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CLAREMONT / WEASTE
COMMUNITY ACTION PLAN
2001 / 2002
INTRODUCTION
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This is the fifth Claremont / Weaste Community Action Plan. Like the previous
two Action Plans, it follows the format of Building Sustainable Communities a Regeneration Strategy for Salford. This means it is divided into the following
sections:
Social Inclusion:
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building community capacity;
tackling crime;
maximising the potential of young people;
improving health;
tackling poverty.
Living Environment:
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enhancing and maintaining the physical
fabric;
creating clean, safe and healthy local
environments;
ensuring access to quality, affordable homes;
integrating transport.
Economic Development:
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maximising the potential of local people;
supporting business development;
encouraging investment in the city.
Under each of these headings, there is a summary of progress with the Action
Plan during 2000 / 2001 and the objectives and actions for 2001 / 2002.
Local Budgets
Local budgets were introduced for the last six months of 1999 / 2001. These
enabled Community Committee to fund certain activities in line with the priorities
of the Community Action Plan. This means that 2000 / 2001 was the first full
year in which Community Committee had a budget to use. The Budget Group
set up by Community Committee has worked hard to develop fair and thorough
ways of responding to applications for funding; and to invite applications which
address Action Plan priorities. There is a summary of the way in which the
budgets were used after this introduction.
LOCAL BUDGETS
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The funds available for 2000 / 2001were:
£36820 devolved budget including £12530 carried forward from 1999 /
2000 (for use on any Community Action Plan priorities);
£10587 S.R.B.5 funds (to support community capacity building).
In planning use of the funds available, Community Committee had decided on
three geographical priorities:
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Duchy;
Tootal Drive / Willows area; and
New Weaste / Eccles New Road;
as well as the S.R.B.5 priority of community capacity building.
and three priority topic areas:
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youth;
crime; and
cleansing / environmental maintenance.
The S.R.B.5 funds were spent on:
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Oakwood Community Group: £760.00 - for I.T. equipment.
Weaste Community Watch: £2689.00 - towards the costs of setting up and
running “The Meadows” community resource centre and drop-in;
Duchy Community Group: £300 - towards the costs of a clean-up initiative;
Weaste Wanderers F.C: £2507.86 - to help extend their football teams to
more age groups and a girls’ team;
Salford City Reds R.L.F.C.: £1040.00 – towards the cost of a summer arts
project for young people;
Daruzzaman Care Centre: £3290.14 – towards the costs of setting up a
community café / resource centre.
Devolved budget funds were spent on:
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Youth Service: £3500.00 - to purchase equipment for the Height Youth
Centre, and to fund a residential project and a film project with young people
using the Height;
Oakwood Youth Club: £1500.00 – for work with excluded young people;
St. Luke’s Community Centre over 50’s Dance Club: £300.00 – for
equipment;
Millennium Festival: £197.72 – for Festival awards;
Tootal Drive School P.T.A.: £150.00 – towards a family trip;
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City of Salford Environmental Services: £6755.00 – to bring six pieces of land
back to a maintainable standard after they were taken out of maintenance as
part of a package of financial savings by the council;
Claremont Community Association: £291.74 – for I.T. equipment;
Daruzzaman Care Centre: £3709.86 – towards the costs of setting up a
community café / resource centre.
St. John’s Church / Quest Youth Group: £1825.48 – towards equipment for
youth and community activity;
Greater Manchester Police: £893.00 – for a video camera to be used in the
Claremont / Weaste area in support of initiatives to reduce crime and
disorder.
Weaste Community Watch: £2000 – towards costs at The Meadows
Resource Centre
Taken with the expenditure in 1999 / 2000 the use of local budgets can be
analysed to show how much has been spent on each of the priority areas and
issues. (N.B. this exercise has involved some “tweaking” of figures because
some expenditure is targeted at more than one topic and some covers more than
one geographical area. Even allowing for this, the expenditure shown on crime
is probably misleadingly low as much of the expenditure on youth was expected
to impact on crime and disorder. Nonetheless, the figures give an indication of
how well money has been targeted and show that 71% of expenditure was in the
priority areas, and that 59% of expenditure was on Community Committee’s
priority issues.
