Public Consultation Portal

For further details on Community Engagement activities within Redcar & Cleveland, click on the link below to visit the Public Consultation Portal (PCP) website

Local Enterprise Growth Initiative

The Redcar and Cleveland Partnership was successful in securing Government funding through the Local Enterprise Growth Initiative (LEGI). LEGI is a Government programme to boost business and enterprise in deprived areas. The local delivery programme forms a major element of the Sustainable Communities block of the Borough's new Local Area Agreement.

The Redcar and Cleveland LEGI has the following objectives:

to increase total entrepreneurial activity among the population in deprived local areas;
to support sustainable growth and reduce the failure rate of locally owned businesses in deprived areas; and
to attract appropriate inward investment and franchising into deprived areas making use of local labour resources.

The Redcar and Cleveland LEGI will be delivered in:

Greater Eston;
West Redcar; and
Rural East Cleveland.

The LEGI will target:

young people;
economically inactive;
women; and
voluntary and community groups.

The £10.9M LEGI programme will be delivered through 7 workstreams:

Enterprise in Education - an integrated curriculum development, enterprise generation programme in primary, secondary, further education and youth services;

Harness the Passion - the identification and nurturing of people who have talent for business;

Enterprise Growth – People and their Business - taking people forward into business though support and mentoring programmes;

Enterprise Growth – Premises and Places - the provision of appropriate premises and incubation in Greater Eston, Redcar and East Cleveland;

Enterprise Growth – Sectors and Inward Investment - focus on support to enterprise development in two key sectors (renewables/recycling and tourism) plus related investment attraction;

Social Enterprise - development of new social enterprises, looking particularly at opportunities for shifting public sector services to social enterprises through a Development Trust; and

Enterprise Marketing - a co-ordinated, long term communication programme to inspire people and business to consider enterprise opportunities and raise interest in development opportunities.

Redcar and Cleveland’s LEGI is managed by a Board of membership and for further details on any aspect of the programme contact the LEGI office on 01642 – 495741.

The Redcar and Cleveland Partnership has been successful in securing Government funding through the Local Enterprise Growth Initiative (LEGI). LEGI is a Government programme to boost business and enterprise in deprived areas. The local delivery programme forms a major element of the Sustainable Communities block of the Borough's new Local Area Agreement.

The Redcar and Cleveland LEGI has the following objectives:

to increase total entrepreneurial activity among the population in deprived local areas;
to support sustainable growth and reduce the failure rate of locally owned businesses in deprived areas; and
to attract appropriate inward investment and franchising into deprived areas making use of local labour resources.

The Redcar and Cleveland LEGI will be delivered in:

Greater Eston;
West Redcar; and
Rural East Cleveland.

The LEGI will target:

young people;
economically inactive;
women; and
voluntary and community groups.