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The
contents of this page are prepared by the New Deal executive
team.
Up
and coming
The
news that the BNDfC Partnership Board now has delegated powers
(see Rose Ardron’s piece) to approve expenditure of
up to £250,000 will really help in getting a raft of
new projects off the starting blocks. Here’s a round
up of new initiatives which are likely to be up and running
early in the new year.
Education
- Community
Language Schools. Working with schools in the area
to support children in improving their educational attainment
by providing bi-lingual support.
- Community
Learning Campaign. 18 Learning Assistants will
be employed from within the community to encourage adult
learning.
- Community
Study Support. This project will work with study
support groups and homework clubs to help encourage effective
learning.
- Byron
Wood School. Refurbishment to create a community
learning room.
- Pye
Bank School. Financial support to build a community
learning facility as part of the new school, with the aim
of getting parents actively involved in learning themselves
at the same time as improving their children’s learning.
Housing
- Redevelopment
of the Catherine Street Triangle. Working closely
with local residents, housing associations and the
Council.
- Installation
of CCTV down Spital Hill.
- Major
clean-up of Spital Hill. Including free advice
to businesses on waste management.
Environment
and Crime
- Anti-social
behaviour team. Enabling local people experiencing
problems to get help, as well as working within schools
to try and make a difference in future.
- Safer
Homes. Cutting burglaries by fitting door locks
and alarms etc in 25% of the area’s households.
- Pitsmoor
Surgery. Part-funding some of the professional
fees for a proposed extension.
Employment
Improved security. For local businesses on
Spital Hill.
- Local
job shop. To promote job opportunities, as well
as helping local people to identify what training they need
to improve their job prospects.
- A
construction initiative. To work with local people
to help them develop the skills they need to benefit from
the growing number of jobs coming up in the construction
industry over the next ten years.
- Recruiting
a Business Development Worker. To support people
interested in self employment to develop their ideas and
to advice existing businesses about expansion.
Over-arching
- Community
Development Team. To work on an outreach basis
with the local community, going door-to-door to let people
know what’s happening through New Deal and to find
out what people would like to see in the future.
- Creative
Burngreave. An arts and culture initiative to support
local artists and to help develop ideas for linking in with
cultural activity elsewhere in the city.
- Childcare
strategy. Employing a development worker to support
local childcare businesses in making sure they can survive
and develop.
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Top
Level Visit
Burngreave
was on the itinerary for a recent visit by a parliamentary
select committee on a whistle stop tour of various UK cities
to see for themselves what’s going on in regeneration.
Clive
Betts, MP for Sheffield Attercliffe was joined by parliamentary
colleagues from Chester, Denton and Reddish, Tyne Bridge
and Ipswich on the visit.
BNDfC
Chief Executive John Clark (pictured right with visitors)
spent the day with them on their tour of Sheffield, taking
the opportunity to update them on what’s happening
here in Burngreave.
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Future
looks secure
Burngreave
Community Action Trust is now on a secure footing for the
future - thanks to a four-year funding agreement with BNDfC.
The funding will allow BCAT to employ a full team of staff
to support organisations and individuals in getting actively
involved in regenerating the Burngreave area.
The
Trust was established by Burngreave Community Action Forum
– which attracts over 150 local people to its quarterly
meetings – to improve consultation and involvement with
local people. This new long-term funding agreement will both
create additional local employment opportunities, and ensure
that BCAT will continue to play a vital role in helping local
people play their part in the successful future of Burngreave. |
Going
Green
BNDfC
has committed £140,000 over the next three years to
support a new project aimed at increasing recycling rates
in the Burngreave area. The initiative will be headed up by
SCRAP, which has already launched a number of successful recycling
projects in the area, and will include a recycling information
shop on Spital Hill, two new recycling centres for materials
such as glass and aluminium, and support for local businesses
in improving their recycling.
Jobs:
Recycling
Development Worker
Trainee
Recycling Development Worker
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