Delivering mixed use development
This learning point summarises learning to come from a jointly delivered mixed use development workshop. The workshop invited an interdisciplinary audience to think about how and in what ways we can overcome known barriers to mixed use development.
Designing for climate change
This learning point captures the key messages to come from Howard Liddell's presentation on 'Eco-minimalism - liberating urban design from eco-bling'. Howard Liddell is Director of Gaia Design and Research.
Designing for outcomes
This learning point describes the key messages from Colin Mair's 'Planning for Outcomes' presentation delivered at the Design Skills Symposium. Colin Mair is the Chief Executive of the Improvement Service.
Revitalising our town centres: More than retail?
Developed from an event held in February 2011, which focused on approaches to town centre regeneration. The event looked at key principles and good practice in regeneration generally but took the regeneration of Paisley town centre as a 'test case'.
Children and young people as researchers
John McKendrick, Glasgow Caledonian University, and Fiona McHardy, Poverty Alliance, co-authored this paper. They reflect on the emerging practice of involving children and young people as researchers and on the specific experience of involving children as researchers in anti-poverty activity and community regeneration work in Scotland.
Performance benchmarking and housing
This learning point is associated with the fourth Housing Management and Efficiencies Learning Network workshop in October 2010 which looked at benchmarking as it applies to social housing landlords.
Effective prioritisation of outcomes
This learning point comes from a workshop that examined how Community Planning Partnerships (CPPs) can successfully prioritise outcomes in order to effectively tackle poverty and community regeneration.
Self assessment and housing management
This learning point is associated with a Housing Management and Efficiencies Learning Network workshop which looked at self assessment as a tool to support performance monitoring and improvement in housing management.
What Next for Wider Role?
Looks at the issues being faced by Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) working to make an important contribution to regeneration across Scotland in their role as developers and managers of social housing.
Best Practice in Using Compulsory Purchase Orders
Summarises the main lessons that came out of an event held in October 2010 to share experience of delivering Compulsory Purchase Orders in Scotland.
Making the Case for Regeneration
This learning point is based on a workshop that brought together a range of practitioners to explore key issues and lessons for 'making the case' for maintaining investment in regeneration during tough times.
The Housing Options Approach
The messages in this learning point come from the joint event on homelessness prevention held by the Scottish Government and COSLA in June 2010.
A Private Sector View of Town Centre Regeneration: The Stenhousemuir Experience
This learning point is developed from an event held in Stenhousemuir in May 2010, which provided a perspective on town centre regeneration from a private developers point of view.
Achieving Efficiencies in Housing Management
This learning point was developed from the inaugural event of the Housing Management and Efficiencies (HME) Learning Network in April 2010. The event explored the reasons housing management in the social rented sector needs to become more efficient and effective.
Skilling up Future Leaders in Community Planning
This learning point looks at the Tomorrows Leaders 2009 programme. The programme was designed to develop effective leadership skills and ensure a better understanding of how a broad range of partner organisations operate in Glasgow.
Mainstreaming Regeneration Initiatives
This learning point highlights key messages from a participative workshop discussion on how local authorities in Scotland can use mainstreamed resources to support improved approaches to tackling poverty in our most deprived communities. The event brought together a range of relevant practitioners to draw on their experience and knowledge in order to explore key issues and lessons for mainstreaming of effective regeneration activity.
Housing and Energy Efficiency: Key Issues and Challenges
This learning point summarises the issues and learning from the first event of the Housing Energy Efficiency Learning Network.
Outcomes Focused Targets
This learning point outlines what is meant by 'outcome-focused targets' and sets out why they can be an important and useful tool, providing a focal point for local partnerships on the issues that matter most to local communities.
Tackling Multiple Deprivation in Communities - The Ongoing Challenge
Captures the key messages and discussion from a workshop event which brought together relevant practitioners to explore key issues and lessons for continuing successful place-based regeneration.
Money Advice
Considers the impact of the recent economic downturn on the need for money advice and approaches to delivery. Written by Louise Dobbie and Morag Gillespie of the Scottish Poverty Information Unit (Glasgow Caledonian University), it develops from a review of the published literature and aims to reflect on current policy and practice to propose ways in which services can develop.
Performance Management in Towns: An Introduction to Milestone
Developed from an event held in November 2009, which focused on performance management in towns and the need for robust quantitative and qualitative data to enable monitoring and evaluation.
Tackling poverty and social exclusion through human rights and democratic citizenship in Europe and Scotland
This learning point was developed from an event held by Black and Ethnic Minority Infrastructure in Scotland (BEMIS) and the Democracy and Human Rights Education in Adult Learning Network (DARE) in March 2010. Presentations focused on the causes of poverty and social exclusion and the impact these have on the lives of individuals, groups and communities.
Profiling local poverty
This learning point was written by John McKendrick of the Scottish Poverty Information Unit (Glasgow Caledonian University) and develops from a review of the published literature. The paper aims to reflect on current practice to propose ways in which poverty profiling could potentially fulfil a more central role in regeneration activity in Scotland.
Renaissance Towns
Developed from an event held in February 2010, which explored the Renaissance Towns approach to urban regeneration. It brought together people from the public, private and voluntary sector across Scotland to debate the issues and share their experiences.
Piecing together the towns jigsaw: Developing and implementing whole town strategies
Developed from an event held in October 2009, which focused on the development and implementation of 'Whole Town Strategies'. It brought together people from the public, private and voluntary sector across Scotland to debate issues and share experiences.
Excellence in regeneration
Summarises the learning from the Excellence in Regeneration event delivered in partnership between Chartered Institute of Housing Scotland and Scottish Government. It looks at the key issues being faced by Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) trying to deliver the best quality and most appropriate mix of homes.
Infrastructure requirements
Summarises the learning from the Future Infrastructure Requirements for Services (FIRS) event delivered by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in Scotland (RICS Scotland) and the Scottish Government. It looks at current perspectives from the public and private sectors on the coordinated development of infrastructure. And considers the current context in which development is taking place.
Developing leadership in community planning
Looks at the Tomorrow's Leaders pilot programme, which was designed and delivered on behalf of Glasgow Community Planning Partnership (GCPP) and the Scottish Centre for Regeneration, by Peoplematters (Europe) Ltd.
Tackling inequalities: Social policy frameworks
Developed from an event held in Fife in June 2009. Hosted by Fife Community Planning Partnership and chaired by Councillor Fiona Grant, it brought together people who involved in tackling inequality from across Scotland.
Growing Up in Scotland: Using evidence in practice
Developed from an event held by the Community Regeneration and Tackling Poverty Learning Network in September 2009 in conjunction with the Scottish Centre for Social Research. It brought together a range of practitioners with an interest in early years development and the practical use of data to evidence outcomes.
Delivering regeneration in a new context: policy and practice
Developed from an event held by the Community Regeneration and Tackling Poverty Learning Network in conjunction with the Community Planning Network. The event took place in August 2009 to discuss the delivery of regeneration in light of the end of the Fairer Scotland Fund (FSF) ring fence in March 2010 and the continuation of anti poverty/regeneration activities in a difficult economic climate.
Excellence approaches within housing associations
Arises from a pilot project funded by the Scottish Centre for Regeneration and delivered by Quality Scotland using the newly developed self-assessment tool, Charity Juggler.
Effective procurement and tendering for services to tackle poverty
About the procurement of those goods and services at the Community Planning Partnership level which aim to tackle poverty and regenerate our communities.