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Yarmouth Neighbourhood Management

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Achievements

2006

June - Community Connections are commissioned to provide community work support to the Comeunity Programme.

November - Residents Perceptions Study and base-lining work conducted to inform the development of the Neighbourhood Action Plan.

December - Communication Strategy developed.

2007

January - The Grey 2 Green Programme starts at three pilot locations across the neighbourhood.

February - Rainbow Saver Credit Union Established, serving South and Central Yarmouth, with a collection point in the Priory Centre.

March - 413 residents have engaged in the Comeunity Programme in the first year, through Community Development Work. 7 new community groups have been established and £13,955 has been awarded in Comeunity Builder grants. 16 new information racks have also been established across the neighbourhood.

June - The Neighbourhood Centre launches from 143 King street, housing a CLIP, Shelter, the Credit Union and the Comeunity Team.

July - The first two Grey 2 Green projects at Swirles Place and Fox’s Passage are awarded funding through the Cleaner Safer Greener Fund.

July - The Sunshine Crew ( a group of local volunteers) launch a period of summer activities for children in the Market Roads area.

July - The Town Centre Music Festival includes 500 young local musicians in a week long band fest.

August - Community Connections and the YMCA launch a period of detached youth work across the neighbourhood.

September - The M Factor presents a day of music and entertainment and unveils the young talent on the Middlegate Estate.

September - The Cleaner and Tidy Agreement is launched across the neighbourhood, encouraging residents and service providers work together to better improve the quality of the local environment.

September - The Community Newspaper is launched. 5,000 copies are produced for the pilot and delivered through every household in the neighbourhood.

October - The Family Intervention Team launch some targeted work with young people at risk of anti-social behaviour in the neighbourhood.

October - Target Opportunities launches a range of volunteering, training and employment opportunities across the neighbourhood.

October - Grey 2 Green gains national recognition by the Department of Communities and Local Government and is mentioned in Hazel Blears address on "Empowerment Champions".

October - In partnership with the Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership, NORCAS start an outreach street-based programme engaging with people with alcohol issues in the neighbourhood.

October - Halloween hosts a night of ghoulish treats at the Neighbourhood Centre in conjunction with the Safer Neighbourhoods Team. Over 90 young people and families participate in a range of diversionary activities on Halloween.

November - 10 local residents embark on an accredited course in Research Methods supported by Priory Research Services and contribute to the mid-term evaluation of the programme.

November - The I heart GY campaign launches aiming to bring the feel good factor back to the neighbourhood and to promote relationships between groups in the neighbourhood.

December - Four successful Christmas Wrap events at the Neighbourhood Centre, bring the visitor number total to 1,604 since June 07.

2008

January - The Middlegate Visioning Exercise commences supported by MAC Associates.

January - Target Opportunities engages 75 residents in training, volunteering and employment pathway opportunities in just three months since its launch.

February - The Neighbourhood Management Board embark on the plans for a Forward Strategy post 2010 for the Comeunity Programme.

February - The Swirles Place improvement scheme is the first Grey 2 Green project to be completed. The Sunshine Crew host a planting day at the site during half-term week.

March - The mid-term evaluation and residents perceptions survey is produced. Informing the direction of the programme for 2008-2010.

April- Over 60 local residents attend the engagement activities of the Community Partnership for South and Central Yarmouth, re-branded the Comeunity Forum and have a direct input on the positioning of new recycling facilities for the area.

April - Local business Guardline donate time and equipment to the Peggotty Road Grey 2 Green scheme, which involved the positioning of a 170 year old tree trunk donated by Sherringham Park


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