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The Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES) is the only membership based organisation in the UK which is dedicated to economic development, regeneration and local governance. Founded in 1986, CLES is a unique independent think and doing organisation with charitable status. CLES combines a thinking policy research element alongside a doing consultancy trading arm. In all of CLES’ work, the challenge of delivering local economic development alongside progressive environmental and social benefits is a common theme.

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Press Release- Grants are vital to ensuring that the VCS preserves its role in civil society, argues CLES and VSNW

Date:

4 Mar 2010

The Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES)[1] and Voluntary Sector North West [2] have published a ‘think piece’ arguing that the move from a grant to contract-based funding relationship is potentially damaging for the Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS).

Press Release- Funding for economic development is not reaching practitioners who need it, CLES finds at the launch of their Network for Local Economic Assessment

Date:

4 Mar 2010

At an event held by the Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES) [1] to mark the launch of their Network for Local Economic Assessment, it was revealed that, in many cases, funding earmarked for local authorities to undertake the Duty to construct Local Economic Assessment (LEA) is not reaching economic development departments.

Latest Publications

Thinkpiece grant making with the voluntary sector

Date:

4 Mar 2010

Grants are vital to ensuring that the VCS preserves its role in civil society

Resilient Retail?

Date:

25 Feb 2010

Latest Events

Delivering economic development and regeneration

Date:

16 Mar 2010

This one day course will help delegates to improve their understanding of the delivery of economic development.

Introduction to evaluation

Date:

22 Mar 2010

This popular CLES training course is designed to provide an introduction to evaluation and has been designed specifically for delegates with little or no experience of undertaking project or programme evaluation.

Local economic development

Date:

15 Apr 2010 - 16 Apr 2010

This two day course provides a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of local economic development.

CLES Summit 2010

Resilient places: The future for local economic development?

13th and 14th July 2010

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Local Economic Assessment Network

CLES has launched its national Local Economic Assessment Network.

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