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Pride in Camp Hill is a partnership project between Warwickshire County Council (WCC), Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council (NBBC), Advantage West Midlands (AWM), the Prince’s Foundation (PF) and the residents and businesses of Camp Hill, together with the Learning and Skills Council, the Chamber of Commerce, the local Council for Voluntary Service and Primary Care Trust. The aim is to transform Camp Hill, through a series of physical and social/economic regeneration initiatives, along with service delivery improvements.
There are many issues of social exclusion in Camp Hill (poor quality housing and environment, low school/academic attainment, high unemployment and general multi-deprivation) – all of which combine to present real challenges for the community to overcome. To combat this, we have a major programme of activity, with three clear strands, known as the three legged stool:
a. Social and Economic Regeneration, through Single Regeneration Budget (SRB) initiatives (training, support for low achievers in schools, community safety, local employment training, environmental improvements, projects involving young people, Home Start), health improvement campaigns (smoking cessation, Family Community Care Centre).
b. Physical and Environmental Improvements, through building new housing, as well as improving existing housing. We will also provide additional and improved leisure, commercial, retail and industrial development and work to improve the overall physical environment of Camp Hill.
c. Service Delivery Improvements, through a range of initiatives with local service providers (bulky refuse collection, local housing repairs service) and a local base for contact and community involvement (Community Office).
This is an attempt to join up all the different policy streams – economic, social, physical regeneration and community development – to ensure effective economic development within the Camp Hill area and create a sustainable community into the future. We are currently using SRB funds to promote a number of initiatives to remove barriers to employment and improve basic skills levels. We have also worked with the Learning and Skills Council and the North Warwickshire and Hinckley College to develop construction industry and other training programmes, so that the local construction and other job opportunities will be available for local people.
New web site
Pride in Camp Hill now has its own website. On the site you can find information on key people in Camp Hill, promises we’ve made to residents, latest news and plans for the future. You can also find a copy of the annual review 2006 which landed on doorsteps last month, and back copies of Camp Hill News. The new site address is Pride in Camp Hill
Email us at community.office@prideincamphill.co.uk if you have any comments on the site.
Work to build the community facilities started in January 2006. More information can be found here.
Link to Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council's information about Camp Hill. |