Neighbourhood Renewal Fund and Good Practice in the North East

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Neighbourhood Renewal Fund and Good Practice in
the North East

• A study of 14 Local Strategic Partnerships with
  Neighbourhood Renewal Funding

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The Context

• Regeneration Exchange research programme
• Focus on practical examples
• Lack of information about LSP practice and
  activity
• Pressure to justify expenditure

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The Partnership Approach

• Limited Capacity
• Link between theory and practice
• Research credibility
• Future research projects

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Project Team

• Karen Gillard
• Regeneration Exchange
• Emma Casey,Tony Chapman,
• Robert Crow Paul Keenan
• Social Futures Institute
• University of Teesside

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Aims

• Explore different approaches to the use of NRF
  funds across 14 LSPs
• Gauge the extent to which mainstreaming is
  achieved
• Undertake 28 detailed intervention case studies
• Produce additional renewal.net case studies

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Methods

• Analyse Community Strategies, NRF strategies and
  Statements of Use
• Interview 14 LSP managers with NRF funding
• Collect information on 10 examples of good
  practice from each LSP
• Detailed case studies on 28 case studies

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Lessons Learned

• The mainstreaming agenda
• Difficult concept to define
• Early days
• Communication limited by multiple agendas
• Sustainability only partially planned
• Some life-time only interventions
• Multi-funding may assist sustainability

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Lessons Learned

• Long-term and short-term goals
• Tension between community strategy aims and more
  immediate indicators of success
• Examples of good practice in achievement of both
  short and long term aims

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Lessons Learned

• Learning from others
• Barriers to learning from others
• Electronic dissemination
• Reports and tool kits
• Seminars and networking
• Strategic approach to training

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Lessons Learned

• Practical Activity
• Huge amount and variety of activity
• Real impact on the ground
• Willingness to get involved at all levels
• Little exchange of experience at present

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Conclusion

• A strategic need to improve communication and
  dissemination
• Skills and knowledge must be needs driven and
  action focused
• A practical toolkit to assist delivery

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Outputs

• Report in tool-kit format
• Case studies on www.renewal.net
• Events and seminars on good practice
• Academic publications

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Future Research

• Continue case study collection
• Integrate with the new Regeneration Exchange
  library resource
• Disseminate update tool-kit
• Continue adding to www.renewal.net
• Feedback to inform future learning events

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Contact Details

• Karen Gillard
• Karen.gillard_at_sunderland.gov.uk
• 0191 5341155
• or
• Tony Chapman
• T.Chapman_at_tees.ac.uk
• 01642 384477