1. HEADSTART CREATIVE AND SPORTING ACTIVITIES COMMISSION INFORMATION SESSION 5 TH MAY 2016

2. PROGRAMME AIMS The Big Lottery funded HeadStart programme is committed to the delivery of evidence based approaches which promote emotional resilience in 10-16 year olds at risk of developing mental health difficulties (our target population). This aims to lead to a:  Reduction in Mental Health disorder  Improved school attainment and attendance  Reduction in risky behaviours (improved social care and YOT outcomes)  Reduction in NEET 2

3. INTRODUCTION  Big Lottery is investing £75 million in 12 local authorities with significant socio-economic deprivation from 2014-2019  Newham has been selected as one of the local authorities to receive pilot funding. We were granted £500k last year to pilot a range of projects to improve the emotional resilience and wellbeing of 10-16 year olds.  We worked across 18 schools and in multiple community settings over the last 12 months to pilot and evaluate different approaches to promoting emotional resilience in 10-16 year old pupils at risk of developing mental health difficulties,  We have recently bid for further funding to roll-out our HeadStart Programme across Newham from 2016-2020. This creative and sporting activity commission will be part of that 5 year programme if we are successful in gaining further funding. 3

4. Academic Resilience Approach Training and support for school staff to increase their capacity to promote the resilience of their pupils EPEC ‘Being a Parent’ Peer Led Training Courses Peer led training and support for parents of young people to increase their capacity to promote resilience Achievement Coach Supported volunteering A supported volunteering programme to help young people engage in their local community ‘Bounce Back Newham’ Resilience behaviour change workbook and online resource Newham More than Mentors Peer Mentoring Peer Mentors trained and supported to increase their capacity to promote the resilience of their mentees Creative and Sporting Activities HEADSTART ACTIVITIES 4

5. THE COMMISSION There is reasonable evidence of the benefit of creative artistic and sports activities in promoting resilience competencies in at risk 10-16 year olds. This includes creative and performance arts and sports coaching. The evidence suggests that these activities provide key routes for engaging with vulnerable young people and developing their resilience competencies. (What works in enhancing social and emotional skills development during childhood and adolescence? Clarke et al. 2015) As part of the proposed HeadStart roll out plan we are seeking to commission borough wide provision of community based targeted specific creative and sports activities which are co-delivered by specialist teachers and youth practitioners. THE THEORY 5

6. COMMISSION -We are seeking bids to deliver specific creative artistic and sports activities which result in a borough wide diverse menu of different activities. -Four lots are available each worth up to £180K over 18 months. -Each lot will be for delivery of one or more specific creative or sports courses across at least two locations. -There will be potential for contracts to be renewed subject to successful delivery of KPIs. 6

7. COMMISSION – THE LOTS Lots 1-4 – Focused on learning 1 or more new creative or sports activities. Examples of activities could include:  Performance courses such as drama, acting, public speaking and dance.  Music courses such as singing, rap and music making.  Visual and written arts such as drawing, pottery and creative writing.  Sports courses such as learning to mountain bike, boxing or climbing. These examples are only illustrative and not exhaustive. We are keen for providers to be creative about the range of courses they offer. 7

8. COMMISSION – REQUIREMENTS FOR EACH LOT  In the two locations the provider will be expected to provide at least 8 courses over the 18 month contract. Minimum of 4 courses in each location.  These courses could all be for the same specific activity or a range of different activities. We expect the courses to provide beginner, intermediate and advanced opportunities. This will allow for young people to progress in their skill development.  We expect each course to be co-delivered by a specialist instructor and a youth practitioner.  Each course will: Provide a specialist delivered course of creative or sports activity tuition over at least 8 sessions. For example dance classes delivered by a qualified dance teacher or a mountain biking course delivered by a trained coach. We expect the course to be attractive to a portion of our target population of 10-16 year olds. We expect to see a description of the component parts of the course with a session by session breakdown for each type of course offered. Provide 1:1 targeted youth practitioner support for each young person attending which occurs at initial attendance, in the middle of the course and a review session at the end. This will aim to keep the young person engaged with the activity and to ensure that they reflect on wider learning from the experience.  We will also expect the provider to work flexibly with the commissioner to ensure that the courses occur at a range of times including evenings, weekends and school holidays. 8

9. KPIS  Providing courses with the components as outlined above which cater for at least 300 separate young people over the 18 months. You will not be held accountable for ensuring initial sign up by 300 people (this will be the HeadStart team responsibility)  Ensuring that young people who sign up, continue to engage with the course. Of note 20% of funding will be subject to providers demonstrating that 70% of young people on courses attend at least 70% of sessions.  Sharing activity data with the HeadStart Team. This will be in the format of details of each person attending a course and % of sessions which they attend. This will be audited.  Ensuring their youth practitioners and specialist creative and sports activity teachers attend the regular resilience training and mental health events. 9

10. COMMISSION – HEADSTART RESPONSIBILITIES HeadStart will be responsible for:  Ensuring that young people within our target population sign up to the courses. This will be through targeted offline and digital promotion of the courses. The provider will also be encouraged to promote the courses to existing young people they have contact with.  The HeadStart Team will encourage young people involved in school aspects of the HeadStart programme to attend activities including accompanying them to the first sessions.  Providing resilience training and mental health training to the youth workers who are co- delivering these courses. Providers bidding are strongly encouraged to attend one of the resilience workshop provided as part of the procurement process.  Evaluating the impact of the creative and sports activities on the young person’s resilience and providing an evaluation report to the provider.  Facilitating shared learning between the providers of each lot. 10

11. EVALUATION PROCESS  Tenders will need to submitted via the online capital e-sourcing website. Support will be offered in how to use this website at the upcoming Resilience and Procurement Workshops.  We will be reviewing bid submissions against quality and value for money.  Those who are short listed will be invited to a clarification meeting.  Young people will be involved in the assessment process.  Final decisions will be made in Early August. 11

12. TYPES OF BIDS Consortium/partnership bids for delivery of each lot are encouraged but we will expect to liaise with one lead provider. This lead provider will be responsible for the quality of delivery in any sub- contracted provision along with reporting activity. We are interested in receiving a range of bids from a wide variety of organisations offering interesting and exciting course opportunities for our target group of young people. Types of bids we expect to see could include:  One provider who can deliver courses across at least two locations.  One lead provider who can provide locations +/- youth workers and can subcontract smaller specialist providers to deliver courses in their venues – lead provider has contract with HS.  One provider can choose to apply to deliver more than one of the four lots but each lot will be evaluated separately. 12

13. TIMELINE Resilience and Procurement Workshop19 th and 25 th May BIG Lottery funding decisionMid June Tender opening dateLate June Tender closing dateEnd July Contracts awardedEarly August Activities to commenceEarly October 13

14. Q&A If you have any further questions following this session please contact Holly Jones: Email: Holly.Jones@Newham.gov.ukHolly.Jones@Newham.gov.uk Tel: 0203 373 1587 14

15. NETWORKING Please introduce yourself to the rest of the group:  Name  Organisation  Details on the type of organisation There will now be some time to meet other organisations and to discuss possible collaborations. 15