The estate is a mix of private and council housing

In the past Caia Park has been dogged by its image.

The estate, which houses more than 14,000 people, has a high unemployment rate and there are concerns about an increase in anti-social behaviour.

However, millions of pounds has been spent rejuvenating the area and its name was changed in the 1980s from Queens Park to Caia Park to give the estate a fresh image.

"I'm sure that as a community we have a lot going for us," said Christine Thomas from the local tenants association.

We have people who work with young people and we have pensioner clubs Christine Thomas Caia Park resident

She added: "You have to pick yourself up, dust yourself down and carry on."

In 2001 Caia Park's Communities First Programme, a Welsh assembly scheme set up to regenerate the area, was awarded �1.1m.

The money which will be spent over three years has funded various projects from setting up credit unions to the introduction of schemes to improve early years' development.

A further �1m was secured by local people who applied for funding to improve healthy living on the estate.

The Inequalities in Health Fund was established by the Welsh Assembly Government to stimulate and support new local action to address inequalities in health and the factors that contribute to it.

Also, there are more than 60 adults on the estate registered as volunteers.

Resident Christine Thomas: Lots of good people live on the estate

A spokeswoman for Wrexham Council said that compared to the rest of the county Caia Park has a strong culture, community and voluntary sector.

Christine Thomas, herself a volunteer said there is a strong sense of community on the estate.

"We've got lots of mums who volunteer in our schools," she said.

"We have people who work with young people and we have pensioner clubs."

Perhaps one of the biggest initiatives on the estate is the Venture playground.

Set up by Wrexham county councillor Malcolm King in the late 1970s the centre is a haven for five to 16-year-olds.

The scheme's primary purpose has always been play. However the Venture has other benefits for the local community.

In recent years homework clubs have been introduced so youngsters have somewhere peaceful to study.

Caia Park used to have one of the highest crime rates in north Wales.

A recent report suggested that juvenile crime fell by 56% in the first five years that the centre opened.