The Civic Trust has launched its Review of Activities 2007, which highlights the successes of the Trust and our members. From the Green Flag Award Scheme to Heritage Open Days, the Civic Trust and its members have worked hard to create and celebrate better places for people.

To download a copy, click here.

To see larger versions of the maps on pages 5, 13 and 15, please click here.

The Review of Activities was kindly sponsored by The British Land Company plc.

Nightvision Report - The Civic Trust has launched a report, following three years’ research into the evening and night time economy. The report explores options for creating a more inclusive evening, which will offer a safe and welcoming place for all.

Nightvision Report Executive Summary (PDF)

Download Nightvision Report (PDF)

The Civic Trust produces a range of e-newsletters about our programmes. Current e-newsletters are:

Green Flag Award - news from Green Flag Award winning parks, updates from (and for) our dedicated network of volunteer judges - plus information about events taking place in Green Flag parks.

Country Parks Network - news from the members of the Country parks network, as well as best practice updates.

Policy - updates on the Civic Trust's response to Government consultations. For a list of all policy statements from 1996 - 2006, please click here.

Civic Trust - news from the Civic Trust (members only)- including updates from civic societies, case studies of successful societies, opportunities to get involved across the Trust's work.

BizFizz - news and views from entrepreneurs, and successful community businesses.

To register your interest in receiving any of the above, please email Sarah Egerton, stating your civic society if applicable.

Title	Date	Author(s)
2004 Civic Trust Awards Report	2004
Small Town Vitality: The Impact of New Housing	2000	Michael Gwilliam, Richard Just, Dominic Lawson and Ben Webster
Effective Partnerships For Managers and Board Members	1999	Caroline Clarke
Effective Partnerships For Voluntary and Community Groups	1999	Caroline Clarke
Investing in the High Street	1999	Anthony Rifkin and Helen Hayes
Night Site	1999	Tim Pope, JMU Access Partnership
Going To Town	1998

2004 Civic Trust Awards Report

The definitive record of the results of the 44th year of the Civic Trust Awards. 41 Awards, 53 Commendations and 38Mentions were made along with nine Special Awards. The 2003 Civic Trust Awards attracted 388entries.

2004, published by Building Magazine, illustrated, A4, 60pp, £5.00
(order form)

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Small Town Vitality: The Impact of New Housing

The future role of small towns is currently a preoccupation of Government and local authorities. Many towns are threatened by changing employment and retail patterns and from growing volumes of traffic in streets designed for the horse and cart. At the same time most face a strong demand for housing and substantial additional development. It is hoped that the development of new housing will provide business for local shops and services. Nevertheless, some towns simultaneously experience housing development and a declining services base.

The Civic Trust report answers some urgent questions. Does new housing support the economic and social base of these towns and does it matter what form that housing takes? Current Government policies are to encourage the reuse of existing urban land, and particularly to encourage renewal close to existing town centres. Does it matter in practice where the housing is located in a small town when considering the support it can offer to local services? To what extent does the provision of new housing assist local services to survive or even flourish?

Eight small towns in England were studied. Important original information was obtained by interviewing the residents of new housing to establish whether they used local facilities. One key finding is that residents of new housing that is located close to the town centre give more patronage to the town centre shops and services than those on peripheral estates. It is therefore important to establish whether it is possible to introduce new housing into the centre of small towns.

The report contains colour illustrations that present design solutions for central brownfield sites in the case study towns that demonstrate scope exists for introducing new housing into their centres.

The eight towns are:

1.	Alfreton, Derbyshire
2.	Chard, Somerset
3.	Crewkerne, Somerset
4.	Maldon, Essex
5.	Maryport, Cumbria
6.	Morpeth, Northumberland
7.	North Walsham
8.	Wellesborne, Warwickshire

Our findings will help planners and developers to create housing in small towns that supports local shops and services and avoids the generation of unsustainable travel patterns.

Sponsored by The Headley Trust
Authors: Michael Gwilliam, Richard Just, Dominic Lawson and Ben Webster
2000, 114pp, illustrated, spiral bound, £25.00 (order form)
ISBN 1870257 91X

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Effective Partnerships For Managers and Board Members

A Guide to Working with Cross-Sectoral Regeneration Partnerships.

This Civic Trust Regeneration Unit publication has been prepared for those working in a paid or unpaid capacity who need to develop positive working relationships between partner agencies, members of the management team, stakeholders (for example, those who are members of issues groups) and members of the wider community. This is the second of a pair of practical guides produced by the Civic Trust. It derives from a six year pilot programme supported by DETR and J Sainsbury plc.

Author: Caroline Clarke
1999, A4, 93pp, spiral bound, £15.00 (order form)

Effective Partnerships For Voluntary and Community Groups

A Guide to Working with Cross-Sectoral Regeneration Partnerships.

This Civic Trust Regeneration Unit publication is aimed at those involved in, or planning to set up, local partnerships for regeneration. It is the first of a family of practical guides being produced by the Civic Trust for 1999. It derives from a six year pilot programme supported by DETR and J Sainsbury plc.

Author: Caroline Clarke
1999, A4, 115pp, spiral bound, £15.00 (order form)

Investing in the High Street

Good Practice Guide

The report documents work carried out by the Civic Trust Regeneration Unit through its innovative Centre Vision programme, operated in partnership with Boots The Chemists and the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.

Based on 42 varied and practical projects around Britain, it sets out a new approach to improving the economic health and cultural vibrancy of local communities. The report includes detailed case studies of regeneration work in Brixton, Walsall, Eccles, Horsham, Greenwich and Barnet and showcases projects in Huddersfield, Blackburn, Leatherhead, Kilmarnock, Birkenhead, Chester-le-Street, Falmouth, Liverpool Street and Caerphilly.

Authors: Anthony Rifkin and Helen Hayes
1999, A4, 76pp, illustrated, £25.00 (order form)
ISBN 1 870257 71 5

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Night Site

The Civic Trust Regeneration Unit and the Joint Mobility Unit have together produced the 'Night Site' guide to the issues raised by the evening economy for people who are elderly or disabled.

The study highlights the access needs of older and disabled people with a view to raising awareness of the need to create welcoming environments among policy-makers and providers of evening activities and services. It introduces ideas and creative ways of making town centres accessible.

Sponsored by the National Lottery Charities Board
Authors: Tim Pope, JMU Access Partnership
Caroline Bourne, Civic Trust
1999, 100pp, illustrated, spiral bound, £6.00 (order form)

Going to Town

A joint publication by the Civic Trust and the Council for the Protection of Rural England celebrates city life and highlights the opportunities for improved quality of urban living for the benefit of both town and country. Going to Town looks at positive examples of integrated communities. It includes a plan of action that outlines the ways in which a crucial contribution to this progress needs to be made by central and local government, the commercial sector and the community as a whole.

Sponsored by Severn Trent plc
1998, 25pp, illustrated, £5.00 (order form)
ISBN 0 946044 74 0