Total Spent
% Of All Expenditure
Duchy
Weaste
Eccles New Rd
£7010
£12856
£17508
14%
27%
35%
Youth
Crime
Environment
£17383
£4893
£7055
35%
10%
14%
SOCIAL INCLUSION
Building Community Capacity
Objective 1. Maintain and Strengthen Existing Groups
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Developments during 2000 / 2001
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Weaste Community Watch developed The Meadows Community
Resource Centre, making it a lively and valuable resource to the
local community.
Duchy Women’s Group, supported by Community Development,
Summerville School and others, ran a third successful summer play
scheme.
Successful community lunches were held regularly in Claremont and
in Weaste, supported by Community Development, Irwell Valley
Housing Association (Peterloo Court), Height Methodist Church and
others.
Community Committee awarded grants to a wide range of groups
active in the area (see the section on local budgets before this
section).
The taste buds café on eccles new road operated as a community
resource and was refurbished for full use as both a café and a
community resource.
Support and advice was also given to many groups in the area.
More groups joined the community committee e.g., middle Victoria
Road Home Watch, Upper Middle Victoria Road home Watch, Metro
Tenants.
Actions for 2001 / 2002
(a)
Support groups to build community capacity giving priority to Duchy,
Tootal Drive / Willows, and Eccles New Road / New Weaste.
Funding:
Devolved budgets
Partners:
All local groups, Housing Associations, schools, etc.
(b)
Support group networking through organisation of community
lunches.
Funding:
Devolved budget (if necessary)
Partners:
Community Development; Height Methodist Church; Irwell Valley
Housing Association; Manchester Methodist Housing Association;
other groups and organisations.
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(c)
Develop links with black and ethnic minority communities.
Funding:
Devolved budget (if necessary)
Partners:
Community Development; Community Affairs.
Objective 2: Support the Establishment of New Groups and Activities.
Developments during 2000 / 2001
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Support was given to Sp@ce, who supported residents in the
Cemetery Road area to form the Metro Tenants Association.
The Daruzzaman Care Centre was helped to form a Board of
Governors who then received the Community Committee funding
for development of a community café / resource centre.
Community Forums were started in the Eccles New Road and
Weaste areas along the lines of the well-established Duchy Initiative
Actions for 2001 / 2002
(a)
Develop the networks established in the Eccles New Road and
Weaste areas, along with the Duchy Initiative.
Funding:
S.R.B.5; Devolved budget (as necessary).
Partners:
Community Development; Community Affairs; Tenant Participation;
schools, residents’ groups, etc
(b)
Respond to any indications of interest in establishing new
tenants,
residents, community or voluntary groups.
Funding:
Devolved budget (if necessary); S.R.B.5
Partners:
Community Development; Tenant Participation; etc.
(c)
Support the expansion of activities based at sheltered housing
schemes.
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Funding:
to be determined.
Partners:
Community Development; Housing Associations;
Services; voluntary organisations; churches.
(d)
Promote intergenerational activities.
Funding:
to be determined.
Partners:
as for (c).
(e)
Encourage development of activities at community buildings.
Funding:
to be determined.
Partners:
as for (c).
(f)
Housing
Increase the range of life-long learning opportunities, including
parent education and initiatives for unemployed people.
Funding:
to be determined.
Partners:
Education & Leisure; Schools; Colleges; University of Salford.
SOCIAL INCLUSION
Tackling Crime
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Objective 1: Develop a Focused Response to Crime and Nuisance
Developments in 2000 / 2001
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Greater Manchester Police sector boundaries were redrawn to bring
them in to line with community committee area boundaries. This
allowed for better communication and liaison about crime and
disorder issues. (In Claremont / Weaste, there were still parts of two
police sectors since the area west of Lancaster Road / Stott Lane is
in a different police sub-division to the area east of those roads. This
made liaison more complicated). Liaison between the Sector
Sergeant and Neighbourhood Co-ordinator developed well on the
east and was extended to include councillor briefings.
