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Your Neighbourhood

Do you ‘Love where you Live?’

Knowsley is one of 10 councils nationwide leading the ‘Love where you live’ campaign – backed by Keep Britain Tidy – aimed at inspiring residents to think about their communities and take action to reduce litter.

The campaign launches on 19 September with a high profile national and local Visit Keep Britain Tidy for more information about the campaign.

 

Knowsley Council is committed to working with and for residents to create neighbourhoods that are strong, attractive and thriving.

Neighbourhood Management

The purpose of Neighbourhood Management in Knowsley is to work to improve the quality of life for people living and working in Knowsley's neighbourhoods.

We aim to do this by:

• Improving the ways services are delivered across the borough
• Improving access to services for residents and other service users
• Joining up services to maximise efficiency and effectiveness
• Re-allocating mainstream council resources to meet local need
• Changing and developing the council's corporate policies to meet neighbourhood need 

Knowsley has six area partnership boards, which have been created to guide and direct the way public services are delivered in communities across the borough. The six boards represent:

• North Huyton
• South Huyton
• North Kirkby
• South Kirkby
• Halewood
• Prescot/ Whiston/ Cronton and Knowsley Village

Each of these areas also has a dedicated Neighbourhood Team, which works with partner organisations such as Merseyside Police, the NHS and PCT, community groups and residents to improve the quality of life and services for local people. The teams also work hard to ensure that neighbourhoods are safe, clean and green, and to address issues relevant to the specific area they serve.

Examples of the work done by Neighbourhood Management Teams include:

• Delivering local services outlined in the Neighbourhood Agreement Document - a plan which sets out in detail the local aims for each neighbourhood area.
• Leading, facilitating and supporting partnership work on a wide range of issues, from crime reduction to improving recycling rates and reducing heart disease
• Supporting residents' groups and community associations
• Processing applications for Community Chest funding
• Management of community centres
• Management of Knowsley's alley gate scheme
• Management of the Neighbourhood Pride teams to deliver safe, clean and green communities

Three key objectives have been developed to achieve these goals. The first objective is to develop and deliver neighbourhood agreements with partners and communities. The second objective is to engage communities to play an active role in improving their neighbourhoods.Thirdly, Neighbourhood Management Teams are working to improve the performance of public services in Knowsley.

Through the delivery of these objectives we are working to narrow the inequality gap between Knowsley's neighbourhoods and other neighbourhoods in England.

Community Empowerment Strategy

Knowsley Council has developed a new Community Empowerment Strategy (PDF, 350kb) aimed at giving residents, communities and local organisations more power to make things happen in their neighbourhoods. The framework outlines the way in which the council and its partners work together to create empowered communities. Click here for the strategy.