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Turnaround: How to regenerate Britain’s less prosperous communities by helping them take back control

11 Sep 2021

A report from thinktank Onward, supported by Local Trust, on lessons from the regeneration of Britain’s less prosperous communities – and how to take back control.

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Sixty years of regeneration policy has shown that we need to empower neighbourhoods to level up.

Looking at previous regeneration initiatives, the most successful schemes focused on smaller geographic areas, invested in community capacity over the long-term, and helped communities take ownership of local assets. This report outlines how successful approaches can be scaled more broadly to communities everywhere.

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