Advising on Community Engagement in local Government Re-organisation
Client Northumberland County Council
Contract Period Ongoing throughout 2008
Lead Consultant Sally Thomas
Project Description SRC and Shared Intelligence worked with Northumberland County Council in the run up to them becoming a single tier authority in April 2009. SRC worked alongside Shared Intelligence to provide organisational, logistical and coordination support to Council officers involved in this highly complex governance reorganisation to ensure that this rolling programme of consultation and development ran smoothly.

Birmingham Sandwell Strategic Regeneration Framework
Client Birmingham Sandwell HMRF Pathfinder
Contract Period 6 months, July - December 2003
Lead Consultant Sally Thomas
Project Description Preparation of a comprehensive regeneration strategy with a housing focus in an area with HMR Pathfinder status. Involving broad consultation, option assessment and appraisal; working with a team that included EDAW, GVA Grimley and the University of Birmingham.

Bradford, Manningham Masterplan
Client Bradford City Council
Contract Period 7 months, June - December 2004
Lead Consultant Pete Duncan
Project Description A masterplan for Manningham delivering the City's 2020 vision for the area. Extensive consultation with local people, their support agencies, service providers and businesses covering an area of approximately 4,000 homes. Report on the social dimension of life in this complex, multi-cultural neighbourhood. Working with a team led by GVA Grimley. More information

Burnley Neighbourhood Masterplans
Client Burnley Borough Council
Contract Period 6 months, October 2005 - March 2006
Lead Consultant Pete Duncan
Project Description Working with the Council to prepare masterplans for two areas in Burnley involving reviewing and testing Area Development Framework proposals. Extensive community engagement programme in an area of over 5500 homes tackling sensitive issues of demolition and major physical change. Working with teams led by Taylor Wood and GVA Grimleys. More information

Cheetham, Sure Start training programme
Client Sure Start Cheetham
Contract Period 3 months, January - March 2004
Lead Consultant Chris Cox
Project Description To carry out a training programme for the parents committee, linked to a local evaluation.

Chester-le-Street, Grange Villa Area Action Plan
Client Chester-le-Street District Council
Contract Period 7 months, September 2005 - March 2006
Lead Consultant Sally Thomas
Project Description The development of an Area Action plan for Grange Villa, a rural ex-mining community on the edge of Durham, involving extensive community consultation, including a household survey, and community capacity building work to develop a representative voice for the village. Working with Nathaniel Lichfield and Partners.

Community Development Trust Research Study for Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Client Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Contract Period 4 months, March - June 2008
Lead Consultant Sally Thomas
Project Description SRC, in partnership with Dr Angus Kennedy of the Community Regeneration Partnership, was commissioned by The Joseph Rowntree Foundation to carry out a feasibility study into whether a community development trust (CDT) could play a role in community activities or the running some services or facilities for the benefit of residents in Joseph Rowntree's model village at New Earswick or their new development at Derwenthorpe in York.

Community Regeneration Team (CRT) Review / Newcastle NDC
Client Newcastle NDC
Contract Period 4 months, November 2009 - February 2010
Lead Consultant Sally Thomas
Project Description A study which followed on from the 2006 evaluation of the CRT and assessed the effectiveness and impacts of this model of developing and delivering a community development service. Looking at the pros and cons of the approach, key outcomes and issues, the extent of its impact on NDC communities and partner organisations and the potential of other, comparative, models.

Corby, Borough Regeneration Strategy and Town Centre Masterplan
Client Catalyst Corby (URC)
Contract Period 6 months, February - July 2002
Lead Consultant Sally Thomas
Project Description To carry out consultation and community planning for a borough regeneration strategy and town centre masterplan for Corby (pop. @ 51,000); working with EDAW.

Darlington, Firthmoor Community Partnership
Client Darlington Borough Council & Firthmoor Community Partnership
Contract Period 2.5 years, 1998 - 2002
Lead Consultant Pete Duncan
Project Description Adviser to local authority and community partnership on estate regeneration and development of a community planning programme leading to a successful SRB6 bid. Providing advice on Neighbourhood Management and undertaking a feasibility study and business plan for new neighbourhood management/one-stop shop centre. More information

Department for Education & Employment and The Home Office, Research Project
Client Department for Education & Employment and The Home Office
Contract Period 12 months, March 2000 - February 2001
Lead Consultant Pete Duncan / Sally Thomas
Project Description National research on community resourcing and evaluation of the Community Champions and Community Development Learning Funds.

Derwentside Community Appraisals
Client Derwentside District Council
Contract Period 6 months, April - September 2002
Lead Consultant Chris Cox
Project Description To carry out community appraisals for two wards in Derwentside (9,000 households). More information

Derwentside BME Evaluation
Client The Derwentside Partnership
Contract Period 4 months, November 2006 - February 2007
Lead Consultant Sally Thomas
Project Description To undertake a research study in order to assess the impact of the Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy and Neighbourhood Renewal Fund on BME and other disadvantaged groups. Researching baseline data and evidencing the impact of Derwentside Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy and activities supported by Neighbourhood Renewal Fund targeting of the BME and other disadvantaged communities.

Developing Proposals for a new Regional Race Equality Body
Client Newcastle City Council (on behalf of the five Tyne & Wear local authorities)
Contract Period Ongoing during the first half of 2008
Lead Consultant Sally Thomas
Project Description An options assessment and initial business planning work on the potential for a new race equality body in Tyne and Wear. The research built on previous studies and looked at whether there was a current need for a body or bodies addressing race equality and, if so, the options that might be realistic. The options considered key issues, such as the breadth of the equalities agenda which a body or bodies might cover, at what geographical level it would be delivered and the range of roles (or services) which could be delivered. The research made recommendations for the best way forward for race equality in Tyne and Wear.

East Lancashire Strategic Regeneration Framework

Client
Elevate East Lancashire HMR Pathfinder

Contract Period
7 months, April - October 2003

Lead Consultant
Sally Thomas

Project Description
To provide the social and community elements of a major programme of regeneration in East and South East Leeds for a developer consortium led by Bellway, including the development and implementation of Neighbourhood Management, covering an area of 80,000 people in 36,500 households and leading to the establishment of a Joint Venture Company with the City Council.

EASEL Area Action Plan
Client Leeds City Council
Contract Period 5 months, April - August 2007
Lead Consultant Sally Thomas
Project Description A programme of support for Leeds City Council Planning department in relation to consulting the community on the preferred option stage of the EASEL Area Action Plan. The work involved the initial development of an overall community consultation and communication strategy, production of a ‘plain English’ preferred option document, development of a ‘community information pack’, organisation of a series of consultation /drop-ins’ the development and analysis of a questionnaire, analysis of all other feedback from the community and stakeholders and the production of a full and detailed report of findings.

EASEL Neighbourhood Planning
Client Bellway PLC
Contract Period 12 months
Lead Consultant Sally Thomas
Project Description To provide the social and community elements of a major programme of regeneration in East and South East Leeds for a developer consortium led by Bellway, including the development and implementation of Neighbourhood Management, covering an area of 80,000 people in 36,500 households and leading to the establishment of a Joint Venture Company with the City Council.

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