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South West Forum Wins £0.5million Research Bid

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... on "South West Forum Wins £0.5million Research Bid"
Published: Thu, 03 December 2009
Topic:
Third Sector

Top National Award Scooped by South West Regional Compact Partners

South West Regional Compact Partners (which include Creating Excellence) have won the National Compact Excellence Award for collaborative working at regional level.   Read more... on "Top National Award Scooped by South West Regional Compact Partners"
Published: Fri, 14 November 2008
Topic:
Third Sector

Sustainable Communities Excellence Network Annual Review 2009

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... on "Sustainable Communities Excellence Network Annual Review 2009"
Published: Tue, 07 July 2009
Topic:
Sustainable Communities

Creating Excellence Report 2006

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... on "Creating Excellence Report 2006"
Published: Tue, 16 January 2007
Topic:
Sustainability

Invitation from Creating Excellence and the Academy for Sustainable Communities - Skills Competency Framework

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... on "Invitation from Creating Excellence and the Academy for Sustainable Communities - Skills Competency Framework"
Published: Mon, 12 March 2007
Topic:
Sustainability

Promoting leadership: tell us about your events

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... on "Promoting leadership: tell us about your events"
Published: Tue, 10 April 2007
Topic:
Sustainability

Sustainability South West Seeks to Embed Sustainability in Regional Structures

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... on "Sustainability South West Seeks to Embed Sustainability in Regional Structures"
Published: Thu, 18 December 2008
Topic:
Sustainability

Creating Excellence Rewards 2010 - extension of deadline

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... on "Creating Excellence Rewards 2010 - extension of deadline"
Published: Mon, 29 March 2010
Topic:
Sustainability

Are you Enterprising? Why not be Social Enterprising?

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... on "Are you Enterprising? Why not be Social Enterprising?"
Published: Thu, 05 February 2009
Topic:
Social Enterprise

Creating Excellence - Regeneration and Renewal

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... on "Creating Excellence - Regeneration and Renewal"
Published: Tue, 01 February 2005
Topic:
Regional policy

Conference 2007 - Growing a Sustainable Region

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... on "Conference 2007 - Growing a Sustainable Region"
Published: Thu, 18 October 2007
Topic:
Regeneration

Government Responds to Sub-National Review

The Government has published its response as a result of the consultation on the Sub-National Review.   Read more... on "Government Responds to Sub-National Review"
Published: Fri, 28 November 2008
Topic:
Regeneration

Regional launch events conclude in Bristol

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... on "Regional launch events conclude in Bristol"
Published: Mon, 11 October 2004
Topic:
Networking

Barton Hill Settlement wins national award for Bridging Cultures

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... on "Barton Hill Settlement wins national award for Bridging Cultures"
Published: Thu, 10 December 2009
Topic:
Networking

News from Communities and Local Government : Pioneering agency to drive forward housing and regeneration

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... on "News from Communities and Local Government : Pioneering agency to drive forward housing and regeneration"
Published: Thu, 18 January 2007
Topic:
Local government

Strong and Prosperous Communities - Local Government White Paper Announced

On 26 October the Government announced its White Paper on the future of Local Government - Strong and prosperous communities.   Read more... on "Strong and Prosperous Communities - Local Government White Paper Announced"
Published: Fri, 27 October 2006
Topic:
Local government

Launch of Regeneration Essentials

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... on "Launch of Regeneration Essentials"
Published: Fri, 10 June 2005
Topic:
Learning

Creating the Future - The ASC Award for Sustainable Communities 2006

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... on "Creating the Future - The ASC Award for Sustainable Communities 2006"
Published: Thu, 30 November 2006
Topic:
Learning

Pilot of National Qualification Announced for South West

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... on "Pilot of National Qualification Announced for South West"
Published: Sat, 06 October 2007
Topic:
Learning

Housing Apprenticeships for Local Government and Housing Associations

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... on "Housing Apprenticeships for Local Government and Housing Associations"
Published: Mon, 08 December 2008
Topic:
Learning

Power to the People – Access to Housing Through Self-Help

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... on "Power to the People – Access to Housing Through Self-Help"
Published: Fri, 17 July 2009
Topic:
Housing

The Homes and Communities Agency - The Challenge for Housing Growth

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... on "The Homes and Communities Agency - The Challenge for Housing Growth"
Published: Mon, 08 December 2008
Topic:
Housing

Welcome to the New Homes and Communities Agency

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... on "Welcome to the New Homes and Communities Agency"
Published: Mon, 01 December 2008
Topic:
Government, politics and public admin.

Local Evidence Guide

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... on "Local Evidence Guide"
Published: Mon, 26 March 2007
Topic:
Evidence

Low Carbon Communities Challenge

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... on "Low Carbon Communities Challenge"
Published: Wed, 30 September 2009
Topic:
Energy and fuel

Funding Secured for Empowering Communities Work in South West

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... on "Funding Secured for Empowering Communities Work in South West"
Published: Fri, 07 March 2008
Topic:
Empowerment

Regional Voices: getting the VCS heard where it matters

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... on "Regional Voices: getting the VCS heard where it matters"
Published: Wed, 29 July 2009
Topic:
Empowerment

Take Part Programme Looks For Potential Pathfinder in Region

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... on "Take Part Programme Looks For Potential Pathfinder in Region"
Published: Thu, 15 January 2009
Topic:
Empowerment

Core role signalled for centres of excellence

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... on "Core role signalled for centres of excellence"
Published: Wed, 20 October 2004
Topic:
Education and skills

Academy for Sustainable Communities launch skills survey

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... on "Academy for Sustainable Communities launch skills survey"
Published: Tue, 27 February 2007
Topic:
Education and skills

Seminar Series - Skills for Sustainable Communities

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... on "Seminar Series - Skills for Sustainable Communities"
Published: Mon, 08 October 2007
Topic:
Education and skills

RDA Press Release - Strategy could do more for economy

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... on "RDA Press Release - Strategy could do more for economy"
Published: Mon, 16 April 2007
Topic:
Economic development

BURA Training Programmes

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... on "BURA Training Programmes"
Published: Mon, 15 January 2007
Topic:
Design

Creating Excellence Is Helping The Region To Address Housing Audit Design Issues

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... on "Creating Excellence Is Helping The Region To Address Housing Audit Design Issues"
Published: Thu, 08 February 2007
Topic:
Design

Better Design, Better Places

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... on "Better Design, Better Places"
Published: Thu, 10 January 2008
Topic:
Design

Awards for Community Involvement 2009

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... on "Awards for Community Involvement 2009"
Published: Tue, 07 July 2009
Topic:
Design

Design Review Encouraged During Recession

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... on "Design Review Encouraged During Recession"
Published: Wed, 29 April 2009
Topic:
Design

SWDRP Affiliation with CABE

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... on "SWDRP Affiliation with CABE"
Published: Wed, 07 October 2009
Topic:
Built environment

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