Funding of £1.6million has been awarded to South and Central Yarmouth over 4 years from 2006-2010. This comes from the Neighbourhood Element of the Safer, Stronger Communities Fund. This is channelled from the Government Office for the East of England directly through Norfolk’s Local Area Agreement.
The overarching aim of this funding is to "improve the quality of life for people living in disadvantaged neighbourhoods and ensure services are more responsive to neighbourhood needs and improve their delivery".
As a neighbourhood-based programme our aim is to translate neighbourhood issues into actions for service improvement. We recognise that community empowerment is crucial to ensuring local residents have active involvement. We also recognise that many residents in the neighbourhood face various forms of disadvantage and will actively promote social inclusion and community cohesion through all elements of the programme. The ultimate outcome of the programme is about "empowering local people to have a greater voice and influence over local decision making and a greater role in public service delivery".
Below are listed some examples of our goals.
| Theme | Project | Aim |
|---|---|---|
| Comeunity Together | ||
| Community Engagement and Cohesion | Targeted Youth Provision | To provide targeted youth provision for young people in Middlegate. |
| Comeunity Pride | ||
| Communal and Open Space | Grey 2 Green | To continue to roll-out the Grey 2 Green programme of resident-led improvements to open and communal spaces. |
| Comeunity Safety | ||
| Drugs and Alcohol | Day Centre for vulnerable people | To develop plans for a Day Centre for vulnerable people in the neighbourhood. |
| Comeunity Opportunities | ||
| Financial Wellbeing | Credit Union | To support the promotion of the Credit Union to local residents. |
| Comeunity Wellbeing | ||
| Social and emotional wellbeing | Drop-in and Outreach | We will provide drop-in space from the Neighbourhood Centre for organisations working with vulnerable and marginalised groups in the neighbourhood. |
