Archive
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Community Engagement/Neighbourhood Management event
To download presentations from an event which linked community engagement with Neighbourhood Management, click on the following Powerpoint presentations:
Community Engagement Strategy (5Mb)
Engaging Hard to Reach Groups (319Kb)
Community Engagement and Cohesion (119Kb)
Strengthening Communities, Regenerating neighbourhoods (5.34Mb)
Community Engagement and Housing Market Renewal (16Mb)
Making The Links: Community Engagement, Neighbourhood Management and Housing Market Renewal (106Kb)
Tender Opportunity - Supply Chain Development Project: Quality Systems Development
This tender opportunity seeks tenders from persons or organisations, who are able to provide a business develop function for construction contractors and suppliers. The following deliverables are expected from this function:
- Provide access to workshops and one to one support for IIP, ISO9001 and key performance indicators for local companies;
- Deliver a 5 day workshop programme and provide 35 days one to one business support;
- Benefit at least 12 local companies;
- Provide progress reports and a final project evaluation report.
Please click here for full details. Deadline date for tenders is noon on Friday 11 July.
News: YouthBuild tender
Elevate's Constructing The Future (CTF) team is inviting tenders to run the Elevate YouthBuild programme for forthcoming two years.
Successful tenders will include proposals for the following activities:
- A full time programme manager and tutor
- To develop a mentor team for the candidates
- To plan, manage and operate promotional activities
- Coverage for costs for pre-entry assessment tests and software for candidates
- To provide funding for all activities including team building and awareness activities
- To seek new sources of support and funding to match the Elevates investment
News: No Limits business support tender
This tender opportunity seeks tenders for persons or organisations who are able to provide a support function to work with an existing cohort of new micro businesses in order to develop their skills base and encourage growth and prosperity.
Submission should include the following information:
- A written statement of intent which details the skills and approaches which would be used in meeting the objectives of the project
- Previous experience and resources of the bidding organisation or person
- References from two previous employers
- Details of professional training and membership of professional institutions with relevance to business support.
For full details please see the attached file, any questions should be in the first instance be directed to Catherine Toon (catherine.toon@elevate-eastlancs.co.ukor 01254 304572).
Deadline for tenders isnoon on 30 May 2008by either post or email for the attention of Catherine Toon, Constructing The Future Project Administrator.
Click here for the full tender document.
Elevate YouthBuild: Request for Expression of Interest
For the past three years, Elevate has operated the very successful Youthbuild project. The project involves the guidance and mentoring of prospective candidates for training and employment from under represented sections of the community. This project is set to continue over the forthcoming financial year. We aim to develop the existing programme and provide support and mentoring services to aid new entrants into the construction industry.
Prior to receiving tenders, Elevate wishes to invite expressions of interest to operate the project. Submissions should include the following information:
- Name and contact details of organisation
- Details of resources available to support the project
- Previous experience and approaches proposed.
Enquiries and responses should be made direct to Catherine Toon at Constructing The Future, Elevate East Lancashire at catherine.toon@elevate-eastlancs.co.uk by noon 30th May.
News: East Lancashire Independent Training Group - new members welcome....
An essential component of Elevate’s Constructing The Future project is the delivery of training and development skills within the Pennine Lancashire region to assist with the growth of local businesses. The East Lancashire Independent Training Group is a vital part of achieving the aim of developing the performance of local companies. The training group functions in the following manner:
• It provides free access to local companies who form the construction supply chain;
• By membership of the group you have access to the training group officer who is located at Elevate and the Construction Skills East Lancashire training officer;
• The group enables you to develop a training needs assessment which may allow your company to claim support for training activities;
• At the same time the group tracks training needs and output indicators so giving Elevate access to data on aspects such as local employment, representation and apprentices.
The training group meets every six weeks at Elevate’s offices and is chaired by a local industry representative.
If you would like further information on the ITG or wish to become a member, contact Duncan Drummond on 01254 304572 or e-mail duncan.drummond@elevate-eastlancs.co.uk.
Tender Opportunities Tenders are invited to implement the CHAS certification scheme to SME companies located in the Elevate development areas. Closing date: Monday 11 February 2008. Click here for details. Elevate is also seeking tenders from organisations wishing to participate in a Sustainable Construction Learning Centre Feasibility Study. Closing date: Wednesday 13 February 2008. Click here for details.
