The National Regeneration Convention is a not for profit event, bringing together practitioners from every field of regeneration to network and share ideas. To allow communities to be fully represented, Convention fees are kept deliberately low with bursary places on offer to groups who cannot find the funds to allow a delegate to attend.

Once again this year, the ODPM/NRU, Communities Scotland, Communities First and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation will provide bursary support, but there are other activities which need financial support to ensure a successful event.

Visits to regeneration projects:

The visits have become an integral part of the Convention, allowing the host city the possibility of showcasing its achievements and plans; the visits are extremely popular with delegates who come from the rest of United Kingdom.

• The hire of the coaches to take delegates on these visits is offered as a sponsorship opportunity
• Paying for the packed lunches which delegates take with them on the visits is another way of giving support to the Convention
• Paying for suitable transport to allow disabled delegates full participation in the visits, or for carers to accompany them is another excellent way of showing support