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The Community Planning Event Manual

by Nick Wates, John Thompson

June 2013

Intermediate to advanced

142 pages

4h 6m

English

Routledge

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Philosophy Key features of Community Planning Events Benefits of Community Planning Events Why Community Planning Events work Community Planning Event Process
Taking the plunge Organisation Support bodies Funding
Managing Motivating people Team selection Student support Information gathering Publicity Venues Fittings and services Equipment and supplies Computers and information technology
Timetabling Sample timetables for some event types Collaborative Design Workshop Community Planning Weekend Enquiry by Design (EbD) Reinvigorate Stakeholder Participation Day Briefing Topic workshops Opening plenary workshop Design workshops Design workshop variations Plenary report backs Team working Report production Information Flowchart Sample reports Public presentation
What next? Evaluation
Brief history Publications and sources Contacts Early events listing Case study snapshots Glossary Flowchart perspectives Community Planning Event summary Community Planning Event planner Spreading good practice Photo and illustration credits Quotation credits

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Section 2 Getting started

Taking the plunge

MissionPost-it board at a Community Planning Event. Citizens express what their neighbourhood needs

“The huge amount of effort invested in this weekend has paid dividends. The event has not only resulted in a coherent vision for Hulme 5 (housing estate), but has also shifted entrenched attitudes and ploughed through prejudice. Hulme will never be the same again – and neither will those who attended.”

Lesley Whitehouse regeneration company Chief Executive

Here are 8 things to do before deciding to hold a Community Planning Event:

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