The only way we can make a difference is by working together
Our Activities and Partners:
Activities
Local Support - our community engagement workers regularly knock on every door in the Revoelution area - that’s around 1,300 doors. In the last two years they’ve spoken to well over 1,000 people. At our Hub we’ve handed out over 500 food parcels in the last 18 months, provided new washing machines, beds and fridges, given benefits advice including successful appeal tribunals, written CVs and helped with job searches, run regular advice sessions with a translator for the Romanian community and set up social activities including a singing group, Chill ‘n’ chat and Beyond4walls. We also host support agencies at the Hub including Shelter, ESOL classes and mental health support for young people.
Work Club – Wednesdays and Fridays 10am-Midday at the Hub
Help with CVs, job searches, computers, etc here at the Hub. We’ve got several people into work and onto courses recently so there are places available, just turn up and speak to our volunteers Joyce and Nicola.
Romanian advice sessions - currently Mondays, more sessions starting again soon. We provide a translator and advice on all sorts of form-filling to Romanian Roma families in the area.
Social groups - our social activities are primarily aimed at residents of Revoe. Call us for times and other information - 01253 423430
Chill and Chat - lunch and interesting conversation plus visits from Shelter and other agencies.
Beyond 4 Walls - friendly informal tea and chat group including peer support around mental wellbeing.
Singalong Group - informal singing group, no experience necessary, just come along and sing!
Women’s Walking Group - just starting up, call for more info.
Gardening - it may be getting cold but the garden still needs a bit of tidying - volunteers welcome. Also includes tea and biscuits!
Other groups - we’re always on the look-out for new ideas and we’re happy to help set up and support new groups.
Youth Work – various days. We run sessions every week for young people aged 8-16. There’s a Juniors Club (age 8-12) on Thursday evenings at Ibbison Court, an arts group for teenagers, Arts Award and Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. Pop in and see us for more information.
Outdoor activities on Revoe Park - Currently Mondays 5.30pm. Football and other activities.
Consultations
Talking to residents is fundamental to what we do. See our Plans and the Community Profile to understand how we use input from residents to design our activities and pick our priorities. We’re currently having conversations with teenagers in the area to get their ideas, and we’re discussing the regeneration project around Central Drive - we’d love to hear your views! Here are some examples of our past consultations:
Revoe Masterplan consultations - Spring 2020
Revoelution were the community lead on a Masterplan for Revoe commissioned by Blackpool Council and run by GL Hearn. Partnership members took part in several focused discussions and we organised consultations at Ibbison Court and on Central Drive. We are currently working with the Council towards seeing the vision set out in the Masterplan realised.
NHS Integrated Care Board research into hospital admissions: The ICB research team asked us to look into reasons for the high numbers of unplanned hospital admissions in the area. We spoke to over 200 people, including three small discussion groups and a larger consultation event at Ibbison Court.
Health Research: we’re currently (October ‘25)working with Lancaster University and the ICB looking into the most effective community-based actions to improve people’s wellbeing. We’ve finished door-knocking and are about to start interviews and focus groups.
Plan Development: the development of each of our Big Local spending plans included consultation of residents to review people’s priorities for the area, and discussion groups to find out what actions people would like to see in each Theme.
Partners
We can’t do everything ourselves! Some of our most successful projects have been ones that we’ve fully or part- funded to be run by someone else. We also get vital support and advice from a range of agencies.
Blackpool Coastal Housing are Revoelution’s ‘Local Trusted Organisation (LTO)’ for our Big Local project. We benefit greatly from their support. They host the Revoelution project; they hold our accounts, employ our staff and provide the Hub rent-free. We work closely with BCH staff in supporting their tenants and they facilitate our connections with the Council and other agencies.
The umbrella organisation that oversees Big Local, including Revoelution and 149 other areas, Local Trust have provided guidance, training, and advice.
Our local Councillors, Jim Hobson, Mel Fenlon, Pam Brookes and Lisette Roe, are very supportive of Revoelution and often help us out with their advice and connections. We also work with the Council’s Environment, Public Health, Community Safety, Housing and Economic Development Teams
Blackpool Football Club Community Trust
Blackpool Football Club Community Trust was Revoelution’s LTO from 2018-2021 - we benefited greatly from their support. We continue to work closely with the Community Trust; we have hosted their Princes Trust teams, provided funding for their Kicks and Tower Above projects and we refer young people to their projects.
We receive invaluable help from the police when dealing with anti-social behaviour in the area and have worked with them on consultations and projects such as CCTV, and a Drugs and Alcohol Consultation.
Job Centre/Central Library
The Job Centre and Central Library refer people to us for CVs, job searches and benefits advice, and have helped make our Work Club a great success.
Blackpool Food Bank
We currently host the Food Bank’s Big Food Truck on Friday afternoons, 1.30 to 3pm.
We’ve worked closely with LeftCoast on the some great community arts projects over the last couple of years, particularly the Revoe Square on the site of the George pub.
University of Lancashire
Staff and students from UCLAN’s School of Architecture led on Leftcoast’s Revoe Square project and have since helped with discussions about the regeneration work. They are now looking at ways of making our Hub more efficient and effective.
Come Cook With Us
Rob Parr’s new premises on Central Drive promoting healthy food is great. We’re referring people to him, meeting in his cafe and we’ve funded some of his equipment.
Birmingham University – Bigger Story
Angus McCabe, a respected writer on community engagement and development, has brought his Bigger Story team to visit Revoelution regularly as part of a multi-media monitoring project at Birmingham University.
We’ve funded Karl to produce street art on Central Drive near the Hub – look out for his work on the playground next to the George.
Dance and creative projects for young people – we’ve funded urban dance and parkour and are looking into more street art.
Augusta’s fantastic group at Ibbison Court on a Thursday always attracts a good number of people.
