The Programme:
- The practice of regeneration and neighbourhood renewal has developed enormously in the UK over the last few years and the Convention reflects this. Under the main title of, People, power and poverty: the role of communities in shaping places, the Convention highlights four strong themes – place, power, deprivation and cohesion.
- The Government's emphasis on place and partnership working offers new opportunities for change and dialogue; power, and its devolution to communities, is ongoing vital work; eliminating deprivation and its impact on communities will change people's lives; and cohesion, especially in relation to how issues of race and ethnicity play out at neighbourhood level, is one of the most important issues today.
- Each theme will have a session devoted to it which will include a plenary and ten related workshops and master classes. As well as themed sessions, the Convention will offer an Open Space event this year, allowing delegates to network around topics of their own choice in addition to those offered in the formal programme.
- People have learned from what works and recognise that different approaches have been taken in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and different parts of England. The Convention will showcase effective practice, and care is being taken to ensure that presentations and workshops draw on experience from the different countries - with a number of workshops specifically offering cross-border comparisons.
- The unique aspect of the National Regeneration Convention remains unchanged: an event to exchange ideas and experience between people directly involved in renewal and regeneration and to learn from them.
Eighth National Regeneration Convention Details:
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