Fiona Garven questions how we measure the success of CWB at scale, is uneasy at any expectation that communities can fix structural inequalities and concludes with 3 asks of SURF’s CWB Practice Network.
“If you are sitting in this room thinking you’ve seen it all before then you are probably in the wrong job”. Blimey, called out and it’s not even coffee time. Just as well I’m retiring (ish).
C’mon though, throw us a bone. It’s hard not to feel a sense of frustration when you’ve been round the block a few times and seen several centrally led projects, programmes, initiatives, strategies, whatever you want to call them, come and go over the last few decades. One thing is notable, they arrive in a flourish but, not unlike old rock stars, it’s fair to say that most of them just fade away.
We’ve had social strategies, the community programme, the urban programme, wider role, better neighbourhoods, total place and town centre regeneration. Read More
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