Tackling Poverty Action Plan

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people and organisations and giving them a greater stake in strategicplanning and service delivery in their own areas.Our Regeneration Programme currently invests in the infrastructure,renewal and regeneration of some of our most deprived communities,including a number of our seaside towns and town centres. Ourregeneration work improves the physical environment of areas inpartnership, through safer and better quality design, and by developingfamily friendly environments and mixed use developments. Forexample: The Llwyddo’n Lleol project aims to stem the flow of youngpeople’s outward migration of rural areas through a series ofinnovative activities designed to develop a culture of enterpriseamongst young people; simultaneously developing the skills andconfidence of the individual, whilst restoring their confidence inthe opportunities available to both work and live within their owncommunities.NW Watersports Mor a Mynydd aims to effect a positive andevidence based transformational culture change towards theMarine Industry within the communities of North Wales, allowingthat industry to fulfil its real potential to provide sustainable localemployment, economic growth and social vibrancy within thosecommunities. To date there is a total of 17 secondary, 22primary schools and 12 primary school teachers involved withthe programmes.Enterprise in the Valleys strategic project was developed inpartnership with Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council, theCommunities Directorate and all 17 local Communities Firstpartnerships. Funding was drawn from the Communities Firstoutcomes fund and Regeneration Area to develop Enterprise inthe valleys. With the aim of strengthening and broadeningenterprise skills by developing the entrepreneurship skills ofyoung people aged 11-25 across the nine valleys within theWestern Valleys programme area.A one year pilot will target youth unemployment, the aim beingto match job-seekers with employers, skills and trainingproviders. Funding has been secured from the SwanseaRegeneration Area via the Regional Learning Partnership toestablish an e-Portal in Swansea.The Welsh Government has set an ambitious target of providing12,500 homes during this term of Government. This is made up of7,500 affordable homes - 1,000 more than the previous government'starget - and 5,000 empty homes brought back into use through the newempty properties initiative.21
Our flagship Supporting People Programme spends some £136 millioneach year helping the most vulnerable in Wales, providing essentialsupport to around 50,000 people who find themselves in very difficultpersonal circumstances, enabling them to find or keep their homes.There is evidence that higher incidence and fear of crime in deprivedareas has a negative impact on communities. We are funding anadditional 500 Community Support Officers) in Wales to work in ourmost deprived communities, including in particular Communities Firstareas, to increase community safety and to reduce crime and the fearof crime. The Support Officers will be highly visible in theircommunities, engaging with people, providing reassurance andtackling anti-social behaviour.The Welsh Government also supports programmes to reduce substanceabuse, youth offending and reoffending, Violence against Women andDomestic Abuse.Living in an already deprived area or community can often compoundissues associated with poverty and residents of deprived areas canexperience higher levels of anti-social behaviour. We have providedover £15 million towards improving local environmental quality underthe Tidy Towns initiative. With a commitment to a further £10 millionuntil 2015. Tidy Towns projects have made improvements to the localenvironment, helping our communities become more resilient, with abetter quality of life and a greater sense of well being. Tidy Towns hasenabled Keep Wales Tidy to engage with 15,177 volunteers throughoutWales in April 2011 to March 2012, assisting them to take pride andownership of their local area through undertaking 10,703 environmentalimprovement projects which have contributed to lasting improvementsin their community.What we will do in additionAdvice and support servicesWithin the Strategic Equality <strong>Plan</strong> we committed to strengthen advice,information and advocacy services to help people with protectedcharacteristics understand and exercise their rights and make informedchoices. In response to this, and in the light of changes to the welfaresystem and Legal Aid, we will review our support for advisory services,including housing, drawing together programmes from across theWelsh Government. Our aim will be to develop a stronger network ofservices which is capable of providing people with support on allaspects of financial and housing related need. We will work in tandemwith the third and statutory sector on this.22
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