SPOTLIGHTING

Salford under the SPOTLIGHT!

SPOTLIGHT is a new way to help public services and communities in Salford to deliver together on key issues for the city's people, families and communities - issues like crime, unemployment and low skills that can leave people and places locked into a cycle of disadvantage and low aspiration which impact in many ways and often exist over generations.

Why do we need SPOTLIGHT?

Salford is changing rapidly and the city's future looks bright. We are quite clear that regeneration is not all about buildings. We are determined to bring about a similar transformation in the prospects of our people. We need a new way of tackling the city's issues together and as a matter of urgency.

Funding a few 'extra' projects will not deliver the scale of transformation we need. SPOTLIGHT has been designed as a new mainstream approach to community regeneration - to enable us to get the full team - services and communities - behind the job. We have every belief that it can make a huge difference.

Where have we piloted SPOTLIGHT?

Four SPOTLIGHT trials have taken place, each over an intensive six week period -

Charlestown and Lower Kersal

Issue: Young people not in education, employment or training

Ordsall and Langworthy

Issue: Safe, clean and green

East Salford

Issue: Worklessness

Little Hulton

Issue: Lone parents

Winton and Eccles

Issue: Young people and alcohol

Cadishead

Issue: Healthy weight and primary school children

What happens after the SPOTLIGHT?

Plans have been put in place to take forward the actions that each SPOTLIGHT identifies. Read more about what will happen after the initial six week SPOTLIGHT.

Keeping you informed

We need your energy, support, ideas and constructive comments as we roll the process out. You may be asked to get involved in one of the trials or a later SPOTLIGHT as we develop and roll out the process - either way you can be sure you will be part of the SPOTLIGHT story!

It is essential that we keep everyone involved as the pilots progress - and they are progressing very quickly - so please return to this page for the latest news.

Alternatively you can contact members of the planning team for more information

0161 601 4881

0161 603 6802

0161 793 3616

0161 793 2575

0161 603 6808

Download more information

SPOTLIGHT introductory newsletter (Autumn 2007)

SPOTLIGHT newsletter issue 2 (Spring 2008)

Summary of East Salford SPOTLIGHT (Spring 2008)

Summary of Charlestown and Lower Kersal SPOTLIGHT (Spring 2008)

Summary of Ordsall and Langworthy SPOTLIGHT (Spring 2008)

Presentation given at regeneration is 30 conference (January 2008)

Presentation given at DCLG conference (March 2008)

Engagement support materials

Asking about the opinions and experiences of all stakeholders is an essential part of the SPOTLIGHT process to help us get 'under the skin' of particular issues. We need to ensure that we do this consultation and research in a way that is respectful and considers the wider ethical impact of consultation upon different stakeholder groups.

We have put together some brief points that should be considered when consulting communities, front line staff and partners, an information sheet template that should be slightly amended for each project and given to participants, and a consent form.

You may also wish to give participants a copy of the Spotlight newsletter. Please contact by e-mail Susan Ford or on 0161 603 6800 for copies.

Instructions

Please click on the links below to download each document. On the information sheet template, add information about your particular pilot in the general details boxes at the beginning, and also whereever there are grey highlighted italics. If you have any queries, please contact Susan on the details above.

You might find these documents from the Local Government Association useful:

Customer Insight Protocol - contains guidance on the type of customer information that service providers might find useful to collect when they are trying to understand their service users, as well as guidance on data protection, personal information.
Guide to Segmentation - some information on how best to understand customers as diverse groups of people who might have quite different needs.