The Anfi eld Project December 2017 Happy Christmas from all the Anfi eld Regeneration Partners THE PROJECT New Anfi eld community takes step forward

Liverpool City Council has approved a plan to assemble and transfer land earmarked for 86 affordable new homes and new shops, near to Football Club’s stadium. A report to the council’s cabinet recommended two development deals as part of the £260m Anfi eld well as paving the way for a healthy mix of new affordable The council, which has already assembled most of the Regeneration Project. The fi rst three phases of Keepmoat’s homes, all with private gardens, we’re also creating new land and demolished 275 properties, is seeking authority housing renewal programme in Anfi eld have already been shops. to obtain the remaining plots, ideally through negotiation. completed and the fourth is nearing completion, bringing “There is much still to be done but this phase marks yet A planning application is likely to be submitted in the more than 500 homes to the area. another milestone in our ambitions to create a brighter New Year with building work starting in the summer. The deals with Keepmoat Homes and Priority Space Anfi eld for everyone.” will see a further 86 new homes built, as well as up to ten new shop units facing Walton Breck Road, which is itself undergoing a scheme to create a new high street. The new houses for sale are energy-effi cient two, three and four- bedroom properties with private gardens and off-street car parking, their design in keeping with housing types that have proved a success in earlier phases. The Phase 5 site includes land between Burleigh Road South, Robson Street, Venmore Street and Walton Breck Road, where terraced housing and the old Breckfi eld Primary School once stood. Cllr Ann O’Byrne, deputy mayor of Liverpool, said: “This newest phase is a critical piece of the jigsaw in creating a more vibrant and successful community. As A year of real progress at Anfi eld Cemetery

It has been a year of real progress for the Friends of the surrounding area and the Heritage Lottery Funded Anfi eld group as they work to restore Anfi eld Cemetery ‘Lifting the Lids’ project is now well underway with support back to its former glory and unlock some of its historic from Positive Futures’ volunteers; the Chinese community Environmental secrets. held a rededication ceremony to 31 Dutch Chinese sailors Just before Christmas help came from pupils of St Francis in Anfi eld; the University of Liverpool invited the Friends works continue de Sales in Walton who accepted a challenge to locate the to collaborate on a ‘Headstones as Culture’ project, with As part of the wider Anfi eld regeneration project, fi nal resting places of two winners who are interactive maps and publications and the Friends have also a £2m environmental programme is now underway in unmarked paupers graves, somewhere in the Grade II* established links with Friends of Stanley Park, Liverpool to create improved public realm around Anfi eld listed cemetery’s 141 acres. Central Library, LFC, Liverpool John Moores University, Village on Burnand Street, with phase 2 to begin It’s a refl ection, as Friends’ Bob Halliday, says, ofa Hope University and the Anfi eld Stakeholder’s Group. in Spring 2018 on Blessington Road and Hayfi eld growing interest in the area: “Thanks to the superb support Tom Bradburn, Friends’ secretary, adds: “Our plans in Street. A further £2.5m of environmental works of our group members, Historic England, Liverpool City 2018 include further funding bids, for example, for lamp will take place later in 2018 on Walton Breck Road, Council and the wider community we are regularly fi nding post banners along Priory Road to highlight some of the from Sleepers Hill to Oakfi eld Road, which will out new things about the cemetery and at the same time people who have been buried or cremated in ‘Anfi eld’ and include tree planting and pavement resurfacing, the being able to pursue our plans for its restoration.” their connections with Liverpool’s amazing history, as well objective being to create a more pedestrian-friendly Among many projects in the last 12 months are: work as the possible landscaping development of the southern and green high street. to clean and repair Anfi eld’s two large catacombs, clearing end of the cemetery.” www.friendsofanfi eld.com

DALGLISH SCORES FOR RED NEIGHBOURS - PAGE 4 2 The Anfield Project December 2017

ANFIELD HOUSING – THE STORY SO FAR

PHASE 1

Derelict properties facing Burnand Street have been demolished and have been replaced with a tree-lined pavement, private side gardens for Gorst, Balfour, Randolph, Gurnall and Hayfield Streets, together with additional pedestrian space. Another new feature will be secure compounds containing communal waste stores for Village residents (see the boxed text below for more details). will also be enhancing street lighting. This phase will complete early in January 2018.

