Education alliance for life chances
Act Locally: Manningham and Girlington
Manningham and Girlington is an inner city borough of Bradford and was chosen as one of the three areas for the Act Locally program because of its high levels of deprivation and the strength of its community and voluntary sector resources. You can read more about our Act Locally programme here.
Manningham is ranked as the most deprived ward in the District by the 2019 Index of Multiple Deprivation and also has the lowest life expectancy for both men and women. On average, residents have a 10 year shorter life expectancy than those living in Wharfedale (Bradford's most affluent area.) It also has the highest infant mortality rates in the Bradford district and the second highest rate of depression for new mothers.
Manningham and Girlington also has a strong history of community organising and many effective voluntary organisations. The convening partnership board includes representatives from the Local Authority, Bradford Children & Families Trust, schools and Multi Academy Trusts, VCS organisations, Public Health, ICB, Youth Service, Family Hub/Early Help, Born in Bradford and Age of Wonder research, NHS England and Bradford District Care Trust. By working together Act Locally will achieve it's aims through 'collective impact', you can read more about our Collective Impact approach here.
The Manningham & Girlington convening partnership has prioritised mental health of female pupils and parents
The Manningham and Girlington convening partnership for Act Locally was created at our first meeting in June 2023. Schools, local policy makers, university researchers, frontline professionals and residents came together to agree a priority for the Manningham and Girlington area: the mental health of female pupils and parents. This provided a mandate for change from the community and empowered the partnership to speak as one, seek resources and permissions and drive for change.
Mental health of female pupils and parents was identified as a priority for a variety of reasons. Many services which provide mental health support are at capacity and there is a lack of funding for schools to specifically target mental health through early interventions and prevention. There has also been increased non-attendance to schools in the Manningham and Girlington area which is often linked to poor mental health, and with female pupils this is in part due to the under diagnosis and misdiagnosis of autism. The need to educate parents about good mental health to help recognise declining mental health in themselves and their children has also been identified.
Our Manningham and Girlington Journey
2018-2022
2019-2022
August 2022
March 2022-June 2022
July 2023
August 2023
December 2023
7th February 2024
12th June 2024
June-October 2024
Delivery of our £15m DfE funded predecessor Programme ‘Bradford Opportunity Area’ to improve the social mobility of Bradford’s children and young people.
ActEarly: Holme Wood Project. Aimed to empower the community and stakeholders to incorporate data science into public services and policy. It created a replicable model 'Act Locally' which aimed to better align and target services based on local circumstances.
Published our 12 point plan to improve social mobility and lessons learned from the Bradford Opportunity Area Programme.
Act locally ‘place based’ engagement to identify key issues in Manningham & Girlington. Key priorities:
- Mental health of women and girls
- School Attendance
- Supporting Neurodiverse children
Learning Symposium to focus on key priority: Mental Health Agreed a set of local actions and recommendations for commissioners.
Developed our M&G Statement of Intent. (Contextualising the issue, the data, our understanding, our actions and recommendations for commissioners).
Act Locally: Manningham & Girlington convening partnership meeting:
- Input from young people reviewed
- Action plan updated
Act Locally: Manningham & Girlington convening partnership meeting:
- Reviewed actions from previous meetings
- Explored Thrive Model for Healhy Minds
Act Locally: Manningham & Girlington convening partnership meeting: Input from Oasis Lister Academy Community Group
Collaborative work with EALC, Bradford District Care Trust, Dixons Academy and Oastlers on funding bid. Through to final stage of the NHS Charities Together Innovation Challenge.
Please view our key documents below
You can also download the High Level Summary and Statement of Intent for our Act Locally programme in Manningham and Girlington, as well as our Early Impact document.
Our next Act Locally Manningham and Girlington meetings are: