Regeneration

"If the rhetoric of community-led regeneration is to be translated into real change, then informal networks are crucial to the journey . . ." Alison Gilchrist

Action Ideas

• Project pages in this wiki
• Sustainable (Your town) pages in this wiki
• Local sustainability directories in this wiki
• Local sustainabiity picture libraries (online); share your pictures in this wiki (you need to be logged in to upload files - see Community Portal)
• Credit unions ^W
• Just Rewards New Start magazine campaign for a fair deal for community representatives who work tirelessly to make government regeneration schemes successful.
• Healthy Living initiatives
• Development trusts

Why it matters

Regeneration Initiatives can be concerned with sustainability, quality of life issues and community involvement.

Consultations

• 2008-04-10 online discussion forum closes, 'Unlocking the talent of our communities', Communities and Local Government topic

• Delivering Housing and Regeneration: Communities England and the future of social housing regulation. Consultation period: June 19 2007 to September 10 2007. Communities and Local Government

• Local Strategic Partnerships - UK government consultation, December 2005

Resources

• Co-production by people outside paid employment, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Findings, June 2006 - Ref 0356. new economics foundation news
• Mobilising Britain’s Missing Workforce, Unemployment, incapacity benefit, and the regions, Steve Fothergill and John Grieve Smith, Catalyst Working Paper published: September 2005, ISBN 1 904508 16 2 Paperback: 40 pages

Related

SCA Sustainability networks Community involvement Urban & village design Community Involvement via Community Action 2020 Community & voluntary action Environmental justice Global connections Communities online Community resources	Wikisphere Urban renewal W	Social media Meanwhile Space

Wanted pages and external links

• openideo.com, How might we restore vibrancy in cities and regions facing economic decline

USA

• Living City Block, Denver

UK

• urbanpollinators.co.uk, practical think tank
• New Start Online Online magazine
• Urban Forum
• Centre for Local Economic Strategies - CLES
• Regenerate
• Groundwork
• Civic Trust
• Civic Trust Regeneration Unit
• Development Trusts Association
• Association of British Credit Unions Ltd
• Plugging the Leaks Information and resources for people concerned about their local economies from the New Economics Foundation
• Neighbourhood Renewal Unit Government site, part of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
• Meanwhile Project, boosting community use of empty shops in town centres

Regeneration

UK portal - newsfeeds - Thames Gateway - England's coastal towns - London - A-Z

References