PHASE 2 The £260m regeneration of Anfield is a partnership between Liverpool City Council, homes in the Anfield Village area fit for the 21st century. The next phase will commence in spring / summer As part of the project we are also providing gardens for 2018 following the demolition of the properties along Your Housing Group, Keepmoat Homes some of the end of terrace homes. The work has been Blessington Road. It will again provide a tree lined and Liverpool Football Club. Within this featured by the Department for Communities and Local pavement, private side gardens and a wider pedestrian regeneration work the housing projects are Government as best practice in estate regeneration. pavement, enhancing the outside space in this part of Anfield Village. providing much-needed homes for local THE PARKS residents and are helping to build a better This area, in partnership with Keepmoat Homes, LCC Carl Moore, Head of Affordable Housing within HCA community. The work seeks to use local and the Homes and Community Agency sees more North West, said: than 325 homes built since 2008; 106 to be built in the labour, local supply chains and supports current phase by 2019, with a further 86 to built in the “The work at Anfield has progressed significantly since my apprenticeships wherever possible. next phase, making a total of more than 500 new homes. last visit. This project is an excellent example of private and public sector partners working to deliver a significant TREES AND PUBLIC GARDEN SPACES urban regeneration scheme. From the public realm outside ANFIELD VILLAGE COMING TO ANFIELD VILLAGE the improved football ground, to the environmental works At least 82 traditional terraced properties will have The Anfield Environmental Regeneration Project is set along Burnand, to the newly improved homes, the Anfield been refurbished by summer 2018. These include the to transform the Anfield Village area by introducing area is in the final stage of being transformed and will a innovative remodelling of traditional terraced housing more open space, trees and wide pavements. This represent step change for the local community.” to create approximately 46 refurbished larger family exciting programme is split into two phases:

Four Oaks kids go A PROPER PLACE FOR WASTE! Residents living on the Anfield Village streets community gardening of Gurnall, Randolph, Gorst, Balfour and Hayfield will no longer need to leave household waste in the narrow alleyways between their homes. Green-fingered pupils from Four Oaks Primary New secure compounds created as part of School have been helping to create a beautiful landscaping works taking place in the area will environment in Anfield by planting trees and bulbs. contain large general waste stores for residents The children worked with Keepmoat Homes staff, to dispose of their black bags. Affected residents Tim Fellows Landscape, Assistant Mayor Cllr Jane will be issued with a key to access the compound Corbett, and members of Four Oaks Tenants and and collections will continue to take place weekly. Residents Association and learned lots of great tips about Recycling will continue from the front door for the horticulture. They were given a tour of the public open time being space while discussing the various types of trees that were The children received their own planting kit including, If you live in the streets listed above, look out being planted and their importance to the environment. plant pot, soil and bulbs to take home and grow, before for a leaflet we will be circulating with you in the With guidance from the team, they also learnt how to planting in the community. They all received a selection New Year containing more information about the stamp down the earth carefully to safeguard the bulbs of goodies and information handouts to take home for new arrangements. from wildlife. all their hard work.

housing and streets around the ground, there new retail premises opposite the stadium will Message from is a much greater feeling of ‘arriving’, than be moving forward in 2018. there has been for a long time. Anfield is all about the people and I love The next part of the Anfield jigsaw is the Homebaked’s regeneration plans and also how Ann O’Byrne high street, of course, and my colleagues and the community, near and far to the cemetery, I at the city council have been working hard is becoming more involved in re-establishing It’s been another year of progress for the to gather all these pieces ahead of assembly. and promoting this unique city asset. Anfield Project with so much achieved and yet The high street is changing. In the last year As Carl Moore, of the HCA, writes in this more to follow next year. there have been a number of demolitions to newsletter, our project is about successful The housebuilding programmes have been make room for new shops and attractions partnership working to create the lasting continuing at pace through Your Housing and the opening of the football club’s new transformation needed and so my continued Group and Keepmoat Homes, while the latest flagship superstore has been attracting ever thanks to all those involved and I encourage phase of environmental improvements is also more people to the area, as well as created a more of you to come forward and help shape well underway. significant number of new jobs. the area in 2018. With the opening of Liverpool FC’s new It’s also heartening to see, as mentioned in I wish you all a Merry Christmas and main stand, alongside all the improvements to this newsletter, that Priority Spaces plans for Happy New Year. The Anfield Project December 2017 3

