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The educational experience of traveller children in the Northside Partnership Area: a consultation report for Northside Partnership and Pavee Point.
No full textThis report was commissioned by Northside Partnership and Pavee Point as a review of the educational experience of Traveller children in the Northside Partnership area. The rationale for the report was based on the the need for a cohesive, multi-dimensional strategy to ensure effective intervention into the serious educational disadvantage of young Travellers. The research was carried out through consultation with Traveller parents by exploring their, and their children's, experiences of participation in education. Education service providers were also consulted. The report makes specific recommendations to the Department of Education, Science and Technology; Northside Partnership; Local Traveller Development Groups; Traveller parents and schools to progress primary education for Traveller children; both in the Partnership area and nationally
Report on early school leaving provision and progression: experiences within the Northside Partnership Area.
No full textA project team consisting of the directors of the Youthreach, Community Training Workshop and Youthstart centres and the Partnership Education Co-ordinator have been engaged in examining the level of educational disadvantage within the Northside area and the difficulties facing young early school leavers, particularly in terms of employment access. This report aims to profile the main provision for early school leavers in the Northside Partnership area. It also aims to provide an insight into the experiences of young people leaving such provision and their views on developments that are needed, and to make recommendations for appropriate future developments. This research was undertaken by reviewing the literature regarding school leaving to place the Northside area in a broader, national context. Local programmes were reviewed and directors and staff of these programmes were interviewed. Participants of these programmes were also interviewed
Therapy-based interventions with young people at risk of early school leaving: a case study of a preventive education action in the Northside Partnership Education Programme.
No full textThe preventing early school leaving is made up of a cluster of actions in schools and youth organisations. The main focus is the development of therapy-based interventions with young people and their parents. Thirteen schools in the Northside Partnership employed therapists for the school year 1997-98, with each school agreeing to an evaluation. The study showed that intervention had a number of direct and indirect impacts. Directly, "problem children" improved their attitudes and behaviour at the classroom and at home. Parental involvement with the schoolchildren and the therapists also helped parents cope better with their children. Schools also saw the benefit of more creative and innovative teaching methods in preventing early school leaving in comparison with conventional methods
New frontiers: confronting the toughest challenges of social inclusion.
No full textTen year review of the Northside Partnership which aims to bring social inclusion and employment to specific grous such as ex-drug users, Travellers, ex-offenders and people with disabilities. This report includes the Partnerships' objectives, strategy, summary of programmes as well as company structure, new approaches and action programmes
Promoting Cycling and Health In a Disadvantaged Area Of North East Dublin City
Full text linkPoor health has been identified as an issue for people who live in areas affected by structural disadvantage and social exclusion. One area in the North East of Dublin City has been identified for the development of a project addressing health inequality and promoting a “Healthy Community” by Northside Partnership, a local development company established in 1991 to address social exclusion in designated disadvantaged neighbourhoods. DIT have engaged with Northside Partnership since 2013 in a Students Learning with Communities Initiative to research levels of mobility and the potential for sustainable transportation as a means to promote health within the study area.
This paper describes a stage in this ongoing research process, specifically an audit of cycling infrastructure and potential barriers to cycling in the study area. The overall cycling mode share of the pilot area was 3% at the time of the most recent census in 2011. This figure is below the average percentage of cycle modal share of Dublin City and Suburbs (5.4%) and further behind Dublin City Council aspirations to achieve 20-25% of trips by bike by 2022.
The study identifies physical barriers to cycling, including poor cycle-ways and cycle parking infrastructure. Proposals for a citywide cycle network, as part of the National Transport Authority’s (NTA) Cycle Strategy for the Greater Dublin Area (GDA), were reviewed. The proposed NTA network is extensive and comprehensively thought out and will provide good access to the study area if implemented. The project team made certain supplementary recommendations, including greater use of open spaces as a means to both improve the spaces themselves and provide greater connectivity. Some additional feeder routes were recommended within the study area. Additional and improved cycle parking facilities are warranted in strategic locations.
The study is strongly supportive of the development of the Santry River Greenway, a proposed greenway that links the area to significant amenity, employment and adjacent neighbourhoods. The development of the Greenway, not just as a physical piece of green infrastructure but as a socially connected community space, is recommended.
The study also highlights the need to address pervasive social barriers to cycling uptake which are evident in the area. To successfully deliver projects such as the Santry River Greenway will require investment in community collaborative planning. Ideally meaningful participatory projects to promote cycling and develop community cohesion around the greenway would form part of its investment package. Doing so will yield wider social and economic returns including increased social inclusion and labour market access, supporting the aims and mission of the community partner organisation
Northside Partnership Higher Education Support Scheme evaluation report. Higher education: dream or reality? A practical model for supporting low-income students in higher education.
