1. Asset Transfer
(Members Policy Pages/Policy Pages)

ASSET TRANSFER is a process by which local assets such as buildings and land currently, or formerly, managed by local public bodies are handed over to the community to manage. The Develo

2. Community Assets Matter (Cam) National Training Programme - Promoting Effective Asset Management
(Other Organisations/Other Organisations Training and Courses)

... support advisors to front line community organisation about management of buildings and other community assets.  Delivered by practitioners in the field, over the two days, you will be gu...

3. Asset Transfer Assistance Available
(Publications/2009 Policy Round Ups)

...w demonstration areas and a package of support to make it easier for people to take control of community assets. These include an advice line, the opportunity to learn from successful projects and a n...

4. Communities In Control – Faqs
(Publications/Briefings)

... active citizenship and £2m to support disabled people to volunteer An expansion of the current Asset Transfer programme How can people get involved? There are a few consultation...

5. Dta Warns The Government Over Sale Of Assets
(Publications/2009 Policy Round Ups)

...mine community resilience' with its plans to sell off £16 billion of national and local government assets. Read more ...

6. Survey Shows Steady Growth Of Development Trusts
(Publications/2009 Policy Round Ups)

... Trust Association has published the findings of their 2009 members' survey, showing continued growth of asset-based community anchor organisations. According to the research there are now 466 develop...

7. Evaluating Empowerment Research Report
(Publications/2009 Policy Round Ups)

...s and Local Government assesses how effective different methods of empowerment are including; petitions, asset transfer and participatory budgeting. The report also explores key issues including wheth...

8. Unclaimed Assets 2007
(Publications/Consultations)

Published Aug 2007 by Urban Forum.  Unclaimed Assets Distribution Consultation Response 2007 08 Urban Forum has submitted a response to the Government's Uncl

9. Coalition Government – Structural Reform Plans
(Publications/Briefings)

...c) to other bodies by April 2012 • Complete RDA and GOL stand alone projects and dispose of their assets (e.g. offices) by April 2012. Bring in Local Government Bill by October 2010 to s...

10. Invitation To Join The Government Of Britain
(Publications/Whitehall Watch)

...racts as an investment panacea. Speaking of investment . . . a Big Society Bank, using unclaimed assets, will provide investment for third sector organisations. However, aside from the nam...

11. A Future Fair For All
(Publications/Whitehall Watch)

...implementing it will be. However, there is some welcome support for local economies and community assets, and the successful asset transfer programme will continue as will the support for new C...

12. Understanding Ethnicity And Assets
(Publications/2010 Policy Round Ups)

The Runnymede Trust recently published Assets Equality and Ethnicity: Building Towards Financial Inclusion, looking at different ethnic groups' experience of savings, home-ownership and other assets.

13. Community Sector Ready To Unleash Potential
(Publications/2010 Policy Round Ups)

...ector to achieve significant social change. The Coalition is calling for; grassroots funding, community assets, facilitated local forums and learning for citizenship.   ...

14. Room For Improvement, Audit Commission Report
(Publications/2009 Policy Round Ups)

In its report, Room for Improvement, the Audit Commission reveals that more than half of local authorities are reluctant to transfer land and buildings to community organisations due to fears they w

15. Working Together White Paper
(Publications/Briefings)

...allowing greater targeting of underperforming services. The Paper also seeks to bolsters support for the Asset Transfer Unit, allowing more community groups to run local buildings themselves. An addit...

16. £60M To Lay Green Foundations Of Eco-Towns
(Publications/2010 Policy Round Ups)

Housing Minister John Healey has backed the country's biggest ever green home building programme , with four areas sharing £60m to build over 600 new homes to a high environmental standard. It

17. Community Enterprise Framework Launched
(Publications/2010 Policy Round Ups)

Communities and Local Government has launched a framework , based on the Office of the Third Sector's Social Enterprise Action Plan (2006), to outline how it will be supporting the community enterpr

18. Party Promises
(Publications/Whitehall Watch)

...;fair deal on grants' and continuing Labour policy (though that's not how they describe it) on community asset transfer and to set up a Social Investment Bank. Labour Perhaps inevitably for t...

19. Putting The Frontline First: Smarter Government
(Publications/2010 Policy Round Ups)

...hrough measures such as a review of senior civil servant pay, investing £30 million in a community asset transfer programme and piloting a ‘social impact bond' as a new way of funding the ...

20. Duty To Involve - A Quick Guide
(Publications/Briefings)

...ervices (e.g. being involved in commissioning) • Delivery of services or aspect of services (e.g. asset transfer, taking part in street clean or conservation work, maintaining a community centr...

21. Working Together Better
(Member Case Studies/Insights)

...ommunities Partnership (SCP). Social Enterprise support strategy has been developed in addition to an Asset Transfer Strategy.  Neighbourhood communities supported through informal and formal ...

22. Clearing The Community Reinvestment Backblog
(Research/Better Banking Blog)

...ussion on banking reform. There were other discussions on community shares, social return on investment, asset transfer and payment for public service outcomes. There is widespread support for a CRA, ...

23. Ncvo Set Out Local Government Manifesto
(Publications/2009 Policy Round Ups)

The NCVO have released a paper entitled Working Together to Strengthen Local Communities which sets out five key principles to strengthen the relationship between voluntary and community organisatio

24. Communities In Control - Briefing
(Publications/Briefings)

 Communities in Control briefing 2008 07 Following the publication of the government's Empowerment White Paper – Communities in Control, Urban Forum ha

25. Placeshaping: A Toolkit For Urban Community Land Trusts
(Publications/2008 Policy Round Ups)

This report offers advice on setting up Community Land Trusts in urban areas and how they can contribute to place-shaping in urban communities. As well as providing a number of tools designed to be

26. Helping To Measure A Thriving Third Sector’
(Publications/2008 Policy Round Ups)

...d how they expect LSPs that adopt this target to measure it. See: www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/upload/assets/www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/third_sector/ni7_briefing_note_final.pdf ...

27. Clearway Issue 58
(Clearway/Older Clearways)

 clearway 58 policy special 2007 12 © URBAN FORUM 2007 Clearway 58 includes Empowerment White Paper made simple Community leadersh

28. Action Plan For Community Empowerment
(Publications/Briefings)

 action plan for community empowerment briefing 2007 10 © Urban Forum 2008 Urban Forum has produced a handy policy briefing which explains the Plan in a dig

29. Communities Assets Enterprise 2010
(Other Organisations/Other Organisations Events)

Inspiring places: the art of the possible 12th-14th September 2010, Derby The Development Trusts Association's Annual Conference The DTA conference is the largest community en

30. Big Society Plans Unveiled
(Publications/2010 Policy Round Ups)

The government has pledged to put the ‘big society' at the centre of public sector reform. The proposals include: giving communities more powers; encouraging people to take an active role in t