1. Case Study: Insight from SPACES on the benefits of strategic cross sector co-location
Chris Hodgson
Director of Estates and Facilities and Chair, SPACES
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

2. History SPACES “born”2011 SPACES Board
Hosted by East Sussex County Council
Multiple public sector partners:
Local Government: County, Borough and District’s
Blue light: Police, Fire, Ambulance
Health: Commissioning, Primary and Secondary care
Education: FE’s
Central Government departments: DWP, DfT
Community & Voluntary Sector
OPE representation
Note what SPACES acronym is
2011 Sussex Strategic group ?
2013 Full time Progamme Mgr pump primed by County
2015 OPE bids monies support Programme Mgr
Senior reps on Board: i.e CEO’s , Directors, burning platform
Last 3 year partners fund Programme Mgrs role
My role - organisation agnostic

3. Ethos Organisation Agnostic
Public purse first and then organisation benefit sharing
Focus quite strongly on the engagement with our partners; understanding their priorities and drivers
Work towards mutual benefits and understanding what our partners are seeking
Recognise significant differences in focus between the organisation types
Our understanding that change only happens for two reasons usually, there is (1) a burning platform or there is (2) a pot of money, means we are realistic in what we can achieve and when engagement is likely to be successful.
Sometimes we have had to revisit things a couple of times before we were able to get going and it sticks so to speak!

4. Early Years – Initial Focus
Strategic property perspective
Relocation of blue light services into one facility in various locations, thereby freeing sites for regeneration/sale
Capital receipts
Collaborative workspace incl. shared IT

5. Newhaven, Saxon House – Blue Light and District Council service co-location
Jont Fire/Police/ Housing office enquiries

6. Benefits Realisation – Programme Perspective
Total
Capital Receipts realised
£13,236,000
Revenue Reductions
£1,336,998
CO2 reduction
385
Revenue Receipt
£682,577
Cost Avoidance
£91,423
Grants Awarded
£1,180,000
Housing
1,893
Employment 5
GIA reduction (m2)
14,964
Co-located related services 9
Co-located response services 4
Land swap
Additional Service Provision 16
Shared IT i.e. Link Wifi and Gov Wifi
Might need more focus on matters such as CO2 as we don’t really collect journey difference

7. Why does SPACES work ? High level buy-in from partners
Mutual contribution on costs
Rotating chair
High level buy-in Directors, Deputy Directors of Heads of service - burning platform
Proj Mgr was pump primed by OPE, now partners Mutual contribution on costs for PM -relativley low costs

8. The future – shift in focus
Much more focused on housing delivery now than we were before
Commercial focus
Revenue gain
Revenue savings
PLACE based thinking
Cross sector working not just across property
Shift in focus from identifying one off co-location projects through to more strategic work streams spanning the county and city that will enable greater change over timeJoint Asset Sharing
We are also looking at revenue income and how we can become more commercial in our activities which is higher up the priority list now than it was
Cross sector i.e. ESCG and Council sharing learning
Joint campus developments

9. Thank you for listening
Any Questions ?