Steve Stride, CEO Poplar HARCA CREATING THE PLACE Making Poplar a better place to live About us Set up by LB Tower Hamlets in 1998 Housing and Regeneration Community Association for Poplar We manage 9,000 homes in Bow, Poplar and Mile End East 55% of our staff live within a two mile radius Making Poplar a better place to live Poplar – the area In the Olympic Fringe 49 sec from the Park 1 min 42 sec from the Stadium The first people due south of the Stadium Making Poplar a better place to live Building on legacy... since 1998 Making Poplar a better place to live Back in 1998... Lowest Poorest university health in take up in Tower the Hamlets country and the UK Making Poplar a better place to live Challenges we inherited Nothing for young people “ I was part of the original group of people who petitioned for a youth club as they pulled down the Lincoln Hall." Its important for young people to have somewhere to go to learn and develop to achieve their goals.” Dizzee Rascal Making Poplar a better place to live Poverty in Poplar Fifteen most deprived London wards on Average Score measure 2007 Ward name Borough Rank of average score within London (1 = most deprived) East India and Lansbury Tower Hamlets 1 Bromley-by-Bow Tower Hamlets 2 Northumberland Park Haringey 3 Canning Town North Newham 4 Canning Town South Newham 5 Wick Hackney 6 St Dunstan’s and Stepney Green Tower Hamlets 7 Mile End East Tower Hamlets 8 Chatham Hackney 9 Queen’s Park Westminster 10 Hoxton Hackney 11 Queensbridge Hackney 12 Shadwell Tower Hamlets 13 New River Hackney 14 Weavers Tower Hamlets 15 Making Poplar a better place to live Challenges we inherited Indices of Deprivation – Rank of Average Rank 2010 Indices of Deprivation – Rank of Average Rank 2010 East India and Lansbury = 2 Source: data.london.gov.uk Making Poplar a better place to live The journey 5,000+ homes refurbished 570 new homes built 189 new family homes built 465 overcrowded families re-housed 685 homeless households now housed 3,500 homes refurbished Decent homes 98% and £120m being spent potential for 9,000 new homes in 8 new neighbourhoods up to 50,000+ population growth Making Poplar a better place to live The journey Properties Centres Parks Funding Investment Connectivity Services Health Awards Schools Retail Leisure facilities Making Poplar a better place to live How? Award winning community regeneration network 12 community hubs Service bespoke to a community’s needs 125,000 visits per year £4m budget Making Poplar a better place to live Reshaping Poplar Making Poplar a better place to live New parks and green spaces Bob’s Park Furze Green Park Gasworks Park Bartlett Park Making Poplar a better place to live New parks and green spaces Making Poplar a better place to live New parks and green spaces Award winning for community involvement and sustainability ethos Making Poplar a better place to live New Health Facilities ST ANDREWS ST PAULS WAY ABERFELDY FARRANGE STREET CHRISP STREET Making Poplar a better place to live New Health Services Health and wellbeing Healthy Eating Getting Fit Sexual Health Making Poplar a better place to live New Employment and Enterprise THREE MILLS EMPSON STREET TESCO TOWN A12 BOW ENTERPRISE PARK THOMAS ROAD CHRISP STREET MARKET Making Poplar a better place to live New Employment and Enterprise Local Apprenticeships Building Academy Case study Today Tomorrow 150 450 0 600 Making Poplar a better place to live New Retail IMPROVED RETAIL CENTRE ON DEVONS ESTATE NEW LOCAL SHOPPING AT DEVONS ROAD DLR STATION TESCO RELOCATED IMPROVED LOCAL SHOPPING ON ST PAULS WAY LOCAL SHOPPING CENTRE IMPROVED ON TEVIOT ESTATE NEW RETAIL CENTRE ON ABERFELDY CHRISP STREET MARKET Making Poplar a better place to live New Retail – Chrisp Street Market Making Poplar a better place to live New Retail Gastro pubs Shops Cafes Making Poplar a better place to live New connections LANGDON PARK STATION NEW PEDESTRIAN CROSSING OVER THE A13 Making Poplar a better place to live New Community Hubs YOUTH ART AND CULTURE LEISURE ENTERPRISE Making Poplar a better place to live Social enterprise Matchbox Surgery Making Poplar a better place to live Putting it all together £1 billion investment 9,000 homes Award winning “ part of East services London = Being Localism before remade” localism Bob Kerslake Making Poplar a better place to live New vision Making Poplar a better place to live And...people love Poplar Our community like living here, it’s a place of choice Making Poplar a better place to live How are we doing it? Innovation Community Safety Youth service for LA Eco Hubs Award Winning1st RPs Services Apprentice Scheme/ New Schools Building Academy Making Poplar a better place to live Innovation – Influencing Government Policy National Community Budget Pilot Pulling resources Improving local services Empowering local communities Making Poplar a better place to live But there’s more to do... Making Poplar a better place to live Reshaping - the future New Opportunity areas - Poplar Riverside & South Poplar Making Poplar a better place to live Reshaping - the vision Within 20 years “the communities that host the 2012 games will have the same social and economic chances as“ their neighbours across London Making Poplar a better place to live But change is happening… AberfeldyTweedSt Andrew House Stroudley Walk Making Poplar a better place to live And transformation will happen Making Poplar a better place to live Reshaping –scale of redevelopment TODAY TOMORROW 7,496 14,070 Jobs Jobs 2,200 20, 787 Homes Homes Making Poplar a better place to live A lasting legacy...I love Poplar “It’s a dream place I always wanted to be” Making Poplar a better place to live Thank you Making Poplar a better place to live Making Poplar a better place to live .