Regeneration and Renewal
Making a Difference in West Cornwall
This page describes regeneration and
renewal activities by the various agencies in West Cornwall.
If you require grant funding, please click here to go directly
to the West Cornwall Community Network Funding Resources
page.
The continuing theme driving policy
makers in West Cornwall is improvement. Improvement of West
Cornwall's infrastructure and services.
Generally when people refer to regeneration they are talking about infrastructure: houses, schools, roads,
amenities and offices, and usually when the term renewal
is used, it tends to mean services and communities. However
- the terms regeneration and renewal are often considered
interchangeable.
West Cornwall's decision makers come
together through West Cornwall Together, the Local Strategic
Partnership for Kerrier and Penwith to develop plans to
make a difference for the people of West
Cornwall. The representatives of the public, private and
community / voluntary sectors in West Cornwall are commited
to improving both the quality of life and the standard
of living for one and all in Penwith and Kerrier.
Click
here to find out more about the partners of West Cornwall
Together.
Why does West Cornwall need regeneration
and renewal?
Using the Index of Multiple Deprivation,
comparisons can be made between households in England living
in the 10 per cent most deprived wards and those living in
the 10 per cent least deprived wards.
From these figures it becomes clear
no only that West Cornwall suffers from considerable deprivation,
but also that this has an effect on educational achievement,
housing standards, access to services, incomes, health and
life-span.
Regeneration and renewal activities,
when they are successful, can improve the quality of life
and standard of living of the people living in deprived areas.
At the time of writing, Penwith continues
to be ranked 34 - in the top ten percent of all local authority
areas, whilst Kerrier is ranked 64. Overall Cornwall continues
to be one of the pre-expanded EU's most deprived regions.
Cornwall alone, is likely to receive Objective 1 of all England's
regions.
For a map of Europe's Objective 1 and
Objective 1 transitional regions see: http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/objective1/map_en.htm.
Regeneration and Renewal Programmes
There
are several 'programmes' relating to deprived communities
in West Cornwall that are run by the partners of West Cornwall
Together.
The Neighbourhood Element (NE) programme
seeks to target the most deprived neighbourhoods of
Kerrier and Penwith. The first of these is Treneere, which
is one of the 3% most deprived neighbourhoods in the England.
This is a 'pilot' area for coordinated action by the agencies
involved in regeneration in Penwith and Kerrier. Others are
to follow and are likely to include St Clare, Pengegon /
Parc-an-Tansys and Redruth South.
For more information follow the link
to the West Cornwall Together Neighbourhood Element page.
The Neighbourhood Renewal programme
continues to fund projects. It does this by commissioning
projects
that fit with its neighbourhood renewal action plan and also
supporting community and voluntary projects through its small
grants scheme.
Rural Deprivation is also a key issue
in Penwith and Kerrier. West Cornwall Together has commissioned
research from the University of Bristol to understand rural
deprivation more fully. This gives the lie to the myth that
poverty and deprivation is an 'urban' issue. http://www.bris.ac.uk/poverty/Regional%20poverty_files/cornw/02SPA.pdf
For more information on rural poverty see DEFRA's rural
development page: http://www.defra.gov.uk/rural/default.htm
and the work on rural poverty carried out by the Scottish
Parliament: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library3/society/pser-00.asp
Urban Regeneration is
also of crucial concern to the bigger towns of West Cornwall.
The conurbation of Camborne, Pool and Redruth has been in
steady decline due to the structural changes relating to
the death of the tin mining industry and steady failure
of the local economy.
The regeneration programme for the area is led by CPR Regeneration,
The Urban Regeneration Company for the area.
For more information on CPR Regeneration follow the link
to http://www.cprregeneration.co.uk.
Community Regeneration Programmes
are also making a huge difference to the quality
of life for the people of Kerrier and Penwith. These are
led by the two district councils of West Cornwall. These
programmes are supported by the staff of the the two regeneration
teams who also provide excellent front line support, advice
and guidance for voluntary and community groups and businesses
in the area.
For more information see our page on
the two regeneration teams at http://www.cms-westcornwalltogether.org.uk/index.cfm?articleid=17620.
Also see the following page relating
to Penwith District Council's regeneration team http://www.penwith.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=11741 and
these links to Kerrier District Council's regeneration team: http://www.objectiveone.com/O1htm/01-yourarea/Kerrier_people.htm and http://www.kerrier.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=7966 Market and Coastal Towns and Area Forums
Last, but not least, West Cornwall has 100% coverage by
means of its Market and Coastal Towns Initiatives and Area
Forums. These seek to provide support for small-scale regeneration
schemes in and around each of West Cornwall's towns and also
act as a means for local people to be consulted on larger
projects. Follow this link to
our MCTI page for more information.
Working Together
The partners of West Cornwall Together use their collective
resources to plan, consult, execute and improve the delivery
of new and existing public services and develop plans for
new infrastructure in Kerrier and Penwith.
If you would like to know more about key plans click on
this link to our Key Strategies
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