Regeneration Partners
Advantage West
Midlands
Wyre Forest
Matters
Worcestershire Partnership
Stourport Forward
Bewdley Development
Trust
Kidderminster
Town Centre Partnership
Oldington and Foley Park
Pathfinder Project
Horsefair, Broadwaters and
Greenhill Partnership
Advantage West Midlands
AWM is the Regional Development Agency (RDA) for the West
Midlands region. Their role is to lead the economic development of
the West Midlands, working alongside a wide range of public,
private, and voluntary sectors partners to aid the prosperity of
the region.
AWM has an annual budget of more than £300 million to invest in the
economic development of the West Midlands and, at any one time, is
managing around 2,500 projects.
AWM set up the Market Towns Initiative that provides financial
support towards projects that help support the viability and
prosperity of towns for the benefit of town’s people and their
rural hinterland from which Stourport and Bewdley have both
benefited. They have also set up the Rural Regeneration Zones
Initiative for which Bewdley and the surrounding area
qualifies.
AWM also provide funding for individual regeneration projects
around the District.
Visit the AWM
website
Wyre Forest Matters
Wyre Forest Matters is the Local Strategic Partnership (LSP) for
the District. The partnership consists of a group of over 100 local
organisations from the public, private, voluntary and community
sectors who are committed to working together to improve the
quality of life in the district over the next 10 years. They
provide a forum for debate and decision making for the key issues
and problems that are at the heart of the community.
As part of this the LSP has produced a Sustainable Community
Strategy (SCS) which is a document that identifies a common agenda,
key themes, clear priorities and achievable outcomes and has
widespread community ownership. The Council’s Core Strategy will
reflect the vision set out in SCS and will help deliver many SCS
priorities.
Visit the Wyre
Forest Matters website
Worcestershire Partnership
Worcestershire Partnership is the LSP for the whole County.
Similar to Wyre Forest Matters, the partnership looks to improve
the quality of life in the County over a 10 year period, bringing
together public, private, voluntary and community sectors.
The partnership have also produced a SCS for the county and have
also completed a Local Area Agreement (LAA) – a three year
agreement setting out priorities for the area.
Visit the
Worcestershire Partnership website
Stourport
Forward
The Stourport Forward Market Towns Programme is a 3 year
regeneration programme created to manage the funding received from
AWM’s Market Towns Initiative.
Stourport Forward board members were elected from the Stourport
Forward Partnership (which consists of representatives from local
groups) in addition to an elected representative of Wyre Forest
District Council and British Waterways as the Accountable Body.
There are three major projects on the Stourport Forward
programme:
- Restoration of Stourport Canal Basins (British Waterways)
- Revitalisation of the Sandy Lane Industrial Estate (British
Business Parks)
- Stourport Pride Study (Wyre Forest District Council)
Beyond the three main projects Stourport Forward also has
awarded a number of smaller grants to projects and is developing
new projects for 2007/2008.
Work is already underway to consider the future work and role of
Stourport Forward once the Market Towns programme funding ends in
March 2008.
Visit the
Stourport Forward website
Bewdley Development
Trust
Bewdley Development Trust (BDT) is a community led partnership
of members, residents, community groups and local businesses as
well as the town, district and county councils.
The BDT's aim is to maintain Bewdley as a thriving, high quality
market town which meets the needs of the local community, enhances
the town's historic character, encourages and supports existing and
new creative businesses, and achieves a reputation distinct from
other neighbouring towns.
Part of this scheme is to deliver the Local Distinctiveness Action
Plan aimed at enhancing the offering of the town for residents and
visitors.
The BDT has already been successful in securing grants from a
variety of funding sources to deliver projects which have made real
improvements to the physical infrastructure of the town, given
support to local community organisations and businesses,
contributed to transport schemes and helped enhance and publicise
Bewdley’s offering as a visitor attraction.
Visit the
Bewdley Development Trust website
Kidderminster Town
Centre Partnership
The Kidderminster Town Centre Partnership (KTCP) was formed to
provide a focus group to address town centre issues and develop a
coordinated and comprehensive response to challenges facing the
town and its development.
Its work programme includes providing the town’s Christmas
Lights, speciality markets and involvement in projects such as CCTV
and public realm improvements. The Partnership has also endorsed
the re-launch of the Thursday street market in the town centre, and
continues to support the development of markets in the town.
Oldington and Foley Park Pathfinder
Project
The pathfinder project is a neighbourhood management scheme set
up to improve the provision of public services and life chances for
residents of the Oldington and Foley Park area of
Kidderminster.
The pathfinder is a government funded scheme that first emerged due
to the fact that the area is within the 10% most deprived in the
country. It will receive a £2.5 million injection of community
funding over its 7 years lifespan to tackle the problems of the
area.
The funding supports a small local team of 5 people and provides
limited seed corn funding for residents and partners to try new
ways of working. The principle is that local people and partners
are to work together to find long term solutions to the problems
that affect the area and to develop strong working
partnerships.
Visit the
Oldington and Foley Park Pathfinder Project website
Horsefair, Broadwaters and Greenhill Partnership
The Horsefair, Broadwaters and Greenhill Partnership is a
collaboration of residents and organisations that are working
together to improve their area.
Visit the Horsefair,
Broadwaters and Greenhill Partnership webpage
