What is Lowestoft Together? Lowestoft Together is a Neighbourhood Management funded by Go-East (Government Office East) from 2006 to 2010. Central to the effectiveness of Neighbourhood Management was the recruitment of a local Board to over see the process. Sue Henderson and Margaret Oldham are currently Co Chairs of the Lowestoft Together Board.

Where did it come from? The Lowestoft Together initiative was set up with the support of the Waveney Local Strategic Partnership. The Lowestoft Together area consists of the 9 most deprived Super Output Areas (SOA’s) in Waveney which are located in the Harbour, Kirkley, Normanston, St Margaret’s, and Whitton Wards.

Who is in it? The Board itself consists of 20 members including 10 local residents, 2 members representing the Voluntary Sector, 1 each representing Faith Groups, Neighbourhood Watch and the Migrant Communities and 5 representatives from the Local Strategic Partnership (LSP). The LSP representatives include officers from Waveney District Council, the Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership, Waveney and Gt Yarmouth PCT, a Suffolk County Councillor and a Waveney District Councillor.

How is it funded? The Neighbourhood Management initiative has Revenue funding untill March 2010 and Capital funding till March 2008 and has already funded a range of initiatives in the SOA’s. At the moment we are, based on the experience of the first year, developing a strategy which will inform the Board’s activities for the next 3 years and we are keen to engage and work with as many partners as we can to improve the satisfaction of residents of the SOA’s with their areas.

Margaret Oldham/Sue Henderson

Chairs of Lowestoft Together

How to contact us:

Ring Bob Russell on 01502 523183 or email  Bob Russell