New Economics Foundation

This handbook written by staff at the New Economics Foundation and is concerned with measuring the effect of neighbourhood renewal on local people. It suggests that it is no longer enough to justify neighbourhood renewal projects in physical terms, by the number of trees planted or amenities created. Attention has switched to the effect of these projects on local people, and these effects are more difficult to measure. The handbook describes a method for measuring the effect of community projects on local people, on the relationships between them and on their quality of life.

This handbook is a guide for ordinary people to understand what is going on in their local economy so that they can be involved in decision-making. The handbook is responding to a need of residents involved in local decision-making to feel comfortable about decisions relating to the local economy. Based on work with communities in the UK, the handbook addresses local involvement in community economic decisions and looks at how local businesses can link to outside investment or strong skill bases that can benefit the wider community.

This is a workbook designed for people concerned about the local economy and who want to measure how different parts of the economy are working. This workbook describes LM3 measuring tool that has been tried and tested in various sectors across the UK. This workbook is a manual of how to use the tool, and is structured around four key sections: the money trail; a how-to-guide for using LM3; troubleshooting and finally taking action. The workbook concludes with some appendixes about flowcharts, surveys and data management.

This short book contains 21 techniques of participation from around the world, giving ideas for choosing between them, using them effectively and where to go for more information. Included are practitioner explanations of techniques such as: action planning, citizens juries, community indicators, ensprited envisioning, future search, participatory appraisal, participatory theatre, planning for real and lots more.