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Regeneration

Introduction

Conservation and the Built Environment Team

We carry out a range of services, which address the physical improvement of the district, the ‘place agenda’. This includes:

Business Support Team (Growing Calderdale)

The focus of the work is to evidence and investigate the real needs and demands of local businesses, to understand the make up of the economy and growth and declining sectors to aid future planning. This will involve identifying, developing and protecting, land and property appropriate for business development.

• To plan for an improvement in the supply and quality of developable land for business through regular reviewing of supply.
• To develop bespoke packages of support which meet business needs around recruitment, learning and skill development, linked to external partners to provide business performance support.
• To engage with all cross sections and sizes of businesses to promote equality and diversity practices, and enhance understanding of the uniqueness of the local communities.

To encourage a culture of enterprise and world class economic growth which is adapting to the needs of Urban and Rural communities.

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Access to Employment Team (Workwise)

The Employment Support team provide comprehensive impartial information, advice and guidance and individualised packages of support to effectively enable people and their prospective employers to transfer into the local job market. Workwise creates employment opportunities for local people who are in receipt of benefits and seeking employment.To ease and facilitate individual transitions to enable the maximisation of income through a mix of ‘in-work’ benefits and wages, the Employment Support team will assist in the development of suitable learning packages and progressional routeways into sustainable employment.  We aim to ‘narrow the gap’ between the diverse communities in Calderdale.

Tourism and Rural Development Team

We develop the potential of the district, through the development of its tourism and rural economies and by managing the Upper Calder Valley Rural Renaissance process. This involves:

• working in partnership to strengthen the tourism economy through business advice, marketing and product development, and heighten its overall significant in the Yorkshire Region.
• supporting the work of the West Yorkshire Rural Partnership,
• recognising and focusing on the changing nature of the rural economy.

Significant parts of  the district have a rural character and they support 25% of the local population. the significant parts of the district which have a rural character and that 25% of local population, which live within this area. The changing nature of the rural economy is a key focus of this work.

External Funding Team

We work to create opportunities to secure external funding to support the skills agenda in Calderdale for the Council and delivery Partners. This involves:

• managing external funds to the highest standard of quality and probity, in close collaboration with external funding bodies.
• developing effective liaison and collaborative working relationships with the range of local delivery Partners contributing to the Business, People, Places corporate priorities and Local Area Agreement indicators.

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