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Learning to Deliver
- support programme for Local Area Agreements (LAAs) in the West Midlands
Publications include:
 Briefings on
LAAs and Economic
Development, LAA
Duty to Co-operate', Target
Setting, and 'Thinking systems'
Digests
on policy and practice relevant
to partnership managers and LAA development - recent issues:
March 2008
January 2008
November 2007
Five
Steps to Better Outcomes - a guide to LAA delivery planning, assisting
local partners in making a success of Local Area Agreements, working out how
best to achieve community outcomes
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Data Sharing for Neighbourhood Renewal: Lessons from the
North West
Analyses barriers to effective
data sharing for neighbourhood renewal at a local, regional and national
level, illustrates good and promising practice, and draws out success
factors. Highlights the importance of leadership within partnerships; skills
in making the case for sharing; understanding the legal context; and the use
of technology, networks and protocols. Key messages for local strategic
partnerships, Government Offices and the ODPM Neighbourhood Renewal Unit.
(NRU research report 18; also
Summary)
The report also features in the Social Exclusion Unit report,
Inclusion
Through Innovation - Tackling Social Exclusion Through New Technologies.
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Evaluation of the Business Broker
Programme - Final Report
Research report for Business in the
Community and the ODPM on the national pilot programme, testing out the role
of Business Brokers supporting business involvement in Local Strategic
Partnerships (LSPs) and neighbourhood renewal.
Copies of summary and full report available for
download on the NRU site at
www.neighbourhood.gov.uk and the BITC Partnership Academy site at
www.partnershipacademy.org.uk
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Kickstart Norfolk: evidence
of jobs and accessibility needs in
Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire
Project investigating needs amongst disadvantaged people for moped loan and
work-based learning, and potential to develop services across Norfolk,
Cambridgeshire and Suffolk. (Report available in
Kickstart download section.)
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Mapping voluntary and
community organisations in Luton and Bedfordshire
Report on mapping research to identify VCOs with a potential interest in
services to be provided by Luton and Dunstable Partnership's
ESF Capacity Building Project. Involved interviews, desk research
and an on-line survey.
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Linking
Thinking Evaluation
Evaluation of the ‘Linking Thinking’ programme, a cross-agency
initiative to build the skills, knowledge and confidence of staff in
GO East, EEDA and EERA who are involved with neighbourhood and local
level partnerships.
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NRU Skills and Knowledge
Programme Evaluation
Final reports from our evaluation of
the Neighbourhood Renewal Unit's Skills and Knowledge Programme. This has
sought to support performance improvement in Local Strategic Partnerships
and other neighbourhood renewal partnerships, and help equip everyone with a
role to play with the skills they need.
Summary
Main
report
The links to background reports are at
www.neighbourhood.gov.uk/page.asp?id=7
NRU and
GO Strategies and Delivery (Background Report 1)
Findings
from the Field
(Background Report 2)
Neighbourhood Renewal Advisers (Background Report 3)
Neighbourhood Renewal Delivery Skills (Background Report 4)
Regional
Networks
(Background Report 5)
Renewal.net (Background Report 6)
Project led by EDuce with University of Cambridge (Department of Land
Economy), Makesfive Ltd, GFA Consulting and Infoseek
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Evaluation of the Business Broker
Programme - Final Report
Research report for Business in the Community and the ODPM on the
national pilot programme, testing out the role of Business Brokers
supporting business involvement in Local Strategic Partnerships (LSPs)
and neighbourhood renewal.
Copies of summary and full report available for
download on the NRU site at
www.neighbourhood.gov.uk and the BITC Partnership Academy site at
www.partnershipacademy.org.uk
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Benchmarking Sector
Engagement with the Learning and Skills Council 2005
Report reviewing the engagement of voluntary and community organisations
with local Learning and Skills Councils in the South East - a follow up to
the development of the
South East Compact
for Learning and Skills agreed by RAISE (the regional voluntary
sector network in the South East) and the LSC
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Renewal.net
On-line
guide to what works in neighbourhood renewal. Published by the
Department for Communities and Local Government, it includes topic overviews, how to guides, case studies,
project summaries and much more. EDuce has contributed subject overviews in
the 'Reviving Local Economies' theme, on Business Development; Land,
Property and Planning; and Engaging Employers - along with a number of case
studies. Other items include an overview on Data Sharing, and a case study of
Data Sharing and Wigan and Leigh Community Safety Partnership.
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Partnerships: benefits, limitations and doing it better
Paper commissioned by the Learning and Skills Development Agency
(LSDA) for a national policy seminar on 6 November 2003. Copy available,
along with seminar report and other presentations.
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Supporting Local Business
Good practice guide based on the experience of the six ‘Fostering
Business Growth’ Beacon Councils. Published by the Local Government
Association.
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Changing Practices: A Good Practice
Guide for Businesses Locating in Deprived Areas
Case study-based guide highlighting how businesses can adapt their
business practices to bring benefits for the company and benefits for
the community in regeneration areas. Published by the Neighbourhood
Renewal Unit and the British Retail Consortium.
Copies available for download at
www.neighbourhood.gov.uk/research.asp. Three documents: main
report, case studies and summary.
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Skills for
Regeneration: Learning by Community Champions
Research into skills needed and gained by individuals who have
gained small grants through the Community Champions programme.
Report (RR441) and Research Brief (RB441) available for download from
www.dfes.gov.uk/research (click on ‘Published Reports’)
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