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MOVES: Appointment at Community Foundation Network

3 October 2003

Graham Thom has been appointed as chief executive of the Community Foundation Network, replacing interim director Marion Webster, who is moving to Australia. Thom joins from Transform Africa, a network of training and...

NEWS BRIEF: North-West Regional Assembly suggests jobs move

3 October 2003

The North-West Regional Assembly has suggested that jobs from the Department for Rural Affairs and the Commission for Racial Equality should be moved to the region. Its call forms part of the...

NEWS BRIEF: Woodhorn Colliery set to be restored

3 October 2003

A 19th century colliery is set to be restored and turned into a cultural attraction. A £10 million grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund will be used to transform Woodhorn Colliery in...

NEWS BRIEF: Conclusions of Barclays SiteSavers study

3 October 2003

Projects to improve green space can have a long-term impact on the social fabric of communities, according to a new report. Barclays SiteSavers, an environmental programme by Barclays Bank and regeneration charity Groundwork,...

NEWS BRIEF: Research launched at Labour Party conference

3 October 2003

Research showing how councils have been stripped of funding power by central governments over the last 170 years was launched at the Labour Party conference this week. Produced by think-tanks the New Economics...

NEWS BRIEF: TimeBank offers grants

3 October 2003

Volunteering charity TimeBank is offering grants of up to £1,000 to schemes that bring together young people from different faiths. The Respect initiative will provide grants for volunteering projects that bring together...

Gated communities 'on the rise'

3 October 2003

Residential areas where affluent residents are fenced off from their surroundings are on the rise, according to a forthcoming study for the ODPM. Researchers at the University of Glasgow and Sheffield Hallam...

Big Issue enterprise offers advice online

3 October 2003

An online social enterprise offering advice on life's tricky situations, from organising a barbecue to getting divorced, has been launched by the publishers of the Big Issue magazine. BigIssueLists.co.uk offers users around...

Paddington Central block gains approval

3 October 2003

Westminster City Council this week approved the construction of a 31,121sq metre office building in Development Securities' Paddington Central regeneration area (see visualisation, above). Planning permission for the building follows earlier approval for...

COMMUNITY RENEWAL NEWS: Schools 'struggling' with renewal

3 October 2003

Schools are increasingly disconnected from regeneration initiatives because of a "fundamental tension" between hitting performance targets and involvement in community renewal, according to a study by social policy research charity the Joseph Rowntree...