PLACE PARTNERING

About the Project

This is a new service by the Academy which is currently in its development and testing stage. It will ultimately help people active in places – from streets to city quarters – understand the factors that underpin or undermine their success.

It will be offered to Award finalists and places seeking to emulate them. An Academy Team will visit, meet partners and prepare a diagnostic report. This will identify the local characteristics that help or hinder success. It will review local aspirations and identify conflicts and synergies. It will suggest priorities for action. It will provide a critical friend’s assessment of local responsibilities.

Hosts will use this diagnosis to strengthen local relationships, commission advice, lobby and bid for support, attract investment, stimulate local participation, and lift local selfimage. The Academy will offer this diagnostic service to help those involved in building and sustaining successful places. It is an important addition to the range of activities undertaken by the Academy, reinforced by what has already been learned through our other programmes.