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Briefing papers – something for everyone
Here are some useful free briefings. They are mainly aimed at officers in the LA sector, but you might them useful, in particular those…
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Tips for using twitter for community engagement
There is some overlap between these tips so rather than attribute each in turn I will list the contributors here. Anyone interested in online…
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Untapped potential of local people and local solutions
The Bradford Social Future Awards innovative pilot scheme was a partnership between JRF, UnLtd and Bradford Metropolitan District Council from May 2011 to June…
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Working together in a partnership
Working together is not uncommon in the housing industry, but new opportunities and challenges in the sector mean partnership working is becoming an ever…
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Its never too late for a big lunch party on 2nd June
This year The Big Lunch takes place on Sunday 2 June and with less than a month to go, things are getting busy! It’s…
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LA free sheets under attack
Communities secretary Eric Pickles has renewed his attack on local authority publicity free-sheets, penning a letter to newspaper bosses in which he pledges to…
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£9.5 million for neighbourhood planning – fund launched today
A £9.5m fund has been launched by Locality to help communities create neighbourhood plans. The neighbourhood planning fund will give groups a grant of…
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Service users of revolving doors
As part of the Condition of Britain programme, IPPR held an informal discussion group with service-users of Revolving Doors Agency and St Mungo’s, two…
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Social Hearts and Commercial Minds – a new tenant relationship
Housing associations must forge new relationships with their tenants to help with increasingly squeezed finances, according to a report released today. A report by…
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Study into participatory budgeting
This study was completed through researching and speaking to a number of agencies, including myself when I was at the NHF for a couple…
