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Regeneration Awards 2010
Regeneration Awards Programme for Southern Staffordshire
Following the success of our inaugural regeneration awards back in 2008 the Southern Staffordshire Partnership have launched the follow up 2010 awards this month. The earlier Awards helped play a role in putting the area firmly on the regions regeneration map, with community groups, local authorities, businesses and local partnerships across Southern Staffordshire being encouraged to enter their work in this year’s Regeneration Awards.
The Awards will recognise projects that were carried out or completed during the period 1st June 2008 to 30th May 2010. Judging will take place during August and will be carried out by an independent team of judges. The closing date for entries is 5pm Monday 2 August 2010.
Entries are open from any individual, organisation, business or partnership involved in regeneration or renewal work, whether in the public, private or voluntary/community sector within any of the five districts of Cannock Chase, East Staffordshire, Lichfield, South Staffordshire and Tamworth
Though Southern Staffordshire may not, in the traditional sense, be seen as a centre for regeneration activity it has already benefited from a range of economic, social and environmental interventions though these are often overshadowed by those of its neighbouring more urban areas.
Commenting on the initiative Partnership Director Jeff Marlow notes, “We are keen to address regeneration in a holistic way and strive to make our communities more economically and environmentally sustainable in the longer term. An Awards Competition will be central to this as we seek to recognise and promote the breadth and quality of regeneration activities across southern Staffordshire. In addition to some of our flagship multi million pound projects we are, in particular, keen to showcase those enduring initiatives that are inspired by local people which enhance our local neighbourhoods and communities”
The Partnership are currently scoping out all the regeneration activities across the area through their extensive network and encouraging projects, organisations, individuals and business to put themselves forward for the Awards. Southern Staffordshire is one of the few non urban areas to run such an Awards Programme reflecting the importance that is given to economic, environmental and social regeneration across the area. It is likely that any project in the area will be able to enter as there are individual categories for economic, for social and for environmental regeneration projects
The Awards are part of a wider initiative to develop the knowledge base on regeneration using exemplar projects, promote and share best practice on regeneration schemes across southern Staffordshire, create a culture of, and reputation for, innovative regeneration, and to raise the profile and relevance of economic regeneration within the partner organisations.
Jeff added, “Whilst the Awards Competition will reward the best in Southern Staffordshire this is as much about supporting all the projects, organisations, individuals and groups involved in regeneration. We want to show that in many cases we have the ability to deliver, and that we are always looking to boost our capabilities and skills. This is key to whole initiative where we will be looking to support continuous improvement and development across all those involved in regeneration. As well as for projects in the specific themed categories we also have awards for individuals, and for young people.”
The Partnership is also keen to adopt as wide a definition of regeneration as possible noting firstly that towns, communities and business are continually going through a renewal process and secondly that small scale projects addressing community safety, service provision, skills development and environmental improvements are as relevant as many of the larger scale redevelopment programmes.
There are Award categories to cover Economic, Social and Environmental regeneration and renewal activities as discrete interventions. These would broadly reflect interventions that impact on business, people and place respectively. However we recognise that some activities have more than just an economic, social or environmental focus and we will therefore allow projects to be entered into up to two categories, and we have also included a “cross cutting” category for projects that clearly make contributions to all three areas of activity.
In addition we recognise the important role that individuals can have on regeneration activity and therefore this year we have a category to recognise an outstanding contribution made by an individual during the past 2 years, and also one for a group of young people who have made a contribution to local regeneration.
Our objectives are to:
• develop the knowledge base on regeneration using exemplar projects
• promote and share best practice on regeneration schemes across southern Staffordshire
• create a culture of, and reputation for, innovative regeneration, and
• raise the profile and relevance of economic, social and environmental regeneration within the partner organisations.
• Promote and celebrate volunteering
• to reward the best in regeneration across southern Staffordshire
Designing Southern Staffordshire
The Partnership recently organised a half day event at the Chasewater Innovation Centre to look at building design from the perspective of a developer, an architect, a local authority and young people. The aim of the event was to provide a better understanding of the constraints and pressures facing each sector involved in the industry, to explore how we can better support each other to ensure we maintained high design standards in the built environment in the downturn, and how we can maintain a commitment to continual improvement in building design.
