annualannual2013/14reportreport

of the yearof the yearreview

Lewisham once again won 13 ‘Green Flag’ awards for its parks

Lewisham pupils achieved record A-Level and GCSE results

a year of highlights 2013/14a year of highlights 2013/14

junejunethe Glass Mill Leisure Centre opened to the public

the refurbishment of Catford Broadway commencedjulyjuly

the High Court ruled that the Secretary of State for Health acted illegally when he approved a reduction in the services offered at Lewisham Hospital

Lewisham Peoples Day celebrated its 30th year

augustaugust

maymayLewisham celebrated the achievement of over 50 apprentices who have completed their Apprenticeship Framework

a year of highlights 2013/14a year of highlights 2013/14

octoberoctoberLewisham school pupils elected Emmanuel Olaniyan as the 10th Young Mayor of Lewisham

Lewisham won an appeal in the High Court preventing the Government from closing services at Lewisham Hospital

decemberdecember

septemberseptember

Ladywell Early Childhood Centre was judged ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted following an inspection

Beechcroft Garden Primary School was judged ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted following an inspection

Lee Manor Primary School was judged ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted following and inspection

a year of highlights 2013/4a year of highlights 2013/4

marchmarch

eight of the most outstanding apprentices, mentors, managers and teams were presented with awards as part of the Apprenticeships Awards ceremony at the Broadway Theatre in Catford

Doreen Lawrence was awarded the Freedom of Lewisham borough. Mrs Lawrence is one of only 11 people to have been honoured in this way

overviewoverviewLewisham

£1.3bn£1.3bn gross public spending in Lewisham across

various public agencies

an overview in numbersan overview in numbers

318,000318,000

Lewisham’s population in 2013

Lewisham’s projected population by the time of the 2021 Census

2,7452,745

total headcount of Lewisham council

employees

Lewisham residents comprise people from 27

countries and five continents

286,18286,1800 some

40,000 pupils attend

Lewisham schools

2277

404025% of

Lewisham residents are children &

young people aged

0 to 19

of Lewisham’s workforce are

employed across London and

beyond

60%60%

2525

…….and in quotes.and in quotes

“I really want to hear about what youths want and how I can help. Before winning the

title of Young Mayor of Lewisham, I went around asking people in Lewisham what

they would do if they were the Young Mayor of Lewisham for the day and how they would improve the borough they live in. This gave

me a real idea of what they wanted their borough to be like”.

-Emmanual Olaniyan, the 10th YoungMayor or Lewisham

“These are things that Lewisham Council along with its partner organisations, large and small must do something about: intervening in the

local housing market; creating opportunities for those seeking employment to enhance their skills and experience and using the power of

the council as a service provider to create growth in the local economy. At the same time

we have to make huge reductions in the Council’s budget.”

- Sir Steve Bullock, Mayor of Lewisham

“This is an incredible day. We are delighted for every single person who has supported the campaign and those who

will now continue to benefit from this extraordinary hospital. The support from

thousands of people in Lewisham is a very real demonstration of the Big Society”.

-Dr Louise Irvine, Chair of the Save Lewisham Hospital campaign

“The proportion of pupils making and exceeding expected progress by the end of Year 6 is high, compared with national figures. By the time pupils leave, they are exceptionally well

prepared for their time in secondary school.”

-Quote from Ofsted inspection report which judged Lee Manor Primary School as ‘outstanding’

achievementsachievementskey

Lewisham has continued to demonstrate the value it places on partnership with the voluntary sector. Lewisham has retained a grant aid budget of £5.2m;

the council continued resident involvement in the local assemblies programme, with local people agreeing local priorities and working with the council to take action to improve their areas: average attendances per assembly meeting are above target at 87; and 92 per cent of attendees felt that they understood more about local issues following their

attendance at a Local Assembly meeting. older residents continue to participate in the Positive Ageing Council, giving their views on how to

reduce isolation and work with local services to influence change. A total of 387 older residents attended Positive Ageing Council events and meetings.

community leadership andcommunity leadership andempowermentempowerment

we have improved health outcomes for our most vulnerable children and young people. Over the course of 2013/14 (through coordinated action between Lewisham council and Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust) the percentage of Looked After Children who completed an Initial Health Assessment within 28 days has steadily improved to the point where we are regularly reporting 100 per cent success;

Lewisham has pioneered a system of Payment by Results for our Children’s Centre and Targeted Family Support Services. Created in order to drive an improvement in outcomes for our children, young people and families, the measures were developed in partnership with practitioners and providers across the Council, Health and voluntary & community sector;

