One Community is a locally grown initiative, created by community and voluntary groups and residents in Tilbury and Chadwell, for the benefit of the community. Local people are aware of the planned growth, regeneration and change and want to be able to help to shape that change and ensure that existing local residents are able to participate in and benefit from the social and economic opportunities that arise.
The group came together this week for an informal lunch where community leaders and local businesses were able to gather together to discuss how to bring the community closer together.
OCDT will focus it’s first year on:
Organisation: setting up office, website, policies
Empowerment: community engagement & consultation
Buildings: ensure affordable buildings for community
Jobs: jobs and training opportunities for local people
Projects: Social, economic and environmental projects
Neighbourhood Renewal: working in partnership to meet local needs
The title, “One Community” reflects the aspiration for the future – to bring together local people and groups to create a place to be proud of. It also reflects our desire to address the current reality of existing divisions of race, class, and geography, and the concern at the evidence of worsening community cohesion.
