Tuesday, December 05, 2006
new opportunities
COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT AND OWNERSHIP OF ASSETS
extract from COMMUNITIES FIRST PAPER 22ND NOVEMBER 2006
4.14 The community managing , or owning assets particularly on the basis of a longer lease or through transfer of the freehold, can revive under utilised assets and provide a foundation for other community action.
4.15 The Government will be pursuing measures to support the concept of local communities and community groups to take on the management or ownership of local authority assets by;
ESTABLISHING a fund to give local authorities capital support in refurbishing buildings to facilitate their transfer to community ownership or management
Communities wishing to take management or ownership of a local asset will be able to use the Community Call for Action to ensure that the Council considers their request seriously.
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