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Walsall's New Deal On Wednesday 31st January Walsall’s New Deal : New Horizons board considered the results of the recently completed Household Survey commissioned by the Department for Communities and Local Government and undertaken by IPSOS Mori the independent survey people. The aim of the report presented by Paul Rowlands chief executive of New Deal, was to inform board members of the excellent and very encouraging results of the survey on New Deals work in the areas of Blakenall, Bloxwich and Leamore in Walsall. The Government through the Department for Communities and Local Government, commissioned IPSOS MORI to undertake a national evaluation on all of the 39 New Deal for Communities initiatives across England. The New Deal programme is the most evaluated regeneration programme currently being run by the government. As part of the National Evaluation, IPSOS MORI have, every two years since 2000 undertaken a Household Survey in each of the New Deal areas. In each of the areas 500 household interviews are conducted. The latest survey was conducted during 2006 and the results for Walsall have now become available. The significance of the survey is that the Survey Group has remained the same over the years in order that their attitudes and responses can be tracked over a period of time. Tom Perrett chairman of Walsall's New Deal said; "This is excellent news, the survey clearly demonstrates the improvements we and our partners are making to the area and more important, that the community clearly acknowledge this". Paul Rowlands, chief executive of Walsall's New Deal said; "This builds on and strengthens our success in the past surveys, improvement since the last survey in 2004 has been significant. The board, staff and our partners richly deserve praise for the hard work they are doing in regenerating the area. It can be seen from the survey that the partnership is driving forward changes that are highly visible and have meaning for our residents." MORI Household Survey 2006 - some of the key results are:-
Paul went onto say, "These excellent, positive results of the MORI Household Survey 2004 will provide a rich source of information that will enable us to build on the many good things identified and tackle the issues which need improvement". "The survey clearly shows that the partnership has come along way since 2004, and it shows that we have achieved 'better than average' improvements, Walsall's New Deal is particularly pleased with the high level of satisfaction with our work and improvements to quality of life". Ends..... Photo opportunities please contact Andy Bradley on 01922 712858. For more information about the survey please contact Paul Rowlands chief executive on 01922 712858. Editors notes: A summary version of the results and a full version is available on request from Beverley Mycock on 01922 712858. For more information about Walsall’s New Deal please contact Andy Bradley on 01922 712858 / 07950 705413. IPSOS Mori is an independent organisation commissioned by the Neighbourhood Renewal Unit a part of the Department for Communities and Local Government to survey all of the 39 New Deal for Communities initiatives across the England. Walsall's New Deal for Communities is a regeneration initiative working in the areas of Blakenall, Bloxwich and Leamore. The initiative received a £52 million Government grant from the Department for Communities and Local Government (formerly the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister) to be spent on sustainable regeneration spread over a ten year period that commenced 2001. |
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