Three individuals were targeted for Anti-Social Behaviour Orders
(ASBOs). This involved evidence gathering, formal interviews by
Police and Housing together, and signed promises of improved
behaviour. This was backed up by interviews with other family
members and appeared to bring about a decrease in anti-social
behaviour in the affected area.
Better liaison was established between police, Housing Services,
Housing Associations, Education Welfare and the Youth Offending
Team through the establishment of a Community Sector Team. This
team looked at co-ordinated action in respect of particular
individuals and families, and wider crime and disorder issues.
The beats covering Duchy and south of Eccles New Road were part
of a successful bid by the City of Salford for money under Round
Two of the national Burglary Reduction Initiative. Liaison was
started between local workers / organisations and the B.R.I. team.
The City of Salford’s bid for funding in Round Three of the B.R.I.
included The Height east of Claremont Road.
Several major police operations were carried out at the Height and
in New weaste, targeted on car crime, burglary and trouble with
youths. Several of these achieved key arrests and produced a
reduction in the incidence of key crimes. A car crime reduction
initiative was carried out in the hope area.
Community Committee agreed to provide £8000 per year to
Fairbridge in Greater Manchester to work with young people at risk
of being involved in crime and disorder, in the Eccles New Road
area. Sp@ce provided £4000, and Fairbridge successfully raised a
further £10000 to support the work.
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Actions for 2001 / 2002
(a)
Develop sector arrangements including involvement with Salford
West sub-Division.
Funding:
None required
Partners:
Greater Manchester Police; Community Affairs.
(b)
Respond to crime and disorder “hot spots” as they arise.
Funding:
Consider funding options relevant to each situation.
Partners:
G.M.Police; Community Affairs; Safer Salford; others depending on
circumstances of each situation.
(c)
Explore further options for addressing trouble with youths especially
in Weaste and the Height and raise the need for increased funding
for facilities for young people wherever appropriate.
Funding:
Devolved budgets; etc
Partners:
Community Services; G.M.Police; others
(d)
Target individuals responsible for high levels of crime and disorder
(including development of the Community Sector Team)
Funding:
Devolved budgets; Housing budgets; etc.
Partners:
Police; Legal Services; Housing; Community Services; Social
Services, Education Welfare, Probation, Youth Service.
(e)
Develop local partnerships to increase reporting of crime.
Funding:
As required.
Partners:
G.M.Police; Duchy Initiative; Eccles New Road Initiative; Weaste
Initiative; Home Watch schemes.
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(f)
Liaise with the Burglary Reduction Project to reduce the rates of
domestic burglary in areas with high incidence including
implementation of at least 3 “alleygating” schemes.
Funding:
Burglary Reduction Initiative
Partners:
G.M.Police; Burglary Reduction Project; Development Services;
Community Services.
(g)
Evaluate the use of the Community Committee-funded camera.
Funding:
None required
Partners:
G. M. Police; Community Committee
SOCIAL INCLUSION
Tackling Poverty
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As reported in previous Claremont / Weaste Community Action Plans, much of
the drive for tackling poverty will come from the development of the city-wide
anti-poverty strategy. Commitment to anti-poverty at the local level is shown by
the priority given to the three areas within Claremont / Weaste with the highest
levels of deprivation: Duchy, Tootal Drive / Tootal Road, and Eccles New Road.
A major new development for 2001 / 2002 is the award of national
Neighbourhood Renewal Funds to Salford. This will be targeted at wards which
are in the most deprived 10% of wards nationally. This includes Weaste &
Seedley Ward. It is important for Claremont / Weaste that areas of severe
deprivation within wards which are less deprived overall (e.g. Duchy within
Claremont) are also looked at to benefit from the Neighbourhood Renewal Fund.
