A NEW COMMITMENT TO NEIGHBOURHOOD RENEWAL:

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A NEW COMMITMENT TO NEIGHBOURHOOD
RENEWAL National Strategy Action Plan
Jon Bright Head of Programmes Neighbourhood
Renewal Unit DTLR
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Whats the Problem?

• Compared to the rest of the country, deprived
  areas have
• three times as much burglary
• 30 higher mortality rates
• child poverty three times higher
• 70 of all English BME residents

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What are the key features?

• Two long term goals
• lower worklessness and crime, better health,
  skills, housing and physical environment
• narrow the gap between the most deprived areas
  and the rest

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What will change?

• Three Key Dimensions
• new policies, funding and targets
• better local co-ordination and community
  empowerment
• national and regional support

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New Policies Funding and Targets

• Tackling the root causes of decline
• Minimum targets for deprived areas
• Extra resources for core services

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Local Co-ordination and Community Empowerment

• Local Strategic Partnerships
• Local Neighbourhood Renewal Strategies
• Neighbourhood Renewal Fund
• Community Empowerment Fund
• Community Chests
• Neighbourhood Management

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Better National and Regional Support

• A new national focus
• Better regional co-ordination
• Skills and knowledge strand
• Neighbourhood statistics to chart progress

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Neighbourhood Renewal - Implementation

• 1992 EU analysis
• 1996 DfEE Youth Action Scheme
• 1999 DETR Research
• 1999 Safer Cities Programme
• 1999 Audit Commission (economic regeneration
• 1999 Audit Commission (community safety)

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Neighbourhood Renewal - Implementation

• National Strategy
• Someone responsible for NR at each level of
  Government
• Improved performance through new policies and
  funding
• Better support, information, knowledge of what
  works and training

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Neighbourhood Renewal - Implementation

• New Deal for Communities - Manchester
• Crime
• 29 reduction in crime
• Neighbourhood Nuisance Team (400 cases)
• Additional police and neighbourhood wardens
• CCTV / street lighting / home security

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Neighbourhood Renewal - Implementation

• New Deal for Communities - Manchester
• Jobs
• Employment and business support measures
• Career advice centre for 16-18 year olds
• Environmental improvements using ILM

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Neighbourhood Renewal - Implementation

• New Deal for Communities - Manchester
• Education
• Communities that Care Project
• Raised attainment by local primary school
• Homework and literacy clubs
• Vocational learning Centre

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Neighbourhood Renewal - Implementation

• New Deal for Communities - Manchester
• Housing
• Housing and environmental improvements
• Alleyway closure programme

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Neighbourhood Renewal - Implementation

• New Deal for Communities - Manchester
• Health
• Teenager pregnancy reduction
• Dedicated mental health worker
• New drug and alcohol services

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Neighbourhood Renewal - Implementation

• Skills, Knowledge and Support
• New training/support for communities
• New secondment targets for Government
• Improvements to training for professionals
• New system for disseminating what works

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Whats Happened So Far?
SEU Report on Neighbourhood Renewal

• 1998
• 1998-00
• 2000
• 2001

18 Policy Action Teams

National Strategy A Framework for Consultation
Government Spending Review
A New Commitment to Neighbourhood Renewal
National Strategy Action Plan