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Ardler Village Trust
An independent charity and limited company set up by a partnership that includes local residents, local churches, the Ardler Complex, Dundee City Council and Sanctuary Scotland Housing Association. Tells the story of huge changes as the 1960s tower blocks and four-storey flats are being replaced with quality houses based around a central social area. The 'Village' offers green space, a large community complex with library, new shops, football pitches, bowling club, water features, multi sports area and a youth shelter.
Raploch Urban Regeneration Company (URC)
Describes the strategic vision and investment programme for the first phase of regenerating Raploch. Details how the URC intends to develop a community fit for the 21st century between 2004 to 2012, and and how it will ensure that no-one in Raploch is disadvantaged by where they live.
Community planning for sustainable development
A handbook intended to help others learn from the experiences of the Dùthchas Project in planning for sustainable communities. This was a pioneering initiative, aimed at finding new, practical solutions for developing rural areas in a more sustainable way. It worked with three pilot communities in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland: North Sutherland, Skye's Trotternish Peninsula and North Uist.
Dumbiedykes ecocity
SUST
Dumbiedykes, The Old Town and Southside (DOTS) area in Edinburgh is located close to the new Scottish Parliament. This project involved 44 children from four schools in the Dumbiedykes and surrounding area. Based at Our Dynamic Earth and working alongside 20 local community representatives, the children developed a 5m x 5m scale model of the area - addressing sustainability issues and envisaging the future of their area.
Sustainable designs on you
SUST
This innovative training course was designed to enable both staff and committee members from housing associations to take a sustainable design approach to their building projects. The final question and answer session brought committee members and staff together and a panel of experts offered comments and advice on how housing associations can better ensure sustainable design in their projects.
The SURF awards for best practice in regeneration 2008
Sccottish Urban Regeneration Forum (SURF), 2008
Highlights all of the 2008 short-listed projects as well as the highly commended and the overall winners in each of the people, place and partnership categories. Includes a progress update on 2007 award winners.
One Brighton - Building homes that promote greener lifestyles
Housing and Communities Academy
One Brighton is a mixed-use development in the New England Quarter of Brighton, offering 172 eco-homes plus office spaces and areas for community use. The development reflects the One Planet Living principles of sustainability, which aim to make green living easy, attractive and affordable.
Paddington Development Trust - Building a sustainable community through effective partnerships
Housing and Communities Academy
An independent, community-based organisation that aims to deliver sustainable social and economic regeneration in the Paddington area of London. Secured £13.5 million of funding for the New Life for Paddington initiative which ran from 1994 to 2001. Projects delivered through New Life for Paddington included: building a creative business centre, Westbourne Studios; creating two modern youth centres; refurbishing local community facilities; creating employment and business opportunities for residents; and building leadership skills among local communities.
Eco-towns: Freiburg (Germany) - Leading environmental policy and best practice
Housing and Communities Academy
Freiburg, a historic town in South-Western Germany, has been leading environmental policy and practice for over two decades in Europe. Its two urban extensions Vauban and Rieselfeld have generated great interest. Vauban, a former barracks, is virtually complete with 5,000 residents. Rieselfeld, on the site of a sewage works, currently has 8,000 of a planned 10-12,000 residents. Both have low rates of turnover, and property values that match those in the centre. Both show how to cut energy consumption and car use, and create active communities.
Empowering local communities in Yorkshire - Town team facilitator development programme
Housing and Communities Academy
Town Teams work within communities to identify and shape projects to transform neighbourhoods. They are supported by the Partnership Skills Programme (PSP), although this support ceased in March 2009. The Town Team Facilitator Development Programme was designed to create facilitators within Town Teams, develop skills in regeneration and ensure knowledge stayed within the local community.
Remodelling a neighbourhood to meet residents' needs - Transformation of Northmoor, Manchester
Housing and Communities Academy
A £20 million, 10-year regeneration programme has transformed the Northmoor area of Longsight in Manchester from a crime-ridden area of boarded-up housing into a thriving, family-friendly community. Local residents were involved in planning the redevelopment work from the outset.
Benchmark for brownfield developments - Eco-towns: Hammarby Sjöstad
Housing and Communities Academy
Hammarby Sjöstad is a good example of the Swedish 'green welfare state' approach to rco-towns and shows how it can "promote sustainable development, new jobs, growth and welfare" into the future. Originally planned for development as part of Stockholm's bid for the 2004 Olympic Games, this formerly disused, polluted brownfield site is now one of Europe's leading eco-towns. It is envisaged that the area will house some 35,000 people by 2015.
Upton sustainable urban extension
Housing and Communities Academy
The Upton Sustainable Urban Extension was delivered through the teamwork of English Partnerships as landowner, Northampton Borough Council as the planning authority and the Prince's Foundation as advisers. In 2001 they set out to deliver an urban extension which would be an exemplar of sustainable urban growth. A master plan was developed through a highly participative process, and a design code was used for assessing all developer proposals.
Eco-towns: Amersfoort (The Netherlands)
Housing and Communities Academy
Amersfoort, a prosperous historic town near Utrecht with a population of 135,000, has developed three new settlements on its outskirts to provide over 20,000 homes. The aim was to stay 'small, beautiful and modest', while taking advantage of the government's Ten Year Vinex housing programme. Amersfoort is now designated 'one of the greenest cities in Europe'.
Mill of Haldane Green Corridor
Scottish Centre for Regeneration
Mill of Haldane Green Corridor was a community led environmental project to improve the visual appearance and perceptions of Mill of Haldane - a housing estate in Balloch, West Dunbartonshire. The project managed to complete a successful physical regeneration of the area and raised the community aspirations for the area. It was completed in 2005.
Ormlie Community Association
Scottish Centre for Regeneration
The Ormlie Community Association addresses the social, economic and environmental issues on the Ormlie Estate in Thurso.