In 2009 Renaisi was commissioned by the Kings Norton 3 Estates Community Development Trust and Birmingham City Council to carry out an evaluation of the Community Wardens project. The Community Wardens project has been funded by the Kings Norton New Deal for Communities (NDC) programme since 2002 and aims to reduce crime, and fear of crime, within the NDC area, which comprises of three housing estates.
The evaluation consisted of a range of partner and stakeholder interviews, focus group discussions with residents from each of the three estates, as well as an analysis of output and spend performance. Renaisi’s work has outlined the key successes and weaknesses of the project, the overall impact it has had on the NDC area and has given recommendations as to how the project can be improved and sustained past March 2009, when its current funding came to an end.
