Our latest Spotlight is a guest post is from Alexandra Alexander, Diversity and Inclusion Manager at Clarion Housing Group. Following a great session on unconscious bias at a recent Notting Hill Housing BAME event, Alexandra has summarised the content into a blog post that we are excited to share. Unconscious bias is something that … [Read more...]
Spotlight: older women’s housing
22 August 2017 by
In our Spotlight series, we cover innovations in regeneration, community engagement, ways of working and more that are being delivered by Future of London’s network. This Spotlight is focused on housing options for older women in Barnet, including the New Ground scheme and nearby alms houses both for women over 50. Older people make up the … [Read more...]
Spotlight: Business rates and regeneration
27 June 2017 by
London generates around 30% of national business rates income, despite being home to only 16% of the country’s businesses.[ref]London Councils, Self-sufficient local government: 100% Business Rates Retention[/ref] The tax – paid by businesses, based on the value of the property they occupy – has traditionally been collected by local government … [Read more...]
Spotlight: Working together to deliver healthy placemaking
21 April 2017 by
This month’s Spotlight is a guest blog from Naomi Pomfret, Planning Policy Manager at London Borough of Barking and Dagenham; Dr Fiona Wright, Consultant in Public Health; and John Craig, Care City Chief Executive. It is easy to say that better collaboration leads to better outcomes and that a better environment improves health. But … [Read more...]
Spotlight: Is the housing sector bold for change when it comes to gender equality?
8 March 2017 by
This month’s Spotlight is a guest blog from Geeta Nanda - CEO at Thames Valley Housing, as first appeared in Inside Housing. Opening the papers recently, I read about Eileen Burbridge – one of the most high-profile business women investing in tech companies – who was regularly assumed to be one of the office assistants, not the … [Read more...]
Spotlight: How to set a council budget in a financial storm
12 December 2016 by
Future of London occasionally posts Spotlight features from guests, but we haven’t yet published anything by an elected member. This article, written by LB Harrow councillor Adam Swersky in late November 2016, is the first exception, shared with you because he’s written pretty eloquently about local authority staff and councillors having to … [Read more...]
Spotlight: Smarter Planning for Smarter Cities
31 August 2016 by
Planning officers across London dealt with nearly 77,000 planning applications in the year to March 2016, ranging from major schemes to home alterations to advertisements (1). During a debate on staffing at Future of London’s Doing More With Less conference, Pat Hayes, LB Ealing Executive Director of Regeneration & Housing, said local … [Read more...]
Spotlight: The Mayor’s Crowdfunding Programme
21 June 2016 by
In our Spotlight series, we cover innovations in regeneration, community engagement, ways of working and more being undertaken by Future of London members. This Spotlight is focused on the Mayor’s Crowdfunding Programme, an initiative managed through the GLA to provide funding to community projects. Background Established in early 2015, the … [Read more...]
Spotlight: Islington young person’s design competition
25 April 2016 by
In our Spotlight series, we cover innovations in regeneration, community engagement, ways of working and more being undertaken by Future of London members. This Spotlight is focused on the operation and outcomes of LB Islington’s young person’s design competition, which invited young people to create a masterplan for a local regeneration … [Read more...]
Spotlight: Social Value in Croydon
16 March 2015 by
The Social Value Act, introduced in 2013, allows councils to take social value delivered through a contract into account when procuring services. The legislation was intended to help local authorities commission services based on the best overall value to the community, rather than just awarding contracts based on lowest cost. The Department for … [Read more...]
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