About

This website was developed as part of the BCC Community Asset Transfer Development Programme funded by AWM, which began in January 2009 and ran through until March 2010.  It has continued to be updated since then and is now the source for the Birmingham City Council’s working practice for Community Asset Transfer.

We initially used the website to track the process of two community asset transfers in Birmingham.: Norton Hall Children and Family Centre and Perry Common Community Hall.

Following the development programme the city council’s CAT protocol and New Way’s of Working were approved by cabinet in 2011 and continue to be the way of working in the council.

The new way of working encapsulates the original desire to seek consistent ways to make the process work for Birmingham City Council and local community groups.  From the very beginning, the development programme also focused on more than just the bricks and mortar – it looked at how you place a value on community organisations and how we can support them to succeed in a way the government might not.

This website now includes not only the original development programme but has been updated with the current practice for CAT, how to do it and more specific information on Valuing Worth – which is an integral part of the BCC CAT process.

There is also o now a new page on Assets of Community Value.

Both Community Asset Transfer and Assets of Community Value are coordinated by the NDSU at Birmingham City Council.