Join us from 11.00 a.m. on the morning of Tuesday 17 November for the online launch of our latest report: “Renewing Neighbourhood Democracy – Creating Powerful Communities” How can we truly empower our communities? The promise of subsidiarity, or double devolution, as a mechanism for giving communities greater power and control over decision-making and resources, has […]
“Is there a place for community in planning for the future?” Localis Policy Webinar WEDNESDAY 28 OCTOBER FROM 11.00 A.M. TO 12.00 P.M. Announcing the Government’s long-awaited reform document ‘Planning for the Future, communities secretary Robert Jenrick pledged: “We want a society that has re-established powerful links between identity and place, between our unmatchable architectural […]
Planning for the Future – Policy Webinar Tuesday 20 October from 11.00 a.m. to 12.00 p.m. The Comprehensive Spending Review will be the first multi-year government funding settlement since 2015 and the ‘new radicals’ at the Treasury are seeking to improve funding decisions to get new homes, public assets and infrastructure built quicker. Can their […]
Thursday 6 August from 10.00 to 12.00 This webinar is about how to measure impact in the places where people live taking account of the COVID-19 pandemic and building their ownership of the process. It will explore the piloting of the approach set out in the “Brighten All Corners” report through the development of […]
Localis’s 2019 drinks reception will be held in the Reading Room of the British Academy on the evening of Wednesday 4 December from 6.00 p.m onward. 2019 has seen Localis build on the success of recent years. We began in January by looking at fair investment in sustainable growth in Smart Cities; and then investigating how better […]
Localis and Green Alliance’s project on Clean Local Growth is investigating what places can do, and what they need to be able to do, to unlock routes to clean growth in their area. Our report, aimed at local growth practitioners, policy makers and industry partners, will map and explain what good clean growth should look […]
This year Localis will be hosting its Conservative Party Conference fringe events in the decorous settings of Manchester Art Gallery, Mosley Street, Manchester, M2 3JL Reach for the stars – can we reimagine urban devolution? 09:00 a.m. – 10.00 a.m This Localis fringe, sponsored by Core Cities, will argue a radical localist case for a step […]
Localis is proud to be supporting the Community Tent at year’s Big Tent Ideas Festival 2019. The Big Tent Ideas Festival is a new way of doing politics: bringing together people from all backgrounds and political affiliations, for a day of political and cultural debate To be held on Saturday 31 August at the iconic […]
Join us at our LGA Conference drinks reception, organised in association with ‘Britain’s Leading Edge’, in the Hilton Bournemouth from 6.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m. on the evening of Wednesday 3 July. Localis is marking a year of prolific research output with its groundbreaking reports on central-local relations, the role of local economic anchors, place-based […]
Join us from 9.30 a.m. on the morning of Wednesday 15 May in the Lecture Room of the Royal Institute for Chartered Surveyors (RICS) for the launch of our latest report: “Hitting Reset – a case for local leadership”. In recent times attempts have been made to recast central/local relations, seeking a concordat between Whitehall and town […]