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creating:communities 2005 conference - presentations and notes

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.


creating communities conference logoBelow 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 PDF)

Conference Tours

Tour 1 - Download the Tour 1 presentation (400K PDF)

Plenary session one

1) Chris Murray's presentation - Download plenary session presentation 1 (52K PDF)
2) Ian Piper's presentation - Download plenary session presentation 2 (300K PDF)
3) Georgie Constable's presentation - Download plenary session presentation 3 (24K PDF)

Workshop session one

1) "Regional strategy, impact and development" - Hannah Hickman and Louise Winn, South West Regional Assembly
Presentation - Download presentation 1 (300K PDF)

2) "Integrating delivery of local services and making them responsive to local demand" - Dr Sandra Rothwell and James Hardy, West Cornwall Together
Presentation - Download presentation 2 (300K PDF)
Notes (to come)

3) "Small scale rural regeneration projects" - Simon Fairlie, Chapter 7
Notes - Download presentation 3 notes (14K PDF)

4) "Sustainable construction" - Charles Couzens and Lesley Seymour, Somerset Trust for Sustainable Development and Future Foundations (respectively)
Presentation (to come)

5) "Building vibrant, inclusive communities" - Tim Roberts and Simon Nelson, Equality South West
Presentation - Download presentation 5 (300K PDF)

6) "Learning outcomes that matter" - Paul Vare and Dominic Murphy, Learning South West and Creating Excellence (respectively)
Notes - Download presentation 6 notes (33K PDF)

Workshop session two

1) "Bridging the gap between the professional and the non-professional" - Kath Maguire and Frances Truscott, Future Perspectives
Notes - Download presentation 1 notes (76K PDF)

2) "Public sector procurement and social enterprise: opportunity or threat?" - Lucy Findlay, RISE, the voice for South West social enterprise
Presentation - Download presentation 2 (400K PDF)

3) "Sustainable economic development" - Neil Robertson and Stephen Hewitt, Cornwall Enterprise and Hartcliffe and Withywood Community Partnership (respectively)
Notes - Download presentation 3 notes (36K PDF)

4) "Planning and community involvement" - Louise Waring and Barry Pearce, Royal Town Planning Institute and Planning Aid (respectively)
Presentation a - Download presentation 4a (400K PDF)
Presentation b - Download presentation 4b (200K PDF)

5) "Sustainable communities, Supporting Evidence for Local Delivery" - Nick Harrison (SELD South West pilot)
Presentation - Download presentation 5 (450K PDF)
Notes - Download presentation 5 notes (10K PDF)

6) "Funding to achieve cultural and social impact" - Mark Cotton, Big Lottery Fund
Read more at the - Big Lottery Fund website

7) "Build your own liveable street: a hands on workshop" - Peter Lipman and Alexandra Allen, Sustrans
Notes - Download presentation 7 notes (500K PDF)

Workshop session three

1) "Local Area Agreements" - Colin Passey, Government Office of the South West
Presentation - Download presentation 1 (300K PDF)

2) "Sustainability Appraisal" - Leslie Watson, Sustainability South West
Presentation - Download presentation 2 (1,200K PDF)

3) "Vibrant communities" - Pippa Warin, Culture South West
Presentation - Download presentation 3 (200K PDF)
Notes - Download presentation 3 notes (30K PDF)

4) "Encouraging a flourishing and diverse economy" - Jonathan Coe, South West RDA
Presentation - Download presentation 4 (200K PDF)

5) "Developing Buildings and Services to Extend the Reach of Schools" - Pete Davies, Community at Heart – NDC Bristol
Presentation - Download presentation 5 (60K PDF)
Notes - Download presentation 5 notes (10K PDF)

Plenary final session

"Mainstreaming the results of regeneration" - led by Professor Murray Stewart, MS Associates
Presentation - Download presentation (41K PDF)

Event evaluation

Summary of evaluation - Download summary notes (17K PDF)

Download all presentations

Download all presentations - Download .ZIP file of presentations (5,600K PDF) - NB/ you may need to "right-click" on the link and select "Save Target as.."


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