About Castle Ward

Castle Community Office is located in Castle Ward – a densely populated urban area in the heart of Scarborough which includes the ‘Old Town’, castle and harbour/seafront and stretches out to Westwood.

Although much of Castle Ward is located in a very attractive environment, it is considered to be an area of social deprivation due to levels of unemployment, crime, drug misuse, poor health and housing issues. Scarborough has a significant population of long-term unemployed people who have moved to the area to find cheap accommodation in the wake of a steadily declining tourist industry.

There is much involvement from agencies working in Castle Ward to support people in need and to co-ordinate regeneration activities that will build a sense of pride in the community. In 1995 funding from Europe enabled the establishment of the Castle Pride Initiative, involving a number of groups, including Castle Ward Tenants and Residents Association, local traders groups and an anti-theft group, in the formulation of projects to promote regeneration activities. In spring 2005 Castle Community Office was established as one such project.

There is much happening in Castle Ward, with new projects being established to tackle recycling, upgrading the harbour and other environmental improvements. Castle Ward has twice won an outstanding award in the Britain in Bloom Neighbourhood Awards (2006 and 2007) and is keen to maintain and exceed this high standard.  In the future there will be many more opportunities to develop projects that will tackle sustainability issues so that Castle Ward can continue to prosper and hopefully in time loose its negative label of social deprivation.

Castle Community Office
is grateful to the following for their support:

The Marjory Wilson Charity Trust

Castle Community Office, 9 Market Vaults , St Helen's Square,
Scarborough YO11 1EU
E-mail: castlecommunityoffice@btinternet.com

Telephone:  07724 311750