Regeneration: The Role and Impact of Local Development Agencies

Abstract

This chapter focuses on area regeneration policy and explores the implications for voluntary and non-profit organisations (VNPOs). 1 It argues, first, that over the 1990s such regeneration policies have shifted from being primarily economic towards being concerned with the holistic regeneration of local communities. That is, there have been moves to consider together the needs for social, economic and community regeneration. In this respect, social and economic policies have become increasingly integrated (Hall and Mawson, 1999). Second, the chapter emphasises the growing importance of public-private partnerships (PPPs) in such initiatives, both as a tool of policy implementation and as a means to promote social inclusion (Peck and Tickell, 1994; Jones, 1998; McQuaid, 1998). (This theme is explored in more depth by Marilyn Taylor in the following chapter and in Osborne and Ross, 1999.) Finally, the chapter focuses in particular on the role of Local Development Agencies (LDAs). These are VNPOs whose role is to support and foster voluntary and community action in their own communities and who operate at the interface between the voluntary sector and government (Osborne, 1999).

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