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News Category: News From Creating Excellence
Exchange of Regeneration Best Practice | |
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Creating Excellence, in conjunction with the Centre for Regeneration Excellence Wales (CREW), are organising two one day seminars aimed at sharing knowledge and expertise in the field of regeneration.
Read more... Published: Wed, 07 December 2011 |
Topic: Regeneration |
Localism in Action – case studies, tips and tools from the South West | |
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A new downloadable booklet available from Creating Excellence: offers councillors, community groups and public service officers 52 pages of practical support on participatory budgeting, community assets ...
Read more... Published: Mon, 31 October 2011 |
Topic: Empowerment |
New Community Grants Programme for the South West | |
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The South West Foundation, in partnership with the Learning Curve and the Skills Funding Agency, is about to open a new funding programme for the South West Region. In connection with this ...
Read more... Published: Wed, 24 August 2011 |
Topic: Funding |
Community Empowerment in the South West - What we know and what's next | |
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Over 70 people gathered to discuss the past and future of empowerment in the region at this sell-out event on 29th June at the Albemarle Centre, Taunton, and more joined them online at a live streaming of the event ...
Read more... Published: Wed, 13 July 2011 |
Topic: Empowerment |
Expert reviews of proposed built environment schemes in the South West to continue | |
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The quality of design in the built environment in the South West has received a boost, following the announcement by The Design Council CABE that it will provide financial support for the continuation of the region's design ...
Read more... Published: Thu, 12 May 2011 |
Topic: Design |
Transition Fund announcement – good news for the South West | |
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South West voluntary sector organisations have been rewarded for their quick response to a new government funding initiative.The Transition Fund programme was launched last autumn with a deadline for applications early in 2011 ...
Read more... Published: Fri, 15 April 2011 |
Topic: Empowerment |
Creating Excellence workshop on Qualityreviewer method | |
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This practical workshop took place at the Somerset College in Taunton, with support from the Homes and Communities Agency.It provided delegates with the opportunity to work through some real projects using the ...
Read more... Published: Wed, 09 March 2011 |
Topic: Built environment |
Briefing on the public health white paper and planning by Chair of Creating Excellence | |
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Stephen Hewitt, Chair of Creating Excellence, Specialist Professional Planner (Healthy Living/Health Improvement) Healthy Urban Team, Bristol City Council, comments on the public health white paper and planning document: ...
Read more... Published: Tue, 08 February 2011 |
Topic: Health |
REWARDS 2010: A Celebration of South West Projects | |
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"We know how to deliver on the Government's Big Society Agenda!" On Wednesday 24th November Creating Excellence hosted its triennial awards event, REWARDS 2010 at the Exeter Conference Centre in Northernhay ...
Read more... Published: Mon, 22 November 2010 |
Topic: Sustainable Communities |
The Big Society Conference 4th November 2010 | |
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Nearly 200 people from voluntary and statutory organisations from across the South West met at Somerset County Cricket Club for the region's first large gathering to discuss what the Big Society agenda may mean in ...
Read more... Published: Fri, 05 November 2010 |
Topic: Empowerment |
Money Where it Matters - Participatory Budgeting Conference, 15 October | |
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The purpose of PB is to enable local communities to decide how budgets that affect them are spent.This PB conference on 15 October near Exeter showcased the work of local authorities that already use PB. Participants ...
Read more... Published: Fri, 10 September 2010 |
Topic: Empowerment |
Creating Excellence - no closure | |
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Since the election there has been a constant stream of announcements detailing the impact of the Coalition's £120 bn cut in public expenditure. The sheer scale of the reduction in public expenditure ...
Read more... Published: Fri, 20 August 2010 |
Topic: Sustainable Communities |
Taunton tops South West Enterprise League | |
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TAUNTON has been crowned the most enterprising place in South West, beating stiff competition from across the region in the nation's Enterprising Britain competition, according to a recent South West Regional Development ...
Read more... Published: Tue, 03 August 2010 |
Topic: Economic development |
Creating Excellence Rewards 2010 | |
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In order to fully represent the extent and variety of great projects within the south west region, the board of Creating Excellence extended the deadline to 30th June 2010. All applications have now been received and ...
Read more... Published: Mon, 29 March 2010 |
Topic: Sustainability |
Barton Hill Settlement wins national award for Bridging Cultures | |
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The Barton Hill Settlement's People's Hive, East Bristol, recently won a national award for its work in promoting intercultural dialogues and building community bridges.
Read more... Published: Thu, 10 December 2009 |
Topic: Networking |
South West Forum Wins £0.5million Research Bid | |
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South West Forum, the regional voice for voluntary and community organisations, has won almost half a million pounds of Lottery funding for a major research project of national importance ...
Read more... Published: Thu, 03 December 2009 |
Topic: Third Sector |
SWDRP Affiliation with CABE | |
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The South West Design Review Panel (SWDRP) has affiliated with the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE).Affiliation began on the 5th October 2009 and involves the CABE national design review panel and ...
