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Evaluation lessons - Hands-on help offers best results

25 May 2007

BACKGROUND Project: North Staffordshire Community Chaplaincy Project. Period of evaluation: June 2004-June 2006. Evaluating organisation: Wider Impact Consultancy. Evaluation commissioned by: The Mercian Trust. Aims and outline of the project:...

Britons 'should lead' housing race

25 May 2007

Native Britons should be given higher priority than migrants when allocating affordable housing, says a government minister.

Post office survival requires creativity

By Karen Buck

25 May 2007

Given the oft-repeated mantra that "post offices are the lifeblood of the local community", it is surprising how few new models of community provision have developed in response to the rapid restructuring of, and reduction in the size of, the post office network. The moment has come for all those with an interest in communities to step up to the plate.

Funding freedom

By Tim Williams

25 May 2007

Why councils should borrow more.

Regeneration upheaval in SNP Scotland

25 May 2007

After moving into the top spot in Holyrood, new first minister Alex Salmond plans to trim departments and scrap Scotland's regeneration agency. Such renovations could have a major impact on the country's renewal, says Jamie Carpenter.

In her Element - Oona King, chair, Institute of Community Cohesion

18 May 2007

After losing her seat to George Galloway in a bitter and divisive campaign, the former MP has found her niche heading an alliance of universities devoted to healing cultural and ethnic rifts.

Treasury likely to keep targets for poor areas

18 May 2007

Whitehall departments are still likely to be given goals to improve their performance in deprived areas, even after this year's planned cull of government targets, a senior Treasury official said this week.

Business volunteers with a local focus

18 May 2007

Project Shoreditch, a partnership between the East London Business Alliance (Elba), Deutsche Bank, law firm Linklaters, investment bank UBS and New Deal for Communities (NDC) partnership the Shoreditch Trust, has been supporting the regeneration of Shoreditch through corporate employee volunteering for the last two years. The partnership is unusual in that it involves companies working collaboratively and focusing on one geographical area. Since its launch in April 2005, it has placed 2,200 volunteers, equal to the value of £170,000 in volunteer time, and supported more than 50 local groups including schools, charities and small firms. Partner companies have also donated over £67,000 in goods and direct financial support. Elba project manager Katy Miles answers our panel's questions.

Blair's targets need review, not removal

By Karen Buck

18 May 2007

One of the defining features of Tony Blair's years as prime minister will have been the heavy reliance on targets: from the Government's sweeping commitment to the Millennium goals for international development, to 'eradicating (UK) child poverty in a generation', to the 'floor targets' underpinning delivery of the Neighbourhood Renewal Fund and, of course, Local Area Agreements.

Former Liverpool leader takes regeneration job

16 May 2007

Liverpool City Council's controversial former leader, Mike Storey, has become its executive member for regeneration in a post-election reshuffle.