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Empowering Communities – where next?

Empowering Communities – where next?. Don Foster Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. 370 Assets of Community Value listed. 327 areas designated for neighbourhood planning. 100 community asset acquisitions.

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Empowering Communities – where next?

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  1. Empowering Communities – where next? Don Foster Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

  2. 370 Assets of Community Value listed

  3. 327 areas designated for neighbourhood planning

  4. 100 community asset acquisitions

  5. 20 Expressions of interest under Right to Challenge

  6. £9 million raised from community • share offers

  7. 12 neighbourhood budgets

  8. We’re driving action and creating a critical mass by…….. 50+ local newspapers and consumer magazines running tailored rights articles reaching 7.5m • Targeting communications to tap into people’s passions • Solutions focussed messages - tailored to different interest groups • Making it easy for people to get help and support via revamped web • and phone offer • Pioneering digital media to highlight successes • Getting out into communities • Spreading the word, joining up with Government • Initiatives like community organisers, • encouraging communities Creating networks • – by area, initiative and profession • Getting people over the line • Harnessing other people’s enthusiasm and resources • Campaigns: CAMRA / Supporters Direct / Theatres Trust • Big Society Capital and Big Lottery commitment of £250 million available • to communities with ambitions to own local assets. • Recruiting champions – enthusiastic and credible in their communities • 100 each planned for Neighbourhood Community Budgets • and Neighbourhood planning Most re-tweeted policy. Pinterest and facebook accounts We persuaded CAMRA to run a ‘list your local’ campaign to protect 300 pubs

  9. Challenges - Joining it all up

  10. Challenges – winning hearts and minds • Engaging with local government on community delivery of services. • Making this the norm across communities. • Changing the language.

  11. Ambitions • Why not have • 10,000 assets of community value listed? • £100 million invested in community shares every year? • A Neighbourhood Community Budget in every area that wants one? • Hundreds of Neighbourhood plan referenda?

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