Children’s Centres identified and worked with more than double the number of families with a targeted need from July 2013 to March 2014 compared to the same period in 2012/13. In addition, for the same period, the average performance of a Children’s Centre against its ‘reach’ target more than doubled in 2013/14 as compared to 2012/13;

as part of the Government’s Troubled Families programme Lewisham has ‘turned around’ more families than most of the local authorities in London to date, enabling the council to claim under the Payment by Results scheme;

Lewisham has been one of 31 SEND pathfinders supporting the development of the Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP) process which will replace the Statement of Educational Need. The Pathfinder programme ended on the 31st March 2014. During the last year the Pathfinder has continued to work in partnership with families to refine the EHCP process, increasing the numbers of families who have applied for an EHCP and informing the path of national legislation.

the Young Mayor’s scheme has gone from strength to strength. More eligible young people voted in the most recent Young Mayor elections. Lewisham’s Young Citizen’s Panel now has 560 members able to contribute to the local decision making;

the majority of Lewisham’s primary schools are rated outstanding or good by OfSTED. There has been a focus on Level 5+ at Key Stage 2, particularly for those pupils eligible for Pupil Premium.

young peoples achievementyoung peoples achievementand involvementand involvement

Lewisham worked with partners and stakeholders to obtain 13 prestigious ‘green flag awards’ and four ‘community green flag awards’;

the council secured just over £500,000 of external funding for improving open spaces across the borough;

the council delivered a Mayor of London funded new tree planting project that saw the planting of 58 new trees in areas of low leaf cover in the borough;

the council achieved 100 per cent of all graffiti job removals within one day; significant progress was made towards the start of construction on Lewisham Gateway which will

be the single largest development within Lewisham town centre. The scheme involves the removal of the roundabout opposite Lewisham's railway and DLR stations, to be replaced by a new road layout and a new development which will make it easier for pedestrians to get back and forth from the stations to the town centre. When complete, Lewisham Gateway will include: shops, restaurants, bars and cafes leisure facilities up to 800 homes Confluence Place, a park where the Ravensbourne and Quaggy rivers meet a town square opposite St Stephen's Church.

clean, green and liveableclean, green and liveable

there has been a 49 per cent decrease in first time entrants to the criminal justice system since 2009/10;

the Triage initiative has helped divert low level offenders from receiving a criminal conviction and has reduced the number of young people coming in to the service;

the actual number of young people entering the youth justice system remains in decline at a rate of 22 per cent;

this year’s baseline custody data shows a significant decline in use of custody compared with last year. The rate per 1000 of the 10-17 population was 3.36 and this has reduced to 1.27;

an ongoing Home Office peer review on ending gang and youth violence identified 12 key strengths in Lewisham. The review will assist the Council to ensure that partnerships have effective structures and responses in place to address gang and youth violence locally;

a new Serious Youth Violence team is in place funded by the London Mayor’s Office Policing and Crime. The project averages 70 plus high risk referrals a year and represents excellent value for money. The cost of supporting a young person taken through the Young Victims’ Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC) process is around £1,700. When compared to the £18,000 that each incident of serious wounding costs the criminal justice system and health services. Over the duration of the project's existence Serious Youth Violence and knife crime have fallen by over a third;

Lewisham has seen a significant 8 per cent reduction in residential burglary, from 2,460 offences in 2012/13 to 2,262 offences in 2013/14.

safety, security and visiblesafety, security and visiblepresencepresence

strengthening the local strengthening the local economyeconomy

made strong links with Lambeth and Southwark on economic growth, employment and jobs through the three-borough ‘Community Budgets’ project;

implemented Youth Task Force employment projects principally getting 12 (out of 22) young people with learning difficulties or disabilities into employment;

launched the Employability Passport - evidence that a young person demonstrates employability skills and it is endorsed by the Department for Work & Pensions and employers

supported more than 100 apprentices; performance on both ‘major’ and ‘minor’ planning applications for the year ending 2013 was in the

top quartile in London; developed the Council’s Business Growth Strategy for 2013 to 2023 which sets out how the

Council will make Lewisham one of the fastest growing economies in London the council’s Business Advisory Service and Local Labour & Business Scheme programmes

helped: 32 businesses to start up 48 businesses to be ‘fit to supply’ SMEs to secure over £1.36m of new work to create 140 jobs, 15 apprenticeships, nine work placements and 198 training places

started the first council homes building programme in 30 years with six new homes built on the site at Mercator Road in February 2013, with a further 98 homes on five sites located throughout the borough agreed in principle by Mayor & Cabinet;

secured over £95m from the Government to improve Lewisham’s housing stock over the next few years;

successfully attracted nearly £5m worth of funding for 2 extra care schemes in Lewisham; the council modernised well over 1,000 homes; secured £155k funding for our Rogue Landlord project from Department for Communities & Local

