NEIGHBOURHOOD RENEWAL

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NEIGHBOURHOOD RENEWAL THE CHALLENGE OF DELIVERY
Jon Bright Head of Implementation Neighbourhood
Renewal Unit Office of the Deputy Prime
Minister Tel [phone] Email
jon.bright_at_odpm.gsi.gov.uk Web
www.neighbourhood.gov.uk
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NEIGHBOURHOOD RENEWAL THE CHALLENGE OF DELIVERY

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

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NEIGHBOURHOOD RENEWAL THE CHALLENGE OF DELIVERY

• Whats gone wrong before..
• Lack of Government attention to poor
  neighbourhoods
• Lack of community engagement
• Weakness of regeneration/ partnership work
• lack of engagement by service providers
• failure to do what works
• no link between problems - actions - results
• poor design and implementation of plans
• Skills and knowledge shortage
• Failure to deliver results quickly

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NEIGHBOURHOOD RENEWAL THE CHALLENGE OF DELIVERY

• Departments set floor targets, agree delivery
  plans and ask local agencies to deliver targets
  and support NR
• Neighbourhood Renewal Fund allocated to 88 most
  deprived LA districts. 26 to receive extra 175m
  in 04/05
• Government Offices promote Departments plans,
  support LSPs and oversee local NR strategies
• LSPs appoint delivery team, co-ordinate delivery
  of NR strategy and work with community networks
• Local thematic partnerships work closely with
  LSPs
• Neighbourhood / ward partnerships prepare Action
  Plans

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Government Departments (Floor Targets)
Neighbourhood Renewal Unit
Government Offices
Local Strategic Partnership
Local Service Providers e.g. Police, LAs, schools
Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy (floor other NR
targets)
Community Networks

LSP Delivery Team
Neighbourhood Partnerships Neighbourhood Action
Plans Neighbourhood Co-ordinators / Managers
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NEIGHBOURHOOD RENEWAL
Key principle Mainstreaming
Neighbourhood Renewal Fund 2

• In the past, regeneration involved a modest
  amount of money for a small number of areas for a
  limited period of time. Often, it helped shore
  up poor public services.
• The Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy aims to
  improve the performance of public services so a
  lasting improvement is made in all disadvantaged
  neighbourhoods

Mainstream LA Funding 98
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NEIGHBOURHOOD RENEWAL

• Mainstreaming involves changes to
• policies
• resource allocation
• how services are provided
• how services are accessed
• target setting
• So services in poor neighbourhoods are improved,
  an
• impact made on problems and the gap between the
  worst
• and average narrowed.

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NEIGHBOURHOOD RENEWAL THE CHALLENGE OF DELIVERY
Mainstreaming - examples Topic Location Result M
aternal health Castle Vale, Birmingham Reduction
in child deaths Policing High crime
neighbourhoods, Reduction in crime and fear
West Midlands of crime Jobs In 88 areas
outreach JCP More support for unemployed.
staff in priority neighbourhoods Reduced
worklessness Environment Bristol street
services Improved services. Fewer re-engineered
. Southampton abandoned cars. More operation
clean sweep in frequent refuse
collection. priority zones Cleaner
environment
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NEIGHBOURHOOD RENEWAL THE CHALLENGE OF DELIVERY

• Government - strengthen departments support
  for NR
• LSPs - introduce performance management
• LSPs - include national and local targets
  in NR strategies
• LSPs - create delivery team
• LSPs - think about Neighbourhood
  Management
• LSPs - prioritise liveability clean, safe
  well managed
• LSPs - build capacity analytic, planning,
  delivery
• LSPs and Community Networks - work up
  protocols
• Communities - set up neighbourhood
  partnerships / boards
• Communities - hold service providers to
  account

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NEIGHBOURHOOD RENEWAL THE CHALLENGE OF DELIVERY

• LSPs - Performance Management
• 2001 / 2003 setting up and preparing strategies
• 2003 move to implementation and performance
  management
• Performance management will enable LSPs to
• - monitor delivery of floor and local
  targets
• - assess plausibility of strategies
• - engage in improvement planning
• - hold partner organisations to account
• LSPs use own system or adopt NRU model
• Complete performance review by April 04

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NEIGHBOURHOOD RENEWAL THE CHALLENGE OF DELIVERY

• Neighbourhood Management
• Identify priority neighbourhoods
• Secure support of service deliverers
• Use NRF as incentive / performance reward fund
• Mesh floor, LPSA and local targets
• Create Neighbourhood Management Board
• Appoint neighbourhood manager / delivery agent
• Prepare neighbourhood plan
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• Focus on clean, safe, well managed
• Neighbourhood Wardens often crucial
• Youth provision often crucial

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NEIGHBOURHOOD RENEWAL THE CHALLENGE OF
DELIVERY

• Tools for the job
• Delivery toolkit
• Neighbourhood statistics
• Renewal.net
• Neighbourhood Renewal Advisors
• Analytic capacity
• Skills programme
• Floor target interactive website
• Support from Government Offices and NRU

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