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Local regeneration, and action on local issues, is fundamental to the sustainability of local communities. This is especially the case in the UK, with the Government focus on such approaches as Local Enterprise Partnerships and neighborhood development plans, and further devolution proposals in the pipeline. The Local Regeneration Handbook meets the needs today’s practicing “regeneration workers,” broadly including anyone from regeneration partnership or development project officers to housing association neighborhood officers, parish counselors, or other active local citizens, who all share a concern for the well-being of the community where they live or work, and a need to work with others for the best possible future for that community. Containing practical advice, templates, and real-life case studies for different stages in local regeneration, including fundraising, partnership development and project management, as well as support for personal development, and illustrations of key points by cartoonist Kipper Williams, this is an essential guide for anyone in local regeneration.

Preface for Academe

This book is a departure from past texts looking at policies and case studies. It is aimed at giving an insight into how to deliver practical regeneration on the ground, while retaining standards of academic rigour – and still with some case studies to add colour to process, and provide exemplars for action.

As regeneration is a human activity, some of the human references I have found to be part and parcel of local success will be included from my own and others’ experience, but identified in boxed print like this to distinguish them from more formal regeneration processes.

I met a young postgraduate student in Manchester some years ago who was planning to turn his regeneration qualification into employment in regeneration, so whether as a perspective or a practical guide, I hope your students will find this text useful.

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