Some 30 colleagues attended this event earlier this month which took speakers from developers Fresh Space Ltd, architects Brownhill Hayward and Brown, South Staffordshire District Council, and regional body MADE. Working with Southern Staffordshire Young Chamber programme we also involved 3 young people from Chasetown Sports College who were able to provide a fresh view from the user’s point of view of what was considered good design using their school and local buildings as examples. A further three seminars are being run through the summer and autumn focusing on sustainable building, improving design and investing in the public realm, and heritage as a modern asset.
Commenting, Andrew Hayward, partner in Brownhill Hayward and Brown, and a member of the Partnership’s Design steering group said “We are committed to continually raising the standards of design in the built environment and this Seminar together with our Awards programme will help to underpin this aim and make southern Staffordshire an attractive place in which to live, work and invest. Quality design is now widely recognised as a key part of economic regeneration. It has a crucial role to play in the image and profile of Southern Staffordshire, in maintaining and developing local distinctiveness and attracting investment and people. Despite the economic downturn it is important that we continue to focus on producing well designed buildings be they for housing, public use or private businesses. The quality of peoples work, leisure, home environment and general morale/well being can be greatly enhanced by the quality of design of the buildings they are in, and to sacrifice standards now could have long term detrimental consequences”
As part of the half day event delegates also had the opportunity to tour the Chasewater Innovation Centre, and to discuss what they saw to be the three most important actions necessary to further improve design in the built environment across southern Staffordshire.
Partnership Director Jeff Marlow added, “Against the backdrop of this economic downturn we want to ensure that the process for securing and delivering quality development is made as efficient as possible. Local District Councils are working through the Southern Staffordshire Partnership with representatives from the private sector to promote design quality in the built environment; to promote good practice; and to share knowledge on the latest innovation and thinking around building design”.
2009 Design Awards
Entries invited for the 2009 'Design in the Built Environment' Awards
CLOSING DATE EXTENDED TO 19 JUNE 2009
This month sees the launch of the 2009 Southern Staffordshire Design Awards. The Awards seek to promote achievement of excellence in design and construction of buildings and spaces in the area, with imaginative use of public art and an increasing incorporation of sustainability.
The Awards are open to architects, developers, builders, in fact anyone involved in a building, public realm, conservation or refurbishment project anywhere within the districts of Cannock Chase, East Staffordshire, Lichfield, South Staffordshire, Stafford and Tamworth. Entries are invited for any scheme completed between June 2007 and the end of May this year with a shortlist being drawn up by the end of June. An independent judging panel, led by Midland Architecture and Design Environment (MADE), will view and visit individual schemes and an Awards Luncheon will be held later in the year.
Fantastic response to first Southern Staffordshire Regeneration Awards
It was a sell out at the inaugural Southern Staffordshire Regeneration Awards Lunch recently held at the Acton Trussell Moat House. No less than 106 schemes had been entered across 8 categories and the final 32 that had been short listed came under the spotlight to narrow it down to the final group of winning schemes
The Awards themselves were part of major new initiative by the Southern Staffordshire Partnership to put the area firmly on the regions regeneration map; with Community groups, local authorities, businesses and local partnerships all showcasing their local projects. Categories included, ‘Quality of Life’, improving the Environment’, Inspiring Young People’, Low Carbon Initiative’, and ‘Effective Partnership’.
Commenting on the initiative Partnership Director Jeff Marlow noted, “We are keen to address regeneration in a holistic way and strive to make our communities more economically and environmentally sustainable in the longer term. The Awards Competition is central to this enabling us to recognise and promote the breadth and quality of regeneration activities across southern Staffordshire. In addition to some of our flagship multi million pound projects we were, in particular, able to showcase many of those enduring initiatives that are inspired by local people which enhance our local neighbourhoods and communities”.
Welcome to the Southern Staffordshire Partnership Website
Southern Staffordshire has its own economic regeneration partnership: the Southern Staffordshire Partnership. We aim to foster the development of a diverse, dynamic and sustainable, low carbon economy that underpins an excellent quality of life for all the residents of Southern Staffordshire
Regeneration Awards 2010
Regeneration Awards Programme for Southern Staffordshire
Following the success of our inaugural regeneration awards back in 2008 the Southern Staffordshire Partnership have launched the follow up 2010 awards this month. The earlier Awards helped play a role in putting the area firmly on the regions regeneration map, with community groups, local authorities, businesses and local partnerships across Southern Staffordshire being encouraged to enter their work in this year’s Regeneration Awards.