Government and Public Health to make it more difficult for rogue or criminal landlords to operate in Lewisham, resulting in successfully obtaining a Rent Repayment Order of over £40,000 against a rogue landlord.

decent homes for alldecent homes for all

the Single Assessment process, introduced in 2013 is working well with 100 per cent of cases completed within 45 days. All Child Protection reviews are completed on time, (outperforming London and England). Our strong performance in reducing repeat referrals means that the interventions that are put in place are working – avoiding the ‘revolving door’ for our most vulnerable children and young people;

the Partnership is improving its capacity to identify those families most at risk of being in crisis. A wider variety of organisations are now using the Common Assessment Framework (CAF) to identify issues and the appropriate support, with more CAFs brought to the attention of the Council’s Early Intervention Service;

the Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC) has seen an increase in referrals from Children Social Care when compared to this time last year indicating an increased expertise of Children’s Social Care staff in recognising the signs and referring the high risk cases onwards;

the Metropolitan Police are working successfully with our schools to make sure that all children in the borough feel safe and supported. From June 2013, every school in the borough has had access to a named School Police Officer to support them and their pupils;

improvements have continued in Early Years and at Key Stage 2 where outcomes benchmark favourably against national and statistical neighbours.

protection of childrenprotection of children

the percentage of people using social care who receive self directed support has increased to 69.4 per cent;

four neighbourhood multi-disciplinary teams have been established who work closely with GP’s to support people to remain living in their own homes;

enablement services are providing rehabilitative support to 100 people per month; some 4,500 service users are supported by the council’s assistive technology scheme, which

allows adults to live more independently. A total of 180 people are benefitting from stand alone equipment;

the council has established the Community Connections programme through the Investment Fund. The support offered includes leisure, personal support, services for carers, work and voluntary support, transport, advice and support and health and wellbeing. The programme has managed 155 referrals from social workers and health. professionals in the first 5 months of operation;

Lewisham has taken part in a national safeguarding pilot and Lewisham’s work has been identified by the national scheme as a model of best practice.

caring for adults and oldercaring for adults and olderpeoplepeople

during 2013/14 Lewisham was successful at the London Youth Games winning the following events: Boccia, Boys Football and Inclusive Zone Basketball;

visits at Lewisham libraries have increased by an average of 30 per cent per month in the year to date. Customer satisfaction levels have significantly increased;

following the recent OfSTED inspection Community Education Lewisham’s overall rating moved from Satisfactory to Good;

the award winning Glass Mill leisure centre opened in Lewisham, and Wavelengths Leisure Centre in Deptford underwent a major refurbishment. Participation is up 29 per cent with over 359,000 recorded visits in Fusion Leisure’s Lewisham centres;

an improved range of free weight management programmes and support is now available for both children and adults such as Weight Watchers and Shape-Up and New Mum New You, Mend and Boost. In 2013/14 over 360 children and their families and 1460 adults accessed the services;

the UNICEF Baby Friendly community stage 2 award was achieved in February 2014; number of NHS health checks offered is 18,543. The percentage uptake has gone up to 42 per

cent from 36.7 per cent in 2011/12; actions to reduce the prevalence of smoking in 2013/14 resulted in approximately 1,800 people

quitting smoking in 2013/14; the largest haul of illicit tobacco in UK in 2013/14 was seized in Lewisham (half a ton of hand

rolling tobacco and more than 15,000 cigarettes); Public Health have trained more than 20 peer educators on tobacco in 5 schools and reached

more than 1,000 12/13 year olds.

active, healthy citizensactive, healthy citizens

the council maintained Lewisham’s top quartile performance to ensure that residents in receipt of benefits receive amongst the best service in London;

Lewisham has increased Council Tax collection year on year with an additional £8m collected in 2103/14;

created a self-financing Investigation and Collection Team whose work has secured £1.2m in unpaid Council Tax;

won legal challenges to overturn the Secretary of State’s decision to downgrade Lewisham Hospital;

supported channel shift by increasing the number of subscribers to electronic Lewisham life by 228 per cent;

delivered measured outcomes for Troubled Families –turned around 43 per cent (390 families) of our overall cohort (910 families). We were 8th in London and 27th in the country;

advanced preparations for Individual Electoral Registration (IER) in the borough including a successful ‘dry run’ exercise;

Lewisham was the only London borough out of 12 local authorities selected as a pilot to test the role local authorities may play in the face to face delivery of Universal Credit. The learning that was gained from testing the model has been fed back to the DWP and will be used to determine the role local authorities would play in supporting residents with the transition to Universal Credit;

over the year the council supported 94 households and moved 45 households by mitigating against the impacts of welfare reform.

