News article
Community Action Plans
17/03/2015
The First Steps programme aims to help at least 100 new communities to identify important local issues and develop community action plans.
The First Steps programme is designed to give small community groups the freedom to develop action plans to improve their neighbourhood.
First Steps areas will receive support to decide upon practical actions to make positive changes in their community. The programme offers 115 communities the opportunity to work together to decide what they do and don’t like, and what can be changed.
It will complement and broaden the activity of the Our Place programme to different types of communities, which will continue to March 2016 and be delivered by Locality.
It is aimed at communities that are just starting along the path of community action and need a different kind of support.
A £3m package of support and grants for participating areas will be open for applications for interested areas from 1 April 2015. The grants and support are designed to support at least 115 neighbourhoods to develop Community Action Plans to address local issues by March 2016.