Project Reference No:

M3/26

 Project Name:

Voluntary and Community Groups Support

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Applicant Organisation Local Initiatives Foundation for Training

St. Peter’s Social Centre

Charles Street

Hillfields

Coventry

West Midlands

CV1 5NP
Contact Details Philip Smith

Telephone: (024) 7663 1635 Fax: (024) 7663 1013
E mail address N/A
Description and Objectives
The employment of Social Animateurs to provide support to residents in five isolated geographical neighbourhoods, to form, nurture and function embryonic groups to strengthen their voice and position. Thus empowering them to better engage in the current and future economic life and regeneration of the area.

This will be linked to the City Wide CBED initiative through the membership of Local Initiatives Foundation for Training (L.I.F.T) as a partner within this initiative. No other strategy positively identifies these five areas for special consideration.

The geographical location of these areas has existed for many years. The loss of the manufacturing base in the local economy exacerbated the isolation through a larger number of the residents from these areas becoming unemployed and relying on benefits for their economic survival.

None of the five areas has a community useable building within or in close proximity. Most past initiatives have been delivered from buildings close to the multi storey flats, which many residents perceive as being an area of high crime and so a threat to their personal safety, which has deterred them from accessing these opportunities.

To do nothing will leave these residents in their current position of isolation.

To sympathise with their position and offer minimal support will leave them in a position having the redevelopment of the Football Stadium and the possible closure of their local primary school happen with them not having an infrastructure to present a collective view on the impact to their lives and living environment.

Project Outputs
Programme Outputs Forecast Outputs
Number of direct temporary jobs created 2
People employed as Social Animateurs 2
Number of new volunteer 20
Positive News Stories 15
Voluntary Initiatives Supported 7
Support Weeks for Community Groups 50
Community Groups Benefiting from Support 5
Number receiving information and advice 36

TOTAL PROJECT ELIGIBLE EXPENDITURE by Calendar year

Main source of funding followed by other sources

 Type of expenditure

1999

£

2000

£

2001

£

Total

£

ERDF

Revenue

 8,520 24,092 12,462 45,074
NLCB

Revenue

 8,520 24,093 12,463 45,076

Total

Revenue

 17,040 48,185 24,925 90,150

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