ABCD — 30 years of projects across South Yorkshire

Asset based community development: what's changed in 20 years?

Neighbourhood Strategies in north Sheffield - how it started

In the first decade of the 21st century, a small experiment took place in north Sheffield: a group of us wanted to see if we could create a strategic and visionary masterplan for 6 neighbourhoods (50,000 population) starting not with facts and technical analysis, but with local people's stories and ideas.

Two things inspired this approach.

Community, Placemaking, RegenerationMiranda Plowden5 March 2021SOAR, Well Rotherham, ABCD, Co-production, Community-led neighbourhood plans, Eventus, Prue Chiles, Andrew Grant, Sheffield, Foxhill, Longley, Parson Cross, Shirecliffe, Southey Comment