Developments in 2000 / 2001
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Community Committee funding was targeted at priority areas;
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The Duchy Initiative Group continued to meet and support a range
of work in the area;
The Eccles New Road and Weaste Initiatives were started;
The Duchy playscheme ran successfully;
St. John’s Church and Duchy Residents Group established work with
young people at the church hall
Weaste Community Watch opened and established the Meadows
Community Resource Centre as a facility in the Tootal Drive area.
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Salford City Reds were supported with a summer arts project for
young people from Weaste.
The Daruzzaman Care Centre established a board of governors, who
took on the lease of the Taste Buds Café for use as a community café
/ resource centre.
Sp@ce supported the setting up of the Metro residents’ association
for the Eccles New Road area.
Fairbridge were funded for work with young people in the Eccles
New Road area.
The newly appointed Urban Regeneration Manager and Major
Projects Implementation Team within Housing Services surveyed
private properties in Eccles New Road, Weaste and Duchy and
started to prepare a strategy for improving the private housing
stock in those areas.
Actions for 2000 / 2001
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(a)
Develop the Duchy, Eccles New Road and Weaste Initiatives.
Funding:
Community Committee; others as appropriate.
Partners:
Community Groups, councillors; Police, Housing, Youth Service,
Community Affairs, Schools, housing associations, churches, etc.
(b)
Support development of the Meadows Community Resource Centre
(Weaste Community Watch).
Funding:
Community Committee; E.R.D.F.; others as appropriate.
Partners:
Weaste Community Watch; councillors; Safer Salford; Community
Affairs; Chief Executives Department; Police; etc.
(c)
Support development of the Eccles New Road community café, etc.
Funding:
Community Committee; Health Action Zone; others as appropriate.
Partners:
Metro Residents; councillors; Daruzzaman Care Centre; Health
Action Zone Community Services; Housing Services; Sp@ce; etc
(d)
Support work with young children and people from Duchy.
Funding:
Community Committee; other as available.
Partners:
St. John’s Church; Duchy Residents Group
(e)
Implement strategy for improvement of private housing stock in
priority areas.
Funding:
Private Sector Housing
Neighbourhood Renewal.
Partners:
Housing Services; residents and residents’ groups; area initiatives;
Community Services.
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funds;
other
as
available
Access Neighbourhood Renewal Funding for priority areas.
Funding:
Nieghbourhood Renewal Funding
Partners:
Ward Councillors; Community Committee; link officers.
SOCIAL INCLUSION
Maximising the Potential of Young People
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Objective 1: Promote Play and Care for Young Children
Work with children in 2001 / 2002 and beyond should continue to benefit from
the provision of funding by central government.
Developments in 2000 / 2001
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The Duchy summer playscheme was a big success for another year.
6 out-of-school clubs operated in the area at: Pendleton college
(abacus); Oakwood high School; St. John’s School (Daisy Club); Light
Oaks Infant School; All souls School; and St. Luke’s with All Saints
School.
Actions for 2001 / 2002
(a)
Support existing and planned play groups (5 in total); parent and
toddler groups (7 in total)
Funding:
Childcare allocation; TEC; Working Family Tax Credit; devolved
budgets; N.H.S.; Sure Start; 3 Year Old Funding; PLA
Partners:
local groups Children’s Development Officer; Playgroup
Development Worker; Inspection & Registration; Early Years
Consultant; Training Co-ordinator; Resource Officers; Sure Start.
(b)
Support Playschemes (2)
Funding:
Childcare Allocation; devolved budget; Sure Start
Partners:
Duchy Women’s Group; Children’s Development Officer;
Community Services; Inspection & Registration; Barnardos; Sports
Development.
(c)
Support Out of School Clubs (2 plus 4 in process of setting up).
Funding:
New Opportunities Fund; Childcare Allocation; TEC; Working
Family Tax Credit.
Partners:
Children’s Development
Inspection & Registration.
(d)
Officer;
Out-of-School
Co-ordinator;
Develop the Locality Group for organisations and individuals with an
interest in children 0 – 14 years including work towards open access
play and community toy libraries.
