It’s January 2030 and how have external perceptions of Bradford changed? More importantly is there a palpable sense of greater community cohesion and local ‘pride in place’. Bradford has boldly stepped into the national spotlight as U.K. City of Culture for 2025, though this is only part of wider ambitions to evolve the ‘look…
The People & Places Partnership has worked with Proximity Futures on behalf of North Tyneside Council to guide the short-term recovery and revitalisation of North Shields town centre over the longer-term. This page provides access to up-to-date resources created as part of this work, as well as links to related guidance. Surveys seeking local stakeholders’…
The People & Places Partnership is working with Proximity Futures on behalf of North Tyneside Council to guide the short-term recovery and revitalisation of Fish Quay over the longer-term. This page provides access to up-to-date resources created as part of this work, as well as links to related guidance. Surveys seeking local stakeholders’ views Working…
Reviving historic town centres and their role is not simply about a short-term injection of cash to restore heritage shopfronts or salvage a single historic building for re-use. Reflecting on Historic England and the Government’s £95 million investment in high street heritage action zones across 69 towns and cities, we consider the nuanced and integrated…
A creative new High Street Challenge fund has been launched to inject imagination in to the way public property contributes to the vitality of town centres. The High Street Challenge Fund will offer a combination of cash and expertise to one town centre selected to act as a test-bed for fresh thinking. Problem solving The…
Being Well Together explains the methodology behind the first UK-wide Community Wellbeing Index created by the Coop and the Young Foundation. Community wellbeing ‘Wellbeing’ has been described as “all the things people need in order to lead a good life”. The concept of ‘community wellbeing’ is less developed than the concept of personal wellbeing. In Being Well Together,…
The LEADER Programme provides a total of £138 million in England and £95 million in Wales for rural development between 2015 and 2020. Local Action Groups You can apply to your Local Action Group (LAG) for funding for projects that help local businesses to grow or benefit the rural economy.Towns within LEADER areas defined by DEFRA as…
The changing face of the High Street and the current policy and retail context is considered in detail in this report published by English Heritage (now known as Historic England). It considers what this might mean for town centre regeneration over the next few years. Its case studies demonstrate what town centre regeneration can achieve through an innovative approach…