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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PLEASE NOTE SOME OF THE INFORMATION MAY NOW BE SLIGHTLY OUT OF DATE BUT YOU MAY FIND IT USEFUL TO SEE SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT TOOK PART IN THE PROGRAMME FROM 2008 - 2011 Since 2011 there has been a  Cabinet approved  agreed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:...

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...

Norton Hall Mums, Shazia and Shabnam

Two Norton Hall mums, Shazia and Shabnam share their thoughts on Norton Hall, what it means to them and their families and the "new look".  This short interview is a measure of how deeply people value this community lead place.

Norton Hall Open Day

Norton Hall open day on July 11th 2010 was a wonderful opportunity for the community to see round the new work on the building and remind themselves of why they value the place. This short film has contributions from Councillors, residents and the team at Norton Hall.

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.  ...