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SRB5
The SRB5 (Single Regeneration Budget) programme delivered investment and brought fresh hope to the villages of Bearpark, Ushaw Moor and New Brancepeth. It covered regeneration issues such as employment and training, education, community safety and social exclusion and accounted for a third of around £3m directed at the Lower Deerness Valley.
Following the success of SRB5 the City Council was fortunate in their bidding to round 6 for SRB and as such was able to offer a programme of activity and support over the 12 villages of West Rainton, Bowburn, Sherburn Hill, Quarrington Hill, Ludworth, Kelloe, Cassop, Brandon, Ushaw Moor, New Brancepeth, Esh Winning and Bearkpark.
Objective 2 Priority 4
Priority 4 is part of a European Funding programme called Objective 2 which specifically deals with community issues.
It aims to raise employment levels in Durham to the regional average by improving the job prospects of unemployed local residents and providing better access to job opportunities. The programme part funded projects such as apprentice schemes, furniture recycling companies and a new Sure Start build.
Activity Grants
The Community Development team has a small budget each year to allocate to local Community groups. Since June 2005 we have distributed £65,859 to local groups to support community projects. To find out if your group is eligible, why not contact the Community Development officer for your area?
Flourishing Communities Fund
The Flourishing Communities Fund is the primary mechanism for investment in both City Council and community aspirations in the future. This fund allows bids from local communities within the district to reallocate resources to support local community projects, capacity building and engagement projects. The Community Development team is the link for groups wishing to access this fund and helps support them through the application process. The fund will match fund or contribute to projects but it is last gap funding so applicants will be encouraged to exhaust all other options before applying to this fund.
Citizens Award
This award gives recognition to those who devote time to their local community and was launched in July 2006. This is an annual award with the best submissions from the 6 neighbourhoods being submitted to an independent panel who choose an overall winner for the Community Citizens Award. The 6 finalists all receive a small financial grant to be donated to a local community group and the overall winner receives a larger community group grant and a trophy. Application forms are available from July each year.
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Contact Details
For further information or specific help with information on this page, please contact us:
City of Durham Community Co-Ordinator - Lee Kirby
Telephone: 0191 301 8898
E-Mail: lkirby@durhamcity.gov.uk
In an emergency, outside of office hours, please call 0191 386 6111