Approved Projects

The URBAN II Programme for Hetton & Murton ended December 2008.  This page remains open for reference purposes only.

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Sponsor: Durham County Council (001)
Title: Development of Study Support within URBAN II
Project Duration: 01.04.03 - 31.03.06 (revised)

Project Description: To engage young people, aged 13 - 19 in 'out of hours' study, to support their formal education and engage them in a process of lifelong learning. This project targets young people from within the URBAN II communities who are most at risk of disaffection and underachievement.

Sponsor: Connexions County Durham (in partnership with Connexions Tyne & Wear) (003)
Title: Urban II To You
Project Duration: 01.01.03- 31.03.05

Project Description: To engage and work with young people aged 13-19 years, offering intensive Personal Adviser support to excluded groups who do not access mainstream services. Advisers offer careers education and guidance support, and advice and information on learning and employment opportunities.  An Access Fund provides a resource to cover initial costs when starting work, training or a learning opportunity.

Sponsor: Durham County Council (in partnership with the City of Sunderland) (005)
Title: C to C Integrated Youth Work
Project Duration: 01.01.03 - 31.12.05

Project Description: This project is a pilot to test out a cross boarder project with 2 youth development services working together.  The project involves youth workers and connexions staff working in partnership.  It will test new approaches to engaging young people in coalfield communities.  The project seeks to co-ordinate and enhance existing youth provision, and create new opportunities to reach young people not currently engaged.  The project has set up a Key fund pot, which young people can access.

Sponsor: Barnardo's (006)
Title: Youth / Community Allotment
Project Duration: 01.06.03 - 31.05.06

Project Description: To engage with disadvantaged/ disenfranchised young people between the ages of 13-25, by offering the opportunity of participating in a youth/community allotment.  The youth/community allotment provides opportunities to raise the aspirations of young people and increase their capacity to take advantage of other training and learning opportunities.  Staff build relationships with the young people who attend and offer appropriate support, advice, counselling and a sign posting services.

Sponsor: District of Easington (007)
Title: Regeneration Partnership Development
Project Duration: 01.07.03 - 30.06.05

Project Description: To provide community development services to assist with the establishment of new and existing Community Regeneration Partnerships and Social Enterprises, undertake capacity building in relation to self worth and access to employment opportunities in Murton, Haswell and South Hetton communities.  The project staff advise and support community activists to access funding and co-ordinate training and employment opportunities.

Sponsor: City of Sunderland (Easington Lane Community Access Point) (008)
Title: Easington Lane Community Access Point Refurbishment
Project Duration: 01.07.03 - 30.09.04 (revised)

Project Description: To build a two-storey extension to the Access Point building.  The extension will accommodate a purpose built training room and an accompanying crèche facility.  The Training Room will accommodate teaching and training sessions for up to twenty-five participants and will be used for a variety of courses.

Sponsor: Job Linkage (City of Sunderland) (010)
Title: Job Linkage (URBAN II)
Project Duration: 01.04.03 - 28.02.04

Project Description: The project engaged with, supported and assisted residents of the URBAN II area who wanted to enter / re-enter the labour market, but who were facing additional barriers of age, physical ability or circumstance.

Sponsor: City of Sunderland (012)
Title: The Hetton Centre - Community Development Worker
Project Duration: 01.08.03 - 31.07.06(revised)

Project Description: The project employs a Community Development Worker to develop the capacity of the Hetton Trust which manages the Hetton Centre.  The worker supports the Hetton Trust in establishing the community facilities and enabling the widest possible range of organisations, groups, individuals and families to access them.

Sponsor: Durham County Council (016)
Title: Hetton and Murton Partners in Education
Project Duration: 01.04.03 - 30.11.05 (revised)

Project Description: To provide opportunities for young people aged 13-16 years to develop personal, social and academic skills through active participation in a structured community based Citizenship programme and after school support programmes.  The project works with young people showing early signs of disaffection, but who have not yet become disaffected or excluded.

