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Areas of social need
in Barnet
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The overall challenge in Barnet
Over the current decade Barnet Council will lose around half of its spending power.
This means it will be an enormous challenge for the council to continue to provide
the services our residents need and to keep Barnet a successful and attractive place
to live and work
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The overall challenge in Barnet
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It is important to stress that the council will have less money to
spend five years from now. We need to do things differently and
projects set up and run by students could play a key part in helping
us address this challenge.
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Priority areas for Barnet
Adult Social Care
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Supporting
older people
Street Scene and
Green Spaces
Promoting our
economy Responding
to welfare
reform
Public Health
Housing
Supporting and
developing
schools
Supporting
young people
Our
Priorities
Adult Social Care – working age adults
Barnet’s Adult Social Care services can broadly be divided between supporting people of
working age and supporting older people. Both of these groups have seen the number of people
using services increase significantly in recent years
Working Age Adults
The challenges facing the council in respect of working age adults are:
adults with more complex disabilities are living longer and often require very expensive 24-
hour care packages
diagnosis of autism is significantly increasing and too often there is a focus on the disability
and not ability
disabled people supporting other disabled people often leads to more creative support plans
and better outcomes at a lower cost but services are often less regulated
we need to intervene earlier to reduce the impact of mental health problems
the likely increase in responsibilities to provide services to carers at a time of financial austerity
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Adult Social Care - working age adults
How could students help?
Befriending schemes for the elderly or those with mental health needs
or learning disabilities? (e.g. Friend in need)
Gardening sharing scheme or creating raised beds in gardens for
those who aren’t mobile?
Turning around people’s perception of social care recipients as
‘service users’ to people who have interests and skills to offer? (E.g.
dans le noir)
Supporting young people with Learning Disabilities to become more
independent as they reach adulthood? (e.g. using public transport, life
skills, running a café on campus) (E.g. Safe Spots)
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Adult Social Care - supporting older people
Caring for Older People
Life expectancy is increasing by five hours every day, and most of us can now expect to live
well into our 90s and beyond. In Barnet, we not only have more older people than other London
boroughs, but the numbers of older people in the borough are growing at double the number
than other London boroughs. The current population of people aged over 60 is 64,690 (the
number of people aged over 65 is 52,000) and is projected to be 109,849 by 2041- an increase
of 41 per cent. The over 90s population is set to increase from under 3,000 in 2011 to almost
12,000 in 2041 and there will be more over 90s than 85-89-year-olds from 2035. There are
therefore a number of challenges facing the borough in the years ahead:
meet the changing expectations of our older people at a time when demand is rising and
budgets are falling
make it easier for older carers and others to continue looking after their family and friends
overcome the isolation and loneliness that many of our older people face
make sure that people stay healthy, well and connected for longer – what would a model for
older people look like that ensured a continued active and valued place part in their
community?
make sure that every older person has a home of their choice that promotes full
independence.
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Social isolation
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Research identifies 11 common factors which
can drive social isolation. These include:
● Being a single pensioner
● Being widowed
● Being retired
● Unlikely to meet friends family
regularly
● Unlikely to interact with neighbours
● Having poor health
● Suffering from depression
● Suffering from poor mobility
● Being visually impaired
● Being hard of hearing
● Struggling financially
There are 44,900 older people live in
Barnet. And an estimated 18,300 of these
older people live alone
According to the ‘Mosaic’ profiling tool
areas that have high numbers of older
people are Totteridge, in the centre of the
borough near Finchley Church End and
Mill Hill.
Adult Social Care - supporting older people
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How could students help?
Volunteering to help older people shop, engage in social activities,
offer IT/mobile phone support ? (E.g. Good Gym)
Increasing the number and variety of activities in and outside
residential, care and retirement homes? (e.g. North London Cares)
A ‘pop up university’ model, where older people teach skills to
students? (e.g. knitting, fixing things, up-cycling etc.)
Decreasing social isolation / depression among elderly through pet
therapy (e.g. Cinnamon Trust model)?
Housing
Like all parts of London, the demand for accommodation in Barnet is high. The recovery in
London has seen house prices and private sector rental costs increase dramatically. Private
sector rents increased by 5.9 per cent in London in the last year and in London the private
sector rental market is projected to increases by 3.5 per cent in 2014 and 2015, 4.5 per cent in
2016, and 6 per cent in both 2017 and 2018. Affordable housing is also now one of Barnet
residents’ top concerns. There are therefore a number of housing challenges facing the borough
in the years ahead:
ensuring the right mix of housing size for Barnet’s population
supporting the private sector to play an effective and responsible role in providing housing in
Barnet
ensuring that social housing is used by the people who most need it, while they need it
ensuring that new mixed developments are properly integrated communities.
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Housing
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How could students help?
Better tools to help residents find affordable accommodation - how
about a Council house swapping app?
Increasing the take up of reliable tenant schemes such as Homeshare
(where elderly people rent out spare rooms cheaply to students/young
people/those at risk of homelessness in exchange for help around the
house/companionship)?
Enhancing integration on estates through ‘clean ups’? (E.g. Operation
Impact led by Manchester University students)
Could students start up their own housing associations to address
accommodation supply for students and encourage students to remain
in-borough during and following their studies?
Promoting our economy
As local authorities are funded less and less from Central Government grant (which will fall
from £60m in 2014 to less than £10m by 2020 in Barnet) and more from Council Tax and
Business Rates, the amount of income that the council receives is directly related to the
success of local business and how large the population is as more residents means more
Council Tax income. This presents a number of challenges for the council in the coming period:
keeping Barnet ‘Barnet’; the challenge of a growing population while preserving the
suburban nature of the borough
supporting and developing the borough’s businesses
creating an environment in which business can thrive
matching the skills of the population with the needs of employers
supporting young people into work
making best use of council buildings
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Promoting our economy
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How could students help?
