WORKING NEIGHBOURHOODS FUND (WNF)
Neighbourhood Renewal Funding for the Bolsover Local Strategic Partnership ceased with effect from 31st March 2008.
It has been replaced by a new fund, the Working Neighbourhoods Fund (WNF). This fund focuses on the most deprived areas of the country and supports local authorities and communities in their efforts to tackle worklessness and other elements of deprivation.
To read or download the full report on the Working Neighbourhoods Fund, click here
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To read or download a Question and Answer document outlining the basic principles of the Working Neighbourhoods Fund, click here
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LAUNCH OF WNF
A conference was held on Friday 11th July 2008 to officially launch Working Neighbourhoods Fund for Bolsover District Council.
Speaking to an invited audience, special guest speaker was Cllr Stephen Houghton
, Leader of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council and Chair of the newly formed WNF National Tackling Worklessness Review Team.
Other speakers were Mandy Chambers
(Chair of Bolsover LSP), Cllr Eion Watts
(Leader Bolsover District Council and Vice-Chair of Bolsover LSP, Stuart Tomlinson (Director of Strategy for Bolsover District Council), Meg Hankinson (Family Employment Initiative), Mike Hugill (Phoenix Regeneration) and Laura Khalla (Bolsover LSP).
A PowerPoint presentation of the slides
from all speakers can be viewed here.
Following the presentations, the audience were able to put questions to a panel made up of the speakers.
The afternoon saw audience participation in workshops to look at:
- Fit For Work
- Skills For Work
- Growth For Work
- Access To Work
Issues such as cross-cutting themes and the priorities for the thematic Action Groups were looked at. Full details of the items discussed and the feedback from the workshops can be seen here .
The photograph shows (left to right) Dennis Skinner MP, Cllr Stephen Houghton, Mandy Chambers and Cllr Eion Watts.