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| Recent JRF Findings | |
| Evaluating the significance of local compacts http://www.jrf.org.uk/knowledge/findings/socialpolicy/251.asp |
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| The role and future development of black and minority
ethnic organisations http://www.jrf.org.uk/knowledge/findings/socialpolicy/311.asp |
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| Key steps to sustainable area regeneration http://www.jrf.org.uk/knowledge/findings/foundations/d10.asp |
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UK Government Policy on Regeneration |
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| INNER CITIES RELIGIOUS COUNCIL | |
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http://www.regen.net/users/guidance/DETRguid.htm |
A site set up and backed by the UK government as a major resource for anyone involved in urban regeneration work, SRBs and the like. |
| DETR | The British Government's department of Environment Transport and the Regions responsible among many other things for urban regeneration policy in England. Holds information about current policy, statistics and funding regimes. |
| The Home Office has responsibliity for volunteering, family support and developing active community involvement. This site has much useful information and key policy documents | |
| http://www.inforegio.cec.eu.int/urban/index.htm | Euro URBAN policy website |
| Social Exclusion Unit | Set up by the New Labour Government the SEU has the remit to tackle key issues of social exclusion such as homelessness, truancy and school exclusion and neighbourhood renewal, using "joined up" thinking. The reports of 18 Policy Action Teams are now available. |
Relevant Research |
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| FAITH IN COMMUNITY WORK... | An evaluation of faith based community work in England. Greg Smith for Shaftesbury & DETR |
| Unesco Most Journal | |
| JRF research programme: | Over recent years the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has sponsored an extensive programme of academic research into urban regeneration and housing issues and research into community care. The summary findings of all their research projects are available on the site. The site operates through a search engine and we suggest you type in "regeneration" to get the most relevant material for community work. |
Information on Religion and Faith Communities |
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| Multifaith Net | |
| Church Net UK | |
Local Information on our Cities |
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| Multmap.com | Map Machine to generate Street Map and air photos of Newham and its neighbourhoods |
| Up My Street.Com | Type in your postcode to get information about your neighbourhood. Click on Acorn Profile to get a profile description of the areas characteristics |
| New Neighbourhood Statistics Page from the office of National Statistics | Main Page
Newham Page |
| CIU Religion in Newham | |
| LOCAL STATISTICS PAGE NEW! | |
| http://www.inforegio.cec.eu.int/urban/initiative/programmes/Coventry.html | Coventry EU Urban initiative |
| http://www.hillfields.org.uk/Facts/structur.htm | Coventry Hillfields Partnership |
| http://www.inforegio.cec.eu.int/urban/initiative/programmes/Sheffield.html | Sheffield |
| http://www.arbeer.demon.co.uk/MAPweb/atlas.htm | Sheffield Atlas CD Rom project |
| http://www.bcsp-web.org/ | Bradford Community Statistics Project |
| If you don't think Newham does a very good job in making statistics available to the public have a look at what can be done by another local authority.. Bradford | |
International Comparison |
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US Charitable choice articles and reports |
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| A Survey of Church-Government Anti-poverty Partnerships , Amy Sherman, June 2000, Hudson Institute, (Posted 11/29/2000) | |
| *America's Religious Congregations: Measuring Their Contribution to Society , Independent Sector, November 2000, (Posted 03/30/2001) | |
| An Annotated Bibliography for Faith-Based Community Economic Development , Edited by Elliott Wright, 1999, A comprehensive list of useful books, articles, videos and Internet sites of interest to those involved in faith-based community development, (Posted 11/19/1999) | |
| Can Churches Save the City? A Look at Resources , Arthur Farnsley, Project on Religion and Urban Culture, Polis Center, The Christian Century, Dec. 9, 1998, The Christian Century Foundation, (Posted 03/14/2001 1:26:34 PM) | |
| Charitable Choice 101: An Introduction , Stanley W. Carlson-Thies, Center for Public Justice, 2000, (Posted 11/29/2000) | |
