By the people of Revoe, for the people of Revoe!

About Us:

Revoelution has received £100,000 per year through the Lottery’s Big Local programme since 2016. This is the last year of Big Local funding. We are now joining the merry ranks of charities regularly seeking funding to continue our work. Revoelution became a registered charity in August 2024 (number 1209564).

The Revoelution Area

As stated in our constitution, Revoelution focuses primarily on a small area of Blackpool known as Revoe, around Central Drive. The boundary runs from Ribble Road/Palatine Road and the King Edward pub at the North end to Westmorland Ave and Revoe Learning Academy at the South, and from Park Road at the East side to Kent Road/Seasiders Way at the West. We’re happy to help people from other areas of Blackpool but our work focuses on Revoe.

History

In 2012 Blackpool Council’s Neighbourhoods Team worked with the Big Lottery to identify the area of the town best suited to be the focus for Blackpool’s Big Local project. Revoe was chosen because of its high levels of deprivation. Out of over 32,000 neighbourhoods in England identified by the government using a range of measurements on health, income, crime, employment and education (indices of multiple deprivation), the area around the George pub on Central Drive is the second most deprived in the country.

The first meeting was held in September 2012, and from that meeting a Steering Group was formed, chaired by a local Councillor and including around a dozen residents. Revoelution was originally based at a small retail premises on Bethesda Square. The steering group, assisted by Blackpool Council and Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde CVS, ran consultations and surveys that identified residents’ priorities: Crime, Environment, Business Improvement, Housing, Young People and Health. In 2014 the group formed a Partnership and created a Community Profile which outlined the needs and makeup of Revoe. This led to the first Plan for Revoelution spending – the first fully-funded year was 2016.