Neighbourhoods and Communities

Enabling the Big Society
Great Yarmouth Borough Council is striving to support the Big Society agenda across the borough. In 2010-11 the council devolved £60,000 to local communities through participatory budgeting to give local residents a greater say in how money is spent in the areas, over 1,300 residents got involved demonstrating how much residents care about where they live. The council works in partnership with other public, private and voluntary sector bodies to help our thriving community and voluntary sector.

If you would like further information contact:

Rob Gregory
rg@great-yarmouth.gov.uk
01493 845921

The council has supported the development of 3 urban neighbourhood management programmes in the borough, which give local residents a real opportunity to shape the neighbourhoods in which they live. If you would like to get involved then check the links below, even if you don’t live in one of the 3 areas we would like to hear from you:

Working Neighbourhood Fund
For the last 18 months, local residents and voluntary groups have been working together to support people to access employment related support services. These services were funded by Great Yarmouth Borough Council's Working Neighbourhoods Fund. Please click on the following link to read the  evaluation report of these services

Neighbourhood Management Areas

To find out more about these schemes please click on the logos in the table above

Other ways to get involved are through volunteering, setting up community groups, projects and more.

Targetted Support for Residents in Rural Areas of the Borough
To recognise the different issues that urban and rural areas face, the Borough Council is keen to continue supporting rural areas and has extended its funding for a Rural Development Officer through the Norfolk Rural Community Council. Charlotte Stannard covers 21 parishes (including Caister and Bradwell) and her role is to help community groups to develop new or existing projects and assist with tricky matters such as planning, funding, community engagement and governance. For friendly advice and guidance please contact her on 722783 or e-mail charlotte@norfolkrcc.org.uk

Results of a community consultation for a project ‘Access4Life’ revealed that there was a significant gap in knowledge of what services and facilities are available and how to access them. With the help of numerous key partners and direct feedback from rural residents we have created a short Rural Services Guide to help you. Please  click on this link to view a copy of the guide.