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Case Studies: 9 results for topic: Urban communities
Masterplanning a change in tenure, Bristol | |
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Bristol's Barton Hill, a new deal for communities area, is undergoing a masterplanning exercise to determine its future housing mix. Using the one-off opportunity of significant funding, it can plan a change in the mix of tenures, bringing in and retaining more economically active residents to make the area more sustainable and reduce high turnover. There will be a decreased emphasis on social housing and more shared ownership and an opportunity to use new streetscapes to enhance security ...
Read more... Published: Sunday, October 24, 2004 |
Category: Case Studies Topic: Urban communities |
creating:communities 2005 conference - presentations and notes | |
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This year Creating Excellence held its first two-day annual conference in Plymouth. Over 180 people attended the event, taking part in four tours of Plymouth, 19 workshops, two plenary sessions, a speed-dating session and two fringe events.
Below are links to all the presentations given in the plenaries and workshops. Also included are any notes which workshop leaders or members of Creating Excellence completed on the workshops.
Conference outline - Download the conference flyer (600K ...
Read more... Published: Friday, December 02, 2005 |
Category: Events Topic: Regeneration - Matched under a secondary topic |
The Creating Excellence Interview - Mark Pearson | |
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Who: Mark Pearson Task: Design Action Manager Devon and Cornwall Mark Pearson heads up a project by CABE - the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment - to promote action for better design in Devon and Cornwall. CABE is funded by two government departments: DCMS and ODPM. The project's aim is to advance CABE's national remit in the two counties, to 'inspire people to demand more from their buildings and spaces' What's your job? I'm managing the Devon and ...
Read more... Published: Saturday, October 02, 2004 |
Category: Case Studies Topic: Design - Matched under a secondary topic |
An Evaluation of the South West Voluntary and Community Sector Infrastructure Early Spend Programme 2004 | |
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Click here to download the full Up for change? report in Adobe PDF format. H.M. Treasury's Cross Cutting Review (CCR) into the role of the Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) in Service Delivery (2002) identified the lack of capacity and investment in voluntary sector infrastructure. It found that infrastructure and capacity building support for the voluntary and community sector (VCS) was crucial to the sector's ability to play a full part in service planning and delivery but that it was ...
Read more... Published: Saturday, October 02, 2004 |
Category: Case Studies Topic: Funding - Matched under a secondary topic |
Bristol Central Library - accessible entrance ramp | |
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Bristol Central Library required additional ramp access to make the library accessible to wheelchair users and others with mobility disabilities
Architecton were selected based upon initial scheme options for providing a ramped access as a detached structure, designed in a positive and modern form which complemented the existing building. The Ramp promotes the idea of equality for all when entering the building. A strong use of colour identifies the uses within the building ...
Read more... Published: Saturday, October 02, 2004 |
Category: Case Studies Topic: Design - Matched under a secondary topic |
The Archimedia Project for Knowle West Media Centre | |
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Inside a dingy building on a deprived 1930s housing estate in south Bristol, local residents are producing astonishingly sophisticated works of art including film and video, graphic arts, photography and website design. Knowle West Media Centre www.kwmc.co.uk has grown rapidly from its humble origins as a health-funded photography project. In 10 years, it has given residents from all corners of this 5,500 home estate an opportunity to explore hidden talents, opening up new career opportunities and raking ...
Read more... Published: Saturday, October 02, 2004 |
Category: Case Studies Topic: Culture and creativity - Matched under a secondary topic |
Drug recovery work, Plymouth | |
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Hamoaze House in Plymouth helps recovering drug and alcohol users reintegrate into normal society. It also helps their families deal with the impact of their addictions. The project caused an outcry when it was first proposed in the deprived Devonport area. But now it helps community cohesion by offering facilities including a gym to all residents as well as sessions for families affected by drug abuse
Team spirit: Hamoaze house users have used the NDC-funded astro pitch to play in football ...
Read more... Published: Saturday, October 02, 2004 |
Category: Case Studies Topic: Health - Matched under a secondary topic |
Designing a healthy living centre, Bristol | |
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Barton Hill, in Bristol's New Deal for Communities area, is visually dominated by tower blocks and concrete - a classic 1960s estate. When Communities at Heart, the New Deal for Communities partnership, decided to create the
Wellspring healthy living centre
, it chose to do something about the neighbourhood's lack of creativity and design - to kill two birds with one stone. Now the area has an elegant multi-purpose building, built with natural materials, incorporating a multitude of artist-led ...
Read more... Published: Saturday, October 02, 2004 |
Category: Case Studies Topic: Health - Matched under a secondary topic |
In safe hands: neighbourhood management governance, Bournemouth | |
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The approach to governance adopted by Springbourne and Boscombe West neighbourhood management pathfinder has allowed it to tap into a deep-rooted sense of community pride, remarkable in an area with a highly transient population. Residents form a majority on its board of 15. But though they all serve in a voluntary capacity, the pathfinder was keen to ensure that their aspirations and priorities reflected those of other local residents. Last year, four of the eight resident positions were put to the ...
Read more... Published: Saturday, October 02, 2004 |
Category: Empowering Communities Topic: Empowerment - Matched under a secondary topic |
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