Apprentices CELEBRATED filling the DESIGNER HELPS PROMOTE ANFIELD skills gap Famous fashion designer Wayne Hemingway has The UK’s skills shortage often makes headline news. designed a new marketing Yet contractors working on the Anfield Project. brand for the area, marking Anfield as a Liverpool-based Penny Lane Builders, currently neighbourhood offering working on Your Housing Group’s enhancement unique opportunities as programme, have two apprentice joiners working on the a place to live and work. Anfield Village scheme. Jimmy Mills, 19, from Walton, is in his second year The vibrant, eye-catching as an apprentice joiner and was keen from the start, letter ‘A’, part of the new brand created by Hemingway knocking on the site office door within hours of Penny Design, will become a recognised symbol for Anfield Lane advertising the vacancy. He completed his NVQ Jimmy Mills (left), Owen Dixon (right) and has been launched via a new brochure designed Level 1 and is now working towards Level 2. to attract people and businesses to the area. Owen Dixon is even younger. The 17-year-old from we can provide new opportunities for training. Having Childwall is a first-year apprentice joiner and was started off as an apprentice joiner myself and now Working alongside Your Housing Group, the brochure working as a labourer for one of the project’s sub- occupying a site manager position, I understand better – which can be downloaded from contractors when he approached Penny Lane about an than anyone the importance of that first opportunity. www.yourhousinggroup.co.uk.co.uk – focuses on apprenticeship. He’s grabbed the opportunity with both “With over 10 training positions currently filled the incredible heritage of the area, from Stanley hands, working towards his NVQ Level 1. throughout our workforce across all projects, Penny Park to Liverpool Football Club, its connections to Penny Lane Project Manager, Steve Ross, said: “At Lane Builders takes immense pride in addressing the Liverpool as a centre of business and commerce, and Penny Lane Builders securing a new contract means need for a skilled workforce of the future.” its easy access to the rest of the region and beyond.

ROCKFIELD REBUILDS BALANCE Keeping Safe and Healthy with Keepmoat THE OLD WITH THE NEW

