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project horizon
More than bricks and mortar
Shoreline’s Project Horizon is a unique supported housing scheme that has addressed the problems of empty properties, anti-social behaviour, homelessness and unemployment that faced the Grange and Crowland neighbourhood, Grimsby.
The Neighbourhood Renewal -supported project, the first of its kind in the country, has reduced the number of empty properties by enrolling new tenants in a refurbishment training programme as well as offering them a home.
The innovative approach to regeneration has provided life-changing opportunities for young people and radically improved estate.
Young people took up residency in Chester Walk while taking part in a construction training scheme that enabled them to renovate the remaining properties while gaining invaluable skills training and employment opportunities.
Over the last year the successful project has seen;
the refurbishment of 26 previously empty properties
- 19 unoccupied properties let
- the recruitment of 19 new tenants
- 17 tenants successfully complete their training placements
- 14 tenants finding permanent employment
- 11 previously homeless people settled in accommodation
Many of the tenants who have taken part have overcome substance addiction and personal difficulties.
In partnership with Havelock Homes STEPS extended housing support was provided which included advice about benefits, employment and debt to successfully enable tenants to establish themselves in their own homes and as members of the new community.
The majority of the properties had been boarded up for some time, gardens were overgrown, fences broken and the area was a prime target for fly-tipping and rubbish.
The project has been welcomed and widely supported by local residents.
Shoreline Project Horizon manager Andrew Browne said “Shoreline knows that regeneration is more than bricks and mortar and this project has enabled us to invest in both the properties and individuals. We have been able to get to the heart of underlying problems in the area and provide a level of support to tenants that hasn’t previously been seen.
“As manager of the project it has been a real pleasure to see how this has changed the actual street scene and improved the overall appearance of the neighbourhood. But to see how it has helped people change their lives has meant so much more.
“The scheme has totally regenerated Chester Walk and the surrounding area – having a real positive impact on local residents as well as changing the lives of those taking part and creating a sustainable community on the Grange.”
Shoreline has been supported by partner organisations throughout the project including Addaction, Carter and Carter, Community Chest, DIP, Doorstep, Harbour Place, North East Lincolnshire Council and the Youth Build Academy.
The project has been held up as a model of good practice for other social landlords with Preston Road Neighbourhood Development Company in Hull visiting the scheme.
Building On
We have recognised the impact of Project Horizon and have undertaken a number of steps to develop the scheme further beginning the Grange Walling Programme in October 2007.
Trainees are currently carrying out construction work on brick walls and refurbishment projects in the neighbourhood. We are about to lay the 500,000 brick this November (2009) and are on our way to completing work on 400 house frontages in this neighbourhood.
If you are interested in construction training, apprenticeship opportunities and future projects you can register online.
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