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When it comes to engagement and building trust, you can’t beat old-fashioned community activism

There is a connection between an individual’s first experience as a volunteer, to their involvement ...

Communities Good Local Economics Housing Local Government Regeneration

Local authorities and housing associations must work together in tough times

While the debate over the pros and cons of extending right to buy has focused ...

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Understanding how debt problems change our behaviour is the key to better support

A new report based on research in the Netherlands, provides five ways to incorporate latest ...

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Local government must respond to in-work benefit cuts

The next few years are going to be very challenging for local government but even ...

Communities Economic Development Good Local Economics Local Government Regeneration

Can trust and support deliver a Real Big Society?

I read somewhere recently that the prime minister genuinely believes that if it works for ...

Communities Regeneration

Systems thinking for community groups. Or, how can you change a system if you have no power?

Systems thinking can seem complex and inaccessible but even the smallest group of people working ...

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Inspiring Scottish regeneration: The 2014 Surf awards

For more than ten years now, Surf and the Scottish government have worked in partnership ...

Communities Good Local Economics

Can we create a digital commons in 2015?

Community ownership is democratised, with residents taking a direct stake through, for example, community share ...

Communities Economic Development Good Local Economics Local Government Regeneration

2015 is the year the cuts will really kick in

One of the things I’d like to see, in order to release the necessary capital ...

Communities Good Local Economics Housing Local Government Regeneration

This New Year needs to be a turning point

This New Year needs to be turning point. A challenge to current orthodoxy and the ...