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Issue 12 June 2009 
A bi-monthlynewsletter of theSustainableCommunitiesExcellenceNetwork (SCEN).SCEN is analliance of publiclyfunded centres ofexcellence andskills contactpoints in theUnited Kingdomworking to equippeople,partnerships andleaders with theskills andknowledge toenable thepractical deliveryof regenerationand sustainablecommunities.Submissions forthe August issueare due by 15
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 July.Submissions by e-mail only to:Melissa@regenerationem.co.uk
A large printversion of thisnewsletter isavailableupon request.
The Regeneration SkillsCollective Wales’“Delivering Regeneration6” conference, will be heldat Cardiff County Hall,Cardiff Bay on Thursday24th of September 2009.This sixth annual nationalevent will follow a similarformat to the previoussuccessful conferences,but will also feature adedicated sessionfocussing on centres ofregeneration excellenceand skills contact points inthe UK. Both Craig
Regeneration Skills Collective Walesto hold September 09 Conference
SCEN the UK’s most sectorally diverseplace shaping ‘network of networks’
As a collective of over 35place shaping networks inevery single region andcountry of the UnitedKingdom, SCEN is theUK’s most sectorallydiverse network of placeshaping practitioners.Each year, SCENcontinues to build agrowing community ofpeople directly involved indelivering regenerationand sustainablecommunities. One of ourmajor activities is to fostercross-sector networks andcommunities of practice. Alook below at our multiplenetworks reveals a vastweb of practitioners,making SCEN truly a‘network of networks’.McLaren (Head of theScottish Centre forRegeneration) and AdrianPassmore (ChiefExecutive of RegenWM)are included as speakerswithin the programme.The Deputy Minister forRegeneration (WelshAssembly Government)has agreed to give thekeynote address at thecommencement of theConference. It isanticipated that there willalso be presentations inrespect of designatedStrategic RegenerationAreas in Wales; and theemerging key influenceson the Welsh regenerationagenda, such as place-making and ClimateChange. Hopefully, therewill also be a progressreport on the proposal toestablish a Centre forRegeneration Excellencein Wales.For more information,contact Richard Essex, onressex@rics.org.
East of England –Inspire East
 1. CommunityDevelopment Network2. Funding East3. Design and HistoricEnvironment Champions4. LDV Network5. CommunityEmpowermentPartnership
Regeneration EastMidlands
6. Association of RegionalObservatories (ARO)7. SustainableCommunities ExcellenceNetwork (SCEN)8. Design and HeritageChampions9. East Midlands FundingForum (EMFF)10. East MidlandsIntelligence Network11. Ep2 (EnterprisingPeople, EnterprisingPlaces)12. LSP Network13. Urban PartnershipGroup (UPG)
Urban Design London
14. Design championsnetwork15. Planning and designnetwork16. Street design network17. Housing designnetwork (being developedwith HCA)
N. Ireland – Dept. forSocial Development,Urban
 
RegenerationStrategy Directorate
 SupportingNeighbourhood and TownCentre Partnerships
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a newsletter of the Sustainable Communities Excellence Network
www.scen.org.uk
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The Mixed and Sustainable Communities Learning Network will offer two popular workshops from the launch event. The first workshop,‘Masterplanning: Keeping i Real’ will be in Glasgow on June 24. ‘Designing and Delivering Great Places for Mixed and Sustainable Communities’ will be in Edinburgh on June 30. Visit: www.partnersinregeneration.c om .Regeneration East Midlands faciliatates the Eas Midlands Funding Forum (EMFF), a network,information, training and support Charity for funders such as the Lloyds TSB Foundation, BIG Lotter Fund, Grant-Making Trusts,Foundations and Loca Authorities from across the East Midlands region.
 
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The East MidlandsFunding Forum (EMFF),facilitated by RegenerationEast Midlands, is workingto raise awarenessamongst funders andinvestors of the role ofFinancial Inclusion (FI)champions in the region.As part of this, EMFF hashelped to develop andpromote a survey forfunders abouttheir supportof FI projects and servicesto gain a better picture ofwhat has been funded,and whether FI is a priorityfor them. If you areinterested the survey canbe found at:www.fichampions.com.With the economy in adownturn and manypeople finding themselves
Regeneration East Midlands’ FundingForum champions Financial Inclusion
with difficulties managingtheir money, fundersthoughts inevitably turn tohow to assistorganisations that offerfinancial support to theircommunities. Fortunately,a new team of FinancialInclusion Champions isnow in post for the Eastand South Midlands toensure that those wantingto do work on FinancialInclusion are fullysupported.The Financial InclusionChampion initiative is anational Department forWork and Pensionsfunded scheme that is partof the Government’sFinancial Inclusion ActionPlan for 2008-2011. 18regional teams areemployed across England,Wales and Scotland. Theteam for the East andSouth Midlands coversNottinghamshire,Derbyshire,Northamptonshire,Lincolnshire and parts ofWarwickshire and employsthree workers that arebased with the debt advicecharity Leicester MoneyAdvice.The team’s remit is toensure that everyone hasaccess to five keyfinancial services:
Face to face debtadvice
An appropriate bankaccount
Affordable andresponsible credit
Basic Home
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Savings facilities;The ExcellenceFramework, Inspire East’son-line toolkit that definesexcellence in sustainablecommunities, has passedthe 1,000 registered usersmark! To celebrate, theyare collecting views onfurther developing theExcellence Framework.The ExcellenceFramework has beencreated by Inspire Eastwith support from theBuilding ResearchEstablishment and SalletConsulting Ltd. The toolkithas been adopted by theEast of EnglandDevelopment Agency.
Inspire East raisesplace shapingaspirations for 1,000 Framework users
The ExcellenceFramework is made up ofcomprehensive standards.Each standard is achievedby using a toolkit, set ofprinciples, a checklist, aprocess or a quality mark.Below are some of thestandards used in theFramework:
Action Checklist takingthe Local Compactforward
Action SustainabilitityFlexible Framework
A guide on travel plansfor developers
Association of TownCentre Managementchecklist
A Sustainable Futurefor Cycling
BREEAM
Building for Life
Code for SustainableHomes
Contacts for LocalCompacts in the Eastof England
Crime Reductionteams in the East ofEngland
East of EnglandCultural Strategy
Local StrategicPartnerships: East ofEngland
East of EnglandRegional EconomicStrategy
East of EnglandRegional SpatialStrategy
 
