity Number | 216250 |
| Recipient Org: Description | National Charity Background: Barnardo’s believes in children regardless of their circumstances, gender, race, disability or behaviour. Our purpose as a charity is to transform the lives of the UK’s most vulnerable children. Barnardo’s is one of the UK’s leading children’s charities, and works directly with over 240,000 children, young people and their families every year with the delivery of over 920 services across the country. Children Affected by Parental Offending and/ or Imprisonment (CAPI) is one of our vital services offered in key locations across the country. Barnardos recognises that children/young people and their families can be acutely affected by parental and/or child/youth offending behaviour and are more open to adverse circumstances. Children and young people often face difficulties engaging in positive activities or achieving their full potential and can feel isolated and stigmatized because of the nature of the crime. Current data shows that ‘in 2016 65% of boys and girls with a parent in prison have gone onto commit criminal offences themselves’ (www.prisonreformtrust.org.uk) and research highlights that children who have a parent in prison are neither routinely identified nor provided with support in England, Wales and Northern Ireland; even though evidence details that over 200,000 children are affected by parental offending/imprisonment each year. As a vulnerable but hidden group they go without vital support. Data shows that they are more than twice as likely as their peers, to suffer from poorer mental health and other negative outcomes i.e. bullying, self-harm, homelessness and financial changes. It is also well recognised that early intervention and support provided at key stages of a child’s life can help to prevent further escalation of a difficult situation and reduce harm but sadly due to lack of policy and funding nationally children who experience parental offending or who are at risk themselves from offending do not have their needs met. Essex Service: With this in mind and the high percentage of criminality and youth activity that was seen recorded across Essex, Barnardos funded the setting up of a new service in 2013. Children Affected by Parental Imprisonment (CAPI) In the establishment of CAPI a scoping exercise was first carried out to highlight gaps in provision; this informed our direction and helped to identify initial areas of needs. The CAPI Steering group was formed and stakeholder meetings were held which strengthened working relationships and eliminated duplication of provision. Consultation enabled us to establish key aims and objectives which would ensure a programme with measureable outcomes. The CAPI service has been able to change in order to meet local provision and needs based on experience. For example, in the first year we recognised in order to meet the number of referrals from outside of the funded area, we needed to establish a referral pathway with another criminal justice agency who could signpost and offer joint support. This meant we reached more families whilst remaining in budget. Primarily our main service is family and child support at key stages of the offending cycle from arrest, court conviction and release. Working in partnership with a number of agencies has enabled us to reach more children and young people and response quickly to provide crucial support at time of need. One-to-one or group sessions are delivered in the family home or school by an experienced team of staff who have worked in the criminal justice system. Working together with individual enables the team to form a realistic and achievable n action plan with clear outcomes. To date over 500 children and young people, have been offered support and helped with their situation. The service also provides training courses and workshops delivered to professionals to increase their understanding of parental offending and the hidden harm to children. In recent reviews for the programme and reach areas; stakeholders and CAPI identified a clear need for providing holistic support for families, living outside of Essex along with specialised courses for girls to address recent rise in offender activities. However in order to meet this growing concern additional funding is necessary. The Girls course was successfully delivered last year in a number of secondary schools across Essex. Outcomes achieved by the girls participating were very good and showed changes in behaviour and reduction in negative actions along with very positive reviews from schools and other agencies. However, as mentioned above, funding obtained for the pilot courses was not open to schools across Southend and Thurrock at this time. In summary The service’s main aims and objectives include: • Family support and referral pathway for support services across Essex by way of partnership working with Children’s Centre's, Family Solutions, Health, Social Care and other agencies. • Partnership working with local prison and detainee establishments. We regularly attend the Colchester Military Correction Training Centre (MCTC), HMP Chelmsford and HMP Holloway to offer advice to prisoners/detainees and their families through induction talks and family visits. Prisoners/ detainees can discuss support for their families in the community. • Provide training to professionals around the criminal justice system, the effects on children and young people when having a family member in prison and local and national support services. • The establishment of a multi-agency steering group to review and discuss the CAPI service, share issues and data and provide opportunities to develop joint projects. • Working with other agencies to provide group based activities within schools. |