Matt's Really useful file

European city urban renewal funding

by mattstan51 @ 29/06/05 - 15:44:03

http://www.rics.org/Property/Propertymanagement/Regeneration/euurbrenewal.htm

Government Sustainable Communitities: Building for the Future

by mattstan51 @ 24/06/05 - 13:04:30

Set out below are some of the most
important requirements of sustainable
communities. This text was the product
of discussions in a sub-group of the
Central Local Partnership between
the LGA and Central Government.
What makes a sustainable community?
Some of the key requirements of
sustainable communities are:
© A flourishing local economy to provide
jobs and wealth;
© Strong leadership to respond positively
to change;
© Effective engagement and participation
by local people, groups and businesses,
especially in the planning, design and longterm
stewardship of their community, and
an active voluntary and community sector;
© A safe and healthy local environment with
well-designed public and green space;
© Sufficient size, scale and density, and the
right layout to support basic amenities in
the neighbourhood and minimise use of
resources (including land);
© Good public transport and other transport
infrastructure both within the community
and linking it to urban, rural and regional
centres;
© Buildings – both individually and collectively
– that can meet different needs over time,
and that minimise the use of resources;
© A well-integrated mix of decent homes
of different types and tenures to support
a range of household sizes, ages and
incomes;
© Good quality local public services, including
education and training opportunities,
health care and community facilities,
especially for leisure;
© A diverse, vibrant and creative local culture,
encouraging pride in the community and
cohesion within it;
© A ”sense of place“;
© The right links with the wider regional,
national and international community.

http://www.odpm.gov.uk/stellent/groups/odpm_communities/documents/downloadable/odpm_comm_037677.pdf

A Decent Home - definition and guidance

by mattstan51 @ 24/06/05 - 12:29:14

http://www.odpm.gov.uk/stellent/groups/odpm_housing/documents/downloadable/odpm_house_027345.pdf

Government scheme for improving housing stock to a common basic standard

Sheffield classroom of the future

by mattstan51 @ 24/06/05 - 11:07:45

http://www.shef.ac.uk/architecture/main/gallery/st_cf.shtml

and click on launch gallery

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/slade/sac/mossbrook/index.html

http://www.pruechilesarchitects.co.uk/projects.htm

National Literacy trust

by mattstan51 @ 24/06/05 - 10:33:33

The National Literacy Trust, founded in 1993, is an independent charity dedicated to building a literate nation. The importance of literacy has long been recognised: it underpins all educational achievement and is central to economic advance; it helps develop human potential and raises self-esteem. We are the only organisation concerned with raising literacy standards for all age groups throughout the UK.

Mission: The National Literacy Trust's purpose is to make an independent, strategic and practical contribution to the creation of a society in which all can enjoy the skills, confidence and pleasures of literacy to support their educational, economic, social and cultural goals.

What we are doing: Building a literate nation will take much more than just focusing on improving the education system. Everyone concerned needs to consider the broad picture and see how the home and social circumstances help lay the foundations for successful learning. We all need to work together to create the national culture in which education can thrive. Therefore the Trust focuses on

providing a support network: our web-based literacy support network, now strengthened by the Literacy and Social Inclusion project, pulls together the best ideas and information to help everyone share good practice

putting ideas into practice: our practical initiatives - Reading Is Fundamental, UK, the National Reading Campaign, Talk To Your Baby, Reading The Game, Reading Connects, and the Vital Link - develop ways of working in partnership to turn promising ideas into effective action

promoting a systems approach: our emphasis on all the factors that affect literacy achievement encourages those interventions that will be most effective in the long term:

http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/index.html