Communities First
Communities First is the Welsh Assembly Government's flagship programme to improve the living conditions and prospects for people in the most disadvantaged communities across Wales.
It is new and different in a number of ways:
- it is a long term programme and will run for at least ten years
- local people themselves decide what is needed and are helped to make it happen.
- get local people involved in improving their areas and their own prospects
- bring in funding and support from a range of sources to make things happen
- make sure improvements last
- encourage flexibility, risk-taking and new ways of dealing with problems
- involve everyone working together to identify and do something about their community's problems.
We use the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation (WIMD) to target Communities First at the most deprived areas of Wales. The WIMD 2008 provides detailed information, categorised by postcode, for all of Wales as well as separately for Communities First areas.
For more information visit: http://www.communities-first.org/ (External website)
Related Links
This supports Communities First partnerships gain an understanding of issues that impact on child poverty and identifies activity that has an impact on life experiences of children and young people.
Good Practice in Communities First. This booklet aims to showcase examples of good practice from Communities First areas around Wales.
This revised Guidance covers a range of issues which Communities First areas face, and was developed to address emerging policies and reflect changing priorities.
The Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation (WIMD) is the official measure of deprivation for small areas in Wales.
Communities First Outcomes funding is central to providing funding for all new activities and services planned from the 1 of April 2009.