Completed Projects

Advising on Community Engagement in Local Government Re-organisation

Birmingham Sandwell Strategic Regeneration Framework

Bradford, Manningham Masterplan

Burnley Neighbourhood Masterplans

Cheetham, Sure Start training programme

Chester-le-Street, Grange Villa Area Action Plan

Community Development Trust Research Study for Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Community Regeneration Team (CRT) Review / Newcastle NDC

Corby, Borough Regeneration Strategy and Town Centre Masterplan for Corby

Darlington, Firthmoor Community Partnership

Department for Education and Employment & The Home Office, Research Project

Derwentside, BME Research

Derwentside Community Appraisals

Developing Proposals for a new Regional Race Equality Body

East Lancashire Strategic Regeneration Framework

EASEL Area Action Plan

EASEL Neighbourhood Planning

Gateshead, Housing Options and Investment Appraisal

Gateshead Neighbourhood Action Plans

Gateshead Rural Housing Strategy

Glasgow, Easthall Community Plan

Glasgow, Ruchill / Possil Park & Drumchapel Community Plans

Government Office for the East Midlands - Research project

Gresham Neighbourhood Action Plan, Middlesbrough

Hattersley District Centre

Hartlepool, Pre-master Planning Community Capacity Building Work

Hartlepool, Community Housing Plan

Hartlepool, Ethnic Minorities Project Evaluation

Hartlepool, Neighbourhood Management Feasibility Study

Hartlepool, Sure Start Extension Project Evaluation

Hastoe Housing Association, Investors in Communities Programme

Hattersley, Tameside, Community Facilities Strategic Framework

Huddersfield Town Centre Area Action Plan Consultation

Hull, West Hull Community Engagement Programme

Hull, West Hull Area Development Framework & Neighbourhood Renewal Plan

Hyndburn, Neighbourhood Management advice

Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Masterplanning a new urban village in York

Kirklees Local Development Framework Core Strategy

Leeds, Planning's approach to Community Consultation

Leicestershire Together: A Review of Neighbourhood Management

Linacre Methodist Mission

Manchester, Cheetwood Community Centre Review

Manchester, Consultation Training and Support

Maryport Worklessness 'Circles of Need'

