BRADFORD TRIDENT - Our History

Bradford Trident as a community led company is continuing to work towards transforming the Park Lane, Marshfields and West Bowling areas of Bradford. We are constantly looking towards new opportunities, and ways in which to build upon all the positive work that has been done over the last ten years

The company was formed in 2000 to deliver the government's New Deal for Communities programme and received £50m in total over the ten year period 2000-2010. This has been spent on reducing crime, improving housing, improving educational attainment, increasing employment, enhancing skills development and training of residents, improving resident's health by health initiatives, improving the environment and community involvement. Since 2000 it has commissioned over 200 separate projects aimed at improving the quality of life in the area.

Neighbourhood Management is a cornerstone of our work and we fully involve and consult residents on every aspect of our work to ensure the scheme brings lasting benefits to the whole community. We work closely in partnership with public, private and voluntary sector organisations in the delivery of our programme.

These partnerships and our close community links have had a dramatic and positive affect on many core figures and issues around our theme areas.

Since 2000 significant changes have happened in the Bradford Trident area.

• Crime rates in key areas such as burglary and vehicle crime have fallen substantially. Meanwhile educational standards have risen dramatically, unemployment has fallen, old community facilities have been enhanced and new ones have been created.
• We work in partnership with many organisations - the police, the NHS, schools, Job Centre plus and so on - and many of the gains made would not have been possible without their enthusiastic participation and support. We thank them for their help.
• In turn local residents have contributed greatly to our successes. Our Community Directors and closely allied, Community Councillors are elected from the local community and many residents have participated in forums, planning and feedback projects

Since 2002 overall employment in the Bradford Trident area has risen from 30% to 47% closing the gap by 55%.

Since 2002 satisfaction with the Bradford Trident area as a place to live has risen from 58% to 70% closing the gap to within a whisker of the district average of 70.6%.

Since 2002 people who report being in good health over the past 12 months is up from 39% to 45%, closing the gap by 18%.

Since 2002 the percentage of people within the Bradford Trident area worried about burglary has dropped from 64% to 46%, just 3% above the national average and closing the gap by 80%. At the same time the percentage of people worried about being mugged or robbed has fallen from 62% to 39%, closing the gap by 80%.

Since 2002 the number of people who think the area has got worse over the past two years has dropped from 39% to 26%, just 1% above the national average, closing the gap by 93%.

100% more students from the area now get 5 or more A*-C GCSEs and for the past three years GCSE achievement has been at or above the district average.**

67% of residents trust Bradford Trident, up from 50% in 2002. 56% trust the local council, up from 47% in 2002 and 1% above the national average.*

Statistics from: *Ipsos MORI Household Survey 2008 ** Education Bradford