Community Regeneration Denise Francis (Project Manager) Joanne Griffin (Assistant Director)
About BGreen 1400 properties on 5 estates across 2 wards in central Oldham These are 2 of the most deprived wards in the borough Among the 2% most deprived wards IMD 49% of adults have no formal qualifications System built properties A place based pilot for PSR
Partners
Investment £10m ECO scheme fund from British Gas FCHO £49,000 from DWP £11m investment in properties and environmental works seed budget of £95,000 £49,000 from DWP £50,000 from Public Health Oldham £25,000 from Public Health England and £10k match funding £8,100 Oldham CCG
Before and After – Barker Street
Before and After - Coldhurst
Before and After – St Mary’s
Our BGreen Pledges BHealthy: Ensure residents access the advice and services to improve health and wellbeing BHeard: The community is empowered to engage with service providers to tailor services that address the diverse needs of the BGreen communities BProud: Supporting good neighbours and taking action against those who cause problems so that residents are proud of their homes and their neighbourhood BReady: Creating sustainable jobs for residents of BGreen BSafe: Residents live in a safe neighbourhood and home BWarm: Information and the tools to enable residents to reduce their fuel costs
Individual & Community Resilience People taking a pride in their homes and neighbourhoods Increased reporting ASB and low level crime, with simultaneous reduction in incidences Increase in resident employment Reduction in Youth un-employment (18-24) Reduction in Smoking and Alcohol consumption Improved life expectancy Improved satisfaction with the neighbourhood as a place to live
Delivery via… Joint approach with partners Joint training with GMP Cooperative Agreements & OL1 Meal Deal 2 Employment projects Local Lettings Policy Environmental Education & Enforcement Shared paperwork/practice Supported Housing Digital Hub Health Checks in the community ABCD approach to community building Emerging community champions
Outputs 7 drug warrants executed in partnership with GMP 2 property closure orders 484 tenancy visits Employment outcomes 148 customers ‘switched’ energy suppliers
Evidence of Behaviour Change
Neighbourhood Performance Overarching Performance Year end 2014 Year end 2015 Year end 2016 Satisfaction with Neighbourhoods as a place to live 76.05% 81.34% 81% Satisfaction with Views taken into account 64.17% 68.66% 78% Voids 45 12 9 High level ASB cases 24 43 44
Monitoring and Evaluation CLES 8 local people recruited Over 170 interviews Benefits of Community Researchers Openness Empathy More flexible Speak the same language
Monitoring and Evaluation
Learning and Extending ‘Report it, Get it Sorted’ ASB Campaign Weeks of action Use of CCTV surveillance Growing your own Partnership and communication Customer initiative funding Customer engagement Early Adopter work
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