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New Community Asset Transfer list available now!
Birmingham City Council is currently seeking Expressions of Interest from community organisations for a series of Birmingham buildings which are available for Community Asset Transfer. If you are a not-for-profit organisation with community aims, and you're interested...
Community Ownership Fund
As part of the Levelling up agenda, the government is looking to give local community groups more opportunity to control assets that mean a great deal to the local area. To find out more, follow the link to the Gov.uk website:...
Birmingham City Council – Community Asset Transfer Process
PLEASE NOTE SOME OF THE INFORMATION MAY NOW BE SLIGHTLY OUT OF DATE BUT YOU MAY FIND IT USEFUL TO SEE SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT TOOK PART IN THE PROGRAMME FROM 2008 - 2011 Since 2011 there has been a Cabinet approved agreed Birmingham CAT Protocol and Way of Working...
The Guardian reports on Birmingham’s Community Asset Transfer work.
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 Community Sport Asset Transfer Toolkit
Sport England have just launched an interactive asset transfer toolkit for sport – commissioned by Sport England and produced by Locality's Asset Transfer Unit. The toolkit is a good first point of information on asset transfer from a sports perspective. The toolkit...
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...
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...
On going work with Community Asset Transfer in Birmingham
Community Asset Transfer..."There are risks but they can be minimised and managed - there is plenty of experience to draw on. The secret is all parties working together" (The Quirk Review - "Making Assets Work") It is hoped that this website will act as a support and...
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...