Smarter ways to match people with skills to locally available jobs -
smarter recruitment? Or more job-sharing between older and
younger people wanting to work part-time? (E.g. Job hunting apps)
Organising and running a volunteer-led festival which could promote
local businesses, the arts, offer career building opportunities to young
people and enhance community cohesion? (e.g. Bristol Arts Week)
A ‘pop up university’ model to support budding entrepreneurs in the
borough (e.g. City Unrulyversity)
Developing an app to support local volunteering (and/or
volunteering by students at Middlesex – this could be location
based/match interests)? (e.g. Vinspired app)
Running pop up bars/outdoor cinemas in empty car parks on summer
evenings? (example of pop up bar in Peckham and Nomad cinema)
Responding to Welfare Reform
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Map showing location of and
impact on affected households
Over 20,000 households impacted by Council Tax and Housing Benefit
Reforms across the borough
3,500 with a gap of more than £25 a week between their rent and their
housing benefit
It is estimated that the impact of welfare reforms will be £90 million in
2015/16 – Barnet is the 7th biggest loser out of 325 Local Authorities
The percentage of key out of work claimants rates varies
by 10% in Barnet wards
The highest percentage of claimants are in
Burnt Oak 16.7%,
Colindale 15.5%
Underhill 13.5%
Intelligence from the four jobcentres in
Barnet identify the following barriers
to employment
Mental health
Language
50 +
Childcare
Responding to Welfare Reform
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How could students help?
Exploring new ways of helping people manage their money - through
1-1 support or budgeting tools/apps that support behaviour change?
(E.g. Budgeting apps)
Better ways of using the data we have to reduce the impact of welfare
reform in particular areas?
Cooking skills project aimed at 55+, carers or young mothers who
want to learn how to cook quick, nutritious and easy to make recipes?
(E.g. Nana Café)
Moving beyond food banks to explore what other essentials people
might need help with? (e.g. cleaning products, clothes, books)?
Public health
Barnet’s residents can expect to live longer and in better health than in many parts of London
and England. This is not by chance, but is linked to a range of factors including relative wealth,
levels of family support, lifestyle choices, access to healthcare and the right support when
needed. While the overall picture is a positive one, Barnet’s Joint Strategic Needs
Assessment (JSNA) shows us that there are significant differences in health and well-being
across Barnet. The key challenges facing the borough’s health are:
the need to combat childhood obesity
the need to further reduce smoking
greater uptake of screening to catch early onset breast cancer
the rise of ‘multi-morbidity’ – people with more than one long term illness
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How could students help?
Running campus-based smoking prevention / breast screening
campaigns?
Could students link up with schools / GPs to run fitness clubs for
school pupils and/or the community?
Or trial a ‘kids gym’ in the borough? (E.g. The Little Gym)
Public health
Street scene and green spaces
The council’s street scene unit delivers many services that maintain the places where people
live. This includes the collection of waste, recycling, street cleaning, street lighting, parks
and green spaces. Most of these services are a direct cost to residents through the Council
Tax and are not supported by income generation. The critical challenge is to maintain the high
quality of these services, much valued by residents, in the face of reductions in the council’s
overall budget. The challenges facing the council in respect of Street Scene and green spaces
are:
the need to encourage recycling
the need to reduce the overall amount of waste being generated
continuing to provide popular parks when budgets are falling
supporting greater community involvement in delivering some services.
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Street scene and green spaces
How could students help?
How could a student led project change the culture of a public space
and transform how it’s currently being used? (E.g. a park which is
underused, vandalised, has a lot of litter or empty buildings like park
keeper’s houses / band stands)
Could students do ‘market research’ to find out what people
(especially young people) want from their local park, how they use it
and who they are?
Could we establish a city farm? (E.g. Hackney City Farm)
Supporting and developing schools
The growth of academies and free schools has created a number of different challenges for the
council with the authority now having less direct influence over local schools. A good education
is the greatest gift that we can give to children and young people and it is important that the
council ensures that the excellent standards of schools in Barnet are sustained. The challenges
facing the council in respect of schools are:
maintaining the high quality of local schools which equip young people to be successful on
leaving school
providing more school places in a growing borough
ensuring children with special educational needs receive an excellent education including
personal development opportunities through partnerships with families which may reduce
dependency into adulthood
providing a high quality school improvement service to make sure that no child gets left
behind
providing the right support, consistently, for children at risk of low achievement.
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Supporting and developing schools
How could students help?
Could access to Middlesex University Library be opened more widely
to local secondary schools and colleges to support preparation for
University?
Supporting young people to think through their degree /career options
through taster events at the University or ‘a day in the life’ sessions?
Encouraging young people to think about vocational careers? (E.g.
Horticulture)
Could students with a second language help school pupils practice to
improve their foreign language skills?
Supporting young people
Children and young people make up around a quarter of Barnet’s total population and the
borough’s 90,464 children and young people is the second largest such population in
London. Generally, young people live successful lives in the borough, but there is a growing
demand for care services. The challenges facing the council in respect of children and young
people are:
continuing to provide high quality care to young people with disabilities as demand rises
and budgets fall
ensuring young people continue to be protected from harm
supporting early intervention in challenging families
establishing who is best placed to provide such support
ensuring that life opportunities in Barnet are available to all young people
joining up services across several agencies
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How could students help?
Supporting young people to run a community café or put on a
community event to develop skills (e.g. a play, festival, market)? (E.g.
Prince’s Trust Youth Cafés)
Promoting / running a group to support isolated mothers and increase
parenting skills? (E.g. of parenting course – Netmums)
Promoting civic participation among younger people? (E.g. Kirklees
Local Democracy week)
Supporting young people