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At its Big Meet 9, Place Alliance – the link body for place-based professional and interests – released a guide for decision making about the built environment, supported by the Design Network, and now also seeks feedback on its success … Continue reading →

The ‘Big Meet’ is a bi-annual conference, organised by the Place Alliance – the link body campaigning for place quality along with UK organisations supporting place-based community engagement – while the Big Meet Archive page allows you to access all … Continue reading →

Following a multi-organisation and multi-disciplinary meeting in July at University College London (UCL) to discuss the impacts of the Farrell Review and platemaking leadership in England, documents relating to the scope and context of a ‘Place Alliance’ are now available … Continue reading →

The National Trust’s new report, ‘A Climate for Change: Adaptation and the National Trust’, says climate change is its ‘biggest threat’, and sets out the actions it will be taking in the next stage of its plan to tackle the … Continue reading →

The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the Design Museum have launched a £25M fund to bring businesses and design researchers together to tackle the climate and environmental crises. image: for illustration – Open Government Licence v3.0

A £1m campaign to resurrect the Packhorse Public House in South Stoke has brought the village together, with ‘the biggest community pub buy-back project in British history’ as supporters hope it will inspire others, the Guardian reports. image Guardian website

The Big Lottery Fund’s £9 million Community Asset Transfer 2 Programme (CAT2) has brought new life into community facilities throughout Wales, including listed buildings. The Big Lottery writes: Transforming old railway buildings into community spaces and creating facilities for maritime … Continue reading →

The Big Lottery has allocated £175 million of funding, in partnership with European Social Fund, to help address poverty and skills issues in areas of socio-economic deprivation. IHBC members who work in rural areas may be interested to learn that … Continue reading →

Civil Exchange has carried out research into the impact of the Big Society and published a report ‘Whose Society’ which assesses the impact of the changes introduced in government measures originally designed to encourage people to be able to have … Continue reading →

Baroness Hanham CBE, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, recently provided the keynote speech at the Heritage Champions National Conference 2010 (15 November 2010) at the Foundling Museum, London, noting that ‘Conservation of the historic environment is dependent on a robust … Continue reading →

A new big society committee of ministers from all departments with remits affecting the voluntary sector was scheduled to meet for the first time in July. The committee was to be chaired by Francis Maude, Minister for the Cabinet Office, … Continue reading →

Blog by Rosie Niven, 13 July 2010: My local park brings back many happy childhood memories, but they were always tinged with a slight sadness because of the dilapidated Gothic building that overshadowed Saltwell Park. Back in the mid-1980s, us … Continue reading →

England’s Place Alliance has celebrated its fourth year, reporting on recent achievements in its Annual Review 2017-2018. image: by Rob Cowan on Place Alliance website

The new Housing and Planning Bill proposes a radical move to permitting development through ‘Permission in Principle’ (PiP) on identified brownfield  sites or others identified in the development plan. Concerns over the lack of design control this will bring have … Continue reading →