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Positive Opportunities Worcestershire

Positive Opportunities Worcestershire. Positive Opportunities Worcestershire. Introduction to POW. The fund is part of the extended services drive to improve attainment for all and narrow the gap in attainment and well-being.

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Positive Opportunities Worcestershire

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  1. Positive Opportunities Worcestershire Extended Services in and around Schools Team Positive Opportunities Worcestershire

  2. Extended Services in and around Schools Team Introduction to POW The fund is part of the extended services drive to improve attainment for all and narrow the gap in attainment and well-being. The project provides funds to be used to support children and young people who are disadvantaged by economic circumstances, and children in care (the "target group") to enable them to access the varied menu of activities element of extended services.

  3. Extended Services in and around Schools Team Countywide perspective • POW and Extended Services in and around Schools

  4. Extended Services in and around Schools Team Terms of Grant • Devolved to schools • No top slicing • Focus on LAC/economic disadvantaged • Focus on varied menu of activities (extra curricular) • Adhere to guiding principles

  5. Extended Services in and around Schools Team Guiding principles • Access • Additionality • Involvement • Open to all • Creativity and personalisation • Sustainability and ongoing participation

  6. Extended Services in and around Schools Team Project Planning

  7. Extended Services in and around Schools Team Stage 1 - Progress 1920 children and young people were eligible for POW - 1645 eligible for free school meals or looked after - rest referred 275 children and young people were referred by schools or professionals of which 48 took up funding Referrers included: Schools, Social Workers, Early Intervention Family Support Workers, Educational Psychologists, Education Welfare Officers, Family Intervention Project. 363 children and young people in total accessed POW – 18.9% take up with a total cost of £27,368.28 (average of £75 per child)

  8. Extended Services in and around Schools Team Positive Feedback & Quotes • " One child from a family involved with drug misuse was able to access activities. The mum was in tears when deputy head explained to her what the money would mean for her child over the summer.“ • "It's a brilliant experience which I couldn't have managed for my children otherwise. It gave them new experiences for life. My daughter loved tennis and swimming and swam with loads of confidence after the lessons.“ (from a parent) • “I have a young man at a middle school in Redditch. His home circumstances are quite dire, Mom is a heroin addict, who has been to prison this year. Through funding from POW he went on a weeks holiday in August. I cannot put into words the pleasure he got from that holiday. Staff said he was absolutely ‘golden’, he just keeps on and on about the different things he did, the places he went, he saw the sea. What a difference that week has made to him. (Education Welfare Officer)

  9. POW Launch Events

  10. Extended Services in and around Schools Team Questions

  11. Extended Services in and around Schools Team Positive Opportunities Worcestershire

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