Communities First

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Communities First

• Tina McMahon
• Community Regeneration Manager CCBC

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What is Communities First

• Welsh Governments Flagship Regeneration
  Programme since 2001
• Capacity building
• Community led regeneration
• Establishment of Community Partnerships
• Wide range of delivery across a number of themes
• Current phase ended March 2012

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Communities First The Future

• Welsh Government consultation in July 2011
• Renewed focus of the programme
• Community focused programme that supports the
  Welsh Governments Anti Poverty agenda
• Focus on Education/ Skills, Economy and Health

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The Future - Cont

• Clusters of most deprived LSOAs
• Supporting the most disadvantaged
• Application period for next phase from March to
  June 2012
• Two Stage Application process
• Extension to current phase to 30th Sept 2012

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Caerphillys Approach

• Stage One Proposed Areas
• Collection of wide range of data inc WIMD
• Wide Consultation and submission to Cabinet
• Submitted proposed Clusters and LSOAs in March
  2012
• Endorsed by the WG in April
• Stage Two Full Application
• Three Parts to the application

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Pt 1Delivery Plans and Project Templates

• Area Delivery Plans - Story behind the Baseline
• Project Templates (RBA) Outcome Indicators

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Outcome Indicators

• Prosperous Communities
• Income related benefits
• children in households on income related
  benefits
• employment related benefits
• 16 24 yr old NEETs
• youth offenders ( of population aged 10-17)

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Cont

• Learning Communities
• Key Stage 2 / 3 4 results
• Primary and Secondary school absence rates
• of 18/ 19 yr olds not entering higher education
• of adults with no qualifications

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Cont

• Healthier Communities
• live births with a low birth weight
• Cancer incident rates
• population with limiting long term illness
• population who are obese
• gap in life expectancy between the most and least
  deprived
• of children reaching or exceeding their
  development milestones at three

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Pt 2 Community Involvement Plan

• Community Involvement will underpin all delivery
• Outline how the Community will be empowered
• Activities be-spoke and tailored to need
• Continued engagement with existing structures
• Referrals from partners

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Pt 3 Staff Structure and Resources

• Staff structure to meet needs of the programme
• Costed project proposals
• Budget for Community Involvement

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Timescales

• Decision from the Welsh Government end of Sept
• Four month implementation period
• Three year funding
• New programme up and running 2013

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