More places are now available for communities and their partners, Locality are accepting 115+ areas onto the programme.
Our Place puts communities at the heart of local services, bringing partners together to address the issues that matter most to local people and delivering services differently to revolutionise the way the neighbourhood works.
Take a look at some of the partnerships and projects developed in the 2014-15 cohort of Our Place here
Successful Our Place applicants will benefit from:
- a grant of £8,000 - £12,000;
- a relationship manager who will be a critical friend;
- technical support to build capacity and resilience;
- joining the My Community network with shared learning opportunities;
Our Place applicants are:
- incorporated voluntary or community organisations, parish or town councils, principal authority or other statutory service providers;
- passionate about public service reform with an enthusiasm and appetite to deliver services differently;
- community-led and have a track-record of:
§ community consultation that has identified local services that can be redesigned to better meet local needs;
§ partnership working;
§ making connections with the community, the public sector and commissioners
It involves local partners within a neighbourhood coming together with local people to identify issues that most matter to their community. These partnerships then look at ways of tackling these issues by influencing how local budgets are spent on service delivery, potentially redesigning, re-commissioning and managing or delivering these services.
For more information about the programme and the grants available, click here
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