Posted on August 18th, 2009
Croydon
Theme
Croydon will focus on how the area looks after children’s health and wellbeing with a particular focus on child development. The work will cover pre-natal care to 19 years old, with particular focus on early intervention up to age 7.
Organisations involved
Croydon’s Total Place work is led jointly by Croydon Council and NHS Croydon
Discussions are underway with a wider group of organisations within Croydon’s Local Strategic Partnership covering the public, private and third sectors, and contacts have been established in a number of government agencies including the Department for Work and Pensions, the Police, Fire Service, and Criminal Justice Agencies.
Aspiration
To utilise Croydon’s strong track record of service transformation and partnership working to develop a new framework for the re-design of early years services around the needs of children and new parents. A framework that identifies the added value that different sectors locally can bring, as well as the different tiers of government. Overall, Croydon will develop a compelling case for shifting resources upstream into preventative early years services, co-ordinated at a local level and designed around the needs of young people.
What is Croydon currently doing?
- Completing work on the local count
- Bringing together key stakeholders to help shape our thinking
- Undertaking research into best practice in early years services
- Developing case studies locally
- Hosting a Total Place networking event in October
- Engaging with key Government agencies
- Exploring changes in policy locally
Contacts
Matt Burrows, media enquiries
telephone: 0208 7266000 ext 62248
email: matt.burrows@croydon.gov.uk
Richard Gibbs, media enquiries
email: richard.gibbs@croydon.gov.uk
Damian Roberts, London Borough of Croydon
telephone: 020 8604 7008
email: damian.roberts@croydon.gov.uk
Ruth Kennedy, Programme lead
telephone: 07887 832154
email: ruthgkennedy@googlemail.com
Category: pilot