| Congregations' Social Service Activities , Mark Chaves, December 1999, Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy, Policy Brief No. 6, (Posted 01/11/2000) | |
| DC-Area Ties to Religious Congregations , Urban Institute, Eric C. Twombly and Carol J. De Vita, Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy, Number 3 in Series, "Charting Civil Society," May 1998, (Posted 10/06/1999) | |
| Faith Communities Today: A Report on Religion in the United States Today , Carl S. Dudley and David A. Roozen, March 2001, Hartford Institute for Religion Research, Site links to exec. summary, full report, and "interactive workbook" of the study's findings, (Posted 03/14/2001 1:07:20 PM) | |
| Faith-Based Organizations and Welfare Reform: California Religious Community Capacity Study Qualitative Findings and Conclusions , John Orr, et al., Center for Religion and Civic Culture, University of Southern California, November 2000, (Posted 01/31/2001) | |
| Growing Impact of Charitable Choice: A Catalogue of New Collaborations Between Government and Faith-Based Organizations in Nine States , Amy Sherman, March 2000, Hudson Institute., Executive summary available online. To order, contact 410-571-6300, (Posted 11/29/2000) | |
| Lord's Work: Church and the "Civil Society Sector" , John J. Dilulio, Jr., Brookings Institution, Fall 1997, John J. DiIulio Jr., Brookings Institution, Fall 1997, (Posted 10/06/1999) | |
| Not by Bread Alone: The Role of the African-American Church in Inner-City Development , Glenn C. Loury and Linda Dathcher Loury, Brookings Institution, Winter 1997, Vol. 15, No. 1, (Posted 10/06/1999) | |
| Our Hidden Safety Net: Social and Community Work by Urban American Religious Congregations , Ram Cnaan, Brookings Institution, Spring 1999, Vol. 17 No. 2, (Posted 09/10/1999) | |
| *Report to the Human Services Faith-Based Organizations Task Force: Findings from the Survey of Community Services of Faith-Based Organizations in New Jersey , Carol J. De Vita, Tobi Jennifer Printz Platnick, Eric C. Twombly, Urban Institute, March 2001, (Posted 03/29/2001) | |
| Sacred Places, Civic Purposes: Congregations, the Government, and Social Justice , Brookings Institution, This research project examines what faith-based groups are doing in the provision of social services, (Posted 12/21/1999) | |
| http://www.nonprofitresearch.org/newsletter1531/newsletter_list.htm?section=Religion%20%2F%20Faith-Based%20Organizations | Projects & Findings Religion / Faith-Based Organizations web page of links to relevant papers |
| Supporting Black Churches: Faith, Outreach, and the Inner-City Poor , John J. DiIulio, Jr., Brookings Institution, Spring 1999, Vol. 17 No. 2, (Posted 09/10/1999) | |
| http://www.facs.gov.au/internet/facsinternet.nsf/d997eb3baf9fe878ca256807001352b7/a6678fb3abf71cecca25688600202d41/$FILE/095.pdf | Austalian paper |
| What's God Got to Do With the American Experiment? , E.J. Dionne, Jr. and John J. DiIulio, Jr., Brookings Institution, Brookings Review, Spring 1999, (Posted 10/11/2000) | |
| http://www.urban.org/periodcl/cnp/cnp_2.htm | Faith-Based Service Providers in the Nation’s Capital: Can They Do More? by Tobi Jennifer Printz |
| http://ksghome.harvard.edu/~.AGreenberg.Academic.Ksg/midwest99-rev..PDF | http://ksghome.harvard.edu/~.AGreenberg.Academic.Ksg/midwest99-rev..PDF ... 1996): 22. 2 John McCarthy and Jim Castelli, Religion-Sponsored Social Service Providers: The Not-So-Independent Sector, Working Paper Series (Washington: The ... http://ksghome.harvard.edu/~.AGreenberg.Academic.Ksg/midwest99-rev..PDF |
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EURO POLICY debates |
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| http://www.ecotec.com/urbanissues/forum/src/ppapers.htm | |
| http://www.ub.es/graap/WP0900_Termes.PDF | Does US & EU urban policy differ |
Relevant Organisations |
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| Urban Theology Unit | |
| New Economics Foundation | |
| Community Action Network for Social Entrepreneurs 2000x2000 | |
| Church Urban Fund | provides funding for many church based community projects across England, not only in the Church of England. |
| Sikhs in England | |
| PECAN | A highly successful Christian employment and regeneration project in S.E. London |
| http://www.faithworkscampaign.org/index.asp?idx=1 | Steve Chalkes Faith Works campaign |
| http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/CCFHUB/CSG_WELF.HTM | Conservative Christian Fellowship.. Tory policy on faith based
welfare |
| http://www.christiansocialist.org.uk/csmnet/Tawney2000.htm | CSM.. Timms Tawney lecture |
| http://www.christiansocialist.org.uk/csmnet/PrimeMinister.htm | CSM faith in politics / Blair speech etc. |