Funding and programme management

The National Strategy for Neighbourhood Renewal aims to ensure that within 20 years, no one will be disadvantaged by where they live. This is to be achieved by reducing inequality between the poorest areas and the national average, by tackling crime, worklessness, ill health, underachievement, poor housing and poor living environment. As a result of these gaps in neighbourhood inequalities, Plymouth qualified for the funding shown in the table below.

Funding for neighbourhood renewal

The Government established the Neighbourhood Renewal Fund (NRF) which was awarded to the 88 most disadvantaged local authority areas in the country, as defined through the 2000 Index of Multiple Deprivation.

Plymouth qualified for this funding due to the markedly different levels of deprivation and quality of life between neighbourhoods as demonstrated by a range of criteria from the six neighbourhood renewal themes. For example, 2003 to 2005 figures show that based on life expectancy at birth a person living in Chaddlewood would live on average 11.2 years longer than a person living in Stonehouse (Source Public Health Development Unit).

In 2005, these inequalities resulted in Stonehouse, North Prospect, Barne Barton and the city centre all qualifying for neighbourhood renewal funded interventions.

Neighbourhood renewal 2006 to 2008

NRF was awarded over three phases the first of which began in 2001 to 2002. The booklet in the documents table below is a summary of the achievements of phase 3, a two year programme, from April 2006 to March 2008.

The Safer and Stronger Communities Fund introduced in 2006 had an element called the Cleaner, Safer, Greener Fund (CSG). This fund supported the neighbourhood renewal agenda and aims to address the quality of the local environment to ensure that it is safe, clean and inviting. This has been shown to have a significant impact on our quality of life.

The decision was made by Plymouth 2020, the Local Strategic Partnership (LSP), to manage both of these funds using the same approach to programme management.

A cross cutting panel was given responsibility to allocate funding to projects aimed at tackling these inequalities. The panel included representatives from the Primary Care Trust, Devon and Cornwall Police, Government Office South West, the Community and Voluntary Sector, the University of Plymouth, Plymouth City Council and other partners. The key to the success of this programme has been the commitment to partnership working.

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Key achievements of the programme

• 82% of students from the NRF areas, who attended the Science Academy, gained the equivalent of 4 science GCSE’s.
• A new innovative community-based approach to health promotion initiatives between the National Health Service (NHS) and neighbourhood groups delivered health MOT’s, smoking cessation, diet and nutrition advice sessions with more than 5000 residents.
• A new NHS healthy weight and obesity service for children.
• Regeneration of three parks and play areas with two areas meeting green flag status in 2007 to 2008.
• The Adelaide Park Home Zone won the 'Best Community Design' category of the 2007 Abercrombie Awards and has been entered into the Royal Town Planning Institute Awards 2008.
• Practical support and help for unemployed people receiving health related benefits and an extension of community based advisers to engage with workless adults.
• The development of the Plymouth Works database (UNITE). This captures all current workless provision and enables an individual’s training needs to be assessed and mapped through the various stages leading to employment.
• Comprehensive approach to raising standards in housing through renovating sub standard homes, bringing empty homes back into use, assisting homeowners with their maintenance through home condition surveys and leveraging private landlord investment to improve rental accommodation.
• The Head Cameras project achieved national acclaim with Plymouth being the national pilot for good practice.

Notes on the booklet

The booklet in the documents table below has been compiled with our partners to celebrate our achievements over the last two years.

It demonstrates the diverse nature of projects delivered and provides a permanent record of good practice.

Although many of the projects are cross cutting in nature, the booklet has been organised by theme group for ease of use.

Documents

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	Partnership successes in neighbourhood renewal - front cover. File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 697KB
	Contents and introduction - contents. File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 120KB
	Crime theme - crime theme storyboards. File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 1.47MB
	Housing theme - housing theme storyboards. File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 500KB
	Liveability theme - liveability theme storyboards. File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 2MB
	Education theme - education theme storyboards. File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 1.99MB
	Health theme - health theme storyboards. File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 1.18MB
	Worklessness theme - worklessness theme storyboards. File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 481KB
	Community organisations - community organsations storyboards. File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 1.97MB
	Appendices - appendices. File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 234KB
	Appendix 1 - appendix 1 File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 37KB
	Improvements to programme management - Neighbourhood Renewal Fund (NRF) and the Cleaner, Safer, Greener Fund (CSG) 2006 to 2008. File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 1.56MB

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