Read more... Published: Wed, 07 October 2009 |
Topic: Built environment |
Low Carbon Communities Challenge | |
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On 28 September 2009, the Department of Energy and Climate Change launched the Low Carbon Communities Challenge, a two-year programme to provide financial and advisory support to 20 ‘test-bed' communities in England ...
Read more... Published: Wed, 30 September 2009 |
Topic: Energy and fuel |
Regional Voices: getting the VCS heard where it matters | |
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Decisions about things that affect communities, like skills, employment health and transport, are all made at the regional level. The nine Regional Voluntary Sector Networks in England are all about getting the voluntary and ...
Read more... Published: Wed, 29 July 2009 |
Topic: Empowerment |
Power to the People – Access to Housing Through Self-Help | |
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Did you know that it's possible for ordinary people to negotiate with owners of empty properties for the use of their buildings? Latest returns show that there are 943,000 empty properties in the UK ...
Read more... Published: Fri, 17 July 2009 |
Topic: Housing |
Sustainable Communities Excellence Network Annual Review 2009 | |
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This report reviews the achievements of the Sustainable Communities Excellence Network (SCEN) over the last year and looks forward to plans for 2010.
Read more... Published: Tue, 07 July 2009 |
Topic: Sustainable Communities |
Awards for Community Involvement 2009 | |
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South West Planning Aid and the Royal Town Planning Institute South West have joined forces for a second year on a new awards scheme for community involvement. The ‘Awards for Community Involvement' have been ...
Read more... Published: Tue, 07 July 2009 |
Topic: Design |
Design Review Encouraged During Recession | |
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Good design is critical to surviving the recession according to the South West Design Review Panel which is encouraging the property industry to take advantage of its free advice service.
Read more... Published: Wed, 29 April 2009 |
Topic: Design |
Are you Enterprising? Why not be Social Enterprising? | |
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RISE, the voice of Social Enterprise in the region, is working in partnership with Co-active and Business Link to provide help for those with an enterprising idea to benefit their community or the environment ...
Read more... Published: Thu, 05 February 2009 |
Topic: Social Enterprise |
Take Part Programme Looks For Potential Pathfinder in Region | |
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Government Office for the South West (GOSW) has been asked by Communities and Local Government (CLG) to identify areas which might be considered as a potential "pathfinder" for the next phase of the Take Part ...
Read more... Published: Thu, 15 January 2009 |
Topic: Empowerment |
Sustainability South West Seeks to Embed Sustainability in Regional Structures | |
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Sustainability South West is looking to embed sustainability into the regional arrangements resulting from the Sub National Review. They are conducting a consultation, which ends on 16th January ...
Read more... Published: Thu, 18 December 2008 |
Topic: Sustainability |
The Homes and Communities Agency - The Challenge for Housing Growth | |
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The Homes and Communities Agency came into being on 1 December. In the second of our series looking at its work we focus in on the challenge for housing growth.
Read more... Published: Mon, 08 December 2008 |
Topic: Housing |
Housing Apprenticeships for Local Government and Housing Associations | |
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The IDeA, CIH and Asset Skills are working together to promote a Housing Apprenticeship scheme that will become available from September 2009 and are currently looking for 10 pilot organisations from the South West.
Read more... Published: Mon, 08 December 2008 |
Topic: Learning |
Welcome to the New Homes and Communities Agency | |
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The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) came into being on 1 December 2008. Creating Excellence will be running a series of articles over the next few weeks to get you fully up to speed with what is known ...
Read more... Published: Mon, 01 December 2008 |
Topic: Government, politics and public admin. |
Government Responds to Sub-National Review | |
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The Government has published its response as a result of the consultation on the Sub-National Review.
Read more... Published: Fri, 28 November 2008 |
Topic: Regeneration |
Top National Award Scooped by South West Regional Compact Partners | |
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South West Regional Compact Partners (which include Creating Excellence) have won the National Compact Excellence Award for collaborative working at regional level.
Read more... Published: Fri, 14 November 2008 |
Topic: Third Sector |
Funding Secured for Empowering Communities Work in South West | |
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The Communities Secretary, Hazel Blears, announced on Tuesday (5 March 2008) £2.3 million for the National Empowerment Partnership Initiative. Empowering Communities, the consortium led by Creating Excellence ...
Read more... Published: Fri, 07 March 2008 |
Topic: Empowerment |
Better Design, Better Places | |
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Design Review Panel Calls for Greater Architectural Ambition Across South West The South West is lacking architectural ambition and needs to increase its commitment to design quality according to ‘Better design ...
Read more... Published: Thu, 10 January 2008 |
Topic: Design |
Conference 2007 - Growing a Sustainable Region | |
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Creating Excellence's regional conference 'Growing a Sustainable Region', was held on 6 December at the Watershed in Bristol. Thank you to all those who attended and contributed so much to the ...
