Communities and neighbourhoods

Community Assets - the benefits and costs of community management and ownership

Published	24 July 2006
Type(s)	Reports and summaries
Site	Communities and neighbourhoods
Product code	06DOC 04051
Price	Free

Summary

Community Assets is a report by Stephen Thake, Reader in Urban Policy at the Centre for Social and Evaluation Research, London Metropolitan University. It was commissioned by the Civil Renewal Unit through the Development Trusts Association. The report explores the benefits and lessons of community-based organisations taking control, either as managers or owners, of the 'assets' used by their communities: assets such as buildings and other facilities that provide a focus for the local economy and community activities.

Stephen Thake looks at a range of community-based organisations, strategies for sustainability and a variety of models for the management and ownership of physical assets. Case studies are drawn from England and Wales and the benefits are analysed from the point of view of the community, stakeholders and the organisations themselves.

Community Assets is published as part of the government's Together We Can campaign. It should be read alongside the Community Management and Ownership of Assets: Final Report from the Work Group to the Neighbourhoods Project Board, published 30 March 2006, product code 05 LGFO 3790 (see below).

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