ABSTRACT
This chapter offers a contribution to the policy debate on effective and sustainable neighbourhood regeneration drawing on the rich seam of policy evaluation research funded by charities, research foundations and central government. It introduces the policy context at the start of the new millennium in summarising the Labour government’s policies on neighbourhood regeneration and relating these to the Government’s implementation of improvements in public service delivery. The chapter summarises the “wicked” issues in the regeneration of areas characterised by multiple deprivation. It describes the strategic elements of the lifecycle of a regeneration project in the form of “building blocks” or infrastructure for regeneration which should be planned into the strategic framework for delivery. The long-term management of deprived neighbourhoods is the key to regeneration. This is a task for Local Strategic Partnerships operating at Local Authority level. Strategic management of regeneration involves developing the connections between the existing public, private and voluntary agencies to mobilise resources in new ways.
