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Regeneration

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St Peter's Community Partnership and Ashton Regeneration Partnership

Community Engagement and Empowerment

Empowering local people through

• A Community Committee for the area
• Tenant engagement
• Support for Residents' Associations
• Community planning

Funding

• Small grants for community groups

Community safety

• Action planning
• Support for Home Watches
• Maintenance of alley gate locks

Community communication

• Volunteer distribution network
• Resident reporters 

Ridgehill Boulders Project

The project

• Consultation and engagement with school children
• Regenerating open spaces in Tameside Funding
• Ridgehill Partnership approved £40,000 Neighbourhood Renewal Funding

The Hattersley Community

• Active and strong community
• Large number of residents engaged to transform services
• Resident engagement invaluable in taking forward plans and delivering improvements

Community engagement around:

• The housing stock transfer
• Land development
• Hattersley (Moneyspinner) Credit Union
• Local tenants’ groups
• Social groups
• Hattersley Neighbourhood Partnership Board and Theme Groups
• Peak Valley Housing Association
• Surestart Hattersley
• Hattersley and Mottram community news

Social Groups

• 40 resident led special interest groups including: Dance troops, Walking groups, Sport and Leisure groups, Faith groups, Groups for both younger and older people, Art groups and Music groups.

Community Umbrella Groups

Bringing together resident groups to look at common issues: funding, community events training.

• Hattersley and Mottram Community Network
• Hattersley Forum Community Association

Community Involvement and Engagement in Hattersley

Commitment to the local Community

• Hattersley Neighbourhood Partnership
• Community development team
• Residents can continue to play an effective and leading role in local decision-making

Aims of team

• Engage with people in local decision making
• Promote adoption of a community development approach
• Encourage participation of partners Recent Community

Consultation

• The physical Masterplan for the area
• Audit of community facilities
• The housing stock transfer
• Introduction of new play spaces

Regeneration Survey 2007

• 2,000 residents consulted in each of Tameside’s five regeneration areas
• High response rate achieved (18%)
• Questions on quality of life, street cleanliness, local environment, community involvement, crime and anti-social behaviour, and health and physical activity

Following-up on what local people told us

• Findings taken to each regeneration partnership board and residents groups
• Community police space has been developed in Broadoak Community Centre in response to fear of crime
• Clean sweep teams continue to operate
• Improvements have been carried out based on engagement with local people

Long-term engagement in regeneration areas

• Residents sit on regeneration partnerships
• Increasing take-up of local services by word of mouth and community engagement
• Taking forward the 2nd phase of development for the Ken Ward Sport Centre
• Active and meaningful participation by residents in PACT meetings

The Best-kept Secret Outside of Manchester

Hattersley = one of the most exciting development areas in the North West

• Prime semi-rural location
• 12 miles east and 25 minutes from Manchester city centre
• Excellent transport links
• Strong and influential local community
• Major public and private sector support
• Planned investment of £250m from 2007-2014

Hattersley’s Vision

‘To develop into a highly desirable and sustainable residential community - facilitated by major investment in housing, commercial development and continued economic and social improvement. Realising that it is not just bricks and mortar that build a strong community, all involved are continuing to build on the tremendous record of community involvement in all aspects of regeneration and Hattersley life.’

3 key transformations

• Physical Environment - New /refurbished housing and commercial premises, improved environment
• Economy - An increase in local population, enhanced employment opportunities, continued educational/training improvements
• Community - Continued efforts on health, leisure, and community safety issues, involving the community in local decision making