Regeneration looks at the affect of the built environment on environmental and social factors. Urban regeneration of cities and towns help the economic growth as well as benefiting the people that work and live in that space. Students looking to work in this area are generally required to have a geography, planning, engineering or similar degree.
A common thread that runs throughout regeneration is the idea of partnership working. Urban Regeneration Companies (URCs) for example are typical of how private and public partners work together on regeneration projects.
Regeneration projects typically need the involvement of a diverse range professionals but there are number of core occupations within the sector which can roughly be categorised as follows:
- Action For Market Towns - Membership Group
Action for Market Towns (AMT) is a national membership group that provides small towns, local authorities and others with:
- Information and advice
- Examples of best practice
- National representation
- Belfast Regeneration Office
Northern Ireland's Government department that manages regeneration strategy.
- Big Lottery Fund
Information on National Lottery funding.
- Bouygues UK - Regeneration
Bouygues UK delivers innovative and sustainable construction across a wide range of sectors, specialising in: civil engineering, property development and roads, facilities management, media and telecommunication.
- British BIDs (British Improvement Districts)
A BID is a business-led and business funded body formed to improve a defined commercial area.
- Building Futures - Regeneration
Organisation set up to promote discussions and debate on the future of the built environment and its impact on society.
- Careers in Regeneration | Regeneration Career Guide - Times Online
Collection of useful careers articles from March 2007.
- Careers in Regeneration | Regeneration Career Guide - Times Online
Collection of useful careers articles from March 2007.
- Carey Jones - Architecture and Interior Design
UK based architects firm.
- Centre for Local Economic Strategies
New Start is a UK regeneration magazine, telling stories of the people and projects creating social and economic change in local areas in the UK and internationally.
- CharityJOB
For fundraising jobs and charity jobs, UK charity jobs, human rights jobs and more.
- Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation
Society concerned with the planning, design, construction, maintenance and operation and transport and infrastructure.
- Chris Blanford Associates
Professional landscape consultancy and specialist environmental planning consultants.
- Colliers - Property advisory organisation
Colliers International provides a broad range of real estate consultancy services including general practice surveying, fund management, destination consulting and property co-investment.
- East Thames - Housing Association
East London and Essex housing association.
- ECS - Eco Control Solutions
Eco Control Solutions (ECS) is a cutting edge company with a proactive approach to invasive weed management and Japanese knot-weed removal.
- English Heritage
Protects and promotes England's historic environment.
- Environmental Jobs and Volunteering in the UK
Superb UK based environmental careers website. Contains vacancies and voluntary placements database, divided into areas in including ecology, sustainability, food farming and organics and climate change
- Ethical Jobs
Ethical jobs website, predominantly U.S and U.K positions. Categories include CSR, humanitarian, international development, regeneration, green energy and conflict resolution
- Ethical Performance
Global independent business newsletter on corporate social responsibility and socially responsible investment.
- Fundinginformation.org
Fundinginformation.org provides detailed and up-to-date news and information about new sources of funding for all those involved in raising money for not-for-profit organisations throughout the UK.
- Hard Hat - Property, Planning and Construction Services
HardHat was established in 2006 to provide strategic communications expertise across the development process – from land acquisition through planning and construction to sales and marketing.
- Home - Communities and Local Government
This is the website of the Communities & Local Government Department of national government who funds most regeneration work in UK. Has lots of research, statistics, links to best practice and consultation documents.
- Home - Communities and Local Government
is the website of the Communities & Local Government Department of national government who funds most regeneration work in UK. Has lots of research, statistics, links to best practice and consultation documents.
- Homes and Communities Agency (HCA)
The Homes and Communities Agency is the national housing and regeneration agency for England, with a capital investment budget of nearly £7bn. They contribute to economic growth by helping communities to realise their aspirations for prosperity and to del
- idealist.org
Facilitates connections between individuals and institutions that are interested in improving their communities. Run by Action Without Borders
- Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC)
Professional body for building conservation practitioners and historic environment specialists.
- Institution of Civil Engineers
Delivers sustainable development.
- jobsgopublic
Search a wide range of vacancies in the public and not for profit sectors
- JustMeans
JustMeans is the first social media platform that helps people and organizations connect to create value beyond the bottom line. We provide news, jobs, and networks for people who create change.
