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Sustainable communities

Our assessments examine what councils, with their partners, have achieved in their ambitions to develop sustainable communities. Successful approaches require councils to integrate action on economic development, physical and social regeneration of deprived areas, ensuring housing and transport needs are met, while preventing environmental damage and improving public space.

 
 
East Sussex County Council - Targeted recruitment of individuals from hard to reach groups
27 June 2008
In 2006 the Personnel Support Unit within the Council was experiencing high turnover of its staff, largely in administrative roles and had a number of vacancies.
Hounslow London Borough Council - Encouraging younger people to work
27 June 2008
The London Borough of Hounslow has an aging workforce with more than 40 per cent of staff over the age of 50. The demographic profile of the Council’s workforce shows that by 2021 over 36 per cent of ...
London Borough of Tower Hamlets - Harnessing the benefits of regeneration to create employment opportunities
27 June 2008
Tower Hamlets has one of the lowest employment rates in London. There are twice as many jobs available as there are economically active people in Tower Hamlets
Wychavon District Council - Positive and innovative risk taking
22 June 2007
Wychavon District Council was concerned that Droitwich was losing out to competitors as a retail destination and that shopping leakage to other centres was having a negative impact on the local ...
Woking Borough Council - Cutting down the carbon footprint
16 May 2007
In the early 1990s, following the Rio de Janeiro Conference on Sustainable Development, leading Woking Members became interested in what their Council might do to help address climate change.
Hyndburn Borough Council - helping unemployed migrant workers
31 January 2007
Hyndburn has a long tradition of industrial manufacturing: 30 per cent of work is in this sector. There are labour shortages in factories for lower skilled and paid jobs. In 2001, Hyndburn had an ...
West Lancashire District Council - improved access to services for new migrants
31 January 2007
West Lancashire has a largely agricultural economy and experience of seasonal migrants. Numbers have increased over recent years, and nationalities of migrant workers have changed, with new arrivals ...
Barnsley Borough Council - investing in a multi-cultural Barnsley
31 January 2007
Barnsley has a population of around 218,000 people and an ethnic minority population of less than 1 per cent. There have been recent changes with an influx of around 700 migrant workers since May ...
Polski Bristol - an example of a church and community based voluntary support group for new migrants
31 January 2007
Polski Bristol is a voluntary organisation. It is led by a Polish priest and representatives from local agencies, and aims to provide support, advice and information to new arrivals in the area. It is ...
Keystone Development Trust - Mobile Europeans Taking Action (META) project
31 January 2007
The Keystone Development Trust is based in Thetford, and directly runs or supports a range of projects involving migrant workers and local people, using funding from the Home Office and the East of ...
Sustainable communities
All 22 case studies in 'Sustainable communities'