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News Category: News From Creating Excellence
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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. |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 - 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
The Great Debate South West 2012 - Part 1 | |
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Sponsored by Burges Salmon, the Great Debate considers: What role for the land, property and construction sector in the quest for renewed economic growth in the context of localism?
Read more... Published: Mon, 05 March 2012 |
Topic: Economic development |
More joy for South West “Frontrunners”! | |
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Earlier this month on 5th March, the government announced the successful candidates for the fifth ‘wave' of Neighbourhood Planning Frontrunners. Under this scheme ...
Read more... Published: Mon, 02 April 2012 |
Topic: Sustainable Communities |
Creating Excellence May 2012 newsletter | |
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In case you missed our latest newsletter, sent out in May by e mail to our subscribers, follow this link.Watch this space for our next newsletter coming up soon.
Read more... Published: Fri, 22 June 2012 |
Topic: Sustainable Communities |
New leaflet for Design and Planning Support | |
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Creating Excellence offers independent practical assistance in support of good design and effective community engagement. By deploying experienced and independent practitioners we provide a bespoke service to meet the needs of ...
Read more... Published: Wed, 27 June 2012 |
Topic: Design |
Promoting Design Quality Workshop | |
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Creating Excellence convened a workshop to discuss how to promote design quality under the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), on Friday 28 September 2012, at the Albemarle Centre ...
Read more... Published: Wed, 08 August 2012 |
Topic: Design |
Creating Excellence Newsletter August 2012 | |
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In case you missed our latest newsletter, sent out in August 2012 by e mail to our subscribers, follow this link. You will find information about our new Design and Planning Support Service for Local Authorities.Watch this ...
Read more... Published: Wed, 17 October 2012 |
Topic: Sustainable Communities |
Welfare Reform: Challenges, Impacts and Evidence | |
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This one day event took place in Taunton on Tuesday 13 November at the Albemarle Centre, TA1 1BA Of interest to: those grappling with new reforms, working in policy, evidence or implementation roles ...
Read more... Published: Wed, 07 November 2012 |
Topic: Empowerment |
Big Lottery Support for 4 South West Areas | |
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The Big Lottery has (this morning) announced 10 year funding programmes for 4 areas in the south west.
Read more... Published: Mon, 10 December 2012 |
Topic: Funding |
Building a healthier south west: best practice in health and planning | |
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This Free one day event takes place on Thursday, 28 February 2013 9.30am (for 10.00am start) - 3.30pm. Venue Devonport Guildhall, Ker Street, Plymouth, Devon, PL1 4EL.Lunch and refreshments are provided.
Read more... Published: Wed, 19 December 2012 |
Topic: Health |
Launch of Design Network | |
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Creating Excellence is a member of The Design Network - a new national network of eight independent organisations that promote better places. Launched in December, The Design Network links eight existing not-for-profit ...
Read more... Published: Mon, 07 January 2013 |
Topic: Design |
New Rates for Design Review | |
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South West Design Review Panel (SWDRP) charges rose on 11 February 2013. The increases brought the South West into line with the cost of design review elsewhere and mean the valued service provided by SWDRP can be sustained ...
Read more... Published: Mon, 07 January 2013 |
Topic: Design |
Creating Excellence offers Building for Life 12 Training | |
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This training is suitable for those in the public, private and voluntary sectors new to Building for Life and those who already use the original Building for Life and would like to change over to the new method.
Read more... Published: Wed, 13 February 2013 |
Topic: Built environment |
RIBA Design Review CPD course | |
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A full day Design Review training session will be held on 1 May in Exeter.
Read more... Published: Fri, 15 March 2013 |
Topic: Built environment |
DCLG - Supporting Communities in Neighbourhood Planning 2013-15 | |
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A new 2 year, £9.5m support programme for communities doing neighbourhood planning will be launched on 15 April 2013.
Read more... Published: Fri, 22 March 2013 |
Topic: Sustainable Communities |
Design Network Prospectus Launched | |
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The eight, not-for-profit and independent organisations that make up The Design Network in England, have launched their first combined prospectus which details the extensive range of services offered across the country by ...
Read more... Published: Wed, 15 May 2013 |
Topic: Design |
