Transcript Helen Forsyth Regeneration Director

The Same but
Different
Delivering regeneration
on both sides of the
border
Helen Forsyth
Regeneration Director
Creating Communities of choice for all
Background
• 7,000 properties – 80 % social
• Population decline – 15 % in 10
years
• Lack of choice in housing
• Limited job opportunities
• Shortage of essential services
• Poor transport links
Master Planning and
Delivery
• One Partner for both parts
• Competed with private developers
• Local community originally opposed
• Residents on panel
• We were interested in the people
who would live there, not just the
buildings
• In it for the long term
The process 2002 -2006
• Created evidence
for change
• Offer substantial
community
involvement
• Did not duplicate
council role
• Took risks
• Created formal
partnership with
council and local
people and other
stakeholders
No Public meetings
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Exhibitions
Events
Home visits
Mothers and toddlers
Other hard to reach groups
Questionnaires and face to face surveys
Focus groups, away days, weekends,
informal walks
• You name it we probably did it.
Principles and Promises
• We issued a “promise” about how we
would deal with people
• We are developing a “promise” for
working with business
• We developed principles of place
making and worked with local people
in workshops to do it
Knowing the community
£475 million
over 15 years
Where are we now – Scotland
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Communities Scotland’s regeneration remit
Financial inclusion
Working for families
Anti social behaviour initiatives
Support for social enterprise
Reducing no. of developing RSLs
Homestake
Community ownership
Housing market
– Edinburgh stable
– Outlying areas buoyant