Keepmoat Homes is not only building houses in Anfield, but also delivering free-of-charge training to residents and local workers. Those benefitting from training in health and safety, recognised by the Construction Industry Training Board, have included Homebaked and Rotunda College staff. Other training available has included Fire Marshall training and Manual Handling training. Homebaked has recently refurbished the accommodation above the bakery, as Cllr Ann O’Byrne, Cabinet Member for Housing, YHG Chair Mark Tattersall and YHG they work on a plan to regenerate part of the high street in community ownership. CEO Brian Cronin To make their funding go further Keepmoat has been supporting the project with further construction-focused training which has helped participants gain Following a £780,000 investment, the rebuild of three historic family homes in Level One awards in Health & Safety in a construction environment; Level One Anfield has been completed by Your Housing Group. certificate in construction operations; and CSCS test and card. Located in Rockfield Road, the three and four-bed period homes were made available Julie Baker, Keepmoat Homes ‘Community Engagement & Investment manager, for affordable rent and designed to be suitable for families of up to five or six people. said: “The free training sessions help learners to improve their skills and help Originally built at the turn of the century, Your Housing Group, working alongside develop their careers. Health and Safety Training is an integral part of employees’ Liverpool City Council’s planning department, has tastefully and sympathetically development and these sessions raise awareness of legislation and the individual rebuilt the homes to retain many of their historical features both inside and out. roles and responsibilities in the work place.” Mark Tattersall, Chair of Your Housing Group, said: “This renovation project forms Keepmoat Homes also provided the project and the trainees with Personal part of the wider £260m regeneration plan, which is transforming the Anfield area and Protective Equipment and free use of skips to help keep costs down. breathing life into north Liverpool. Our work in Anfield is part of our wider vision to create places to thrive and develop more homes for people at all stages of life. “We’re proud to see family homes of this size, quality and tenure in high demand as the regeneration initiative continues, so we expect there to be lots of interest in At home with Homebaked? these properties. Each one has been rebuilt to its former glory, combining modern and traditional features which ensure they’re functional but full of character.” In January, Homebaked Community Land Trust is set to complete the extension Carl Moore, Head of Home Ownership and Supply for the North West at the Homes of the upper floor of the bakery as a four-bed affordable shared apartment for four and Communities Agency, said: “It is fantastic to see the heritage of this community people, working or living in North Liverpool, aged 18-35. Applications welcome: being preserved at the same time as providing three more homes for rent for local [email protected] / 0151 726 2200. As a tenant you will be invited people. Our support can make a real difference, whether it is through a large new to become member of the CLT, meaning you can stand for election to the Board, build scheme or helping to rebuild a historic neighbourhood such as Anfield.” have a vote at general meetings and help shape the neighbourhood’s future. 4 The Anfield Project December 2017

KING KENNY HANDS OVER KEYS TO RED NEIGHBOURS

Local pupils

A suite in the newly renamed Kenny Dalglish Stand has been donated attend careers to Liverpool FC’s Red Neighbours programme for use within the local community. event at Anfield The Reds legend handed the keys to the Kenny Dalglish Community Suite over to the Red Neighbours team A group of high school students has attended a career as part of the official unveiling of the stand, which honours his incredible contribution to the club in the speed networking event hosted by LFC’s Red Neighbours past four decades. team at Anfield. The room will be used to hold community events and activities that support the programme’s key focus areas. More than 50 pupils from Alsop High School, North With charity work close to their hearts, Kenny and his wife, Marina, were keen to give something back to the Liverpool Academy, Notre Dame Catholic College and The local Anfield community and the opening of the suite will allow even more residents to access the stadium and Academy of St Francis of Assisi met with LFC staff to learn take part in Red Neighbours’ various programmes and activities. about their career paths and the various different roles at Red Neighbours focuses on four priority areas within the Anfield community: food poverty and education; the club. support for the elderly community; encouraging a physically active community; and creating memorable The youngsters chatted with representatives from six LFC experiences for young people. departments about their individual professional journeys and sought advice on how to pursue a successful career in the football industry. This was the fifth event of its kind held at Anfield, with a total of 250 youngsters attending the sessions New LFC store making a difference throughout 2017.

Liverpool FC’s brand new superstore at Anfield is making a difference to Walton Breck Road. The 19,500 sq ft flagship store FESTIVE next to the stadium was officially opened at the start of the season by Reds’ legends Robbie FOOTBALL Fowler and Ian Rush. The store marked another milestone in the regeneration of Anfield and FIXTURES: forms part of Liverpool City Council’s plan to rebuild Walton Breck Road and LFC’s ongoing You may find the information below useful in helping commitment to the wider you prepare for accessing the Anfield area on a matchday regeneration of the Anfield area. during the festive period. This anchor development, as well as generating increased footfall LFC v Swansea City - Tuesday 26th December KO – 5.30pm to the area, meant the club was LFC v Leicester City - Saturday 30th December KO – 3pm able to create 80 new jobs for the LFC Vs Everton - Friday 5th January KO – 7:55pm local community as a result of LFC Vs Manchester City - Sunday 14th January KO – 4pm the build.

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For housing enquiries, call: HOUSING GROUP Liverpool City Council – Chris Ridland on 0151 233 0266, [email protected] Your Housing Group: Sarah Kemp on 0345 345 0272, [email protected] Keepmoat: 0151 909 5625; www.keepmoat.com