Too Many Cooks?
Or
Can a strategy for the creation of
sustainable mixed communities
be realised
Sandra Renicks
Development Programme Leader
Forward Scotland
The Community of Scotland
London Newspaper Headlines
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Conned pensioner ‘living in shock’
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Tributes for stabbed Barnet FC Youth Captain
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BUNDLES of cash and suspected wraps of cocaine were seized in a pub
raid on Friday night
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A former Metropolitan Police officer has been charged over a robbery at
a betting shop in east London.
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Sidcup the High street has more properties unlet than let
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Criminal gangs scam thousands of pounds from cash points in Camden
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A handful of local authorities in London are to be offered a share of over
£56m to tackle youth crime.
Sustainable Development
Places
Pennies
Sustainable
Development
People
Myths and Misconceptions
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All actions for climate change are fundamentally
sustainable
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Sustainable Development is a green issue
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Giving communities green spaces makes them
more sustainable
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Sustainable buildings cost more money
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People who live in energy efficient buildings use
less energy than those who don’t
Ignore the rules
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Incoherent Activities
Environmental and Social Injustice
No change!!!!
Local Definitions
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Active communities, where people are motivated
by connections to their own interests
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A community that believes it is a community, with
the power to do something that affects their lives
and creates opportunities in their future
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A place where people want to live
Forward Scotland Well- being
surveys
•Happiness and well-being as
indicators
•Surveys in urban and rural areas
throughout Scotland
•Not scientific but surprising
And the survey says….
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Rural areas happier than urban areas
Older happier than the young
Little correlation with income
High level of concern with the environment
Low belief in ability to change
A town of well-being?
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Muirkirk - East Ayrshire
Official Remote Rural
Just under 30% deprived
Felt Healthy
Good Social Networks
Very High Happiness Rating
Sustainable Communities in
Scotland
•Already exist
•Where there is leadership from
within
•Where there is a sense of
belonging
•Where there is a sense of wellbeing
•Create or facilitate?
Thanks for Listening