Regeneration

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Regeneration UK portal - news & comment - Thames Gateway - England's coastal towns - A-Z London - South East England - South West England - West Midlands - East Midlands - East of England - Yorkshire and the Humber - North West England - North East England - Wales - Scotland - Northern Ireland

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

Contents 1 Action Ideas 2 Why it matters 3 Consultations 4 Resources 5 Social Networks 6 Related Topics 7 Related Wikipedia content 8 UK links

[edit] 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

[edit] Why it matters

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

[edit] Consultations

• 2008-04-10 online discussion forum closes, 'Unlocking the talent of our communities', Communities and Local Government ^[1] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Social Networks

• Meanwhile Space

[edit] Related Topics

• Sustainability networks
• Community involvement
• Urban & village design
• Community Involvement via Community Action 2020
• Community & voluntary action
• Environmental justice
• Global connections
• Communities online
• Community resources

[edit] Related Wikipedia content

• Urban renewal ^W

[edit] UK links

• 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

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References

1. ↑ Communities and Local Government, March 19