Warwick Ahead Newsletter #15 - Spring 2017
Bringing ÂŁ1M to Warwick Estate over at least 10 years to make a lasting and positive difference to the community
Celebrating three years! We have reached the end of the first three years of the Warwick Ahead Community Plan and we are now taking stock of what we’ve achieved, reviewing it all and planning forward for the next stage of the project.
Within the first three years there were twenty projects delivered by eleven organisations or groups. Some amazing work was achieved and this newsletter shows you some of what we have been doing. Well done to everyone who has worked so hard to deliver the outcomes laid out in the Community Plan 2013-2016. The Community Board has been undertaking a review. This review process has been owned and driven by residents supported by their Community Development Worker and their Big Local Adviser. The work has involved holding a series of events and activities to engage with residents including the Tenth Anniversary Celebration of the Community Shop. This alone attracted almost 400 residents and was opened by the local MP Yvette Cooper. Members of the Board met regularly to manage the consultation, to review in detail past projects, and to scrutinise past and current expenditure. The work involved and the commitment of residents to do this has been impressive. The consultation involved a visit to every single household on the estate (over 2,700 properties). In June and October 2016, the Board undertook training at Northern College. The aim was to look at the learning outcomes, impact and measurement.This included a
focus on planning, monitoring and a review of the original Community Plan so that everyone could understand what had gone before and plan effectively for the future. The outcome of this was a refreshed Mission Statement (see page 7), a clear consultation strategy and questionnaire to be used on the estate to gather feedback. The purpose of the consultation is to inform as many residents as possible of the work and to check that the refreshed Mission Statement remained in line with the wishes of the estate, refreshing the priorities for action to achieve it. We look forward to sharing with you our celebration of the first three years and the vision for the next stage of the Community Plan.
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