BNG: Bridging NewcastleGateshead Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder

BNG Area of Change: Bridging NewcastleGateshead Area of Change (Focused intervention are as within an Area Development Framework. Also referred to as Strategic Commissions)

CLG: Communities and Local Government (formerly DCLG and ODPM)

Domains/Domain Indices: Components which make up the NNIS Vitality Index. There are seven domains in total, each consisting of numerous indicators.

IMD: Index of Multiple Deprivation 2007 (produced by Oxford University)

LAA: Local Area Agreement

LEGI: Local Enterprise Growth Initiative

LSP: Local Strategic Partnership

National Floor Targets: Information and Statistics gathered from the National Floor Target Interactive website.

Neighbourhoods: Residential Neighbourhoods within the Newcastle Neighbourhood Information Service (146 in total as at 2008).

NNIS: Newcastle Neighbouhood Information Service

WNF: Working Neighbourhood Fund

ONS: Office of National Statistics

Vitality Index (VI) : An in-house index that provides an understanding of concentrations of deprivation across Newcastle.

Page last updated: 16 August, 2011