Art and Safe Communities: the role of Big hART in the regeneration of an inner city housing estate.

Issue Addressed: This paper describes how a notorious central housing estate nicknamed '' became the first public housing estate to achieve the World Health Organization criteria for designation as a Safe Community.

Methods: A case study was the method of choice to report on the way Government and non-government agencies worked with tenants in a community development approach.

Results: The Neighbourhood Advisory Board formed at Northcott worked collaboratively with tenants, Big hART, Government and non-government organisations to make Northcott a safer place to live.