The Elements of Urban Design
‘The Elements of Urban Design’ was a design and sustainable development training event sponsored by Elevate. It set out the national policy basis for seeking good design in new development, and explained the seven principles of good urban design.
Click here for handouts from the event:
Principles of Good Urban Design
Design Planning Policy Guidance
Highways and public realm - working together to create better places
Elevate ran a training event to set out the national policy basis for seeking good highway design in new development, and to recap on the principles of good urban design.
Click here for Presentation 1 (6Mb)
Click here for presentation 2 (3.5Mb)
Click here for presentation 3 (8.4Mb)
Combating climate change: Pennine Lancashire tackles hot CHP topic
Can Combined Heat and Power (CHP) help Pennine Lancashire combat climate change? – That was the key question considered by Elevate and its local authority partners and developers at a recent workshop.
Elevate commissioned the event to examine the environmental and economic benefits of CHP, study implementation success stories, and explain some of the jargon.
Organised by Sustainability Northwest (SNW), the workshop helped Elevate and its partners to better understand the issues and will enable them to make informed decisions about whether this highly efficient way of producing electricity and heat is right for new pathfinder homes.
Click on the links below to see presentations and notes from the event.
Res Dev CHP
Clarke-energy
Biomass as an energy source
United Utilities
CHP workshop outlook
Notes from workshop presentations and discussions
Working with Artists in Regeneration & Community Engagement
July 4th 9.30am – 4.30pm
Training seminar for Neighbourhood Managers, Regeneration Officers, HMR Coordinators, Planning Officers and Developers
Accrington & Rossendale College, Broad Oak Campus, Broad Oak Rd, Accrington, BB5 2AW
Free event
Lunch provided
Artists are more than object makers, they are creative thinkers!
New learning lab to boost regeneration skills in Pennine Lancashire
A new learning laboratory has been launched to support and develop the skills of regeneration professionals across Pennine Lancashire involved in the transformation of the area.
Fusion - The Pennine Lancashire Learning Laboratory - is a pilot scheme that will be rolled out to other areas across the Northwest.
Click here for more details
Click here for a leaflet
Click here for the Fusion website www.fusionlearninglab.co.uk
People for jobs, jobs for people
A new agency has been born in a bid to combat the widespread skills shortages in East Lancashire's construction industry and create jobs for local people.
Elevate launched The Construction Agency to construction bosses, educators and training partners at an evening celebration held at Burnley Football Club.
Acting as a brokerage service, The Construction Agency aims to provide construction companies with the site-ready workers they need and construction workers with the jobs they want, through its database and website, supported by dedicated staff.
Click here for more details
Visit the Construction Agency Website
Explore how to develop effective delivery partnerships
Are you a senior or middle manager in the private, public, voluntary or community sector? Are you involved in developing skills and building the partnerships required to complete successful Housing Market Renewal projects? Sign up now for the Effective Delivery Partnerships Masterclass on 18 September at Blackburn Rovers Football Club - click here for details.
HMR Best Practice Network
The Best Practice Network is a forum where the country’s nine Housing Market Renewal pathfinders share information and feedback.
Click here for papers, presentations and reports.
Cycling Seminar
Did you know that 46% of car journeys are less than two miles? Improved planning, design and maintenance of roads and tracks for cyclists can encourage people to leave the car at home and make East Lancashire a better place to live. Elevate is running a conference on 30 June for planners, designers, engineers and Housing Market Renewal co-ordinators, to explore how cycling and walking can be encouraged and enhanced.
Click here for flyer.
Click here for agenda.
Partnership working
Elevate held an event bringing together local authorities and group repair suppliers and contractors to launch an innovative partnership way of working. Click here for more.
Community engagement
Involving and engaging local communities is key to the success of the Elevate programme, as housing and neighbourhoods will be developed to meet their needs and expectations, and will affect their lives. Elevate's community engagement strategy outlines how this will be achieved.
Developing Skills for Regeneration Practitioners: 'How do we do it?'
Wednesday 25 January 2006
Victoria & Albert Hotel, Manchester. A free full day conference for regeneration practitioners and learning providers.
RENEW Exemplar Learning Programme 2006: Showcase Learning Events
Three Showcase Learning Events around the region highlighting the thirteen shortlisted entries to the RENEW Exemplar Learning Programme 2006. More on Exemplar Learning Programme