Middlesbrough Older Housing Study

Middlesbrough, West Lane Neighbourhood Masterplan

Milton Keynes Town Centre Masterplan

Nelson Area Development Framework

Newcastle NDC Community Regeneration Team Evaluation

New Earswick Community Facilities Network

North Benwell, Evaluation Project, Newcastle upon Tyne

North Benwell, Local Partnership Development, Newcastle upon Tyne

North East War Museum

Northern Arts, Review of Commissions North

ODPM, Advice for Neighbourhood Renewal Unit

Peterlee Residential Masterplan

Redcar & Cleveland, Housing Regeneration Masterplan

Redcar & Cleveland, Neighbourhood Management in Greater Eston

Regional Alcohol Detox Facility Feasibility Study

Regional Scoping Study on Community Empowerment

Rotherham, Environmental Strategy

Rotherham, Sustainable Coalfields Communities Project

Scotland, Central Scotland Forest Benefits Study

Scottish Government, Community Empowerment Case Studies Research

Sedgefield, Community Appraisals for European & Neighbourhood Renewal Funding

Sedgefield, Ferryhill Station Action Research Project

Sedgefield, West Newton Aycliffe Masterplan Study

Sefton, Queens Road Neighbourhood Centre

Sefton, South Sefton Area Development Framework

Stockton, Feasibility Study for a Multi-cultural Community Initiative Centre

Stockton, Housing-led Appraisal and Action Plan for Parkfield

Stockton, Parkfield & Mill Lane Masterplan

Sunderland, ARC Urban Regeneneration Strategy

Sunderland NRF Evaluation

Sunderland, Masterplan for Castletown & Area Action Plan for Hetton Downs

Tees Valley Cultural Enterprise Centre

Tynedale, Prudhoe North Community Planning

Walker Riverside Area Action Plan

Wansbeck Evaluation

Wansbeck Evaluation

Widdrington Station Community Engagement Programme

Wirral, Inner Wirral Regeneration Strategy

Wirral, North Birkenhead and Bidston Masterplan

York Central Area Action Plan

Completed Projects

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Sefton, Queens Road Neighbourhood Centre
Client Sefton Borough Council
Contract Period 6 months, August 2007 - January 2008
Lead Consultant Sally Thomas
Project Description SRC were commissioned by Sefton Council to provide independent, impartial advice on the future of Queens Road Neighbourhood Centre as a sustainable neighbourhood centre. The Queens Road Neighbourhood Centre has an important role in a changing community, providing much-needed services, but it is housed in a poor quality building and needs some changes. It needs to be refurbished or replaced, in its current location or elsewhere in the neighbourhood. Consultation on the options for the future of the Neighbourhood Centre involved a range of local groups including centre users, the wider community and local agencies and organisations, It found out what people thought about the different options for development of the Centre, what services could be offered, which agencies were interested in providing services from the Centre and other issues related to its future. An option appraisal on the benefits / costs of each potential alternative scenario - be it refurbishment or new build in its current location or an alternative and 3 year business plan are the main outputs from the work.

Sefton, South Sefton Area Development Framework
Client Sefton Borough Council
Contract Period 8 months, July 2002 - February 2003
Lead Consultant Sally Thomas
Project Description To undertake community and stakeholder consultation in an area with Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder status, to develop a strategic plan and area development proposals, to tackle market failure; leading on a community engagement programme and advising on the recruitment of housing associations to lead on neighbourhood development plans; working with GVA Grimley and EDAW.

South Wigston
Client
Contract Period 3 months December 2008 - February 2009 1 month August - September 2008
Lead Consultant
Project Description Young people's consultation including a stakeholder workshop, steering group development, a programme of consultation with young people and a report of outcomes. This work followed a community needs review in South Wigston to establish the most appropriate use for Section 106 money achieved from a local Tesco development. Work included interviewing a wide range of key service providers, members of the community and local stakeholders.

Stockton, Feasibility Study for a Multi-cultural Community Initiative Centre
Client Jamia Mosque, Stockton & Stockton Borough Council
Contract Period 6 months, October 2000 - September 2001
Lead Consultant Pete Duncan
Project Description To carry out a feasibility study and prepare a business plan for a multi-cultural community centre in the Parkfield neighbourhood of Stockton.

Stockton, Housing-led Appraisal and Action Plan for Parkfield
Client Stockton Borough Council
Contract Period 10 months, June 2002 - March 2003
Lead Consultant Pete Duncan
Project Description To carry out a housing-led appraisal of the future of the Parkfield area of Stockton on Tees and draw up an Action Plan for neighbourhood renewal; working with Nathaniel Lichfield and Partners. Included outreach work with BME communities.

Stockton, Parkfield and Mill Lane Masterplan
Client Stockton Borough Council
Contract Period 9 months, February - October 2005
Lead Consultant Pete Duncan
Project Description A community engagement programme as part of the development of a masterplan for the Parkfield and Mill Lane areas of Stockton. This has involved extensive consultation with hard to reach groups and the BME community and the formation of a Community Reference Group, which advises the project. Working with Nathaniel Lichfield and Partners.

Sunderland ARC Urban Regeneration Strategy
Client Sunderland ARC (URC), Sunderland City Council & One North East
Contract Period 9 months, January - September 2000
Lead Consultant Sally Thomas / Pete Duncan
Project Description Community and social input to an urban regeneration strategy for 65,000 household area of Sunderland including project managing a major community visioning programme involving 9 neighbourhood community planning events; working with EDAW.

Sunderland NRF Evaluation
Client Sunderland City Council
Contract Period 3 months, January - March 2006
Lead Consultant Sally Thomas
Project Description SRC, in collaboration with Primetrics, carried out an independent evaluation of a number of NRF projects in Sunderland in order to assess their impact and to develop a database which would provide an analytical framework for future use by the LSP. The early work involved a series of detailed face-to-face interviews with the lead agents, the development of an objective evaluation matrix and was completed with the development of a number of case studies that would form a good practice guide.

