This booklet (viewer; download) by Oliver Escobar of the Public Policy Network (University of Edinburgh) seeks to speak to people involved in creating public forums for meaningful conversations. It provides an understanding of face-to-face communication for public engagement practitioners. If … Continue reading
Research and Reports
What can we learn from working in neighbourhoods?
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s Working in Neighbourhoods project offers useful lessons for local authorities, neighbourhood practitioners, and communities, drawing on direct experience from practitioners in Bradford, and many other places. It found: Neighbourhood workers are key to co-ordinating partners and … Continue reading
Official report into riots
After the Riots – the final report of the Riots Communities and Victims Panel, the official report into the 2011 riots in England has been published. This report follows on from an interim report 5 days in August. It concludes that … Continue reading
Reality, Resources, Resilience
A report has been published from the first phase of SURF’s collaborative programme on ‘Reality, Resources, Resilience’, delivered with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and supported by the Scottish Government. The focus of this stage was on the real impact of recession-based policy decisions on … Continue reading
Rural Development Networks
This report is the result of a scoping exercise carried out by the Carnegie UK Trust in June 2011 that sought to map rural community development networks throughout the UK and Ireland. The paper sets out a series of recommendations designed to … Continue reading
How can local government build sustainable urban neighbourhoods?
The Sustainable Urban Neighbourhoods Network was set up by JRF and URBED (Urban and Economic Development) to explore the experience of developing new communities in England. Its report suggests seven steps to achieving sustainable urban neighbourhoods: agree sub-regional spatial and … Continue reading
