Regeneration Partners
Homes & Communities
Agency
Vestia Community Trust
British Waterways
Wyre Forest Matters
Worcestershire
Partnership
Stourport Forward
Bewdley Development
Trust
Horsefair, Broadwaters and
Greenhill Partnership
Homes & Communities Agency
The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) is the national housing
and regeneration agency for England, with a capital investment
budget of nearly £7bn, looking to deliver
high-quality housing that people can afford. The
HCA provide investment for new affordable housing and to
improve existing social housing, as well as for regenerating
land.
The HCA have worked with the District Council on key
regeneration sites such as the Churchfields Masterplan area and the
former Lea Castle Hospital site.
Visit the Homes
& Communities Agency website.
Vestia Community Trust
Vestia Community Trust is a member of The Community Housing
Group (TCHG), the principal Housing Association working in Wyre
Forest District to provide affordable homes. Vestia is an
Industrial and Provident Society with charitable aims and any
surplus it makes is reinvested to support residents in
need.
Set up in 2009, Vestia is working with local people, community
leaders and partners to improve the lives of families and
communities living in Wyre Forest and surrounding areas.
Visit the Vestia Community
Trust website.
British Waterways
British Waterways is the public corporation that cares for the
2,200-mile network of canals and rivers in England, Scotland and
Wales. In Wyre Forest this means the Staffordshire &
Worcestershire Canal.
Wyre Forest has some key canal-side regeneration sites,
particularly in Stourport-on-Severn and Kidderminster. A key
regeneration aim for the District Council is to improve the
canalside environment and capitalise on the fantastic asset.
Visit the
British Waterways 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
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.
Parts of Broadwaters and Greenhill have been awarded £1
million over ten years by the BIG Lottery Fund to enable
people to make their communities a better place to live. Vestia
Community Trust are acting as the accountable body for
the Partnership.
