{"id":25680,"date":"2018-02-20T16:17:44","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T16:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=25680"},"modified":"2018-02-20T16:17:44","modified_gmt":"2018-02-20T16:17:44","slug":"new-jobs-scheme-replaces-doomed-communities-first-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/02\/20\/new-jobs-scheme-replaces-doomed-communities-first-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"New jobs scheme replaces doomed Communities First programme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">JOB hunters in Cardiff can get help from a new council employability scheme starting on April 1.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The service will replace the Welsh Government\u2019s controversial Communities First programme, which ends next month after 17 years of mixed success.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Communities First was a national anti-poverty programme delivered to areas scoring highly in the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation (WIMD). These areas were called Clusters \u2013 and in Cardiff, they were:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/starcommunitiesfirst.com\/about-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">STAR Communities First<\/a> (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccha.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CCHA<\/a>), serving Splott, Tremorfa, Adamsdown and Roath<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aceplace.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Action in Caerau &amp; Ely<\/a> (ACE), serving Ely, Caerau, Fairwater, and Pentrebane<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brgcardiff.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BRG Communities First<\/a>, serving Butetown, Riverside and Grangetown<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/eclp.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ECLP Communities First<\/a> (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c3sc.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">C3SC<\/a>), serving East Cardiff, Llanedeyrn and Pentwyn<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But last year, it was <a href=\"http:\/\/gov.wales\/topics\/people-and-communities\/communities\/communitiesfirst\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced the programme would cease<\/a> from March 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script async=\"1\" defer=\"1\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v8.0\" nonce=\"8N4jq2Wk\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/splott.communitiesfirst\/photos\/a.703741536387904.1073741826.703741499721241\/1521839747911408\/?type=3&amp;theater\" data-width=\"750\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/splott.communitiesfirst\/photos\/a.703741536387904\/1521839747911408\/?type=3\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>***IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT***As you may be aware, the Welsh Government\u2019s Communities First Programme will end on 31st&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/splott.communitiesfirst\/\">Star Communities First<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/splott.communitiesfirst\/photos\/a.703741536387904\/1521839747911408\/?type=3\">Monday, 29 January 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe Welsh Government was finding it difficult to prove that Communities First was reducing the numbers of people in poverty: in fact, those numbers were going up,\u201d said Louise Bassett, partnership delivery team leader at Cardiff Council.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAn awful lot of money had been spent without being able to see a massive impact on communities,\u201d added Councillor Lynda Thorne, cabinet member for housing and communities.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Government\u2019s new approach \u2013 outlined by the late Carl Sargeant in 2017 \u2013 will fund councils to deliver a more unified programme.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe issue with Communities First was that to receive a service, you needed to live in that area,\u201d said Coun Thorne. \u201cBut wherever you live, you could be suffering from poverty, isolation and problems getting into work.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt\u2019s about trying to bring it all together and offer a more cohesive service for people based on what they need, not their postcode,\u201d said Ms Bassett.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe Welsh Government have changed focus and want local authorities to have more autonomy: and nobody knows about local issues more than the authorities working there.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">More information about the new programme will be released next month.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Meanwhile, one Communities First provider is continuing its good work.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe were set up to create a lasting legacy,\u201d said John Hallett, Director at ACE.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The ACE team devised a plan in 2013\/14 outlining how they would diversify from Communities First and secure funding to become a sustainable organisation. Today, they provide a range of help including training and qualifications, mental health support and help tackling debt.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe took the best bits from Communities First and looked at what the needs were in the community,\u201d Mr Hallett said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JOB hunters in Cardiff can get help from a new council employability scheme starting on April 1. The service will replace the Welsh Government\u2019s controversial Communities First programme, which ends next month after 17 years of mixed success. Communities First was a national anti-poverty programme delivered to areas scoring highly in the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation (WIMD). 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