Themes

Culture

Community Cohesion
Our integrated learning programme helps you improve your skills and knowledge in community cohesion.
Lifetime Homes, Lifetime Neighbourhoods
25 Feb 2008 - A National Strategy for Housing in an Ageing Society The ageing of the population will be one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century for housing. This strategy sets out Communities and Local Government's response to this challenge, their plan to create Lifetime Homes in Lifetime Neighbourhoods . It outlines their plans for making sure that there is enough appropriate housing available in future to relieve the forecasted unsustainable pressures on homes, health and social care services.
Showcase - best practice
Our website of case studies to inform and inspire. Showcase highlights projects that contribute to creating better communities. These examples give practical insight into developing sustainable communities. Visit Showcase at showcase.homesandcommunities.co.uk
Engaging Places
A project to make schools more aware of what can be achieved by engaging with local buildings, places and spaces. We are working with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF), CABE and English Heritage to create a dynamic and strategic way forward to inspire schools. We aim to give schools clear routes and signposting to cultural and creative experiences and resources related to the built environment - and provide best practice models for embedding these experiences and resources within their school plans and curriculum.
Places for All award category
Category finalists CATEGORY WINNER: Castle Quay Bedford, Bedford Borough Council & Complex Development Project
ASC joins Living Places
ASC has become the ninth member of a partnership driving the inclusion of culture and sport in communities. Living Places, an alliance of cultural bodies and government departments which launched in November 2007, announced ASC's membership at the LGA Sustainable Communities conference in Liverpool. ASC Chief Executive Gill Taylor said: " We are delighted to be involved with Living Places and look forward to working with other organisations to ensure culture plays a fundamental role in creating great places and developing a strong sense of community spirit. The LGA conference in Liverpool, the European Capital of Culture 2008, provided the ideal opportunity to announce our commitment to promoting the benefits of bringing culture and sport into every community. "
Future Communities website
futurecommunities.net is all about community participation and place management, it's been created to help people who build communities. The site shows well presented, clear examples of projects that have created sustainable communities. Additionally the site provides background guidance for people to implement on their own development projects.

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