Provider: Building skills project
Name: Ambition and Cospa
Young volunteers in Liverpool are set to leave a lasting legacy to their local community by helping to rebuild derelict homes that have stood empty for a generation.
The project, managed by youth charity Ambition and social action organisation Cospa, will see up to 50 16- to 24-year-olds not in employment, education or training work alongside qualified tradespeople to refurbish 10 houses.
The project is part of a £14m initiative designed to bring more than 100 derelict Victorian houses back into use.
The houses in the Granby Four Streets area of Toxteth have been in a state of disrepair after suffering major damage during nine days of rioting in the area in 1981 that was sparked by tensions between local police and members of the black community. Local residents have campaigned to save the houses from demolition ever since and, in April this year, Liverpool City Council announced plans to regenerate the area.
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