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Welcome to SURF's new-look monthly e-bulletin!
This month, we hope you will: sign up for free thematic SURF Awards learning events in Edinburgh and Glasgow; read expert contributions on culture and regeneration in our online magazine; and learn more about our 2016 manifesto development process and plans for the remainder of 2015. You can also see all the latest news in community regeneration from across Scotland.
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Workshop: Community Led Regeneration
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Join SURF and the five winning initiatives from the 2014 SURF Awards for Best Practice in Community Regeneration in our upcoming series of free learning workshop events.
The first event, taking place on Thursday 21 May in Edinburgh, will explore innovation, challenges and opportunities in Community Led Regeneration.
The half day event features presentations from, and open discussion with, three community-managed SURF Award winning projects based in Dundee, Edinburgh and the Isle of Lewis. The format also includes a tour of the internationally inspired North Edinburgh Grows community garden and a networking lunch.
Click here to find out more and book your free place.
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Workshop: Youth Employability
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The second event in our free SURF Awards workshop series focuses on new approaches in providing effective employability support to young people that are disconnected from the labour market and existing education and training programmes.
Taking place in SURF's Canon Mill office in Edinburgh on Wednesday 27 May, this workshop will feature an opening presentation from Vikki Young of the WorkingRite Pioneers Programme (pictured above).
Winner of the 2014 SURF Award for 'Preparing for Employment', the initiative's Edinburgh pilot works with local employers to provide a comprehensive workplace-centred programme for vulnerable 16 and 17 year olds. Workshop participants will also hear from special guests Sandy Campbell, Founder of WorkingRite, and Michelle Gibson of SURF Awards supporter Skills Development Scotland.
Click here to access a workshop programme and booking details.
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Workshop: Town Centre Regeneration
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Our free SURF Awards workshop series concludes with an event on Town Centre Regeneration on Friday 12 June in The Lighthouse in Glasgow.
This workshop will feature contributions from representatives of the 2014 SURF Award Town Centre Regeneration category winning Glengate Hall project in Kirriemuir, Angus, as well as the two runners up: Fraserburgh Super Saturdays, pictured above, and Glasgow's Beyond the Finish Line.
Participants will hear about how these three highly innovative and effective examples of revitalising town centres and high streets will inform Architecture + Design Scotland's 2015 Design Skills Symposium.
Click here for full workshop details. The SURF Awards is supported by the Scottish Government.
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- Advocate's Close in Edinburgh has won the RICS Scotland Regeneration Award for 2015 (link);
- Scotland's Towns Partnership has launched a town centre toolkit as part of its new website (link);
- An RTPI Scotland policy paper calls for improved connectivity between Community Planning and spatial planning (link);
- The SURF Awards-highlighted creative regeneration initiative The Stove Network is set to launch an 'Open House' in Dumfries (link);
- A housing report has asserted that crumbling tenements is a growing problem in Glasgow and Paisley (link);
- A new smartphone app rates the walkability of Scottish streets (link);
- Argyll & Bute Council's regeneration programme for Oban is underway (link);
- A current Glasgow School of Art exhibition profiles the regeneration impact of cultural assets in small towns (link).
Not a member? Join SURF
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Bridging Culture & Regeneration
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The Spring 2015 theme of SURF's online magazine explores the idea of enhancing 'bridges' between the fields of cultural development and place-based regeneration in policy and practice. The latest contributions are:
Please click to view all 15 articles in this series or find out more about SURF's Bridging Culture and Regeneration workstream.
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Planning Ahead:The 2016 SURF Manifesto
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SURF is currently undertaking an initial consultation process with member and partner organisations towards the development of a 2016 manifesto for community regeneration.
The manifesto is based on two themes: creating successful places and tackling poverty & inequality, with a shared focus on improving wellbeing at both the individual and community level.
A first draft of the manifesto will be presented and debated at the 2015 SURF Annual Conference, which will take place in Edinburgh in August, for further iteration.
The final manifesto will be shared with Scotland's main political parties in advance of the 2016 elections to the Scottish Parliament. It will also be used to inform a SURF regeneration hustings event with leading party representatives.
Please click here for further information on the development process and how to get involved.
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SURF's 2015 Activities Programme
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Throughout 2015 SURF will be delivering a wide range of activities in four interlinked workstreams:
- Supporting Practice through the further development of our investigative Alliance for Action regeneration research programme;
- Promoting Success in the 2015 SURF Awards for Best Practice in Community Regeneration;
- Informing and Linking with our Annual Conference, online magazine and event outcome reports;
- Developing Policy via our 2016 manifesto process and additional partnership activities with the Scottish Government, Resilient Scotland, What Works Scotland and others.
Click here to download a diagram summary of our 2015 programme. Please look out for further news on these activities in next month's e-bulletin.
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- The Scottish Community Development Centre have announced four vacancies (link);
- The experience of Nairn River Community Council indicates ongoing challenges in community empowerment processes (link);
- The Chartered Institute of Housing is researching regeneration's contribution to housing supply in England (link);
- The deadline for applications to SCVO's Community Capacity and Resilience grant funding is 29 May (link);
- Fife Council is seeking local involvement in the regeneration of Levenmouth (link);
- Documentarian Chris Leslie has produced a short film on Glasgow's 'Gallowgate Twins' high rises pre-demolition (link);
- The first phase of the Denny town centre regeneration plan will be delivered by construction firm Clark Contracts (link);
- The Scottish Borders and Fife are among the local authorities involved in a £1bn Edinburgh City Region Deal (link).
Follow SURF on Twitter: @Scotregen
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