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In de UK is het veel gebruikelijker dat bewoners en bedrijven (mede)verantwoordelijk zijn voor hun directe leefomgeving. Premier David cameron maakt zich hard voor het ontwikkelen van de "Big Society" om locale gemeenteschappen meer kracht te geven. Onze hoofdspreker Steve Clare van Locality, een Britse netwerk van vijfhonderd buurtbeheerorganisaties, vertelt ons over zijn praktijkervaringen in de UK. Hoe zijn de locale bewoners actief in het beheer van hun buurt? Wat levert dat de buurten en de gemeente op? Met welke wetgeving en organisatievormen hebben ze dat voor elkaar gekregen? En wat kunnen wij in Nederland van hen leren? Doen wij al veel aan bewonersparticipatie, of staan wij pas aan het begin van een onomkeerbare verandering...?

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Steve Clare, Deputy Chief Executive

web: www.locality.org.uk

Over 500 members across England with almost £650m of community-owned assets – creating wealth in communities and keeping it there!

So what does the future hold…

The national context…

“BIG SOCIETY”

LOCALISM

COMMUNITY RIGHTS

Right to Re-shape: the model of implementation

Enabling people in the

community to help design and deliver services

Enabling community to support each other and themselves

Joining up services to

improve and transform

them

Getting the right services for the neighbourhood

BUILDING RESILIENT

COMMUNITIES

AND

IMPROVING SERVICES AND OUTCOMES IN

NEIGHBOURHOODS

Principles:

The four key components of

implementation:

A focus on the needs of the neighbourhood

Willingness to reshape services

Collaboration with the community

Partnership working between service

providers

“Public spaces are not a frivolity. They are just as important as hospitals and schools. They create a sense of belonging. This creates a different type of society. A society where people of all income levels meet in public spaces is a more integrated, socially healthier one.”

Enrique Peñalosa —former mayor of Bogotá, Colombia

Coin Street

Coin Street

Organisational form

CSCB: company limited by guarantee

Coin Street Secondary Housing Co-operative (CSS): Industrial & Provident Act Society

Coin Street Centre Trust (CSCT): company limited by guarantee registered with the Charity Commissioners.

Role of residents

Need to be local resident to be member of CSCB, CSCT or CSS

Service users – can get involved in planning/running services

Role of council

Greater London Council (now abolished) initially lent £1m to purchase site

Local authority – very little input initially. Now key partner

Heeley Millennium Park

Heeley Millenium Park

Organisational form

Heeley Development Trust: company limited by guarantee with charitable aims

Role of residents

HDT membership open to local residents. High levels of engagement.

Aiming to launch Park Membership Scheme in 2014

Role of councilCreated the problem and blocked the solution – often obstructive and unhelpful

Pros & consPeople taking responsibility when local state had no answers.

Green space management financially challenging

Green Estates

Green Estates

Organisational form

Social enterprise: partnership between the Manor and Castle Development Trust (MCDT), Sheffield Wildlife Trust (SWT), Sheffield City Council (SCC)

Role of residentsMembership of MCDT open to all residents

Wide range of volunteering opportunities

Programme beneficiaries

Role of council Key partner – but ‘equal’ partner

Pros & cons Viable partnership that brings together various ‘agendas’

Park Innovators

• Bloomsbury Square: levies on businesses

• Sheffield and Manchester: endowments

• Hackney: new services to businesses

• Bournemouth: digital technologies

• Liverpool: community management

• Burnley: alternative management approaches

• Edinburgh & Glasgow: digital mapping and engagement

• Bristol: training & skills development

Citizen Action

“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete”R. Buckminster Fuller

Ingredients of Success

Imagine this…

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