inspiring efficiency, inspiring efficiency, effectiveness and equityeffectiveness and equity

managementmanagementgovernance and

mayor and cabinetthe mayor•is elected by thewhole borough to leadand speak up for the whole borough;• chooses up to ninecouncillors to form thecabinet with specificareas of responsibility;•sets out major decisionsto be taken in a ForwardPlan published monthly;•proposes budget and key policy proposals tocouncil;•takes decisions toimplement policywithin agreed policyframework;•considersrecommendations foractions with officeradvice

the cabinet•provide advice tothe mayor;•jointly with the mayortake decisions relatingto contracts

council• consists of 54 elected councillors, three for each of the 18 wards• appoints the overview & scrutiny committee and other committees• approves the policy framework and budget

statutory committeesstandards committeehealth & well beingboard

regulatory committees

licensing (x2). Thesecommittees areresponsible for allentertainmentlicensing and the provision of late night refreshment.

planning (x4). Theplanning committeesconsider planningmatters across thewhole borough. TheStrategic Committeeonly considersstrategic regenerationproposals.

other committeesaudit panel

appointmentselections

health & safetypensions investment

working partiesconstitution working

party

healthiercommunities

selectcommittee

public accountsselect

committee

safer strongercommunities

selectcommittee

sustainable development

selectcommittee

housing select

committee

children &young people

selectcommittee

business panel

overview and scrutiny• meets at least once a year and is ultimately responsible for overviewand scrutiny;• delegates work to other scrutiny bodies - six select committees, twobusiness panels, all of which are formally sub committees of overviewand scrutiny;• the business panel co-ordinates the work programmes of selectcommittees;• the six select committees draw up work programmes each year to hold the Mayor and senior officers to account for decisions; check performance; examine issues in depth and make recommendations for policy development;• responsibility for scrutinising health services and health issues with thehealthier communities select committee, which makes suggestions tothe local health trusts for action and improvements;• the safer stronger communities select committee has responsibility for fulfilling the overview and scrutiny functions in relation to crime reduction and equality of opportunity;

and cabinetand cabinet

Sir Steve Bullock (Lab)

mayor of Lewisham

cllr Joan Millbank

cabinet member for the third sector

cllr Alan Smith

deputy mayor & cabinet member for growth regeneration

cllr Damien Egan

cabinet member for customer services

cllr Joe Dromey

cabinet member for policy &

performance

cllr Janet Daby

cabinet member for community safety

cllr Kevin Bonavia

cabinet member for resources

cllr Paul Maslin

cabinet member for children & young people

cllr Rachael Onikosi

cabinet member for public realm

cllr Chris Best

cabinet member for community services

mayor

cllr Alan Hall (Lab); chair overview &

scrutiny business panel

cllr Liam Curran (Lab);

chair sustainable

development select

committee

cllr John Paschoud (Lab); chair children &

young people select

committee

cllr John Muldoon

(Lab); chair healthier

communities select

committee

cllr Jamie Milne (Lab); chair public accounts

select committee

cllr Pauline Morrison

(Lab); chair safer, stronger communities

select committee

cllr Carl Handley

(Lab); chair housing select

committee

cllr Obajimi Adefiranye (Lab)

chair of council

cllr Gareth Siddorn (Lab); vice chair

councilcouncil overview & scrutiny overview & scrutiny business panelbusiness panel

The council

employs about 2,745 full-time

staff

38.5 per centof council

employeesare male

61.5 per centof council

employeesare female

57 per centof council staff

are Whiteand 37 per centare Black and

MinorityEthnic

69.7 per centof the workforceare aged 40 and

over. Thiscompares to30.3 per centwho are under

40.

About3.7 per cent

of council staffdescribe

themselvesas disabled

ethnicity

workforce

age disability

gender

*excluding schools*excluding schools

workforce profile*workforce profile*(*excluding schools staff)(*excluding schools staff)

sickness absence*sickness absence*(*excluding schools staff)(*excluding schools staff)

2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14

7.63 days7.63 days

7.19 days7.19 days7.23 days7.23 days 7.24 days7.24 days

Levels of sickness absence have fallen from an average of 7.63 days per employee in 2010-11

to 7.24days per employee in 2013-14

Levels of sickness absence have fallen from an average of 7.63 days per employee in 2010-11

to 7.24days per employee in 2013-14

revenue budgetrevenue budget

£284.6m2013-14

revenue budget

£284.6m2013-14

revenue budget

2011-12 2012-13 2013-14

£1.8m £3.5m £1.8m

In 2013-14 the council’s revenue budget was£284.6m. The council under-spent its budget

by £0.8m for the year. This compares tounder-spends of £3.5m in 2012-13 and £1.8m in

2011-12.

In 2013-14 the council’s revenue budget was£284.6m. The council under-spent its budget

by £0.8m for the year. This compares tounder-spends of £3.5m in 2012-13 and £1.8m in

2011-12.

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