- Keep Moat - Regeneration
Delivers community regeneration across northern and central England.
- Living Streets - Regeneration
Work to deliver safer streets across the UK.
- Local Futures - Consultancy
Local Futures is a research and strategy consultancy that provides a geographical perspective on economic, social and environmental change.
- Local Government Association (LGA)
The LGA is the national voice of local government, working with councils to support, promote and improve local government. They are a politically-led, cross-party organisation that works on behalf of councils to ensure local government has a strong, credi
- Local Government Association (LGA)
A voluntary lobbying association based in Westminster, aiming to promote better local government in England and Wales. Website contains good Links directory and 'A day in the life of..' profiles.
- Locality - Community Network
Locality is the UK’s leading network for community-led organisations.
- London Thames Gateway Development Corporation
The London Thames Gateway Development Corporation (LTGDC) is the Government’s lead regeneration agency for east London.
- LSX - London Sustainability Exchange
London Sustainability Exchange (LSX) aims to accelerate the transition to a sustainable London by connecting and motivating people.
- Matchtech - Jobsite for regeneration jobs
Specialists in environmental, geotechnical, and town planning.
- Midland Heart - Regeneration
Midland Heart is one of the top ten housing and care organisations based in the UK. Their work involves supporting those who need help to live independently and assisting in regenerating communities.
- Muse Developments - Urban Regeneration
Muse Developments is one of the country's leading names in commercial development and urban regeneration.
- NAVCA Homepage
NAVCA (National Association for Voluntary and Community Action) is the national voice of local support and development organisations in England.
- Planning Portal - Regeneration
The Planning Portal is the UK Government's online planning and building regulations resource for England and Wales.
- Project for Public Spaces (PPS)
Non-profit USA based organisation which helps people create and sustain public spaces that build stronger communities.
- PRP Architects
Specialises in sustainable design, providing architecture, master planning, urban design, landscape, interiors, town planning, environmental and project management services.
- Public Sector Vacancies - Jobsite
Job vacancies for the public sector.
- Regen.net
Good site for all things regeneration, including events listing, a directory of companies working in regeneration and a jobs & careers section.
- Regen.net
Good site for all things regeneration, including events listing, a directory of companies working in regeneration and a jobs & careers section.
- Regeneration & Renewal - Information Service
Regeneration & Renewal is an up-to-date information service for the regeneration sector.
- Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors
RICS is the world's leading professional body for setting standards in the surveying industry.
- RTPI.org.uk - Royal Town Planning Institute
The Royal Town Planning Institute is the UK's leading planning body for spatial, sustainable and inclusive planning and is the largest planning institute in Europe with over 23,000 members
- RUDI - Resource for Urban Design Information
Large web resource dedicated to urban design and place making.
- Shoreditch Trust - Not-for-profit
Shoreditch Trust is a charity formed in 2000 working to support communities to address the causes of disadvantage in the most deprived areas of London Borough of Hackney.
- Sutton Harbour Holdings PLC
Regeneration company for South West England.
- The Glass-House Community - Community Charity
Charity that supports and encourages working partnerships between communities and professionals to improve the quality of the neighbourhood.
- The National Council for Voluntary Organisations
National Council for Voluntary Organisations has lots of useful tips, aimed at the not for profit sector. Local Voluntary Sector networking groups can be particularly good for useful links.
National Council for Voluntary Organisations has lots of useful tips, aimed at the not for profit sector. Local Voluntary Sector networking groups can be particularly good for useful links.
- The Prince's Foundation - Educational Charity
Educational charity which teaches stakeholders in the built environment the principles of integrated place making.
- The Urban Design Group
Promotes best practice in urban design, helps create policy in local governments, improves skills among those who work design, makes urban design and planning accessible to everyone.
- TreeHugger
A one-stop shop for green news and jobs with the aim of promoting sustainability. Includes blog and forum. UK based.
- Tribal - Provider of technology products and services
Tribal is a leading provider of technology products and services to the education, training and learning markets.
- Urban Forum - Community Charity
Urban Forum is a national charity and a membership organisation that supports communities to have a greater say over decisions that affect them.
- Urban Strategies - Urban Planning Design
Planning and urban design firm.