Areas At Risk Pilot Programme
This programme is not open to the general public to apply to.
Purpose:
The Areas at Risk Pilot Programme was established in 2006 to identify and intervene in areas at risk of slipping into a spiral of decline. The Department, through the Voluntary and Community Unit, in conjunction with a range of other partners, will help to help support these communities, which perhaps feel neglected or isolated in order to help build confidence and a sense of belonging.
The types of areas that the programme will operate within include for example:
- ‘Interface’ areas that lie outside of Neighbourhood Renewal areas;
- Areas in economic decline;
- Areas at ‘risk of decline’ for example, those areas that without targeted support may move into the top 10% as defined by Noble;
- Areas at risk of ‘descending into instability and crisis’ or areas in which there is a decline in community cohesion which threatens peace and stability;
- Areas where the loss of the service provided by organisations would have a significant negative impact on the local community.
Current Status:
21 pilot Areas at Risk have been identified and include parts of Sydenham (not previously covered by Neighbourhood Renewal) and Taughmonagh in Belfast, Ballynoshollag and Enagh in Limavady (Greystone Road, Enagh Park, Scraggy Close) Londonderry, Dunclug in Ballymena, West Portadown, Rathenraw Estate, Antrim, Dhu Varren in Portrush and Seacourt in Larne, Lower Whitewell in North Belfast, Ballybeen in Dundonald, Gilford in Banbridge, Annadale in South Belfast, Scrabo in Newtownards, Killicomaine in Portadown, Alexander/Lisanally in Armagh, Ashfield Gardens in Fintona, Seymour Hill in Dunmurry, Craigyhill and Antivlle in Larne, Harryville in Ballymena, Caw/ Nelson Drive/ Lincoln Courts in Derry/Londonderry.
Funding Level:
Total amount available £1.5 million per annum from 2006 to 2008.
For further information contact:
Telephone: 028 9082 9423
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