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The National Strategy for Neighbourhood Renewal – four years on

Introduction

Reviews progress four years after the government launched its long-term National Strategy for Neighbourhood Renewal.

Description

This report:

reviews progress four years after the government launched its long-term strategy for neighbourhood renewal;
discusses the six key themes in the strategy (education, worklessness, health, crime and anti-social behaviour, housing and the prevention of homelessness, and liveability) and explains the key programmes and actions which have been used to deliver in each area;
considers the early evidence on what works, and looks at the use of floor targets to encourage improvement; and
discusses the long-term challenges that remain.

Background information

The publication was written to report progress against the aims set out in the National Strategy for Neighbourhood Renewal, launched in January 2001, to demonstrate, through evidence, the progress made in neighbourhoods and to provide an overview of current policy and programme priorities. The report draws together findings from various reviews carried out within the ODPM and elsewhere. In particular, it draws on two major reports – a joint review with the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit on deprived neighbourhoods, 'Improving the prospects of people living in areas of multiple deprivation in England' (2005) and the Social Exclusion Unit report 'Breaking the Cycle: taking stock of progress and priorities' (September 2004). Also uses illustrative examples of projects.

Methodology

Reviews progress four years after the government launched its long-term National Strategy for Neighbourhood Renewal.

Conclusions

Concludes that progress has been made, structures are in place to renew neighbourhoods, and that the gap is narrowing between the poorest neighbourhoods and the rest of the country, but that there is still much more to do.

Contact info

Neighbourhood Renewal Unit, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
Phone: +44 8450 82 83 83
neighbourhoodrenewal@odpm.gsi.gov.uk

Publication date

31/01/2005

Researcher

Neighbourhood Renewal Unit, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM)

Links

Neighbourhood Renewal Unit Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (now Department for Communities and Local Government)

Making it happen in neighbourhoods. The National Strategy for Neighbourhood Renewal – four years on (PDF, Eng, 1.7MB)

Document type

research

Themes

Urban Policy

Keywords

, Urban environment