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Increase targeted child and youth provision

Findings: Over a third of people in Ormsgill want more for children and young people to do.

The Stronger Together research brought together young people from Dropzone and Mini-Police and thus

we already have a group of engaged children and young people. Some girls involved in the research have
expressed a desire to do further community research and social action projects in the local area. It is

recommended that further social action projects are made available to young people in Ormsgill. Cumbria
Community Foundation provide the Government’s #iwill fund to organisations in Cumbria and would be

a well-fitting funder for such work. UCLan can evaluate and report on the feasibility and impact of such a
project. Working alongside the current provision provided by Dropzone, it is recommended that children

and young people are included in the development of Love Ormsgill and the projects that emerge from

this work. One young person has already been identified as a youth member in this group, but she needs
support to be able to listen to and lead her peers. This could include mentoring from a local elected
member.

Intergenerational activities

Findings: Young and older people in Ormsgill reported the lowest levels of emotional well-being.

The above findings lend themselves to the development of an intergenerational connectivity and well-
being project. Previous Connected Communities projects have developed an intergenerational

connectivity programme for primary school children and older people. This programme could be adapted
to suit young people and further research is needed to understand the specific issues faced by younger

and older people. Cumbria Community Foundation provide the Government’s #iwill fund to organisations
in Cumbria and would be a well-fitting funder for such work. UCLan can evaluate and report on the

feasibility and impact of such a project.

Celebrate Ormsgill
Findings: Ormsgill is a supportive, close knit community where most people feel they belong

The strong bonding social capital (close knit community) that was evidenced in the surveys can be
capitalised to bring people together and create a sense of pride in Ormsgill. Events like the Big Lunch can

help with this which and can also introduce services into the community in an informal way (surveys
revealed poor bridging social capital, which suggests that residents do not effectively access services that

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