Manchester City Council Item 8 Employment and Skills Overview and Scrutiny Committee 4 February 2009
MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL
REPORT FOR RESOLUTION
COMMITTEE: Economy, Employment and Skills Overview & Scrutiny Committee
DATE: 3rd February 2009
SUBJECT: Central Manchester Strategic Regeneration Framework Update
REPORT OF: Deputy Chief Executive (Regeneration)
PURPOSE OF REPORT:
To provide Members with an update on the implementation of the Central Manchester Strategic Framework (SRF).
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the Committee notes and comments on progress in delivering the Central Manchester SRF.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
a) Capital: None
b) Revenue: Resources for the delivery of the SRF are funded through Neighbourhood Renewal Fund (NRF), Working Neighbourhoods Fund (WNF) and mainstream budgets.
CONTACT:
Steve Mycio [email protected] 234 3280 Sara Todd [email protected] 234 3286 Angela Harrington [email protected] 277 1880 Andy Wilson [email protected] 277 1880
BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS:
Central Manchester Strategic Regeneration Framework (2004-2020) Central Manchester SRF report to Executive Committee - 23 November 2005. Manchester City Council Item 8 Employment and Skills Overview and Scrutiny Committee 4 February 2009
WARDS AFFECTED:
Ardwick, Hulme, Longsight, Moss Side, Rusholme.
IMPLICATIONS FOR:
Anti-Poverty Equal Opportunities Environment Employment Yes Yes Yes Yes Manchester City Council Item 8 Employment and Skills Overview and Scrutiny Committee 4 February 2009
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 The Central Manchester Strategic Regeneration Framework (SRF) was approved by the Executive in November 2005 and covers the wards of Ardwick, Gorton North, Gorton South, Hulme, Longsight, Moss Side and Rusholme. The Central Manchester SRF was the fourth framework to be commissioned in Manchester and addresses the needs of a wide range of communities around the inner city. Some of these had been the subject of sustained regeneration activity in the past (City Challenge, Estate Action and SRB programmes in Moss Side and Hulme), some had been the focus of limited intervention (1997-2004 SRB Programmes in Ardwick and Longsight) and in others there had been no formal regeneration programmes (Gorton and Rusholme).
1.2 The responsibility for delivering regeneration activity in Gorton North and Gorton South lies with New East Manchester and these wards have been included in the refreshed East Manchester SRF. Consequently this report focuses on progress in the remaining five wards.
1.3 The purpose of the SRF is to: