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How men’s sheds are helping to tackle loneliness

'Going to a shed means they have someone to talk to and they have a ...

Communities Economic Development Good Local Economics Local Government Regeneration

Social immobility: of queens and commoners

If you are doing all you can but only twice as fast is good enough, ...

Communities Economic Development Good Local Economics Local Government Regeneration

Building a more decentralised economy

What are the conditions needed for local economies to be built around SMEs, social enterprises ...

Communities Economic Development Good Local Economics Local Government Regeneration

Better Places National Awards – spreading skills and knowledge

We’re looking for innovative initiatives that are both economically and socially inclusive – exemplars that ...

Communities Economic Development Good Local Economics Local Government Regeneration

Better Places National Awards 2012

**UPDATE: SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED** The Better Places National Awards will celebrate initiatives that go that extra mile, ...

Communities Economic Development Finance Good Local Economics Local Government

Just Finance can reach out to the excluded

At a time when mainstream bank lending is ever harder to come by and exploitative ...

Communities Economic Development Finance Good Local Economics Local Government Regeneration

The forgotten £1 billion

While the economy continues to struggle, over £1.2bn of money earmarked to help stimulate some ...

Communities Good Local Economics

Single or duplicitous Work Programme?

My views seem to resonate to some degree with Sir Stephen Bubb, no less, who ...

Communities Good Local Economics Local Government Regeneration

Red tape ‘weeding’ puts green spaces in jeopardy

Our experience of working with communities - many of whom are from disadvantaged neighbourhoods – ...

Communities Economic Development Good Local Economics Local Government Regeneration

Businesses – your country needs you

There is tremendous scope right now for businesses to step up to the plate and ...