Too Many Cooks Or Can a strategy for the creation of sustainable mixed communities be realised Sandr

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Too Many Cooks?Or Can a strategy for the
creation of sustainable mixed communities be
realisedSandra RenicksDevelopment Programme
LeaderForward Scotland
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The Community of Scotland

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London Newspaper Headlines

• Conned pensioner living in shock
• Tributes for stabbed Barnet FC Youth Captain
• BUNDLES of cash and suspected wraps of cocaine
  were seized in a pub raid on Friday night
• A former Metropolitan Police officer has been
  charged over a robbery at a betting shop in east
  London.
• Sidcup the High street has more properties unlet
  than let
• Criminal gangs scam thousands of pounds from cash
  points in Camden
• A handful of local authorities in London are to
  be offered a share of over 56m to tackle youth
  crime.

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Sustainable Development
Places
Pennies
Sustainable Development
People
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Myths and Misconceptions

• All actions for climate change are fundamentally
  sustainable
• Sustainable Development is a green issue
• Giving communities green spaces makes them more
  sustainable
• Sustainable buildings cost more money
• People who live in energy efficient buildings use
  less energy than those who dont

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Ignore the rules

• Incoherent Activities
• Environmental and Social Injustice
• No change!!!!

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Local Definitions

• Active communities, where people are motivated by
  connections to their own interests
• A community that believes it is a community, with
  the power to do something that affects their
  lives and creates opportunities in their future
• A place where people want to live

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Forward Scotland Well- being surveys

• Happiness and well-being as indicators
• Surveys in urban and rural areas throughout
  Scotland
• Not scientific but surprising

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And the survey says.

• Rural areas happier than urban areas
• Older happier than the young
• Little correlation with income
• High level of concern with the environment
• Low belief in ability to change

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A town of well-being?

• Muirkirk - East Ayrshire
• Official Remote Rural
• Just under 30 deprived
• Felt Healthy
• Good Social Networks
• Very High Happiness Rating

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Sustainable Communities in Scotland

• Already exist
• Where there is leadership from within
• Where there is a sense of belonging
• Where there is a sense of well-being
• Create or facilitate?

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