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Urban Futures has succesfully completed the following programmes...

  

 

West Green Learning Neighbourhood

The West Green Learning Neighbourhood was a £25 million Single Regeneration Budget (SRB) Programme based in the West Green area of Tottenham. Urban Futures managed this seven-year programme in close collaboration with Haringey Council's neighbourhood management team who were core partners and the accountable body for the programme.


The programme's aim was to enrich the lives of people in the area through community life-long learning. It also focused on physically regenerating the local environment and improving the West Green infrastructure.
At the heart of the project was the design and build of the West Green Learning Centre. This is located on the site of the local high school, Park View Academy on Langham Road. The centre now provides a diversity of life-long learning programmes targeted at all age groups, opening up a range of opportunities for West Green residents.
Through extensive consultation with residents and the neighbourhood management board the following programme objectives were identified and successfully achieved:

The resident-led neighbourhood management board set priorities for the programme, whilst Urban Futures ensured its priorities were delivered effectively. Local knowledge and involvement was essential to the delivery of the programme and has ensured a lasting legacy for the people of West Green.

 

Joining Up Northumberland Park (JUNP)

 JUNP was a £15-million Single Regeneration Budget (SRB) programme based in the Northumberland Park area of Tottenham in Haringey. This seven-year programme aimed to improve residents' quality of life by enhancing the physical environment, tackling crime and upgrading facilities as well as increasing people's life opportunities through improved access to employment and training.
The programme focused on areas including crime and the environment, youth development, employment and training, and overall community development.
The key objectives of the programme were derived from these four areas and were as follows:

Core to the programme was the design and build of the Neighbourhood Resource Centre (NRC) in Park Lane. The NRC serves as an invaluable resource for local residents, through which they can access a wide-range of services. These include employment skills and training, legal advice, childcare and health services. Learndirect now has a branch at the centre and there is a neighbourhood resource room where residents can access the internet and telephones to look for employment.
The JUNP programme was resident-led via a neighbourhood board with overall management provided by Urban Futures in collaboration with Haringey Council's neighbourhood management team.
Now that SRB funding is at an end, the NRC became part of the council's mainstream services and the neighbourhood management team will continue to work with residents to improve the environment and services to the community.

 

Employ ULV

The Employ ULV project aimed to provide a flexible, innovative and co-ordinated approach to labour market intervention in the Upper Lee Valley (ULV) and encompass the boroughs of Enfield, Haringey, and Waltham Forest.
The programme was a unifying framework that aimed to get unemployed and low-skilled workers back into employment. Employ ULV added value and impact by providing an integrated ladder of progression for unemployed and low-skilled workers that directly addressed to the changing needs of employers.
Employ ULV adopted an employer-focused approach and aimed to develop and enhance employer relationships. The programme worked with existing and new employers to help recruit new staff and to improve workforce development and retention. Employ ULV works with a range of providers and ensures that major contractors to Job Centre Plus work in synchronicity with smaller and specialist providers to deliver a comprehensive set of services across the ULV.
Urban Futures is responsible for bringing together key players to deliver the service, acting as the interface between training organisations, government agencies and departments, employers and unemployed residents.

CED

The aim of the Sustainability for Community Economic Development Project is to support the development of local community networks and neighbourhood partnerships. The project seeks to develop local decision making and successful community led regeneration activities within each of the Upper Lee Valley Community Economic Development (CED) areas.

 

Objective 2

Objective 2 aimed to encourage business development, enterprise and innovation in order to create a range of sustainable, good quality employment opportunities that meet the needs and aspirations of local people.
The programme nurtured residents and community groups in key wards, supported new and existing businesses and contributed to physical regeneration across the area. Objective 2 support encouraged innovation and environmental sustainability, aimed to maximise local benefit from all its funded projects and actively promoted equal opportunities. Objective 2 focused on areas suffering industrial decline, urban deprivation, low economic activity and social exclusion. In north London, the programme aimed to close the gap between the ULV and the rest of the capital by tackling barriers to economic opportunity. It aimed to ensure new sustainable opportunities were open to all people living and working in the ULV area.
Objective 2 had three priorities:
Priority 1: community economic development.
Priority 2: business development and competitiveness.
Priority 3: infrastructure, premises and the environment.


In addition to the priorities and measures the Objective 2 programme required all projects to address four cross-cutting 'horizontal' themes: