Community Development
Making community participation meaningful
A handbook for development and assessment
Community participation is now demanded of virtually all public sector services and programmes. This handbook provides practitioners, community activists, regeneration managers, teachers and academics with the tools needed to ensure that it is effective.
Neighbourhoods on the net
The nature and impact of internet-based neighbourhood information systems
How a neighbourhood is viewed can affect the lives of those who live there and the attitudes and behaviour of others towards them. This report examines the increasing use and sophistication of Internet-Based Neighbourhood Information Systems and considers their potential impact on how neighbourhoods are viewed. Free PDF available at www.jrf.org.uk
Faith as social capital
Connecting or dividing?
The UK government has identified Faith communities as important players in community development and regeneration. But religion is also associated with conflict and division. How far is this faith in 'Faith' justified? How far should Faith communities comply? This report assesses the debate and the evidence. Free PDF available at www.jrf.org.uk
Living and working in areas of street sex work
From conflict to coexistence
There has been considerable recent policy debate and community concern on street sex work in local neighbourhoods. This report examines how residential areas characterised as areas of female street sex work are shared by different sections of the community and considers community and policy responses. Free pdf version available at www.jrf.org.uk
Markets as sites for social interaction
Spaces of diversity
This survey is the first comprehensive account of English markets as a social space. It investigates markets throughout the country and comes to some surprising conclusions about the role they play in the world of modern Britain.
A free pdf version of this report is available online at www.jrf.org.uk
Twenty-five years on twenty estates
Turning the tide?
This report covers developments in 20 less popular and more problematic council estates, based on four waves of research since 1980.
It presents unique evidence of the impact of 25 years of social change and policy from Thatcher to Blair, a period in which the number of British council homes halved.
A free pdf is available at www.jrf.org.uk
Building sustainable communities
Spatial policy and labour mobility in post-war Britain
This book uses historical and contemporary materials to document the ways in which policy-makers, in different eras, have sought to use state powers and regulations to create better, more balanced, and sustainable communities and citizens.
Changing neighbourhoods
Lessons from the JRF Neighbourhood Programme
This report follows the progress of twenty very different neighbourhood organisations across three countries to explore the opportunities and challenges of neighbourhood renewal from a community perspective.
A free pdf version of this report is available online at www.jrf.org.uk
Population turnover and area deprivation
Understanding the dynamics of population turnover or migration driving area change is key to improving efforts at neighbourhood regeneration and developing mixed or sustainable communities. This report provides the first analysis of neighbourhood migration flows for the whole of England and Scotland.
A free pdf is available at www.jrf.org.uk
Social interactions in urban public places
This report examines how different people use public spaces and analyses how social interactions vary by age, gender or place.
A free pdf version of this report is available online at www.jrf.org.uk
Rediscovering mixed-use streets
The contribution of local high streets to sustainable communities
Local urban high streets have the potential to meet policy aspirations with regard to sustainability and social inclusion, yet they have frequently been neglected. Drawing on case-studies in three different locations, this report provides a wealth of findings produced from a variety of sources.
A free pdf is available at www.jrf.org.uk
London voices, London lives
Tales from a working capital
"London Voices, London Lives" addresses a question of great current importance for urban policy: what kind of a place is London in the 21st century, and how does it differ significantly from other parts of urban Britain? It addresses these questions in a unique way: over one hundred ordinary Londoners provide their answers in their own voices.