What is Comeunity?

Comeunity is the Neighbourhood Management Programme for South and Central Yarmouth (including Runham Vauxhall). Neighbourhood Management is a way of improving services in order to raise the quality of life of people living in deprived neighbourhoods. The Programme involves working with communities and local service providers, including the Borough and County Councils, Police, Education, Health and Environmental Services. Residents are at the centre of decision-making, ensuring that solutions are owned locally, rather than being imposed. Increasingly, neighbourhood management is seen as one of the best ways to improve neighbourhoods.

Comeunity is not a capital funding programme. It is about setting up processes which ensure that services improve to meet the needs of local residents. The Programme is one of 3 neighbourhood management programmes in Great Yarmouth, which sit within the Policy and Improvement Department of Great Yarmouth Borough Council, and forms part of the arrangements for locality working through the Local Strategic Partnership. Initially funded for 4 years through the Neighbourhood Element of the Safer and Stronger Communities Fund, the Programme is now funded through the Borough Council. Click here for our 4-year snapshot publication.

In late 2009, Comeunity received the International Journal of Neighbourhood Renewal's award for Best UK Neighbourhood Renewal Programme for Local Impact.

We are based at the Neighbourhood Centre in South Yarmouth at 143 King Street, and are open from 9.30am to 4.30pm Monday to Friday.

We welcome your thoughts, ideas and involvement!

Latest News

NEW DROP-IN SERVICE AVAILABLE AT THE NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE (posted August 2010)

Comeunity is proud to announce that the new Job Centre Plus Outreach Project, called Families First, can now be accessed at the Neighbourhood Centre on Wednesday mornings from 10am.

Families First is a new advisory service, which offers local people the chance to work towards a new way of life. The dedicated team of Support Workers are trained to encourage families to make positive changes to their lifestyles. This free and confidential service is being funded by the Department of Work and Pensions, and can be accessed on a completely voluntary basis.

So what exactly do they offer? They can help your confidence grow; help you with training, interviews and job hunting; help with work experience or work trials to make sure you get the right job; help with volunteering placements or any extra support you may need. All this at a pace that is right for you.

For more information, pop into the Neighbourhood Centre at 143 King Street on a Wednesday morning, or alternatively phone Anna on 01493 632 115 to make an appointment to see a member of the team at another time.

SUMMER YOUTH ACTIVITIES FOR SOUTH YARMOUTH (posted July 2010)

With the summer holidays fast approaching, we've been hard at work at getting a schedule of activities together to help young people with those long summer days when there isn't much to do. Together with a number of organisations, including Norfolk County Council Children Services, Norfolk Constabulary, SeaChange Arts, GY Library, the Salvation Army, and the NHS, we have tried to ensure that the activities available to young people in our neighbourhood are not only accessible in terms of venues, but are all free and affordable. Ranging from weekly youth clubs, sports, arts and crafts sessions to dance competitions and even a Wii Sports Challenge, we hope that these activities will make a difference to the lives of local families this summer.

Leaflets giving the dates and times of all activities will be distributed around the neighbourhood over the coming weeks, and will also be available from the Neighbourhood Centre at 143 King Street, Great Yarmouth. You can download the leaflet here, and a calendar version of the activities here (great for sticking on the fridge as a daily reminder of what's on).

Contact details of all the organisations involved can be found on the leaflets, so please get in touch today, should you require any further information.