Sponsor: City of Sunderland (Youth Development Group) (019a)
Title: MAD (Music Art & Drama) - Phase 1 Feasibility Study
Project Duration: 01.07.03 - 31.12.03 (revised)

Project Description: The overarching aim of the MAD project is to develop the educational, social and employability skills of young people (aged 13-25) by using music, art and drama as a positive medium of expression.  This project comprises Phase 1. The purpose of this first Phase is to identify the demand for this project through consultation with young people.

Sponsor: Hetton and Houghton Business Club (021)
Title: Hetton and Houghton Business Club - URBAN II
Project Duration: 01.01.03 - 31.12.05

Project Description: The project is developing a local infrastructure to support the needs of local Small and Mediums Sized Enterprises.  The Hetton and Houghton Business Club provides a range of services and activities to support their long-term survival, development, expansion and growth.

Sponsor: City of Sunderland (Hetton School) (025)

Title: Hetton School Community Education, Health & Recreation Facility

Project Duration: 27.05.05 - 31.12.06 (revised)

Project Description:  To provide a new building and outdoor area for sporting activity.  The pupils of Hetton School and wider community having access to the new facilities: Multi use external games area with floodlights, indoor multi-use hall - dance/exercise studio etc - to increase quality and quantity of opportunities for communities of URBAN II area.

Sponsor: Coalfields Regeneration Trust (027)
Title: URBAN II Coalfields Small Grant Scheme
Project Duration: 01.07.03 - 30.04.05

Project Description: To provide a delegated grant scheme with dedicated support to small community based organisations. The grants provide a bridge to greater involvement by these organisation in the economic and social development of their communities.

Sponsor: City of Sunderland (Early Years Development & Childcare Partnership) (028)
Title: Hetton Community Childcare
Project Duration: 01.07.03 - 01.10.03

Project Description: To improve the level of community enterprise activity, the levels of employment, of qualification attainment and the quality of employment and training opportunities for the residents of the ward of Hetton.  These improvements will be achieved through the establishment of 2 major childcare initiatives.

Sponsor: City of Sunderland College (029)
Title: Hetton Learning Centre Project
Project Duration: 01.08.03 - 31.07.06

Project Description: City of Sunderland College are enhancing the impact of a learning resource located in the centre of the Hetton community.  The project aims to raise individuals' basic skills, self esteem and aspirations in order to enhance their capacity to take advantage of other training and learning or employment opportunities.

Sponsor: East Durham Youth in Action (030)
Title: New Frontiers Project
Project Duration: 01.01.04 - 31.12.06

Project Description: The project seeks to encourage young people to participate in lifelong learning with emphasis placed upon social education, confidence building, guidance and counselling, pre-vocational and assertiveness skills.  The project offers an alternative to provision offered by mainstream institutions, targeting young people who are or face disaffection or exclusion from mainstream provision and local communities.

Sponsor: City of Sunderland (Easington Lane & Houghton Racecourse CAPs) (034)
Title: Joint Community Learning
Project Duration: 01.01.04 - 31.12.05

Project Description: The project will enable Easington Lane and Houghton Racecourse Community Access Points to extend the training programmes available both within the two centres and across the wider area.  It creates access to training for local people.  The project employs two Training Managers (one for each centre), an Administrator and part-time Crèche Manager.

Sponsor: City of Sunderland (035)
Title: The Hetton Centre Build Project
Project Duration: 28.01.02 - 07.03.03

Project Description: The project provided funding for the design and build of the Hetton Centre. The Hetton Centre is a multi-functional community facility or 'One-Stop-Shop' in the centre of Hetton. The community facility allows for an integrated programme of educational, recreational, cultural and social activities delivered by the City of Sunderland and other statutory and voluntary organisations co-located within the building.

Sponsor: Easington District Council (036)
Title: The Robin Todd Centre Build Project
Project Duration: 28.01.02 - 19.08.03

Project Description: The project provided funding for the building of the Robin Todd Centre.  The new facility has replaced the old centre that stood on the same site.  The centre is used to provide training, social, recreational and health improvement opportunities for the residents of South Hetton.

