A-Z of Partners

In January 2001, the Social Exclusion Unit produced a national strategy document, ‘New Commitment to Neighbourhood Renewal National Strategy and Action Plan’. The strategy endorsed the overall vision that:

“within 20 years no-one should be seriously disadvantaged by where they live’’

The strategy holds two long-term visions:

"To have lower worklessness, less crime, better health, better skills and better housing and physical environment in all the poorest neighbourhoods”

“To narrow the gap on these measures between the most deprived neighbourhoods and the rest of the country”

Neighbourhood Renewal is about reversing the spiral of decline in the most disadvantaged communities. The strategy is about raising the quality of key public services in deprived areas and attacking their root problems.

NRF Team

Regeneration Manager
Kerry Corbett - 0191 2777853   

Asst Regeneration Managers
Barbara Gates - 0191 2777844
Wendy Hodgson - 0191 2777855   

Monitoring Officers
Tina Symm - 0191 2777845
Tim Cook - 0191 2777840   

Admin Assistant
Christine James - 0191 2777868   

NEIGHBOURHOOD RENEWAL FUND GOVERNANCE

The Newcastle Partnership, in its role as the Local Strategic Partnership, is responsible for overseeing the approval of the allocation of the NRF grant and agreed to support the themes of Health and Well Being, Worklessness and Community Safety.

To undertake the detailed work it has delegated this function to the Neighbourhood Renewal sub group and the relative theme groups. The Theme Lead from each group is responsible for the development of the thematic submission and subsequent interventions. Beyond this they are there to ensure that individual interventions are supported and developed to encourage mainstreaming and succession.