The Queen's Park Forum is one of Westminster's five Local Area Renewal Partnerships (LARPs).
Queen’s Park is the northern most ward of the City and is bordered to the south by the Grand Union Canal and the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, to the west and north by Kensal Green and Kensal Rise (Brent) and to the east by Harrow Road ward and, further on, the South Kilburn Estate (Brent).
Queen’s Park is primarily a residential area characterised by two large and quite different estates. The Queen’s Park Estate, a traditional Victorian estate comprising approximately 2000 two storey terraces, 60% of which are in public ownership, and the Mozart Estate, a purpose built 1970s estate with approximately 2000 residents.
The population of the ward, approximately 11,500 residents, is forecast to increase to 13,000 by 2011. Queen’s Park has a high proportion (over 40%) of non-white residents (including Black-Caribbean 18.5%, Black-African 4% and Black-other 3.5%). Queen’s Park is also characterised by a high turn-over rate of residents -11% per annum.
Key Aims of Queen’s Park LARP
· Reduce crime and the fear of crime
· Improve skills and educational attainment and tackle barriers to employment
· Improve health
· Improve local housing
· Ensure housing provision meets the needs of vulnerable older people
· Tackle child poverty
· Provide facilities for children, young people and parents
· Meet the need of Queen’s Park diverse community