How does where we live affect how healthy we are? This extended article looks at the opportunities for creating healthier places through community-based partnerships that combine public health and care aims. It also considers what, if any, might be the similarities and overlaps with wider place-based, partnership approaches to improving local quality of life. Overlapping…
Imagine refurbished, heritage buildings on your high street that are owned and occupied by community enterprises, provide important services, attract footfall and contribute proactively to the wider reshaping and image of your town or city centre. That is the prospect that the Government is looking to support through recent legislation in the English Devolution and…
A new report published by Power to Change provides valuable insights in to the potential of community-owned businesses to take a widespread leadership role in the multi-purpose revitalisation of town and city centres. The-new-high-street-playbook gives a detailed account of “community-led regeneration in action” through sharing analysis of the many successes -and some shortcomings- of five community…
With so much discussion about the roles of citizens in shaping places as the U.K. Government rolls-out plans for local devolution, community empowerment and pride in place, it’s essential as partners in your place to determine your collective approach. To help you get ahead, at People & Places we have done some of the thinking…
At the People & Places Partnership we have been working carefully over the last year to piece together a place policy checklist. Our aim is to help guide council, community and commercial place partners through the raft of new national policy initiatives in a way that can help apply them to their neighbourhood, town or…
The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act has become law and provides measures for new devolved powers, parishes and parking rules. Community Right To Buy The Act introduces a new Community Right to Buy will give local people the first right of refusal for valued community assets such as shops and community centres when they…
What is the link between how we experience and perceive places in creating ‘pride in place’ or similar sentiments? And what are the roles of place managers and branders in influencing our experiences and perceptions of places? Those were questions foremost in my mind when I took a deep dive into international indices measuring either…
In this review we focus on the implications of the UK Government’s new Better Connected Integrated Transport Strategy for urban and rural communities. The Strategy sets the direction for a more joined-up transport network that works better for passengers, drivers and communities across England. Of course, at the People & Places Partnership, we are going…
At the People & Places Partnership we have welcomed the focus of successive U.K. Governments on boosting pride in place amongst the communities of our neighbourhoods, town and city centres. Such thinking aligns with our own approach of making places work for local people as demonstrated by the creation in 2018 of the national revitalising…
In our quest to boost local pride in place -including as the focus of new U.K. Government funding- how much thought do we give to the receptiveness of people within a place? In this post, as part of the wider, accompanying research, we focus on the potential for pride in youthful and disadvantaged places, as…