Prince of Wales launches Community Capital at the Foundation's Annual Conference.
The focus of this months newsletter is the launch of Community Capital at our Annual Conference last week, attended by HRH The Prince of Wales and celebrity Architect and Foundation Ambassador George Clarke.
The Foundation are also excited to announce a new Public Membership Programme for 2011. Current members will be receiving a copy of our Annual Review later this month and a letter explaining the renewal process. Non-members wishing to join should contact Francesca Dean, Membership Officer to secure their membership for 2011 and take advantage of the exciting events we have scheduled for the year - a highlight being an exclusive members breakfast at the Ideal Home Show at Earl's Court in March. Individual Membership to The Foundation is now only £30, so there couldn't be a better time to join!
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Prince of Wales launches Community Capital
HRH The Prince of Wales visited Shoreditch to launch Community Capital at the Annual Conference of The Prince’s Foundation. Community capital is a new framework, developed by The Foundation, which aims to highlight how community engagement in the planning process can lead to sustainable, high-quality development.
The Government’s localism bill has the potential to enhance communities’ opportunities to shape their own localities through neighbourhood planning. However there is a danger that without guidance and support devolving these decision-making powers will add complexity and risk to the development process, leaving local communities vulnerable to inappropriate developments, which they are powerless to fight. The Prince’s Foundation believes that using a holistic approach which builds community capital by taking into account Natural, Financial, Social and Built capital will provide a base for a vibrant and lasting environment.
His Royal Highness watched a panel debate hosted by one of the Foundation’s ambassadors, George Clarke, before making a speech to the attendees.
Speaking at the event, HRH The Prince of Wales said:
“At the moment we’re drawing the capital out and not living on the income. I think the same thing is true in terms of Community Capital. We have huge challenges unless we think about Community Capital, how to enhance it, how to make it resilient and how to form the kind of surroundings that will help that resilience in the future…"
For more information about Community Capital, please see our website - www.princes-foundation.org
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2011 deadline looms for the Prince of Wales's Building Craft Apprentices Programme
This month sees the closing date for the Building Craft Apprentice applications for 2012. The programme consist of eight-months of applied study which offers building craftspeople the opportunity to enhance and advance their design knowledge and experience in traditional and sustainable building crafts. Applications are welcomed from craftspeople who have studied any of a wide variety of building skills. Applicants must have attained either a United Kingdom NVQ/SVQ Level 3 or equivalent from a centre of vocational excellence, or an equivalent qualification in traditional building skills from a recognised authority. For more information on applications, please see our website -
http://www.princes-foundation.org/whats-on
"This course has been an amazing opportunity to travel the country, see places I may have never have had the chance to see, and meet people who will both remain friends, and hopefully become colleagues on future projects. It has given me the chance to further myself in my career and learn new and interesting elements of roofing which I may have never had the chance to do."
Ian McCarthy, Craft Apprentice, December 2010
Closing date: 25th February 2011
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