Significant activities
The main areas of charitable activity can be broken down into four key streams:
- community organising;
- financial stability of residents;
- development of health and well-being services; and
- improved community engagement.
As a new neighbourhood there are currently very low levels of social capital, so the charity's immediate activities
are focused on creating opportunities to strengthen pro-social relationships between neighbours, whilst
improving access to local services. Through community organising the Trust will promote resilience across the
community by improving access to services and strengthening ties between friends, families and neighbours.
With 30% of social housing on the development, the Trust's intention is to provide workshops and services to
help people improve in this area and to give them the skills and confidence to improve their chances of
employment. This work stream also extends to promoting and distributing seed funding for social enterprise. By
offering residents pump prime funding and training in starting up businesses, the Trust hopes to encourage the
growth of social enterprises, thus contributing to employment and neighbourhood prosperity.
The provision of health and well-being services includes workshops for a range of child care issues.
Furthermore, the trustees recognise the role sport can play in bringing people together, so this work stream will
also create opportunities for people of all ages to participate in sport and fitness activities.