Spotlight

Salford under the Spotlight!

Spotlight is a new way to help public services and communities in Salford to deliver together on key issues for the city's people, families and communities - issues like crime, unemployment and low skills that can leave people and places locked into a cycle of disadvantage and low aspiration which impact in many ways and often exist over generations.

Why do we need Spotlight?

Salford is changing rapidly and the city's future looks bright. We are quite clear that regeneration is not all about buildings. We are determined to bring about a similar transformation in the prospects of our people. We need a new way of tackling the city's issues together and as a matter of urgency.

Funding a few 'extra' projects will not deliver the scale of transformation we need. Spotlight has been designed as a new mainstream approach to community regeneration - to enable us to get the full team - services and communities - behind the job. We have every belief that it can make a huge difference.

Where have we piloted Spotlight?

Six Spotlight trials have taken place, each over an intensive six week period -

Charlestown and Lower Kersal

Issue: Young people not in education, employment or training

Ordsall and Langworthy

Issue: Safe, clean and green

East Salford

Issue: Worklessness

Little Hulton

Issue: Lone parents

Winton and Eccles

Issue: Young people and alcohol

Cadishead

Issue: Healthy weight and primary school children

What happens after the Spotlight?

Plans have been put in place to take forward the actions that each Spotlight identifies. Read more about what will happen after the initial six week Spotlight.

Keeping you informed

We need your energy, support, ideas and constructive comments as we roll the process out. You may be asked to get involved in one of the trials or a later Spotlight as we develop and roll out the process - either way you can be sure you will be part of the Spotlight story!

It is essential that we keep everyone involved as the pilots progress so please return to this page for the latest news.

If you would like to find out more about the Spotlight method

Have a look at our web page Taking the Spotlights forward.

For more information

Chris Marsh

0161 601 4881

Sheila Murtagh

0161 793 2508

Susan Ford

0161 793 3796

Download more information

Spotlight newsletter issue 2 (Spring 2008)