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New Deal For Communities - Putting communities at the heart of the renewal process
New Deal for Communities (NDC) is a vital part of Government's wider Strategy for Neighbourhood Renewal, and a flagship vehicle for the delivery of regeneration.
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(New Deal for Communities project in North Fulham) |
It aims to reduce multiple deprivation in some of the country's poorest neighbourhoods; putting the community at the heart of the decision-making process, and giving them the resources to tackle local problems in an intensive and co-ordinated way. NDC partnerships operate in ten London boroughs. While each one faces a unique set of local difficulties they are all developing a range of interventions to help raise educational attainment, reduce crime and worklessness, while improving the physical environment and the health of local residents. Many of the issues faced are complex and improvements will take time to evolve. However, NDC is already making a real impact on the quality of everyday life for many people, and the success and best practice is starting to be shared with others involved in regeneration. Notable recent interventions include: |
The Star Lane Food co-op, one of four co-ops run by West Ham & Plaistow NDC, and part of a larger NDC Food Access Project, which aims to encourage healthy eating by improving access to health enhancing produce at affordable prices. Star Lane, which is run by local volunteers and staff from Star Primary School, quickly generated high demand, and became oversubscribed. Additional sessions are currently being planned for the area as a result. The overall programme includes developing a delivery service to housebound residents, developing juice bars and fruit truck shops in the local schools, and providing each pupil in the four local primary schools with a free piece of fruit a day.
The Bridge Partnership at Seven Sisters NDC continues to make progress with influencing mainstream services. So far, their multi-agency partnership approach to environmental control has introduced joint enforcement arrangements, to help tackle the problem of removing abandoned cars. In addition, the introduction of The Clean Team, with its focus on dumping and neighbourhood cleansing, has not only has a physical effect on the environment, but has also improved local health and safety, and community pride.
Ocean NDC is attempting to improve educational attainment by encourage pupils to take responsibility for their homework through the Ocean Maths Project. The project reflects collaboration by teachers, pupils, and parents, and aims to provide specially written homework that requires oral communication on mathematics. The assignments are written in several locally used languages, thereby widening the reach to children whose parents may not use English as their first language. The programme is supported by workshops run by the NDC that encourages parents to play an active part in their children's education.
Shoreditch Our Way NDC has developed an employment and employability intervention under their @Work banner, which is managed by Talent Recruitment. Through this project, the service provider brokers training and placements for those people moving into employment from welfare-to-work, in addition to those who wish to move to better paid jobs. The project takes advantage of both formal and informal partnership arrangements with other local service providers, such as Jobcentre Plus, the local NHS Trusts, Business Link, Hackney College and Voluntary sector.
Intervention by North Fulham NDC has already shown some early signs of success in tackling crime, by working in partnership with the police to test new and innovative ways of working, underpinned by the terms of a local service level agreement. The Community Policing Team project now provides 5 dedicated police officers in the NDC area, which has increased the visibility of police in the local area, who have not only help to crack down on burglary, theft, and drug related crimes, but also build better relationships with local residents and businesses.
For Further Information please visit the following website:
ODPM Neighbourhood renewal
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Regen.Net
SEU National Strategy
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82% of the most deprived wards are concentrated in 88 local authority districts London includes 20 of the most deprived boroughs NDC supports ten partnerships in London with a total of £503 million over 10 years.(Source: A New Commitment to Neighbourhood Renewal - National Strategy Action Plan) London will receive £185 million, over three years through the Neighbourhood Renewal Fund, to help services aimed at tackling the deep-rooted problems of the most disadvantaged communities in London. This is spread between the 20 most deprived London boroughs (Source: http://www.neighbourhood.odpm.gov.uk/fund/index.htm) |
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