The Awards will recognise projects that were carried out or completed during the period 1st June 2008 to 30th May 2010. Judging will take place during August and will be carried out by an independent team of judges. The closing date for entries is 5pm Monday 2 August 2010.
Entries are open from any individual, organisation, business or partnership involved in regeneration or renewal work, whether in the public, private or voluntary/community sector within any of the five districts of Cannock Chase, East Staffordshire, Lichfield, South Staffordshire and Tamworth
Though Southern Staffordshire may not, in the traditional sense, be seen as a centre for regeneration activity it has already benefited from a range of economic, social and environmental interventions though these are often overshadowed by those of its neighbouring more urban areas.
Commenting on the initiative Partnership Director Jeff Marlow notes, “We are keen to address regeneration in a holistic way and strive to make our communities more economically and environmentally sustainable in the longer term. An Awards Competition will be central to this as we seek to recognise and promote the breadth and quality of regeneration activities across southern Staffordshire. In addition to some of our flagship multi million pound projects we are, in particular, keen to showcase those enduring initiatives that are inspired by local people which enhance our local neighbourhoods and communities”
The Partnership are currently scoping out all the regeneration activities across the area through their extensive network and encouraging projects, organisations, individuals and business to put themselves forward for the Awards. Southern Staffordshire is one of the few non urban areas to run such an Awards Programme reflecting the importance that is given to economic, environmental and social regeneration across the area. It is likely that any project in the area will be able to enter as there are individual categories for economic, for social and for environmental regeneration projects
The Awards are part of a wider initiative to develop the knowledge base on regeneration using exemplar projects, promote and share best practice on regeneration schemes across southern Staffordshire, create a culture of, and reputation for, innovative regeneration, and to raise the profile and relevance of economic regeneration within the partner organisations.
Jeff added, “Whilst the Awards Competition will reward the best in Southern Staffordshire this is as much about supporting all the projects, organisations, individuals and groups involved in regeneration. We want to show that in many cases we have the ability to deliver, and that we are always looking to boost our capabilities and skills. This is key to whole initiative where we will be looking to support continuous improvement and development across all those involved in regeneration. As well as for projects in the specific themed categories we also have awards for individuals, and for young people.”
The Partnership is also keen to adopt as wide a definition of regeneration as possible noting firstly that towns, communities and business are continually going through a renewal process and secondly that small scale projects addressing community safety, service provision, skills development and environmental improvements are as relevant as many of the larger scale redevelopment programmes.
There are Award categories to cover Economic, Social and Environmental regeneration and renewal activities as discrete interventions. These would broadly reflect interventions that impact on business, people and place respectively. However we recognise that some activities have more than just an economic, social or environmental focus and we will therefore allow projects to be entered into up to two categories, and we have also included a “cross cutting” category for projects that clearly make contributions to all three areas of activity.
In addition we recognise the important role that individuals can have on regeneration activity and therefore this year we have a category to recognise an outstanding contribution made by an individual during the past 2 years, and also one for a group of young people who have made a contribution to local regeneration.
Our objectives are to:
• develop the knowledge base on regeneration using exemplar projects
• promote and share best practice on regeneration schemes across southern Staffordshire
• create a culture of, and reputation for, innovative regeneration, and
• raise the profile and relevance of economic, social and environmental regeneration within the partner organisations.
• Promote and celebrate volunteering
• to reward the best in regeneration across southern Staffordshire
Designing Southern Staffordshire
The Partnership recently organised a half day event at the Chasewater Innovation Centre to look at building design from the perspective of a developer, an architect, a local authority and young people. The aim of the event was to provide a better understanding of the constraints and pressures facing each sector involved in the industry, to explore how we can better support each other to ensure we maintained high design standards in the built environment in the downturn, and how we can maintain a commitment to continual improvement in building design.
