To encourage local grassroots activities and events at community spaces across the ward. More events and activities taking place across the ward. Wide range of people taking part in events/ activities. Events/ activities well-attended by the community. We will record the number of events/ activities taking place. We will ask those funded by Big Local to evaluate how events/ activities, including recording equal opportunities data. Encouraging working To encourage people from the younger and older generations to get involved in Big Local and the community. More younger people (16 – 24 year olds) and older people (65+) involved in activities, events and meetings. It may be possible to ask people to record their age at meetings and at some events/ activities. If this is not possible, it may be possible to ask organisers to record their impressions of the age range of participants. To bring people from across the generations and across the ward together to share skills and build relationships. More people feel they have learned skills from each other. More people feel they have build relationships with a wider range of people in the community. Event organisers will ask participants to complete evaluation forms to understand the extent to which skill sharing and building relationships are happening. If people are involved in organising an annual event, it may be possible to follow-up with people to see how skills/ relationships have developed. It may be possible to establish baseline data on number/ range of relationships and skills before we start the project. Improving the environment and green spaces To increase pride in the William Morris ward neighbourhood More local people feel proud to live in the neighbourhood. Before, after and during photographs of areas where action is taken to improve green spaces. To improve the environment and change habits and perceptions. The environment looks and feels better. More people feel better about their local environment. More people report positive habits (e.g. spending time outside, growing, gardening).
To increase use of green space and provide the means to do it in a sustainable, way. More people use green space in the ward Evaluating Big Local Programme Overall will be better able to identify local needs and take action in response to them. People will have increased skills and confidence, so that they continue to identify and respond to needs in the future. The community will make a difference to the needs it prioritises. People will feel that their area is an even better place to live. Community research will operationalise these Big Local outcomes to measure these overarching aims. It will be necessary to conduct research with the Big Local forum and partnership to understand their perceptions of Big Local’s ability to identify and respond to local needs and on whether capacity-building (of skills and confidence) has happened. To do this it might be necessary to conduct baseline research at the start of the period. To understand whether WM Big Local has made a difference and whether people feel the area is a better place to live research with the community will be necessary, as well as evaluation of hard measures (on local wealth, community spaces use/ involvement, relationships between generations and participation on green spaces projects). Section eight: Making William Morris Big Local a success As we set out our plan for the next 18 months there are a number of risks and challenges which we need to anticipate or address. Some of these have become evident in the Getting People Involved phase of WM Big Local and some of these are new. This section sets out how we will address our greatest risks and challenges. Improving the Local Economy We need to take this issue forward, not ignore it. Everyone recognises that it’s vital to develop the local economy, but there’s little agreement on how that should be done –