Performance Reward Grant Projects

The successful completion of the 2007-2010 Local Area Agreement (LAA) resulted in the partnership receiving over £2.5m in performance reward grant (PRG). This money has been used by the partnership to fund a number of projects put forward by the previous delivery partnerships. 

The projects, which build on the excellent work developed during the LAA, began in 2011 and will run over two or three years as previously agreed.  

The projects are:

Business Development Centre
Funding will support the development of managed workspace. This will provide new and growing small businesses with flexible, short-term leases, expandable space, value added on-site business support services including training and networking, shared office services and access to equipment.

Community Alcohol Outreach Service
This project will pilot a community alcohol outreach service across North Somerset to reach adults who currently find it difficult to access help to address their alcohol misuse.

Community Connect
Community Connect builds on the successful community development service created under the Partnerships for Older People Project. The project will provide support, information and advice to older people in a number of ways; for example through community agents, community cafes or community connect volunteers.

Domestic Abuse Services
The funding for this project will provide holistic support to victims of domestic abuse and help to reduce repeat victimisation in the longer term through counselling and wider support for survivors.

Green Technology Centre
This project will support the development of a Model of Excellence in Green Technology. Based at Weston College's Centre of Excellence for Construction and Engineering it will provide opportunities for people to train in the installation and use of green technology and encourage sustainability amongst business and the wider community.

Neighbourhood Management
Building on the successful delivery of the Neighbourhood Management programme in South Ward, Weston-super-Mare, this project will extend this way of working into Central and West Wards of Weston-super-Mare.

Total Family
This project aims to reduce pressure on services by developing new ways of working to provide early support to vulnerable families, particularly those with complex needs that require intervention from a number of services.

The progress of these projects will be measured on a regular basis against an agreed set of outcomes. Quarterly reports will go to the appropriate boards with the NSP Board receiving and reviewing an annual report.