Consultations
community right to challenge consultation responseUrban Forum responded to the Department of Communities and Local Government consultation on the Community Right to Challenge which closed on 3 May 2011.
Urban Forum responded to the Department of Communities and Local Government consultation on the Community Right to Buy which closed on 3 May 2011.
(The consultation consisted of 46 questions, some of which we did not answer due to lack of expertise or relevance to our work.)
The Department for Communities and Local Government is consulting on its newly released Best Value guidance, which sets out expectations for how best value authorities should work with the VCS on funding decisions. Urban Forum has produced a consultation response.
Urban Forum is particularly interested in advice and information provision, the dissemination of good practice and non-financial barriers for communities in establishing energy projects and this is reflected in the selection of questions we are responding to. We draw upon evidence based on both Urban Forum research published in 2010 which looks at lessons from across Europe in creating successful community and municipal energy projects1 and ongoing work being undertaken in partnership with the Centre for Sustainable Energy on supporting the emergence of strong civic environmental leadership.
Urban Forum has responded to the OCS consultation on Supporting a Stronger Civil Society, which suggests some ways that the government think improvements could be made that would support the delivery of the Big Society and seeks feedback to 10 questions that they ask. (See our briefing on the consultation document here)