New HCA Academy committee formed
 
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The HCA Academy, theskills and expertise arm ofthe Homes andCommunities Agency(HCA), has appointed fivecommittee members toassist the organisation tobuild the skills, knowledgeand capacity of HCA andits delivery partners.The committee will workalongside the Academy’sChair, Professor PeterRoberts, and Gill Taylor,the Academy’s ChiefExecutive, who werepreviously Chair and ChiefExecutive respectively ofthe Academy forSustainable Communities.The new committeemembers are: RebeccaBennett Casserly; LynneCeeney; PeterHetherington; MushtaqKhan; and Deborah Lamb.
Rebecca BennettCasserly
Rebecca’s professionalcareer started in the publicsector in 1993. She joinedBromford Housing Groupwhere she commanded anumber of challengingroles in the provision ofdevelopment andregeneration services. InJanuary 2001 Rebeccamoved to the privatesector and joined nationalconstruction and propertyservices provider MansellPlc (a Balfour Beattycompany). Rebecca joined EC Harris LLP; aleading built assetconsultancy, as a memberin August 2004. In 2007she assumed the role ofHead of Residential – Affordable.
Lynne Ceeney
With more than 16 years’experience in thesustainability field, Lynnehas worked for the public,private and voluntarysectors. She is currentlyTechnical Director,Sustainable Developmentat BRE. One of her keyinterests is engagingdifferent sectors in thesustainability agenda.Prior to joining BRE,Lynne was responsible foran Urban Programme-funded regenerationproject in Bradford andthen took a policy role atCity of York Council. Shethen moved to regionalgovernment. Lynne is amember of the UKSustainable DevelopmentPanel.
Peter Hetherington
Peter, a former regionalaffairs editor of TheGuardian, was an activemember of the formerASC’s steering board forthree years. His interest incommunities began as acampaigner to saveformer mining villages inCounty Durham, whereany new development wasbanned. He joined TheGuardian in the mid-70safter working on dailynewspapers on Tynesideand in Cumbria. He is aformer northern editor ofThe Guardian, and aformer deputy editor of theManchester EveningNews. He currently writesfor Society Guardian oncommunities andregeneration.
Mushtaq Khan
Mushtaq is a consultantworking in housing andregeneration. He hasextensive experience at asenior management leveland was formerly Head ofService at TraffordCouncil. During the lastthree years, he hascompleted major interimassignments as Directorand Head of Service levelat Sunderland, Oldhamand Lambeth Councilsand has helpedorganisations advance inhousing and regenerationstrategy. His special areasof expertise centre onhousing strategy,regeneration and equalityand diversity issues.
Deborah Lamb
Deborah joined EnglishHeritage in 2002 fromCentral Government.Through advocacy and asound evidence base, sheaims to get other nationalorganisations to recognisethe value of this country’shistoric environment. Sheis responsible for majorcampaigns such asStreets for All, andInspired! to secure afuture for historic places ofworship. She is alsoresponsible for corporateplanning, EnglishHeritage’s relationshipwith Government and co-ordinating views andaction across the historicenvironment sector.Further informationwww.hcaacademy.co.uk.
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 Empowering communities – Pan Neighbourhood Partnership, Newport, Isle of Wight Investing in young people – Just 4 Youth, West Middlesbrough Neighbourhood Trust Leadership of place – Green Horizons Housing,London Low carbon development – Cross Street South,Wolverhampton, Bromford Group New ventures – North Solihull Partnership Places for all – Castle Quay, Bedford, Bedford Borough Council &Complex Development Projects Reducing carbon – Daneville Estate,Liverpool, Liverpool Mutual Homes Skills for better places – Joint winners: Family Mosaic and The Renaissance Consortium Outstanding commitment – Jean Bartlett, Aylesbury New Deal for Communities trustee,London The Co-operative award for excellence – Renaissance Consortium,Miles Platting,Manchester 
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