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Funding:
within existing funding.
Partners:
Children’s Development Officer and partners.
(e)
Retain & Recruit Childminders (23 in total), especially in Weaste &
Seedley
Funding:
Childcare Allocation; Start-up grants; Sure Start; Working Family
Tax Credit; Individual Learning Accounts; 3 Year Old Funding.
Partners;
Child Minders; Children’s Development Officer; Childminding
Network Development Worker; Inspection & Registration; Resource
Officers; Training Co-ordinator; Sure Start; Health Visitors.
(f)
Support Private Day Nurseries and Creches (4 in total)
Funding:
3 Year Old Funding; Working Family Tax Credit.
Partners:
Private providers; Children’s Development Officer; Inspection &
Registration; Early Years Consultant; Training Co-ordinator.
Objective 2: Develop Work with and Facilities for Young People.
Developments in 2000 / 2001
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The Height Youth Centre continued its services and received
Community Committee funding for equipment, for a residential
project, and for a video project.
Weaste Wanderers Football Club; Salford Reds R.L.F.C.; Oakwood
Youth Club and St. John’s C.E. Church all received Community
Committee funding.
Community Committee agreed to provide £8000 to Fairbridge for
work with young people in the Eccles New road area. Sp@ce
contributed a further £4000 and Fairbridge obtained a further
£10000 from the Tudor Trust.
Actions for 2001 / 2002
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(a)
Develop work at Height Youth Centre
Funding:
Youth Service; Community Committee
Partners:
Youth Service; Community Affairs
(b)
Support work with Young People by Voluntary and Community
Groups including St. John’s C.E. Church.
Funding:
Community Committee; others as appropriate.
Partners:
Community Committee; St. John’s Church and other churches;
schools, other community and voluntary groups.
(c)
Explore Possibilities for Developing Youth Work in Weaste
Funding:
Community Committee; other as appropriate and available.
Partners:
Councillors; Community Affairs; others as appropriate.
(d)
Work with Salford College to recruit local unemployed people aged
16 – 25 onto the Prince’s Trust Volunteers course.
Funding:
None required.
Partners:
Salford College; Community Affairs; Youth Service; others.
(e)
Monitor and evaluate the work in the Eccles New Road area funded
by Community Committee.
Funding:
None required.
Partners:
Fairbridge; Community Committee; Eccles New Road Initiative.
SOCIAL INCLUSION
Improving Health
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Developments in 2000 / 2001
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links have been developed between local councillors, Community
Committee and local authority officers with representatives of
Salford Community Health Care Trust; Daruzzaman Care Centre;
Salford East Primary Care Group and; Manchester, Salford & Trafford
Health Action Zone.
Work progressed with the preparation of the “Strategic Outline
Case” for developing health services in Salford, including major
changes at the hope hospital site and the establishment of Primary
Care Centres. Central government approval was given to the S.O.C.
Approval was given for the creation of the Salford Primary Care
Trust to replace Salford Community Health Care NHS Trust and
Salford West and Salford East Primary Care Groups.
Actions for 2001 / 2002
(a)
Continue work with the Daruzzaman Care Centre and “Real Lives” to
develop community involvement in service provision.
Funding:
Health Action Zone; Community Committee; Salford & Trafford
Health Authority;
Partners:
Daruzzaman Care Centre; Health Action Zone; Health Authority;
Primary Care Group; Community Affairs; local councillors; others
as appropriate.
(b)
Roll out “Healthy Living” programme to a number of sheltered
housing schemes.
Funding:
To be identified.
Partners:
Salford Community Health Care NHS Trust; Housing Associations.
(c)
Develop links between Community Committee, local residents and
local health services to increase community input to major local
developments.
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Funding:
none required.
Partners:
Community Affairs; Community Committee; Hope Action Group and
other community groups; Salford Royal Hospitals NHS Trust;
Salford Primary Care Trust.
