Breathe – Part of Regenda Housing & Maritime Housing

The Klondyke area of Bootle was chosen to form one of the nine Housing Market Renewal Pathfinders in England to tackle the problems of housing market failure, mainly in the private sector. This includes housing in poor condition and large scale abandonment in areas where there are high levels of empty properties or unpopular housing. The area was one that had undergone drastic change from being an attractive and affluent suburb of Liverpool, to one that was affected by poor housing, crime, anti social behaviour and a multitude of environmental issues including vermin, fly tipping and graffiti. To tackle this, a remedy of new housing and regeneration was prescribed.

In 2004, BReathe+ started working with members of the Klondyke community to deliver physical, social and economic regeneration to the neighbourhood. The project centres around large scale decants of residents to make possible the physical redevelopment of the area whilst developing regeneration initiatives by working in partnership with various local agencies and stakeholders so that we can help create and sustain a positive living environment for generations to come. Projects already carried out by the team range from environmental clean-ups, surgeries with various agencies, community consultation events and fun days, crime prevention initiatives, youth diversionary activities and partnership working to develop community capacity building projects.

Breathe has been the main provider of funding for Streetcage Sports’s new Street football project based at Derby Park, Bottle.
The project will be based in the white dome at the Soccer centre and will run for 2 – hours on Tuesday mornings and Friday mornings for a period of 10 – weeks starting in July, with plans to continue the project into the winter. The project will be open for youths aged 8 – 16 Years of age, who will be able to learn exciting new ‘Free style skills’ as well as taking part in tournaments across The North West.

Streetcage Sports will be promoting the event across Sefton & Bootle in the local communities & Schools over June & July. For more information on dates & times, please check out the events page of the web site.
For more information on Breathe, please check out the web site at www.linacreone.com