Tools for Community Regeneration
Why use TCR?
The art of planning is complex with many different people’s needs
to think about. For example, if you are developing a plan to build a
community centre you would need to think about diverse resource needs
such as:
TCR provides case studies of how other
organisations have implemented the same type of projects with contact
names for support. There is also a framework that can help you design a
coherent and comprehensive Business Plan.
The framework used by TCR helps you to identify
the tasks involved in taking an idea through its stages of project
planning. It allows you to make well informed choices about the most
suitable tools with which to organise, finance, secure rights to the
space needed, schedule and carry out work, legal considerations,
implementation and project evaluation.
Who will use it
Whether you are an individual, volunteer, supervisor, manager or a
work team from an organisation TCR can help you improve your planning
skills and provide management information to make your processes more
efficient and effective. Key tasks can be organised and monitored,
milestones mapped for improved control.
TCR is aimed at not for profit organisations such
as:
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Social Enterprises
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Charities
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Community and voluntary groups
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Local government organisations
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Individuals Academic establishments
Preventing information overload
Research is one of the main functions of planning
and decision-making and the problem always comes when you have hundreds
of pieces of information. With TCR you have a built-in ‘filing’ system so that all those initiatives and contacts can be
accessed at the press of a button.
TCR is organised so that you have a number of
different places to store information with easy search functions. This
means you can view information about what organisations do, where they
are situated, the person to contact and what initiatives they have been
involved with. All the relevant information relating to one project can
be drawn together into one file for easy access.
From ideas to action
In any planning process there are a number of key decision points for
which we need more information. We need to develop credible business
cases; the models and case studies can be a valuable source showing how
others have achieved projects or procedures. Other people’s
experiences can give you confidence in your own decisions.
With this customised community database you can search your
geographical area for similar projects and network with other
organisations. This will help you pull together information about local
organisations into a more coherent whole. The TCR database will help you
seek out like-minded groups who may help with problems that can only be
overcome through partnership with others. TCR also helps you to share
valuable knowledge with others - and not just the successes!
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Why use TCR?
