http://www.sharedassets.org.uk/pages Working to create a 21st century commons Wed, 15 May 2013 14:15:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.sharedassets.org.uk/pages/2013/our-report-on-community-management-of-local-authority-woodlands-is-published/ http://www.sharedassets.org.uk/pages/2013/our-report-on-community-management-of-local-authority-woodlands-is-published/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 14:15:40 +0000 Andrew Walker http://www.sharedassets.org.uk/pages/?p=534 Our report on community management of English local authority woodland is now available to download here! English local authorities own over 60,000 hectares of woodland, almost all of it publicly accessible: a great and valuable local resource. Woodland management is … Continue reading →]]> http://www.sharedassets.org.uk/pages/2013/our-report-on-community-management-of-local-authority-woodlands-is-published/feed/ 0 http://www.sharedassets.org.uk/pages/2013/this-is-a-local-development-for-local-people-some-thoughts-on-land-value-tax/ http://www.sharedassets.org.uk/pages/2013/this-is-a-local-development-for-local-people-some-thoughts-on-land-value-tax/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 10:49:05 +0000 Andrew Walker http://www.sharedassets.org.uk/pages/?p=500 We hear a lot about the empowerment and democratic control that localism promises. Rejuvenated communities, finally able to make their own planning decisions, will be set on the path to self-determination, without all that red tape slowing them down. That’s … Continue reading →]]> http://www.sharedassets.org.uk/pages/2013/this-is-a-local-development-for-local-people-some-thoughts-on-land-value-tax/feed/ 0 http://www.sharedassets.org.uk/pages/2013/the-creative-approach-to-asset-management/ http://www.sharedassets.org.uk/pages/2013/the-creative-approach-to-asset-management/#comments Tue, 09 Apr 2013 09:43:15 +0000 Andrew Walker http://www.sharedassets.org.uk/pages/?p=431 Community led environmental management is an empowering and creative process. It harnesses local knowledge, skills and ideas to bring new solutions to old problems. One of the key things that unites the many examples of community management of the environment … Continue reading →]]> http://www.sharedassets.org.uk/pages/2013/the-creative-approach-to-asset-management/feed/ 0 http://www.sharedassets.org.uk/pages/2013/land-the-ultimate-non-renewable-resource/ http://www.sharedassets.org.uk/pages/2013/land-the-ultimate-non-renewable-resource/#comments Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:20:43 +0000 Kate http://www.sharedassets.org.uk/pages/?p=398 Our Development Manager, Kate Swade, and Dan Gregory have co-authored an essay in Respublica’s new collection, Making it Mutual: The ownership revolution that Britain needs. We say that who owns our land and infrastructure is critically important, and should be … Continue reading →]]> http://www.sharedassets.org.uk/pages/2013/land-the-ultimate-non-renewable-resource/feed/ 0 http://www.sharedassets.org.uk/pages/2013/the-catchment-based-approach-the-commons-in-action/ http://www.sharedassets.org.uk/pages/2013/the-catchment-based-approach-the-commons-in-action/#comments Sat, 09 Mar 2013 10:53:54 +0000 Kate http://www.sharedassets.org.uk/pages/?p=309 The catchment based approach to improving water quality is an integral part of the UK’s response to the Water Framework Directive. A river catchment is an area with several, interconnected, rivers, lakes and other water bodies. Changes in water quality … Continue reading →]]> http://www.sharedassets.org.uk/pages/2013/the-catchment-based-approach-the-commons-in-action/feed/ 0 http://www.sharedassets.org.uk/pages/2013/seeing-the-wood-and-the-trees-community-management-of-council-owned-woodlands/ http://www.sharedassets.org.uk/pages/2013/seeing-the-wood-and-the-trees-community-management-of-council-owned-woodlands/#comments Sun, 03 Mar 2013 17:23:27 +0000 Kate http://www.sharedassets.org.uk/pages/?p=293 Shared Assets has been commissioned by Forest Research, the social research arm of the Forestry Commission, to carry out a brief survey into levels of community management of local authority owned woodlands. We’re really excited, both by the chance to … Continue reading →]]> http://www.sharedassets.org.uk/pages/2013/seeing-the-wood-and-the-trees-community-management-of-council-owned-woodlands/feed/ 4 http://www.sharedassets.org.uk/pages/2013/woodland-social-enterprises-help-us-to-help-you/ http://www.sharedassets.org.uk/pages/2013/woodland-social-enterprises-help-us-to-help-you/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2013 12:16:45 +0000 Mark http://www.sharedassets.org.uk/pages/?p=197 We’re trying to secure some new support and investment for woodland social enterprises but we need help in gathering some  information that will help us to develop our proposal. If you are a community organisation or social enterprise that owns, … Continue reading →]]> http://www.sharedassets.org.uk/pages/2013/woodland-social-enterprises-help-us-to-help-you/feed/ 0 http://www.sharedassets.org.uk/pages/2012/a-micro-local-growth-strategy/ http://www.sharedassets.org.uk/pages/2012/a-micro-local-growth-strategy/#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2012 10:55:32 +0000 Kate http://www.sharedassets.org.uk/pages/?p=185 Matt Leach, Shared Assets’ chair, calls for massive micro level action to revitalise places, people and resources. About a year ago, I sat in an east London pub with Mark Walton, Lorraine Hart and Ben Metz plotting the launch of … Continue reading →]]> http://www.sharedassets.org.uk/pages/2012/a-micro-local-growth-strategy/feed/ 1 http://www.sharedassets.org.uk/pages/2012/imagination-and-risk-taking-more-important-than-legal-rights/ http://www.sharedassets.org.uk/pages/2012/imagination-and-risk-taking-more-important-than-legal-rights/#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2012 12:14:13 +0000 Kate http://www.sharedassets.org.uk/pages/?p=173 In a blog written for Respublica’s “Localism One Year On” series, Shared Assets Director Mark Walton reflects on the idea of a right to manage as being necessary for community management of assets. During the public consultation on the Localism … Continue reading →]]> http://www.sharedassets.org.uk/pages/2012/imagination-and-risk-taking-more-important-than-legal-rights/feed/ 0 http://www.sharedassets.org.uk/pages/2012/is-it-all-about-flair/ http://www.sharedassets.org.uk/pages/2012/is-it-all-about-flair/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2012 11:23:27 +0000 Kate http://www.sharedassets.org.uk/pages/?p=159 Lorraine Hart, one of our directors, tells us why she is involved with Shared Assets: “I became a director of Shared Assets because I realised that the best way to use assets well and wisely was not necessarily to focus … Continue reading →]]> http://www.sharedassets.org.uk/pages/2012/is-it-all-about-flair/feed/ 1