(d)
Develop links between Community Committee, local residents and
Salford Primary Care Trust.
Funding:
none required.
Partners:
Community Affairs; Community Committee; community groups;
Salford Primary Care Trust.
LIVING ENVIRONMENT
Enhancing & Maintaining the Physical Fabric
Objective 1: Improve and Develop underused Areas of Land
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Developments in 2000 / 2001
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Sp@ce proceeded with building new houses on the unused land at
the junction of Seedley Road and Sandy Lane.
Pendleton College was unsuccessful in their application for Lottery
funding, which – within a much wider initiative – would have
developed the former tennis courts on the College site.
Actions for 2001 / 2002
(a)
Consider the major planning applications for developments on the
Weaste Quarry / Ladywell Hospital sites.
Partners:
(b)
local residents and workers; Development Services; potential
developers.
Explore options for improving any underused areas of land in the
Claremont / Weaste area.
Funding:
Partners:
as appropriate
Development Services; community groups; land owners.
Objective 2: Maintain and Improve Buildings and Highways
Developments in 2000 / 2001
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the Ryefield / Broomfield flats were demolished and the area
landscaped.
Refurbishment work started on Albert Webb, Darley and Stowell
flats
Actions for 2001 / 2002
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(a)
Improve Areas other than Local Authority Estates where Void
Properties are an Environmental and Social Problem (e.g., Eccles
New Road, Duchy, and Kennedy Road area.
Funding:
various.
Partners:
Housing Services, Housing Associations, private owners.
(b)
Repair road surfaces
Funding:
mainstream.
Partners:
Development Services.
Objective 3. Maintain and Improve Local Parks and Open Spaces
Developments in 2000 / 2001
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The Community Action Groups for Buile Hill and Light Oaks Parks
were merged and extended to include Oakwood Park.
Actions for 2000 / 2001
LIVING ENVIRONMENT
Create Clean, Safe and Healthy Environments
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Objective 1. Reduce the Danger from and Environmental Impact of Road
Traffic
Developments in 2000 / 2001
Actions for 2001 / 2002
(a)
Resolve the issue of parking around Hope Hospital; the R.S.P.C.A.;
and Duchy Playing Fields.
Funding:
to be determined.
Partners:
Development Services, Salford Royal Hospitals N.H.S Trust, Hope
Action Group, Duchy Residents; Metro Residents; Councillors,
Community Services.
(b)
Review operation of the Eccles Old Road bus lane / cycling facility.
Funding:
Partners:
(c)
Development Services, local residents.
Review the impact of increased traffic on Eccles Old Road, Stott
Lane and Lancaster Road on local residents in terms of pedestrian
and cyclist safety and air and noise pollution.
Funding:
to be determined.
Partners:
Development Services; Environmental Services; Hope Action
Group.
(d)
Review the impact of Metrolink on road safety on Eccles New Road.
Funding:
as required.
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Partners:
(e)
Development Services; Metrolink; G.M. Police; local residents and
workers.
Implement the Ellesmere Park / Hope traffic calming proposals.
Funding:
mainstream.
Partners:
Development Services.
(f)
Explore further options for traffic calming.
Funding:
to be determined.
Partners:
Development Services; local groups.
Objective 2. Reduce the Impact of Litter, Graffiti, etc
Developments in 2000 / 2001
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The City of Salford introduced area environmental teams and
doubled the frequency of cleaning of minor streets to four weekly.
Actions for 2000 / 2001
(a)
Address the issue of dumping on the Duchy Estate.
Funding:
Within existing resources.
Partners:
Environmental Services, councillors, Duchy Community Group.
(b)
Respond to “hot spots” as they arise.
Funding:
Within existing resources.
Partners:
Environmental Services, local residents and groups.
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(c)
Try new approaches to street cleaning in areas with a lot of on-street
parking, e.g. off Eccles Old Road.
Funding:
Within existing resources.
Partners:
Environmental Services; local residents.