Some 30 colleagues attended this event earlier this month which took speakers from developers Fresh Space Ltd, architects Brownhill Hayward and Brown, South Staffordshire District Council, and regional body MADE. Working with Southern Staffordshire Young Chamber programme we also involved 3 young people from Chasetown Sports College who were able to provide a fresh view from the user’s point of view of what was considered good design using their school and local buildings as examples. A further three seminars are being run through the summer and autumn focusing on sustainable building, improving design and investing in the public realm, and heritage as a modern asset.
Commenting, Andrew Hayward, partner in Brownhill Hayward and Brown, and a member of the Partnership’s Design steering group said “We are committed to continually raising the standards of design in the built environment and this Seminar together with our Awards programme will help to underpin this aim and make southern Staffordshire an attractive place in which to live, work and invest. Quality design is now widely recognised as a key part of economic regeneration. It has a crucial role to play in the image and profile of Southern Staffordshire, in maintaining and developing local distinctiveness and attracting investment and people. Despite the economic downturn it is important that we continue to focus on producing well designed buildings be they for housing, public use or private businesses. The quality of peoples work, leisure, home environment and general morale/well being can be greatly enhanced by the quality of design of the buildings they are in, and to sacrifice standards now could have long term detrimental consequences”
As part of the half day event delegates also had the opportunity to tour the Chasewater Innovation Centre, and to discuss what they saw to be the three most important actions necessary to further improve design in the built environment across southern Staffordshire.
Partnership Director Jeff Marlow added, “Against the backdrop of this economic downturn we want to ensure that the process for securing and delivering quality development is made as efficient as possible. Local District Councils are working through the Southern Staffordshire Partnership with representatives from the private sector to promote design quality in the built environment; to promote good practice; and to share knowledge on the latest innovation and thinking around building design”.
2009 Design Awards
Entries invited for the 2009 'Design in the Built Environment' Awards
CLOSING DATE EXTENDED TO 19 JUNE 2009
This month sees the launch of the 2009 Southern Staffordshire Design Awards. The Awards seek to promote achievement of excellence in design and construction of buildings and spaces in the area, with imaginative use of public art and an increasing incorporation of sustainability.
The Awards are open to architects, developers, builders, in fact anyone involved in a building, public realm, conservation or refurbishment project anywhere within the districts of Cannock Chase, East Staffordshire, Lichfield, South Staffordshire, Stafford and Tamworth. Entries are invited for any scheme completed between June 2007 and the end of May this year with a shortlist being drawn up by the end of June. An independent judging panel, led by Midland Architecture and Design Environment (MADE), will view and visit individual schemes and an Awards Luncheon will be held later in the year.
Fantastic response to first Southern Staffordshire Regeneration Awards
It was a sell out at the inaugural Southern Staffordshire Regeneration Awards Lunch recently held at the Acton Trussell Moat House. No less than 106 schemes had been entered across 8 categories and the final 32 that had been short listed came under the spotlight to narrow it down to the final group of winning schemes
The Awards themselves were part of major new initiative by the Southern Staffordshire Partnership to put the area firmly on the regions regeneration map; with Community groups, local authorities, businesses and local partnerships all showcasing their local projects. Categories included, ‘Quality of Life’, improving the Environment’, Inspiring Young People’, Low Carbon Initiative’, and ‘Effective Partnership’.
Commenting on the initiative Partnership Director Jeff Marlow noted, “We are keen to address regeneration in a holistic way and strive to make our communities more economically and environmentally sustainable in the longer term. The Awards Competition is central to this enabling us to recognise and promote the breadth and quality of regeneration activities across southern Staffordshire. In addition to some of our flagship multi million pound projects we were, in particular, able to showcase many of those enduring initiatives that are inspired by local people which enhance our local neighbourhoods and communities”.
Welcome to the Southern Staffordshire Partnership Website
Southern Staffordshire has its own economic regeneration partnership: the Southern Staffordshire Partnership. We aim to foster the development of a diverse, dynamic and sustainable, low carbon economy that underpins an excellent quality of life for all the residents of Southern Staffordshire
Southern Staffordshire Partnership, District Council House, Frog Lane, Lichfield, Staffs, WS13 6YZ
Tel: 01543 308250 Fax: 01543 308200 E-mail: ssp@lichfielddc.gov.uk