Three in One: Regeneration lessons learned from

ESF/ERDF co-ordination in Camborne, Pool and Redruth

Mark SmithBusiness Development Director

CPR Regeneration

CPR Regeneration is Cornwall's Urban Regeneration Company

Its aim is to ensure that the area is regenerated in a sustainable way with a range of new homes and employment opportunities alongside community and leisure facilities in an improved environment.

Cornwall Council is currently examining proposals to integrate CPR Regeneration into the Cornwall Development Company (CDC)

Camborne, Pool & Redruth: The Challenges

•Population c46,750 (CPR wards)

•Businesses 2,000

•Jobs located in area 17,450

•Relatively large proportion of manufacturing and public services

•High levels of Inactivity and worklessness

•External Image of the CPR area

•Employment Space provision •Inward Investment and supply chain support

•Convergence Programme delivery

Practical Integration

Three in One

Integration:Added value, outputs and impacts

• For developers: Greater confidence in tenants, increased demand for workspace

• For community: Engagement in business activities, increased job opportunities

• For end-users: Coordinated support for growth

Building the Workspace – work with Constructive Cornwall, ESF

programmes and the private sector to provide:

Activity Link with ESF Programmes

Experience days for young people – construction / management planning

ESF NEETS programmesESF Vocational Routeways Programme

Supply chain – encourage developer to user local contractors and require they are off sufficient standard (trained). Encourage developer to include training placements on site.

ESF Workforce Development training programmes

Apprenticeships for young people ESF Apprenticeships programmes

Works Placements for workless people ESF Cornwall Works Plus programmesESF Vocational Routeways ProgrammeESF Adult Work-related Programme

Creating Demand for the Workspace – work with businesses to:

Activity Link with ESF Programmes

Provide skills development advice to businesses to support them to grow sufficiently to require additional workspace

ESF Workforce Development training programmes

Promote ESF programmes to businesses wishing to relocate to the area as an incentive

ESF Workforce Development training programmes

Support businesses with recruitment concerns ESF Cornwall Works Plus programmes

Ongoing impacts – work with individuals and businesses to:

Activity Link with ESF Programmes

Encourage tenants to provide training to their workforce ESF Workforce Development training programmes

Support businesses with recruitment concerns ESF Cornwall Works Plus programmes

Provide opportunities to workless people with tenant businesses

ESF Cornwall Works Plus programmesESF Vocational Routeways programme

Points and Challenges

Programme / Project DesignTo encourage integration and discourage competitionTo avoid frictional losses

Keeping your eye on the goalTo provide cohesive directionTo align investment

Leaving a legacyTo build capacity within Cornwall post-ConvergenceTo increase the ambition of businesses and individuals