Saba Salman of the The Guardian Voluntary Sector network was attracted to write about Birmingham and it’s community asset tranfer work after finding the warts and all case studies on this website. In a piece she called Making community asset transfer work, she wrote: The benefits of transfer are clear – community empowerment for local […]
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Factsheets on swimming pools threatened with closure
Pool Watch, a partnership between The ASA and British Gas, have published a useful set of factsheets related to swimming pools threatened with closure, including a factsheet on asset transfer and asset disposal: Building your case (pdf, 723kb) The Consultation Phase (pdf, 114kb) Planning a future strategy (pdf, 707kb) Where to go for funding (pdf, […]
Spaces4change: A modest fun for changing unused spaces into assets for 16 to 25 years olds
UnLtd and Channel 4 have just launched a simple programme which might help someone prime some work for a community asset transfer. Below is lifted from the Unltd website. About the Programme The Spaces 4 Change Awards from UnLtd and Channel 4 provides funding and support to entrepreneurial individuals across the UK. We are looking […]
Hutton Hall Community Centre, Washwood Heat
Photo of Hutton Hall Celebration Event by Podnosh UPDATE jan 14 – unfortunately Hutton Hall has been taken back into the city council following a number of difficulties with the community organisation who were the preferred community partner. There is always going to be an element of risk with CAT but lessons have been learnt and […]
Co‐Production in Neighbourhoods: the Neighbourhood Equity Model
This is new report on co-production in Birmingham’s neighbourhoods which proposes a Neighbourhood Equity Model. (Download as a pdf here). The Model argues that if government works to help communities empower themselves through taking on commissions to provide public services it triggers a virtuous cycle of wealth creaton, particulalrly in poorer neighbourhoods: The brokerage or […]
Just get it done.
A short video from the Asset Transfer Unit on their site Building Community – one which describes the essence of community driven change – the desire to just get it done. Of course a lot of the lessons found on this site and others show that getting things done might be the driver – but […]
Perry Common Community Hall Re-opens
Above are a few photos from yesterday’s open of the the newly refurbished and Community Asset Transferred Perry Common Community Hall. We also have some video which we’ll share as soon as we’ve done some work on it. Thoroughly enjoyable afternoon following on from a good 9 months of building and two years of other […]
Karen Cheney on lessons from the Community Asset Transfer Development Programme in Birmingham
Karen Cheney has been the co-ordinator of the Community Asset Transfer Development Programme as part of her job as Senior Manager – Community Empowerment Projects Lead in the Neighbourhood and Communities Team of Birmingham City Council – Constituency Services. Below she talks very clearly about what the programme has achieved
Bret Willers, Hall Green Constituency Director, reflects on community asset transfer
Bret Willers is the Constituency Director for Hall Green in Birmingham, he’s been involved with the community asset transfer development programme as an advisor, constructive challenge and with an interest in assets may be used differently in his part of the city. [podcast]http://communityasset.podnosh.com/files/2010/05/BretWillers.mp3[/podcast] Some of the key thoughts from his interview are: Valueing Worth – […]
Roger Lloyd – senior lawyer at Birmingham City Council talks about his experience of Community Asset Transfer
Roger Lloyd is the Head of Regeneration and Property Law for Birmingham City Council Legal Services. Click below to listen to his thought on lesson from the Community Asset Transfer Development programme. [podcast]http://communityasset.podnosh.com/files/2010/05/rogerlloyd.mp3[/podcast] Roger’s role was looking after the lawyers in his team who were developing after the lease document, aiming to make sure the […]