Local Work
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Welfare Reform: Supporting a Return to Work
By Victoria Bradford, CLES, August 2006 - Following the recent publication of the draft Welfare Reform Bill and work undertaken by CLES Consulting this Local Work Case Study looks at employment and skills-based interventions, designed and implemented by Employment Regeneration Partnership and Halton People into Jobs.
What now for Regeneration in Rural Areas
By Sarah Jack - Consultant, Cles Consulting, April 2006 - In this Local Work: Findings, we look at the current position in relation to funding for regeneration in rural Britain and the steps the current government is taking to address some of the complex challenges facing rural economies.
Knowledge Economies and Big Science: A Challenge for Governance
By Hilary Burrage, Freelance Consultant and Lay Member of Science Advisory Council, DEFRA, February 2006 - The term "knowledge economy" is used to describe an information-driven society, in which Big science and technology are the main drivers, and economic success is based upon the effective use of knowledge and skills.
Lasting Regeneration - The Sustainability of East Oxford Action
By Matthew Jackson, Policy Researcher, CLES with Zoe Brooks, East Oxford Action, January 2006 - East Oxford Action is unusual in that it is an independent organisation and social enterprise, formed out of an SRB partnership. Becoming an independent organisation has allowed East Oxford Action to continue many of the processes and projects that were devised as part of the five year SRB scheme, in the East Oxford area as well as continue to contribute to sustainable regeneration activity both within the area and in the wider South East.
Supporting BME Social Enterprises
By Micaela Mazzei and Victoria Bradford, CLES, December 2005 - This Local Work: Findings seeks to summarise the findings of research carried out by CLES Consulting and Equal Access Consultancy, which sought to identify the existing opportunities, barriers and capacity of BME Social enterprises (BME SEs) or similarly structured organisations and to determine how they can best be supported in the future; as well looking at other research that has recently been completed on and around the subject of social enterprise and BME tailored support.
Democratic Innovations: Engaging Citizens in Political Decision-Making
By Dr Graham Smith, November 2005 - At the rhetorical level at least there is growing political support for increasing citizen engagement. We have all become familiar with policy documents that are full of references to 'active citizenship', 'partnership', 'capacity building' and other fine words that signify a commitment to citizen participation in decision making.
Food for thought
By Dr Martin Caraher, Reader in Food and Health Policy, City University, August 2005 - This Local Work: Voice will focus on food retailing, supply chains and the planning system, and will argue that the current situation is the result of a lack of a coherent policy surrounding food retail, the 'free market' and a failure, inherent within this philosophy, to constrain planning.
Local Positive Change: Advice services and regeneration
By Simon Bottery, Director of Communications, Citizens Advice, May 2005 - Advice services have often struggled to define the contribution that they make to the economic and social welfare of communities. This has sometimes been because advice is such a broad concept that generalisation has proved a problem but more often because it has been difficult to show the outcomes of advice work.
Tackling Social Exclusion through Community Transport
By Daniel Sheperd, Community Transport Association, February 2005 - The significance of the community transport sector extends beyond transport service provision. In this issue, Local Work seeks to explore the community transport sector. Firstly, we will explore what the community transport sector is; secondly, how community transport can contribute to tackling social exclusion through improving transport provision; and finally, how it can deliver a sustainable future for the sector.
Modernising public sector provision: Procurement & the third sector
By Jerry Spencer & Sarah Brennan, Liverpool Plus, January 2005.
CLES Commendations 2010
Three projects received commendations at this year's CLES Summit - Grow (Hull); The Star Inn (Salford) and East Lindsey Active (Lincolnshire).
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Local Economic Assessment Network
CLES has launched its national Local Economic Assessment Network.
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Wellbeing Evaluation
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HCA Placemaking Practice Review Panel
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