The guide provides essential information, resources and contacts to enable anyone interested in developing local assets to get started. It is not comprehensive, but provides a range of practical tools and activities that can help to develop thinking, understanding and planning. It also provides case studies that show it can work in practice.

The quirk review was commissioned by DCLG, and is part of a broader attempt to redefine the relationships between central and local government and communities.

The review came to 3 principle conclusions:

Lara Latcham - Kindle Centre, Hereford

Email: admin@kindlecentre.org.uk
Organisation: The Kindle Centre
Website: www.kindlecentre.org.uk

Upkar Varraich and Robert Nutt- CP Midlands, Birmingham

Organisation: CP Midlands
Website: www.cpmidlands.org.uk

This resource sets out how government will work to implement the proposals outlined in the Quirk review, which have been accepted by government.

For more information, see the Quirk Review

Guide Neighbourhoods are successful community based organisations or neighbourhoods that have tackled issues in their community, such as

• crime,
• poor housing
  

Tony Rider

Email: tony.rider@stoke.gov.uk
Organisation: Stoke on Trent City Council
Website: www.stoke.gov.uk

Manny Sehmbi - Walsall NDC and Participatory Budgeting

Email: info@walsallsnewdeal.org.uk
Organisation: Walsall NDC
Website: www.walsallsnewdeal.org.uk

Video Clip: Manny and Jo talk about their experience of developing Participatory Budgeting with Young People in Walsall. They talk about the lessons they learnt and what this means for community empowerment.