What is it about?

Communities First is a major flagship Welsh Assembly Government programme aimed at cutting poverty and helping to improve the lives of people who live in the poorest areas. It is new and different in a number of ways:

• It is a long term programme and will run for at least ten years
• Local people themselves decide what is needed and are helped to make it happen

Communities First aims to:

• Get local people involved in improving their areas and their own prospects
• Bring in funding and support from a range of sources to make things happen
• Make sure improvements last
• Encourage flexibility, risk-taking and new ways of dealing with problems
• Involve everyone working together to identify and do something about their community's problems