Who are the current members of the Whalley Range Community First Panel?
- Chris Ricard: Whalley Range Community Forum worker, a Friend of Manley Park and the Celebrate Community Festival Coordinator
- Councillor Angeliki Stogia: Local Resident and Whalley Range Councillor
- Bill Williams: Resident, Victoria Road Residents Association, Whalley Range Community Forum Chair
- Anita Greenhill: Whalley Range resident, Secretary Victoria Road Residents Association, Senior Lecturer University of Manchester and Urban Gardener.
- Freddi Greenmantle: I moved into Whalley Range in 2012, and feel I have a lot to give to the community. I am a disabled, retired primary teacher.
- Hilda Kaponda: Local Resident
- Claire Cowell: Local Resident, St Margaret’s Centre Development Project Manager
Read some more information about Panel members on the Community Central website
Email us at whalleyrange.manchester@live.co.uk if you would like some more information about the role of a Community First Panel member.
Community First is an £80m government-funded initiative that will run for four years, until March 2015. The programme will help communities come together to identify their strengths and local priorities in order to plan for their future and become more resilient.
It will fund both new and existing community groups.
Community First Neighbourhood Matched Fund is an initiative that provides local communities with the means to address their own priorities:
- Communities set up local panels in each eligible ward, and decide upon projects for funding in their area.
- It is a matched fund programme, which means that every £1 provided in funding must be matched by a similar amount of in-kind donations (this means donations of cash, services, free products or volunteer time).
- Funding has been allocated at ward level across every local authority in England. Eligible wards were selected on the basis of high levels of deprivation and significant increases in benefits claimants. The amount of funding for each area is based on the concentration of these characteristics within a ward.
Read more at:
Whalley Range Community First 