Title: Community led regeneration - experiences from London

Authors: Ann Taket, Teresa Edmans

Addresses: Faculty of Health (Erlang House), South Bank University, 103 Borough Road, London, SE1 0AA, UK. Kings Fund, 11-13 Cavendish Square, London, W1G 0AN, UK

Abstract: The Community Health Project (CHP) is a community development project based in a multicultural deprived area of London, set up to tackle health inequalities. It is a partnership with the local Housing Action Trust, Health Authority and local residents and was established in 1994. The paper describes the work of the project, identifying the influences the project has been able to exert at a number of different levels: local, regional, national and international. The CHP provides a case study of how local people can act together to take part in development opportunities, with considerable and far-reaching effects. The experience of the CHP and other similar initiatives are analysed to identify elements of a framework for supporting the involvement of local communities in social and economic regeneration programs in ways that are empowering, giving local communities greater control over their lives and local resources and enabling the development of community capacity.

Keywords: community development; community involvement; health inequalities; regeneration; London.

DOI: 10.1504/IJHTM.2003.003334

International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management, 2003 Vol.5 No.1/2, pp.81 - 95

Published online: 27 Aug 2003 *

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