Pride in Parades II: Strategies for Renewing Neighbourhood Social Infrastructure
Are there examples of local shopping parades in deprived neighbourhoods that have declined, but come back to life? How did they do it? What lessons can we learn from them that could be applied in other areas that have seen their high street deteriorate so they can be improved? What can government, local councils, community groups, businesses, and anchor institutions do to help them deliver lasting improvements?
In Part II of our Pride in Parades series we commissioned Popular to identiify examples of local parades in deprived neighbourhoods that once declined but are now thriving, and to speak to those who instigated and oversaw their improvement to learn how they did it.
We hope that this will inspire a range of actors, including local groups, civic bodies, asset owning anchor institutions and local authorities, to initiate and collaborate on neighbourhood transformation projects. To this end, we identify common factors and enablers from across the five case studies, before making a set of recommendations for different actors.
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