(d)
Consider closure of Gilda Brook underpass with provision of
alternative pedestrian safety measures.
Funding:
to be determined.
Partners:
Development Services; Hope Action Group.
LIVING ENVIRONMENT
Ensure Access to Quality Affordable Homes
There are areas of older, smaller, pavement-terraced housing which show signs
of serious decline in the Community Committee’s three priority areas. Within
Claremont / Weaste there still appears to be more social housing available than
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demand for such housing. What is not clear is whether demand would rise
significantly if issues such as environmental maintenance and crime and antisocial behaviour could be resolved.
The streets which show the most obvious signs of decline are either side of
Eccles New Road, on the Duchy estate and near Salford rugby ground. This has
been recognised following the appointment of an Urban Regeneration Manager
and establishment of a Major Initiatives Team within Housing Services. They
have prioritised the above areas and carried out physical surveys and
consultations during 2000 / 2001. An action plan will be drawn up for 2001 /
2002 and funding identified.
There are other pockets of housing at the Height and in Weaste, that may be at
risk , some of which are starting to show signs of instability.
Objective 1: Ensure that areas of small, terraced housing are areas where
people want to live.
Actions for 2001 / 2002
(a)
Implement a strategy for resolving problems and / or preventing
problems in areas of small, terraced housing.
Funding:
Home Energy Conservation Awards; Home Energy Efficiency
Scheme; European Funding; North West Development Agency;
Private Finance Initiative; mainstream funds; devolved budgets.
Partners:
local residents and tenants;
Associations; Community Affairs.
Housing
Services;
Housing
Integrating Transport
This issue is dealt with as a city-wide policy issue. There are a number of issues
concerning transport which are of significant interest or concern in Claremont /
Weaste.
 Public transport between the Height and Salford Quays is still poor. (This is
an example of a general shortage of north – south public transport routes).
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 The completion of the Metrolink and the operating of the trams will have a
substantial impact.
 The Eccles Old Road bus lane will be altered but needs to be kept under
review due to the high level of local discontent with the scheme.
 The problems associated with levels of traffic on major roads, which are also
residential roads: Eccles Old Road (A576) and Lancaster Road (A5185).
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Objective 1. Encourage Investment in the City.
Developments during 2000 / 2001
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Development of West One Retail Park on the site of the former
Ladywell Hospital started.
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Outline planning permission was sought by Manchester Ship Canal
to turn the former Weaste Quarry into a park and ride facility
Actions for 2001 / 2002
(a)
Encourage and support new developments.
Funding:
None required
Partners:
Manchester Enterprises; CBE; MIDAS
Objective 2. Support Business Development.
Developments during 2000 / 2001
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10 businesses attended the Mayor’s Industrial Dinner / Forum.
7 businesses received Security Grant support totalling £12,392.50.
Actions for 2001/ 2002
(a)
Develop closer links with local employers and support local
businesses.
Funding:
None required
Partners:
local employers and businesses
(b)
Utilise Neighbourhood Renewal Funding for Weaste to support
business retention and local employment.
Funding:
Neighbourhood Renewal Fund
Partners:
local business.
(c)
Support 10 businesses.
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Funding:
none required.
Partners:
local businesses.
Objective 3. Maximise the Potential of Local People
Developments during 1999 / 2000
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8 businesses participated in the Salford Employment Charter.
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10 people (with M6 postcodes) were assisted into employment by
the Salford Employment Charter.

1 community business was assisted.
Actions for 2000 / 2001
(a)
Promote the Salford Employment Charter.
Funding:
SRB; Objective 2 ERDF / ESF
Partners:
local businesses; inward investors.
(b)
Encourage employment of local people through liaison with local
employers.
Funding:
none required.
Partners:
Job Shop Plus; Employment Services; Salford Employment Charter
(c)
Support development of local community economic development
initiatives.
Funding:
not identified.
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Partners:
(d)
Salford Community Venture
Enable local people to influence and inform economic development
action.
Funding:
none required.
Partners:
local stakeholders
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