Community Empowerment Networks
Community Empowerment Networks were developed in 2001 to manage the Community Empowerment Fund (CEF) in the 88 Neighbourhood Renewal Areas, 14 of which were in the North East. For more information on the Government’s Neighbourhood Renewal policy.
The CEF was designed to support Voluntary and Community Sector involvement in Local Strategic Partnerships (LSPs) with the aim of ensuring representatives became equal partners in the process. The Voluntary and Community Sector had to be represented on the LSP both as service providers and as representatives of their membership and/or wider community. The CEF supported the Community Empowerment Networks until March 2006 after which time most networks have continued to develop with financial support from the Safer Stronger Communities Fund and Local Strategic Partnership funding.
There are now 12 Community Empowerment Networks in the North East:
Easington
East Durham Community Network
Lisa Gardiner
Tel: 0191 569 3511
Lisa.gardiner@eastdurhamtrust.org.uk
www.eastdurhamcommunity.net
Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough Voluntary Development Agency
Mark Davis
Tel: 01642 803611
mark.davis@mvdauk.org.uk
South Tyneside
Hugh McShane
Tel: 0191 456 9551 or 0191 455 6680
hughmcshane@btconnect.com
Hartlepool
Hartlepool Voluntary Development Agency
Leslie Hall
Tel: 01429 262641
www.hvda.org.uk/commnet/
Wear Valley
2D Teesdale & Wear Valley CVS
Victor Cadaxa
Tel: 01388 762220
victorc@2D.org.uk
Sunderland
VOICES
Jeanette Harold
Tel: 0191 549 5282
jeanette.harold@sunderlandcommunitynetwork.org.uk
Newcastle
Newcastle Community Empowerment Network
Cal Boal
Tel: 0191 232 3357
cal@ncen.org.uk
Gateshead
Gateshead Voluntary Organisations Council (GVOC)
Annie Murphy
Tel: 0191 478 4103
anniemurphy.gcn@gvoc.org.uk
www.networkgateshead.org.uk
Wansbeck
Wansbeck CVS
Bill Gale
Tel: 01670 858 688
cef@wansbeckcvs.org.uk
Stockton-on-Tees
Stockton Voluntary Development Agency
Julie Derbyshire
Tel: 01642 355 292
julie.derbyshire@srcga.com
North Tyneside
North Tyneside VODA
Dave Shaw/Susan Postlewaithe
Tel: 0191 200 8555