Sponsor: City of Sunderland (ELCAP & Sure Start) (039)
Title: URBAN II Community Transport Project
Project Duration: 01.04.04 - 31.05.06

Project Description: To provide a community transport project and train a body of volunteers to act as drivers (using the Minibus Driver Awareness Scheme).  The project runs two community minibuses.

Sponsor: South Hetton Community Association (040)
Title: Community Access Project
Project Duration: 01.06.04 - 31.05.07

Project Description: To deliver a wide range of activities to the community of South Hetton.  The project provides the opportunities for residents to participate in locally organised events and activities aimed at improving their health, education and employability.

Sponsor: Regen School North East (043)
Title: Urban Coalfield Regeneration Practitioners
Project Duration: 14.07.04 - 30.06.07

Project Description: The project will recruit 42 individuals, representing 21 community and voluntary organisations to attend an apprenticeship scheme which enables local people to develop through participation in social enterprise.  The apprenticeships run over 6-9 month cycles.  The model enables the apprentices to learn from each other, from experienced mentors and through formal workshops and activity weekends.

Sponsor: Durham County Council (044)

Title: The Haswell Children's Centre

Project Duration: 28.08.04 - 30.11.05

Project Description:  To create community facility in Haswell providing range of services to parents/families, helping them to increase employability/job skills.  Provide physical accommodation for 26 full day care places, training /support for unemployed.

Sponsor: IntoWork (Sunderland) (045)

Title: Connecting the Coalfield Environmental ILM

Project Duration: 03.04.06 - 28.03.08

Project Description: The project will recruit 40 unemployed residents from URBAN II area offering upto 26 week contracts of paid employment; offering training programmes trained in all aspects of general groundwork, bricklayaing and plastering.

Sponsor: City of Sunderland (Job Linkage) (046)
Title: Job Linkage URBAN II
Project Duration: 01.08.04 - 31.07.05 (revised)

Project Description: The project engages with, supports and assists residents of the URBAN II area who would like to enter / re-enter the labour market, but who are facing additional barriers of age, physical ability or circumstance.

Sponsor: East Durham Partnership (047)
Title: The CAPITAL Project
Project Duration: 01.09.04 - 31.08.06

Project Description: The main purpose of the project is to promote and support lifelong learning and raise the levels of achievement and aspiration of residents within Murton, South Hetton and Haswell communities.  Participants are able to access and engage in learning and enterprise in a supportive, non-threatening environment and benefit from individual action planning and support with flexible drop-in and drop-out points.

Sponsor: City of Sunderland(048)
Title: Hetton as a Learning Community
Project Duration: 01.08.04 - 30.09.05 (revised)

Project Description: This project primarily operates from the Hetton Centre and will develop into the wider outreach area.  Learning Mentors develop  programmes of courses in order to engage the local community and those that are 'hard-to-reach'.  Removing barriers to encourage widening participation is seen as an integral part of the mentoring role, offering learners a befriending and supportive environment.

Sponsor: Haswell & District Mencap(050)
Title: Mencap Community Enterprise Centre

Project Duration: 01.09.05 - 30.06.07

Project Description: Provides a modern building for the benefit of the community to promote life skills, lifelong learning and allow for delivery of variety of diverse activities: production/recording, physiotherapy/alternative therapeutic services/access to learning opportunities/ info. advice and guidance. Provides a health resource centre, community centre, integrated disabled young persons facility, further education, lecture and training rooms, multi purpose hall, cafe, restaurant, workshops etc.

Sponsor: Haswell & District Community Association (051)
Title: Refurbishment of Haswell Community Centre - Hazelwell Centre
Project Duration: 15.12.06 - 31.08.07

Project Description: To support and develop the existing facility as a comunity resource for Haswell area, making it more accessible and useable.

