Community Regeneration
“Every generation needs regeneration”
Community-led regeneration is at the heart of what we do, it’s about people & creativity.
Creative Regeneration supports community-led regeneration that increases the number and strength of locally-controlled, enterprising community organisations. This helps people to co-ordinate action and respond to challenges in areas where there are high levels of disadvantage.
The 2020 Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) showed that Inverclyde 13,945 people are income deprived. This is 17.7% of the population and higher than the Scottish average of 12%. Of this number, 10,143 live in the 20% most deprived data zones, which means that 3,802 income deprived people do not reside in the 20% most deprived data zones.
The SIMD 2020 data shows that the most deprived data zone in Scotland is located in Greenock Town Centre, an area that The Glebe is located immediately adjacent to and connect to through West Blackhall Street. This is Greenock’s main town centre retail street and is currently the focus of major regeneration activity.
The Scottish Government’s Place Principle promotes a shared understanding of place and the need to take a more integrated, collaborative and participative approach to decision making and delivery of services and assets to achieve better outcomes with and for our communities. It encourages local flexibility to respond to circumstances and opportunities in that setting and provides communities and partners with a way to exercise local accountability over decisions.
92%
of Inverclyde’s 18-24 year olds are workless and on universal benefit
Places shape who we are, what we do and how we feel. They impact every aspect of our lives. They are where people and communities interact with policies and investments.
A place-based approach requires that all those responsible for providing services and looking after assets in a place work and plan together, with local communities, to improve the lives of people, support inclusive and sustainable economic growth and create more successful places.
Adopting a place-based approach can help all of us make better decisions for people, communities and planet. Taking collaborative and co-ordinated action with communities and working with partners enables better targeting of resources to the most relevant outcomes for our communities.
The Place Principle is where people, location and resources combine to create a sense of identity and purpose. It plays a crucial role in addressing the needs and realising the full potential of communities.
12.1%
of Inverclyde’s working population have no qualifications
68%
of Greenock East and Central’s data zones are within the 20% most deprived in Scotland
48%
of Greenock East and Central’s data zones are within the 5% most deprived in Scotland
