Updates from the first London and South East regional network meeting.
Place-based approaches
The power of a collective community
How C2 have connected residents and service providers, improving the wellbeing of communities.
One year on: Local issues, local solutions
We look back at a blog written by Ian Wardle, a member of the Great Places Commission, and Group Chief Executive at Thirteen Group, about the special role Housing Associations can play as organisations in tune with local issues, and how they can contribute to creating ‘great places’.
Front and Centre: Putting Social Value at the Heart of Inclusive Growth
Authors: Claire Mansfield, Nancy Towers and Ross PhillipsPublished by Social Enterprise, May 2019This research report by Social Enterprise calls for a rethink on how public bodies use social value, and urges them to make it a central part of how local and central...
The unspoken decline of outer London
Author: Paul Hunter Published by The Smith Institute, March 2019 This report follows on from previous research by Paul Hunter, the Institute's director, on poverty in outer London and on housing and low pay in the capital. What makes this report distinctive is its...
Great Places Commission: final report
With support from the National Housing Federation, the Commission visited towns and cities across the North and Midlands, meeting housing associations, stakeholders and local residents. Using the learning from this process, the Commission has made ten recommendations.
Making a sustainable community
Authors: Deborah Quilgars, Alison Dyke, Alison Wallace and Sarah WestPublished by Joseph Rowntree Foundation, February 2019This report presents the results of a six-year evaluation of Derwenthorpe, an urban extension of about 500 homes in York, developed by the...
Making communities great again: James Howick
James works at Saltworkz, a community café in Haywards Heath, and has been involved with youth work there since 2015.
Effective housing for people on low incomes in the Welsh valleys
This report gives five policy and practice recommendations, the combination of which will go some way to avoiding a bleak future if current challenges are not addressed.
Five ways housing associations underpin inclusive growth
With the support of the National Housing Federation, RSA Inclusive Growth Commission identified five practical ways to make local economies across the UK more prosperous and inclusive. They explored what roles housing providers currently play and what they can do to support inclusive growth.
Community asset transfer: A toolkit for housing providers
Using the experience of Affinity Sutton’s Community Asset Transfer Programme, this toolkit explains how they moved their portfolio of community buildings into long-term local ownership.
Acting on localism: the role of housing associations in driving a community agenda
To coincide with the one year anniversary of the Localism Act, Acting on Localism: The role of housing associations in driving a community agenda, examines the role of housing associations as actors and catalysts for a vibrant and transformative localism.
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