Sponsor: Durham County Council (053)
Title: Coastal and Cycleway Rangers Project
Project Duration: 27.10.04 – 30.09.06

Project Description: The project aims to empower the Coalfield community while at the same time improving the physical environment of the coast and cycle network that runs through the URBAN II area. The project will develop a Ranger Service to patrol and carry out countryside management and maintenance duties across the project area focusing on those areas not currently services and identified anti-social hotspots.

Sponsor: Headland Development Trust Ltd (059)
Title: Community Legal Training Initiative
Project Duration: 01.04.05 – 31.03.08

Project Description: This project will deliver a practical legal course to community groups and organisations across the whole URBAN II area, to increase the student’s skills level and ability to run, manage and develop projects. Three levels of course will be provided – Foundation, Advanced and Fellowship.

Sponsor: Connexions County Durham (with Connexions Tyne & Wear) (060)
Title: Urban II To You Continuation
Project Duration: 01.04.05 – 31.03.08

Project Description: This is a continuation of Project Ref:003. The overall objectives of the project are to co-ordinate intensive Personal Adviser support to hard to reach13-19 year olds. Advisers will work with partner agencies to identify and assess needs and offer appropriate support.

Sponsor: Coalfields Regeneration Trust (063)
Title: Urban II Coalfields Small Grant Scheme Continuation
Project Duration: 01.03.05 – 29.02.08

Project Description: This is a continuation of Project Ref:027. The project will provide a pre-matched delegated fund over 3 years, distributed to small community based organisations across the whole URBAN II area. Grants will be available in 2 levels; up to £10,000 and £10,001-£20,000. Applications will follow the Trust’s main grants application process.

Sponsor: Coalfield Forum (067)
Title: Vision of the future
Project Duration: 21.11.05 – 31.08.08

Project Description: Employing a development co-ordinator, e-communications officer and community support worker working with the most disadvantaged groups across Hetton and Eppleton, increasing the capacity of local groups and encouraging local residents to participate in regeneration and decision-making through information advice and training.

Sponsor: Sunderland Housing Group (068)
Title: Construction Challenge
Project Duration: 03.04.06– 31.03.07

Project Description: To recruit 20 young people from Urban II area onto a 50 week construction traineeship with Sunderland Housing Group and other Local Strategic Partners.  Covering brickwork, joinery, plastering and painting/decorating. Beneficiaries trained to a full level 2 qualification and gain a CSCS card.

Sponsor: City of Sunderland (069)
Title: Hetton Centre as a Learning Community Phase 2
Project Duration: 01.10.05– 30.09.06

Project Description: Continuation of project 048.  Continuing to employ Learning Mentors based at the Hetton Centre developing a programme of courses to engage local community and "hard to reach" into learning.

Sponsor: City of Sunderland (070)
Title: Job Linkage URBAN II Phase 3
Project Duration: 01.08.05 – 31.07.06

Project Description: Continuation of Project No 046.  Assist residents of URBAN II who have additional barriers (disability/incapacity issues) to enter-re-enter labour market.  Services offered include; guidance/counselling, training, personal development, confidence building. Job access funds, links to employers.  Access to free jobsearch, after-care support.

Sponsor: City of Sunderland (071)
Title: Lets Go Programme
Project Duration: 01.01.06– 30.06.08

Project Description: Continuation of Project No 034. Continuing to development and delivery of training across URBAN II, primarily delivered from Houghton Racecourse and Easington Lane Community Access Points.

Sponsor: Easington Lane Community Access Point (074)
Title: ELCAP YPULSE Area Youth Project
Project Duration: 01.09.05– 31.08.07

Project Description: This project will co-ordinate and deliver a range of youth activities including music, art and drama.  Engaging young people in additional educational and vocational activities.

Sponsor: Barnardos (075)
Title: Youth/Community Allotment No 49 - continuation

Project Duration: 01.06.06– 30.09.08

Project Description: Continuation of current Allotment Project (No 006) Continuing to deliver work of the first phase of the project. In addition will deliver City and guilds 9352 Horticultural Skills - Level 1. Encouraging and supporting volunteers from local community which will have a number of to young people.

