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Round 1 - 1995 /96

NORTHUMBRIA COMMUNITY SAFETY
The scheme supported a new partnership between Northumbria Police, six local authorities and the private sector to establish a force-wide structure to develop and deliver a co-ordinated strategy to tackle a range of community safety issues. It acted as a "test-bed" for initiatives to help determine priorities for local groups (e.g. drug misuse).

Costs: SRB Total £0.93m
Scheme ended in 1998.

TYNESIDE BUSINESS
The scheme offered a flexible programme of financial support and advice for the formation, survival and growth of new businesses in Tyneside. It was aimed at stimulating the local economy and providing additional employment capacity in an area with half the national average of self-employment.

Costs: SRB Total £3.3m
Scheme ended in 1998.

TYNESIDE EDUCATION BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS
The scheme was aimed at raising the level of skills and qualifications and tackling under achievement in schools and college. The Partnership provided a co-ordinated and coherent structure to enable the business community to expand its role in education by engaging with and helping young people draw upon its expertise.

Costs: SRB Total £1.48m
Scheme ended in 1998.

Round 2 - 1996 / 97

TACKLING THE FEAR OF CRIME,
NORTHUMBRIA COMMUNITY SAFETY STRATEGY
A seven-year co-ordinated programme of measures involving crime detection and target-hardening, community development and support, education and training. Projects will operate through local groups in discrete geographically based areas within the six partners' local authorities - linking into other activities (City Challenge, Safer Cities etc).

Key Outputs: 83 jobs created/safeguarded; 3,400 pupils benefiting from projects designed to enhance/improve attainment; 35,9686 people benefiting from community safety initiatives; 7,902 dwellings where security is upgraded.

Costs: SRB Total: £10.6m Scheme Total: £23m

Partnership contact: George Snaith
Tel: 0191 477 1011 ext 2075
Fax: 0191 478 4074

Round 4 - 1998/99

TACKLING YOUTH CRIME,
NORTHUMBERLAND AND TYNE AND WEAR
The three-year scheme's primary objective is to tackle crime and improve community safety. The scheme will be run through the police and piloted in Sunderland in the first instance. Key elements of the bid are the Focused Cautioning Scheme; Family Group Conference and the Northern Business Forum Mentoring Project involving middle and senior management teams of the regions business organisations.

Key Outputs: 11 jobs created; 100 pupils benefiting from projects designed to enhance/improve attainment; 930 young people benefiting from projects to promote social and personal development.

Costs: SRB Total: £1.1m Scheme Total: £2.7m

Partnership contact: George Snaith
Tel: 0191 477 1011 ext 2075
Fax: 0191 478 4074

Please note that the above schemes are now combined.

Round 5 - 1999/00

GENERATING AND EMBEDDING AN INNOVATION CULTURE IN THE NORTH EAST (GENERIC)
The three key strands of this five-year scheme are: - (1) to improve awareness and understanding of the importance of innovation and wealth creation; (2) support enterprise and the creation of new businesses and (3) improve the capacity of existing SME's for innovation and absorbing technological change.

Key Outputs: 200 Jobs Created; 400 Jobs Safeguarded; 70 New Business start-ups.

Costs: SRB Total: £2.25m Scheme Total: £3.91m

Partnership contact: George Clouston
Tel: 0191 516 4400
Fax: 0191 516 4401