Sunderland, Masterplan for Castletown & Area Action Plan for Hetton Downs
Client Sunderland City Council
Contract Period 14 months, December 2005 - January 2007
Lead Consultant Pete Duncan / Lisa Marshall
Project Description A community engagement programme was undertaken as part of the development of a masterplan for the Castletown area of Sunderland. A community engagement programme was run in parallel for the Hetton Downs area to develop an Area Action Plan. Both processes involved extensive community consultation and the formation of Community Reference Groups. Working with Nathaniel Lichfield and Partners.

Tanfield Lea
Client
Contract Period 5 months, April - August 2009
Lead Consultant Pete Duncan / Sally Thomas
Project Description Developing, and implementing a stakeholder consultation programme as part of the development of an investment strategy and masterplan for an industrial area near Stanley, County Durham. Working as part of a team led by GVA Grimley, the consultation programme involved telephone and face to face interviews with stakeholders an esurvey and visioning workshop.

Tees Valley Cultural Enterprise
Client Stockton Borough Council & Stockton International Family Centre
Contract Period 3 months, February - April 2008
Lead Consultant Pete Duncan
Project Description A feasibility study into the need and demand for managed workspace to increase the sustainability of cultural enterprise in the Tees Valley. The work assessed whether there was a need to create a brand new centre, if there was the demand for such a facility and what are the options in terms of physical location and management of the facility. The study also assessed the specific additional resources the BME community may require.

Tynedale, Prudhoe North Community Planning
Client Tynedale District Council
Contract Period 4 months, May - August 2006
Lead Consultant Pete Duncan
Project Description Commissioned by Tynedale District Council, Milecastle Housing and Northumberland Care Trust to carry out a Community Planning Exercise in Prudhoe North ward, focusing on West Wylam. The work aims to inform the future of facilities on the estate over the next 10 years, along with developing actions that can improve the area in the short to medium term.

Walker Riverside Area Action Plan
Client Newcastle City Council
Contract Period 4 months, July - November 2005
Lead Consultant Sally Thomas
Project Description An intensive community engagement programme as part of the preparation of an Area Action Plan in Walker Riverside during the statutory period of consultation in a masterplan area spanning nine neighbourhoods with a population of some 13,000 people in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Wansbeck Evaluation
Client Community Action Partnership (CAP) reports / Wansbeck Council and Wansbeck Life
Contract Period 1 month, December 2007 – January 2008
Lead Consultant Pete Duncan
Project Description Commissioned by Wansbeck Council and Wansbeck Life to write Plain English summary feedback reports disseminating the outcomes of a Community Planning survey carried out in six Community Action Partnership (CAP) areas to identify where Wansbeck Life and the Council need to direct their services to tackle community priorities. Each report will be available in all public and community facilities, and on the Council’s website.

Wansbeck Evaluation
Client Wansbeck Life Initiative
Contract Period 3 months, October - December 2007
Lead Consultant Sally Thomas
Project Description Commissioned by Wansbeck Life to carry out an evaluation of the Newbiggin Life and East Ashington Life initiatives. The work focused on assessing the impact of changes in the living environment in both Newbiggin and East Ashington, identifying the qualitative impacts and achievements of Life projects, assessing the participation and empowerment of previously socially excluded communities; identifying good practice and lessons learnt emerging from the initiative, and possible future directions.

Widdrington Station Community Engagement Programme
Client Grainger Trust PLC
Contract Period 6 months, April - October 2006
Lead Consultant Chris Cox
Project Description Undertaking a comprehensive community consultation exercise in Widdrington Station, an ex-coal mining village in Northumberland, in relation to a range of proposals and ideas developed by Grainger Trust plc. The proposals, which include housing, early years provision and community amenities, aim to establish the village as a sustainable community.

Wirral, Inner Wirral Regeneration Strategy
Client Wirral Borough Council
Contract Period 7 months, February - August 2003
Lead Consultant Pete Duncan
Project Description To undertake community and stakeholder consultation in an area with Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder status, to develop a strategic plan and area development proposals to tackle market failure; working with GVA Grimley and EDAW.

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