4EIGHTY
has agreed to assist Wakefield
based social housing and community
regeneration specialists Weedon
Grant in developing its services
to clients throughout Scotland.
Currently
working for Fife Council on a multi-storey
flat regeneration project and recently
appointed by Glasgow Housing Association
to support LHOs with second stage
transfers, Weedon Grant is determined
to become of real force in the
Scottish consultancy market.
"We
have a solid foundation of success
in England on which to build a
range of services to clients across
Scotland. Working with 4EIGHTY
gives us access to specialist
support services such as resident
and stakeholder consultation, team
building and policy development."
According
to Weedon Grant's Executive Director
for its Scottish operation Andrea
Paterson who added.
"Tom
Hainey and I have worked before
early in our consultancy careers
and share a common background in
Scottish social housing. Working
together we hope to offer our clients
a well balanced team with access
to all of the skills and experience
necessary to practically and creatively
meet their needs.
In
response 4EIGHTY Director, Tom
Hainey said he was delighted with
the arrangement and looked forward
to working with Andrea and her
colleagues.
"There
are some assignments that are frankly
too big for a relatively small
consultancy like 4EIGHTY to take
on or where the main focus relates
to finance and investment, which
are not our specialisms. Our approach
has been to find like minded specialist
consultancies with whom we can
build partnerships. I am really
looking forward to developing this
new partnership with Weedon Grant.
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Former
4EIGHTY consultant Alan Webster
successfully graduated from Dundee
University in June with his BA
Professional Development in Community
Regeneration.
Now a
Planning Officer with the regeneration
team at Dundee City Council Alan
is putting the experience he gained
with 4EIGHTY and his studies an
planning and regeration to good
use.
"I am grateful
for the financial and practical support I received from 4EIGHTY with my studies
here in Dundee and would encourage anyone who has a genuine interest in community
regeneration to find out more about the course I have just completed."
Alan is one of the
small group of students to be the first complete this course which comprises
four six month long modules that make full use of the university's virtual
learning environment (VLE).
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Following the succesful
completion of the comprehensive mapping of community behaviour related services
Tom Hainey has been retained by West Lothian Council to carry out a similar
exercise examining the range of youth work services it provides or funds.
West Lothian Director
of Customer and Support Services, Martin Armstrong emphasised the importance
that the Council places on its effectiveness and on delivering value for money.
"We need to
be clear about what is being provided, where, who for and by whom if we are
to be able to rationally evaluate how effective we are being in practice.
The first
mapping exercise was a valuable piece of work that we have already used
as a basis for beginning a review of how well we co-ordinate our services to
the communites we serve. We want this new map to provide a similar starting
point for rational consideration of how we deliver services you our young people."
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