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To utilise £10,000 of the Public Health
Grant funding from Essex County Council to deliver the Autumn term
Junior Ambassadors project and to allocate funding to the artists
who deliver the interventions. The Public Health Grant budget
currently has £133,000 available for use and following this
allocation there will be £123,000 still available for
use.

Reasons for the decision

The Tendring Junior Ambassador Project is
aimed at encouraging children below senior school age to become
more involved in their community and take pride in the area in
which they live. Junior Ambassadors are encouraged to show respect
for themselves, their community and their environment. Children
become ambassadors to deliver a positive message to families and
friends.
The project assists in children leading active and healthy lives
and developing awareness and respect for cultural diversity.
It delivers a public health intervention by developing community
and addressing challenges children face by building resilience and
a healthy lifestyle whilst encouraging diversity and
tolerance.
The cultural work is delivered by a number of artists and the
decision seeks to allocate funding to them for work undertaken in
delivering the project.

Alternative options considered

To not fund the project and use the funding
for a different public health intervention.
Although there is demand for allocating funding to public health
work the Junior Ambassadors project is tried and tested and has
delivered strong outcomes in terms of school and children
engagement to build resilience and brings parents into the project
in a celebration event. Local schools are very supportive of the
event and seek to be included in the programme.