Channel 4’s Tower Block of Commons saw four cross-party MPs swap high profile politics and expenses for low incomes and benefits.
From the ‘ivory towers’ of Westminster to the tower blocks of some of the country’s most run-down areas, it was classic fish out …
Posted on Tuesday, 23rd February 2010 | This entry has 0 comment(s)
We know we're in the middle of seismic shifts in the way the world operates. We don't know where they'll end up, or where any of us will be when the dust settles, if it ever does. Will we have a job? A pension? A home? Someone to care …
Posted on Monday, 22nd February 2010 | This entry has 3 comment(s)
This week the Conservatives set out plans to let public sector workers take control of the organisations they work for.
Allowing staff from job centres to call centres to form employee-owned co-operatives to deliver services was pitched by leader David Cameron as 'the most significant …
Posted on Tuesday, 16th February 2010 | This entry has 4 comment(s)
The launch of the national social enterprise mark has brought to the fore once again the issue of how we identify and recognise social enterprise.
Many argue that in order to be a 'true' social enterprise, your organisation must exhibit specific characteristics and that these must …
Posted on Monday, 15th February 2010 | This entry has 2 comment(s)
This is the first opportunity I've had to blog about Wednesday's discussion about the future of regeneration. Most of it will be featured in New Start magazine once we've digested copious notes.
One fascinating theme that might be difficult to boil down into an …
Posted on Monday, 15th February 2010 | This entry has 1 comment(s)
‘Empty homes, particularly those in disrepair, can be a magnet for vandalism, drug-taking, gangs or other forms of anti-social behaviour …this extra funding will help address that problem, making a real and visible difference to these communities.’
So says John Healey’s press release announcing £1m …
Posted on Monday, 15th February 2010 | This entry has 0 comment(s)
Tom Riordan gives five reasons not to abolish Yorkshire Forward
1. It is one of the most effective public agencies in the country
We’ve never missed a target, set by government and we've achieved this efficiently with 92p in every pound going direct to regeneration. …
Posted on Friday, 12th February 2010 | This entry has 0 comment(s)
The findings and figures contained in the latest Local Data Company (LDC) survey of hundreds of town centres across Britain make for gloomy reading.
Vacancies have continued to increase over the last two quarters and overall shop vacancy has nearly doubled in England and …
Posted on Friday, 12th February 2010 | This entry has 0 comment(s)
Yesterday a new campaign led by Comic Relief, Oxfam, Unison and about 50 other charities and civil society groups, including Urban Forum was launched. The Robin Hood Tax coalition is campaigning for the introduction of a Tobin Tax – a small levy on financial transactions between banks. The …
Posted on Thursday, 11th February 2010 | This entry has 0 comment(s)
Last weekend, thousands of people around the Australian state of Victoria gathered for memorial services to mark the first anniversary of the Victorian Bushfires, in which 173 people lost their lives. While a Royal Commission into the causes of the Black Saturday tragedy continues, efforts to rebuild …
Posted on Monday, 8th February 2010 | This entry has 0 comment(s)
As someone who has working in regeneration for many years, this is common sense to me. For too many years regeneration professionals and local authorities have squeezed money from initiative after initiative, demonised communities, and agreed to deliver change & playing the system to demonstrate change where actually there has …
Incredulous to the ignorance on 17th March 2010:
Is regeneration dying or coming of age?
Hi Martin,
Fair comment, and I agree with your principle but we need to be careful we don’t fall into the old trap of creating more agencies as there are far too many agencies at present. The less is more approach appeals to me right now.
Imelda Havers on 17th March 2010:
Is regeneration dying or coming of age?
Imelda,
To take your argument a step further, do we not also need to propose the creation of effective local development agencies, run by residents in partnership with local agencies? These could focus resources and priorities and ensure that outcomes were achieved that changed lives.
Martin Yarnit on 17th March 2010:
Is regeneration dying or coming of age?
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