The Lakes Estate in Milton Keynes has been looking cleaner and tidier in recent months – this is because a great deal of effort has gone into improving cleanliness on the estate and supporting residents to recycle more since the summer of 2010. Continue reading →

Earlier this year, planning chiefs approved proposals for the £100,000 skating and biking arena to be installed at Homestead Park in Immingham, Preston in response to the growing demand for a fun outdoor facility for the community. Immingham town council and the One Voice Neighbourhood Management Group are now working closely with young people on the project. Continue reading →

Bradford’s Trident programme has been picked for as a Community Budgeting pilot project by the Government aimed at saving billions of pounds of taxpayers’ cash. A former New Deal for Community, Bradford Trident is now a neighbourhood management organisation. Continue reading →

The Council have been working with the local communities in Milton Keynes to implement the ‘Good Neighbour Campaign’. Working across the town the neighbourhood management teams worked with partners to revamp under-used communal areas, host barbeques, and raise awareness of local activities and intiaitives, while giving out advice and information. Continue reading →

Agencies such as Hartlepool Borough Council’s neighbourhood management team and housing services, neighbourhood police, victim support, and the anti-social behaviour unit have come together as a Joint Action Group to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour. The result has been an overall reduction of 26 per cent in incidents of crime including domestic burglary, and a 40 per cent reduction in anti-social behaviour resulting in 135 fewer incidents. Continue reading →