Sponsor: East Durham Partnership (077)

Title: Murton Enterprise Centre
Project Duration: 31.05.06 - 31.12.07

Project Description: To deliver a hosistic approach to enterprise training and enterprise/social enterprise support.  Training, work experience and start up support will be available alongside working examples of social enterprise in refurbished existing retail premises.

Sponsor: Wearside First Credit Union (078)
Title: Financial Inclusion Programme

Project Duration: 01.01.06– 30.09.08

Project Description: To deliver debt awareness and advice workshops within URBAN II area, providing local young people with opportunity to overcome financial indebtedness.

Sponsor: Social Enterprise Sunderland (079)
Title: Enterprise for All

Project Duration: 01.11.05– 30.09.08

Project Description: This project will target, identify and help local people develop their business ideas, assess their feasibility, produce business plans, seek funding, assist with promotion and offer aftercare.  Beneficiaries will be provided with advice, training and guidance.

Sponsor: Murton Family Centre (082)
Title: Murton Family Centre Extension 2

Project Duration: 05.06.06– 29.02.07

Project Description: To provide additional space required  to increase their present delivery of service provision.  The project will provide a modern community facility and provide an increased capacity of high service delivery, creating easy accessible pathways to training and employment opportunities

Sponsor: Groundwork East Durham (084)
Title: Murton Community Allotment Garden

Project Duration: 01.15.06– 30.04.07

Project Description: Project aims to support and develop the existing SPYRAL allotment as a community resource for the Murton area. Promoting gardening, health eating and exercise to schools and the local community

Sponsor: Easington Lane Community Access Point (085)
Title: Driving Force Project
Project Duration: 01.06.06-31.05.08

Project Description: The project will provide community transport for the URBAN II area. The provision will reduce the barriers faced by the residents of the area as the access community facilities, training, employment and childcare. The project will run two community minibuses, volunteer drivers will be trained through the Minibus Driver Awareness Scheme (MIDAS).

Sponsor: YMCA Herrington Burn (086)
Title: Houghton Youth Café
Project Duration: 01.07.06-30.06.08

Project Description: The vision of the project is to create a space for young people, ran and supported by young people (with workers facilitating this process). It is anticipated that it will operate in the style of a café with drinks and snacks available. In this comfortable informal environment, young people can access services such as health, housing, information and advice. Also, at least 24 young people will train in particular skills such as DJ skills, introduction to Youth Work.

Sponsor: Education Business Connections Limited (087)
Title: Raising Achievement in Hetton
Project Duration: 06.09.06-30.06.08

Project Description: In partnership with Hetton School and local employers, this project aims to build capacity and promote innovation, participation and enterprise activity aimed at pupils facing considerable disadvantage in the employment market. A series of integrated learning/training packages have been developed to target pupils 13-16 years.

Sponsor: Springboard Sunderland Trust (088)
Title: HEAT (Hetton Engagement Achievement Training)
Project Duration: 01.10.06-30.09.08

Project Description: Managed by Springboard Sunderland: Providing opportunities for young people between 13-25 years of age to engage in vocational, team-building and communication skills, aiming to tackle underlying causes of low aspirations, teenage pregnancy and youth exclusion.

Sponsor: University of Sunderland (089)
Title: Youth Development Project
Project Duration: 01.11.06-31.03.08

Project Description:  To deliver a series f three initiatives aimed at developing personal, social and cultural awareness of young people 13 - 25 yrs.  Designed to raise aspirations and personal esteem of young people, capitalising on common youth culture.

Sponsor: Groundwork East Durham (092)
Title: Murton Plus Youth Project
Project Duration: 01.10.06-30.09.08

Project Description: Develop and deliver sustainable youth provision focussing on developing and delivering youth provisions in Murton. Project will undertake a range of activities to form the basis of personal development programme, including team building activities, educational sessions in drugs awareness and leisure activities chosen to meet the demands of the young person.

