Civic Partnership Programme
The Civic Partnership Programme (CPP) is a £12.85m grant-funding programme. It targets areas of need where local authority regeneration objectives align with Mayoral priorities, in order to combat long-standing inequalities and support areas undergoing change.
The programme runs from 2023–24 to 2026–27, providing £12.85m of grant funding as an evolution of the Good Growth Fund and the High Streets for All recovery mission. It is aligned with the Building a Fairer City plan and the Economic Recovery Framework, jointly published by the Mayor and London Councils, as well as national funding objectives.
The programme has two elements:
- CPP Strategy funding allows boroughs and their partners to develop a place-based regeneration strategy, involving local communities and businesses in the most appropriate way for the location. These locations were selected based on data available on deprivation, overall climate risk, reduced access to public space and the scale of future development in the pipeline.
- CPP Exemplar funding is subsequently delivering a number of capital projects, identified through the strategy development. These exemplars will pilot and demonstrate the impact of innovative regeneration approaches on the ground.
Background
London’s long-standing inequalities have been exacerbated by COVID-19, and further intensified by the cost-of-living crisis, and the climate and ecological emergencies. London Datastore information indicates significant challenges in how local places and communities across London are affected.
The CPP draws on insights from the Good Growth Fund and lessons from programme delivery across the Good Growth Directorate to ensure that effective cross-policy objectives are established, and that the new fund can accommodate a range of multi-faceted activities and can work with a range of partners and their local regeneration aspirations.
Building on effective cross-London coordination, and in response to feedback from boroughs and London Councils, the programme is targeted at places of greatest need aligning with Mayoral and wider London government priorities, specifically;
- Keeping London Safe – promoting dignity in the public realm
- Getting London Back on its Feet – recovery, jobs and skills
- Supporting Young People – opportunities for young Londoners
- Green New Deal – addressing climate and ecological emergencies and improving air quality
- Affordable Housing and Physical Delivery.
Intentions
The CPP intends to:
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Support exemplar, transformative area-based projects that deliver a coordinated plan of activity across a range of priorities.
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Align advice with capital grant funding in order to have the greatest influence to drive up quality, enable innovation, facilitate engagement, improve outcomes and build capability.
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Respond to the impacts of the pandemic, the cost-of-living crisis and the climate and ecological emergencies in a specific place, requiring concerted action across communities, driving changes in behaviour and new models of collaboration and exchange.
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Lever in additional investment, including allowing London boroughs to consider how to align with national and other funding allocations.
Objectives
Overall objectives across all projects are:
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expanding the public realm – creating open, high-quality, connected and inclusive public spaces, high streets and green and blue spaces that are child-friendly and safe for women, girls and gender diverse people, alongside nurturing welcoming social and cultural infrastructure managed by public and private partners
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strengthening representation and authorship in physical regeneration – delivering projects for and with the communities they serve, particularly people from Black and minoritised communities, and younger and older Londoners
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addressing the climate and ecological emergencies – strengthening London's climate resilience and tackling environmental inequalities with resource-conscious approaches such as encouraging a circular economy.
These objectives are underpinned by the Mayor’s Good Growth by Design ‘Setting Standards’ workstream. The aim is to implement the principles we established through research on key built-environment issues, including ‘Expanding London’s Public Realm’ and ‘Connective Social Infrastructure’.
About CPP Strategy funding
CPP Strategy funding allowed boroughs and their partners to develop a place-based regeneration strategy, involving local communities and businesses in the most appropriate way for the location. These locations were selected based on data available on deprivation, overall climate risk, reduced access to public space and the scale of future development in the pipeline.
About CPP Exemplar funding
CPP Exemplar funding is subsequently delivering five capital projects, identified through the strategy development stage. These exemplars pilot and demonstrate the impact of innovative regeneration approaches on the ground.
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