The Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy
Purpose: To improve the quality of life in our disadvantaged neighbourhoods.
The Neighbourhood Renewal Fund (NRF) was introduced to begin the process of improving key public services. NRF should contribute to the achievement of Government targets to narrow the gap between deprived areas and the rest of the country.
The Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy for the District is an integral part of the Community Strategy. The Strategy has a particular focus on the 10% most deprived areas (defined as such because of the multiple deprivation experienced by those areas) and aims to narrow the divide between these areas and those areas of the district performing better than average. It also has a particular focus on the root causes of deprivation.
Bolsover District is in the bottom 50 most deprived wards in England
and so the District receives Neighbourhood Renewal Funding (NRF) from the Government to help it tackle the challenges it faces. Between 2001 and 2006 the district will have received more than £7.75 million to help improve services, prospects, and quality of life for local people. In 2004/05, £1,933,936 was made available for schemes to deliver against targets within the District.
End of Year report 2004 - 2005
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End of Year report 2005 - 2006
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What is the Neighbourhood Renewal Fund (NRF)?
To support Neighbourhood Renewal a special grant, Neighbourhood Renewal Fund (NRF), is available to the most deprived areas of England for 2001 - 2006. The grant is worth £1.7 billion over the five years, and provides extra resources for 88 of the most deprived Local Authority districts. It helps local authorities improve the delivery of services to the most deprived wards and neighbourhoods. Allocations are based on a standard amount per head of population in those wards of the authority that are in the most deprived 10 per cent of all wards nationally.
NRF is used to tackle floor targets (minimum standards) that are most at risk and those neighbourhoods within a district that are most disadvantaged to close the gap both between the worst areas in a district and the rest and between the district and the rest of the country.
Neighbourhood Renewal Funding in Bolsover District has been allocated to support a variety of Service Improvements through the Bolsover Local Strategic Partnership.
The success of NRF is measured by the extent to which it brings innovating, sustainable change in working practice and strong evidence of achievements within those areas of most need.
In Bolsover district, we have made significant steps towards achieving the delivery of the Local Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy, Community Strategy and the delivery of public service agreements (PSA's) and this will be further strengthened in the coming years.