This theme will reduce crime in both the long and short term. A crime Action Project, part of the Social Exclusion Unit's national demonstration project 'High Crime Neighbourhoods', is already underway with an agencies conference on February 10th 2000. In addtion, a small element of funding has been set aside to provide supporting information including Funding will be provided to support initiatives directly affecting Youth at Risk of Exclusion or those already involved in crime The Estates Security programme will provide security improvements to those Estates particularly close to the High Road. Match funding through Camden's capital programme, the project will imrpve the whole appearence of thse Estates during the lifetime of the programme. The overall aim of this theme is the revitalistion of the main shopping area of the Kilburn High Road into a focus for meeting, trading and a lively centre of muli-cultural activities.
All themes have ethnic minority targets for the outputs.
However, it has raised these targets in many areas to represent the key aim of tackling the most excluded groups who have not directly benefited from previous regeneration activity Projects will provide information in a accessible form for those where English is a second language, and to liase with locally based ethnic minority community organisations Common Purpose Group will seek to ensure that ethnic minority representative groups are adequately involved at all levels of the programme and that capacity building initiatives specifically targeted at refugees and other minority ethnic groups are included. The target area and population of the New Commitment to Kilburn SRB covers the wards of Carlton and Kilburn in Brent and the Kilburn and Priory wards of Camden. Further the area is one identified as a priority by GOL in its regional framework for London. Educational attainment is low. Also the average GCSE points score by pupils in the bid area is on average one fifth lower than the national average.