No full textNorthside Partnership "Healthy Community" Pilot Area Walkability Audit
Full text linkPoor health has been identified as an issue for people who live in areas affected by structural disadvantage and social exclusion. One area in the North East of Dublin City has been identified for the development of a project addressing health inequality and promoting a “Healthy Community” by Northside Partnership, a local development company established in 1991 to address social exclusion. The Partnership has been assisted in the development of the programme by a wide range of statutory and community organisations, and in particular the Health Service Executive (HSE) Dublin North Health Promotion Department. DIT engaged with Northside Partnership in a Students Learning with Communities Initiative to research levels of mobility and the potential for sustainable transportation within the study area. In 2013 an assessment of mobility (presented at the 2013 AESOP Congress) was undertaken among key disadvantaged communities in the Northside Partnership “Healthy Community” area. The study revealed that while mobility levels are high, perceptions of the quality of mobility services are very low, particularly in relation to service reliability. Furthermore, significant barriers to mobility are presented by poor environmental conditions as well as safety issues. Other issues are prevalent, such as poor perceptions of active travel and further research was recommended in this area. The study examines walking mode share for the area over recent census periods. Walking to work and school has declined from 18% to 14% between 2002 and 2011. While much of this is explained by a changing demographic, deteriorating environmental conditions and anti-social behaviour appear to also be relevant factors. The study identifies the key trip demand centres within or adjacent to the study area. Many of the routes examined are commonly used walking links yet provide a very low level of amenity. In some cases, pedestrians are routinely enforced into unsafe and unpleasant circumstances. Current conditions derogate significantly from the best practice national guidance document, the Design Manual for Urban Roads and Streets. Social inhibitors to walking also exist within the study area. The area is classified by low income, significantly lower participation rates the labour force and a higher degree of welfare dependency than the rest of the city. In many cases “soft” measures can be as critical to counteract these barriers and to increase the general amenity of the area for the most elemental of the transport modes. The development of the Santry River Greenway, not just as a physical piece of green infrastructure but as a socially connected community space, is recommended. The development of practical solutions capable of addressing the complexity of issues identified in this paper requires a collaboration of actors from different policy arenas and agencies
Children’s Profile at School Entry (CPSE) collection 2008 – 2015
No full textThe Children’s Profile at School Entry (CPSE) study was conducted between 2008 and 2015 as part of the wider Preparing for Life evaluation by the UCD Geary Institute at University College Dublin, Ireland. The Preparing for Life (PFL) intervention was developed by the Northside Partnership as a five year school readiness intervention, starting in pregnancy and lasting until the child started school. The CPSE study took place in parallel to the PFL evaluation, and provided an annual, representative survey of the levels of school readiness of all Junior Infant children in the PFL catchment area – both those participating in PFL intervention and the general population not participating in PFL. The annual survey (1) indicated the general level of school readiness of children attending schools in the PFL catchment area, (2) indicated whether the PFL programme was generating positive externalities, and (3) served as a baseline measure of school readiness for the PFL cohort. The CPSE study was undertaken by the PFL evaluation team at UCD Geary Institute. A cross-sectional design was developed to collect information via surveys which were completed by (1) the primary school teacher and (2) the primary caregiver of each Junior Infant child. Data were collected at the start of each school year, for eight years between 2008 and 2015. Pupil school readiness was assessed in both the teacher and caregiver surveys using the Short Early Development Instrument (S-EDI; Janus & Offord, 2000), and using a series of measures that were constructed by the PFL evaluation team. Teachers were also asked a series of demographic questions including their age, professional qualifications, how long they had been teaching in general. Caregivers were asked socio-demographic information, along with standardised measures of mental well-being and parenting
Preparing for Life collection: Evaluation of the Preparing for Life early childhood intervention (PFL), 2008 - 2015
No full textPreparing for Life (PFL) is a community-led prevention and early intervention programme that is operated by the Northside Partnership (NSP) in Dublin, Ireland. PFL aims to improve levels of school readiness of young children from several designated disadvantaged areas of North Dublin, by intervening during pregnancy and working with families until the children start school. The PFL Programme is a home visiting programme whose purpose is to improve documented low levels of school readiness by assisting parents in developing skills to help prepare their children for school. As such, the PFL Programme operates under a holistic definition of school readiness composed of five dimensions including: 1) physical well-being and motor development; 2) social and emotional development; 3) approaches to learning; 4) language development and emergent literacy; and 5) cognitive development and general knowledge. The PFL programme was evaluated between 2008 and 2015 by the UCD Geary Institute at University College Dublin to provide evidence on the effectiveness of the PFL programme to positively impact on parent and child outcomes. The PFL Programme was evaluated using a mixed methods approach, incorporating (1) an impact evaluation and (2) an implementation evaluation. The impact evaluation was used to determine whether the PFL Programme had an impact on parent and child outcomes for the duration of the intervention, and data was collected on children’s physical health and motor skills, social and emotional development, and behaviour, learning, literacy and language development, and on mother’s pregnancy behaviours, physical and psychological health, cognitive ability, personality, and parenting skills from pregnancy onwards (this data is being archived with ISSDA). A process evaluation was also conducted to investigate perceptions of PFL using qualitative interviews with PFL participants and PFL staff members at 6 months and at 24 months; and with fathers of and father figures to PFL children at 36 months (qualitative material will be available via IQDA)
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