This report identifies 13 diverse projects in Northwest England which offer insights into ways of achieving successful regeneration and encouraging sustainable communities.

An Innovation Task Force was formed by regeneration experts from across our region, taking evidence from a wide range of projects across the Northwest. This publication highlights two examples of good practice in youth engagement in Carlisle.

Research summarised by Professor Carolyn Kagan in this report suggests that far from being a source of wellbeing, participation can actually increase stress. It tells of community activists working under unrelenting pressure, isolated, without supervision, coping with local conflict - without time off – and without pay.

How the East Manchester regeneration apprentice programme gives local residents a route to jobs and skills.

In early 2006 RENEW Northwest established an Innovation Taskforce of experienced regional practitioners drawn from a variety of disciplines and sectors to focus on ‘ladders to regeneration’.

In this report Lyndsay Rashman and Jean Hartley draw on insights gained from the Beacon Scheme (set up to disseminate best practice in service delivery across local government) to identify the key components of successful knowledge transfer. ‘Adapt not adopt’ is their watchword as they unpick the practices that enable bodies to learn from one another.

Lessons from the North West Regional Housing Board's commissioning programme, round two.

The message from the contributors to this brochure is that engagement is a process%2C not something done at a single point in time for a limited purpose. An engaged community will have its own voice and momentum.

This report draws on our study focusing on women’s poverty in six areas of high socioeconomic disadvantage in England as part of the Gender and Employment in Local Labour Markets programme and presents practical strategies for policymakers and practitioners.

This workshop discussion was organised by RENEW NW for partners in the region to consider the lessons that could be learnt across a range of sectors and types of organisation, responding to a presentation by Manchester City Council which has a Government standard single corporate approach to Programme and Project Management (PPM) for all its capital projects.