Working with the public sector, whether it’s planning, regeneration, or community activities, can be rewarding, but different priorities and ways of working can add challenges to project delivery.Drawing on her years of experience navigating the inner workings of local authorities, The Assembly Line founder Diane...
Sunderland is undergoing a vast city-wide regeneration programme, and The Assembly Line founder Diane Cunningham went to see what is happening on a recent trip to the North East.The focus is on creating a dynamic, healthy, and vibrant city, with the aim of transforming the...
October saw the launch of the Boosting Britain’s High Streets campaign at the Palace of Westminster, and The Assembly Line founder, Diane Cunningham was there.The campaign has been developed by the Policy Liaison Group for Housing Delivery and Growth. Diane, sits on the steering committee...
What makes a regeneration or a placeshaping project successful?On a recent trip to the North East, The Assembly Line founder Diane Cunningham visited a number of places that showcase what can work as well as some of the challenges. Starting things off in Newcastle Ouseburn was once...
With millions of new homes to be built it's easy to focus on the 'units' needed rather the sense of place and neighbourhood being created.The same can be said about the rise, in some town centres, in vacant properties and a need to relet them...
Despite the London tube strike, many people made it via boat, bike and Overground, to Roca London Gallery where our director, Diane was taking part in a talk on meanwhile use. Celebrating temporary users Helen Parton had assembled Diane, Jan Kattein, Mary Otumahana, Amy Lamé and...
Our director, Diane, returned to Barking and Dagenham in East London six years after working on a 10-year vision for the town centre.It was fantastic to see how much development had progressed in a challenging environment and what's firmly underway. She takes on around the...
As funding for places changes with major schemes ending in the past 12 months and the replacement for the UK Shared Prosperity Fund unknown, we have been thinking about how to achieve the best outcomes from projects for local authorities and practitioners. What can commissioners and...
As part of the Placed Better Together conference (write-up), there was a fringe event in Liverpool where Real Worth and Baltic Creative CIC hosted a walk around the district. Social value in the Baltic Baltic CIC was set-up 15 years ago to support the growth of...
June saw the launch of north-west based social enterprise, PLACED's first conference titled Better Places Together focused on social value and engagement in place projects.The event posed questions on rethinking engagement and social value from tender to legacy and how meaningful engagement can enable less-heard voices...