1. Dursley: Vibe Presented by Helen Bojaniwska

2. Introduction  SOSYP  The Vibe story  Our Place  Useful tools

3. Dursley timeline  2008 former youth centre closed  2008 search for alternative sites  2010 unsuccessful bid for My Place funding  2011 Gloucestershire CC withdrew universal youth work delivery  2011 SOSYP established

4. SOSYP  Save Our Services for Young People became  South Of Stroud Youth Partnership

5. SOSYP towns POPULATION (2011 census) BERKELEY2,034 CAM8,162 DURSLEY6,697 WOTTON-U-EDGE5,627 TOTAL22,520

6. Setting up Support from Gloucestershire Rural Community Council:  Constitution/CIC  Policies  Developing SLA Membership: 2 representatives from each council Representatives from youth services

7. Service level agreement  Tender process in 2012  3 year SLA awarded to Young Gloucestershire delivering 2 sessions/week in each community  Funding from:  Partner councils  Grants from Stroud District Council  Other grants  Partnership funding from Young Gloucestershire

8. Youth centres  Berkeley and Cam had existing buildings  Wotton-Under-Edge opened a new centre in former police station  Dursley’s centre had been demolished

9. The Vibe story  2012 Dursley Tabernacle offered use of manse to Town Council  2013 Planning application for conversion of manse  2014 Contract for conversion awarded and building commenced  2015 Vibe opened

10. The Manse (before)

11. The Vibe (after)

12. Building issues  Old building – hidden problems  DDA access requirements  Listed  Integral to church site  Meeting all partners’ needs

13. Opening day

14. Paying for it COUNCILCHURCH s106 developer contributions (Sainsbury’s and St Modwen) Dursley Tabernacle URC Dursley Town CouncilAllchurches Trust Police and Crime Commissioner Grant Awards for All grant Fundraising/donations c£230,000c£70,000

15. Building Vibe  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqBECrKMvnE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqBECrKMvnE

16. Our Place  2012/13 Pilot scheme - Neighbourhood Budgets  2014 £20,000 grant for Operational Plan  2015 final plan submitted and signed off by Locality/DCLG

17. Our Place: Objective  “to give people more power over local services and budgets in their neighbourhoods”  focus on community engagement  plan for services for Cam, Dursley and surrounding villages

18. Engagement work  Citizen Engagement CIC  Workshops  Outreach work  Appreciative enquiry  Asset-Based Community Development approach  Recruitment of Community Champions  Participatory budgeting

19. Participatory budgeting

20. Logic Chain Model

21. Cost Benefit Analysis

22. Exercise  Your high street is experiencing problems with anti-social behaviour. Outreach work solves the problem.  What are the benefits?  Fiscal  Economic  Social

23. Answer: Fiscal  Reduction in police, housing and local authority time spent responding to incidents.  Opportunity cost of avoided time spent by public sector agencies. Economic  Increased patronage of local businesses resulting in net growth in local economy once displacement has been taken into account. Social  Reduced fear of crime amongst local residents.

24. CBA Formula Excel spreadsheet available at: http://neweconomymanchester.com/ http://neweconomymanchester.com/

25. Turning outcomes into benefits:

26. Measuring value  Unit cost database  http://neweconomymanchester.com/stories/832- unit_cost_database http://neweconomymanchester.com/stories/832- unit_cost_database

27. Our Place reflection + Significant community engagement Building partnerships Clear operational plan Evidence from CBA - Extra work! No immediate funding Sustainability? But most importantly : sometimes it’s not about the money!

28. The future  SOSYP winding up  Cam and Dursley councils delivering operational plan in a new partnership  New contract for delivery  More community engagement  More participatory budgeting

29. Further information  Our Place: http://locality.org.uk/projects/place/#sthash.4ZsKauSK.dpufhttp://locality.org.uk/projects/place/#sthash.4ZsKauSK.dpuf  SOSYP: www.grcc.org.uk/Accelerator/Youth%20case%20studies/4-Getting- together---SOSYP.pdfwww.grcc.org.uk/Accelerator/Youth%20case%20studies/4-Getting- together---SOSYP.pdf  Cost benefit analysis guidance for local partnerships www.gov.uk/government/publications/supporting-public-service- transformation-cost-benefit-analysis-guidance-for-local-partnerships www.gov.uk/government/publications/supporting-public-service- transformation-cost-benefit-analysis-guidance-for-local-partnerships  Excel model & Unit cost database www.neweconomymanchester.comwww.neweconomymanchester.com  Other background info publicservicetransformation.org/communitybudgets.org.uk/www.gov.uk/what -works-network publicservicetransformation.org/communitybudgets.org.uk/www.gov.uk/what -works-network