Co-ordinating service provision and improving life chances for children in severe poverty: A knowledge exchange programme
Improving access to services for families is now one of the main means of tacking poverty and social exclusion. The context for this programme of activities is derived from the national outcomes specified in the Scottish Government’s Single Outcome Agreements with local authorities, i.e. those concerned with giving children the best start in life, improving life chances, tackling inequalities and ensuring public services are responsive to local people’s needs.
The proposed programme will develop a long-term partnership between researchers and practitioners in four organisations (West Dunbartonshire Council, Glasgow City Council, Save the Children-Scotland, University of Strathclyde) by exchanging theoretical and empirical knowledge and expertise in the field of inter-professional working in relation to supporting low-income families. The programme will begin in September 2009 and will conclude in August 2010.
Project Activities will include:
- a synthesis of existing research;
- opportunities for practitioners from a range of services to work together in cluster groups in identifying new ways of making services more accessible and suitable to families;
- formal training events for professionals delivering services and exchanges of staff on placements between the four partners;
- consultations with children and families living in two deprived areas in Scotland through the ‘One street at a time’ initiative, which will aim to improve service provision in the two areas identified;
- five seminars with a range of stakeholders, including families.
Project Leaders: Dr Daniela Sime, Dr Graham Connelly
Lead Institution: University of Strathclyde
Contact: daniela.sime@strath.ac.uk
Project partners: West Dunbartonshire Council, Glasgow City Council, Save the Children-Scotland
- One street at a time leaflet (PDF, 279 KB)
- One street at a time seminar (PDF, 220 KB)
- Workshop programme (Word, 338 KB)
