People-centred regeneration

People-centred regeneration (or what adding value really means) Julian Dobson director Urban Pollinators

Sheffield: Indices of Multiple Deprivation, 2010

Why have decades of regeneration initiatives failed to shift these inequalities - and what should we do?

Out with the old

Why?
because old development assumptions no longer work
because public policy has failed those who most need help
because shift happens - and is happening now

‘ It is clear that previous regeneration models that relied on debt finance coupled with rising land and property prices have not delivered in recent times and are unlikely to do so for the foreseeable future.’
Scottish Government, Building a Sustainable Future , February 2011

JFDI regeneration
(just have fun and do it)

Why?
because we can’t wait for the right legislation
because enterprise stems from action, not policy
because trickle-down has failed and continues to fail

Trickle up theory - ‘a city plan made of small, networked interventions’
Nabeel Hamdi, The Placemaker’s Guide to Building Community , 2010

No more throwaway people

The road to resilience
economic localisation: wealth that sticks
economic participation: from sticks to carrots
economic emancipation: shaking off the shackles

‘ We cannot control what will happen if we unleash the potential of real people in real communities, but we have to do it.’
Martin Simon, Timebanking UK

Relationship-based regeneration

A social contract for regeneration, housing and neighbourhoods
everyone gives: time, money, energy
everyone gains: fulfilment, wealth, respect
everyone shares: wellbeing, community, opportunity

What does it mean for housing providers?
support local economic activity and community building
encourage tenant and resident ownership, management and control
focus on quality of place, quality of life and sustainability: understand and build local connections

‘ It is not only possible for one human being to make a real and lasting difference to another; it is often, in the most difficult circumstances, the only thing that ever does.’
David Robinson, Out of the Ordinary , 2010

thank you
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People-centred regeneration

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