Sponsor: Sunderland City Council (093)
Title: Building for the Future
Project Duration: 01.10.06-30.06.07

Project Description: Project builds on URBAN II funded Hetton Centre Community Development Worker. The Development Worker will be amalgamated with the Community Learning Mentors in order to deliver a comprehensive ‘joined up’ approach to the capacity building and regeneration work needed. Project will continue to co-ordinate and deliver learning programmes.

Sponsor: East Durham Youth in Action (094)
Title: New Frontiers II
Project Duration: 01.01.07-30.06.08

Project Description: Continuation of phase 1 of the project, encouraging young people to participate in lifelong learning with emphasis on social education, confidence building, guidance and counselling, pre-vocational and assertiveness skills.

Sponsor: Tyne & Wear Care Alliance (097)
Title: Working in the Care Sector
Project Duration: 02.01.07-31.03.08

Project Description: A partnership initiative working with local care employers and organisations such as Job Centre Plus, Job Linkage and Connexions recruiting 30 young people from target area onto 12 month care sector placement with care employers in Sunderland and Surrounding area.

Sponsor: Sunderland City Council (100)
Title: Pupils First at Hetton School
Project Duration: 02.01.07-30.06.08

Project Description: The school is offering alternative learning opportunities through three main strands of the project: School Programme; Junior Intermediate Labour Market and Grow Your Own, contributing to improving staying on rates and improve participation in learning and education for young people in years 10 and 11.

Sponsor: IntoWork Sunderland ILMl (101)
Title: Connectinig the Coalfield Environmental ILM Project -2
Project Duration: 05.03.07 - 7.3.08

Project Description: To integrate unemployed or jobless people into sustainable employment through Intermediate Labour Market approach, using practical work experience on environmental sites, vocational training and high quality job search.

Sponsor: Sunderland City Council (102)
Title: Hetton School Community Education Health & Recreation Facility - Revenue

Project Duration: 01.01.07-30.06.08

Project Description: To increase quantity and quality of opportunities for the communities of the Urban II Programme area to participate in education, sport heatlh and recreation activities.

Sponsor: Sunderland City Council
Title: Renewing Market Street (105)

Project Duration: 01.10.2007 - 30.06.2008

Project Description:To lay high quality paving in Market Street area, incorporating heritage features in consultation with shopkeepers, traders and residents. Dropped kerbs and tactile pavements to enhance access for disabled and thos with pushchairs. The physical improvements will incorporate heritage and cultural features linked to the theme of commerce as well as aesthetically improving the main street in Hetton Downs, encouraging new businesses and strengthening existing ones.

Sponsor: Sunderland City Council
Title: Coalfields Wireless Network (108)

Project Duration: 08.01.2008 - 30.06.2008

Project Description:

To provide a wireless network that will provide access to internet to eligible members of the public. Access will be granted to pupils, their extended family and citizens eligible to receive equipment as part of the Computers for Pupils scheme and Digital Challenge programme. This will assist in reducing the feeling of isolation for housebound citizens, and encourage active participation for in community events.

Sponsor: Murton Welflare Association
Title: Glebe Centre Improvements (109)

Project Duration: 07.01.2008 - 30.06.2008

Project Description: To improve the infrastructure of the Glebe Centre and bring about a series of improvements that will further develop the facilities and services the Centre can offer to local community: Update IT infrastructure; creche facilities extended, extend kitchen to develop social enterprise; convert old kitchen into office space and flexible workspace offices; resurface car park

Sponsor: Sunderland City Council
Title: Hetton Nursery Community Room (110)

Project Duration: 13.02.2008 - 30.06.2008

Project Description:

To provide family learning and community support on the nursery grounds.  The aim is to provide a base for high quality training and family learning.  The project would provide a community room, which would be used for nurture groups and other professionals e.g. Health Visitors, Speech & Language Therapists to provide early intervention for children, thus encouraging higher chances of economic well being.  The project would enable parents and carers in the local community to access training and employment opportunities whilst their children are in nursery or childcare onsite, thus helping them to remove a major barrier for those wishing to return or enter employment.