Read more... Published: Thu, 18 October 2007 |
Topic: Regeneration |
Seminar Series - Skills for Sustainable Communities | |
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Creating Excellence has just launched a series of lively seminars to address key skills needs in the world of sustainable communities. Run by expert trainers and tailored to the needs of those involved ...
Read more... Published: Mon, 08 October 2007 |
Topic: Education and skills |
Pilot of National Qualification Announced for South West | |
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Raising Our Game - new pilot for level 5 qualification - Certificate in Managing Sustainable Communities Creating Excellence, working with the Academy for Sustainable Communities ...
Read more... Published: Sat, 06 October 2007 |
Topic: Learning |
RDA Press Release - Strategy could do more for economy | |
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The Regional Spatial Strategy must be more positive about the future of South West England - or the region could miss out on major economic opportunities. The warning comes from the South West of England Regional ...
Read more... Published: Mon, 16 April 2007 |
Topic: Economic development |
Promoting leadership: tell us about your events | |
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Creating Excellence is asking you to tell us about any leadership events that you are planning, to take place over the next 12 months, so that we can promote them on a comprehensive new leadership events listing database on ...
Read more... Published: Tue, 10 April 2007 |
Topic: Sustainability |
Local Evidence Guide | |
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Creating Excellence recently published a handy guide to finding local data and statistics in the south west. The Local Evidence Guide has been produced in response to demand for basic guidance to finding the best available ...
Read more... Published: Mon, 26 March 2007 |
Topic: Evidence |
Invitation from Creating Excellence and the Academy for Sustainable Communities - Skills Competency Framework | |
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Developing a sustainable communities competency framework - Invitation to participate Office for Public Management (OPM) has been commissioned by the Academy for Sustainable Communities to design and develop a Sustainable ...
Read more... Published: Mon, 12 March 2007 |
Topic: Sustainability |
Academy for Sustainable Communities launch skills survey | |
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ASC has launched a major study into the skills shortages that impair and threaten the successful delivery of sustainable communities. The study will provide comprehensive information on current and projected labour shortages and ...
Read more... Published: Tue, 27 February 2007 |
Topic: Education and skills |
Creating Excellence Is Helping The Region To Address Housing Audit Design Issues | |
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In the light of today's announcement of the results of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment's (CABE) South West Housing Audit Creating Excellence ...
Read more... Published: Thu, 08 February 2007 |
Topic: Design |
News from Communities and Local Government : Pioneering agency to drive forward housing and regeneration | |
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The Government has today announced proposals for a new agency to deliver regeneration and housing in a major shake-up of the way it supports the delivery of new homes and develops mixed ...
Read more... Published: Thu, 18 January 2007 |
Topic: Local government |
Creating Excellence Report 2006 | |
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Over the past year the Board and the staff of Creating Excellence have been working to research issues, pilot courses and promote activity to help create successful communities with skills and knowledge ...
Read more... Published: Tue, 16 January 2007 |
Topic: Sustainability |
BURA Training Programmes | |
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BURA has pioneered a unique training programme designed as a professional's introduction into regeneration or for those wanting an overall view of regeneration who are already in one of the many related fields such as housing ...
Read more... Published: Mon, 15 January 2007 |
Topic: Design |
Creating the Future - The ASC Award for Sustainable Communities 2006 | |
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The Academy for Sustainable Communities (ASC) recently launched the Government's national awards for sustainable communities.‘Creating the Future - the ASC Awards for Sustainable Communities' is the premier ...
Read more... Published: Thu, 30 November 2006 |
Topic: Learning |
Strong and Prosperous Communities - Local Government White Paper Announced | |
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On 26 October the Government announced its White Paper on the future of Local Government - Strong and prosperous communities.
Read more... Published: Fri, 27 October 2006 |
Topic: Local government |
Launch of Regeneration Essentials | |
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Creating Excellence is launching a new series of events - Regeneration Essentials - which start with "Practical support for collaborative working" on July 13th (Plymouth); 15th (Weston-Super-Mare); 27th (Wimborne) and 28th ...
Read more... Published: Fri, 10 June 2005 |
Topic: Learning |
Creating Excellence - Regeneration and Renewal | |
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Creating Excellence - the South West's Regeneration and Renewal Centre has been set up partly in response to a white paper published by the Government's Urban Task Force - led by Lord Rogers in 1999 - and also in response ...
Read more... Published: Tue, 01 February 2005 |
Topic: Regional policy |
Core role signalled for centres of excellence | |
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England's regeneration centres of excellence must receive greater recognition from key players in education and training if they are to succeed, the government has been warned.
Read more... Published: Wed, 20 October 2004 |
Topic: Education and skills |
Regional launch events conclude in Bristol | |
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Friday 8th October saw the finale in a series of 7 launch events for Creating Excellence. More than 550 people attended the events and in keeping with our promise to be a truly regional service ...
Read more... Published: Mon, 11 October 2004 |
Topic: Networking |
