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The SURF Awards for Best Practice in Community Regeneration 2020

Deadline: 07-Sep-20

The SURF Awards for Best Practice in Community Regeneration are organized and delivered by SURF in partnership with the Scottish Government.

The SURF Awards are open to any project or initiative, taking place in Scotland, which is currently in place or which has been completed within two years of the closing date.

The purpose of the SURF Awards process is:

  • To recognize and reward best practice in community regeneration
  • To promote and disseminate best practice across Scotland as a means of sharing knowledge and experience, and thereby enhancing future policy and practice;
  • To highlight the important role that regeneration projects have in improving the wellbeing of individuals and communities, especially during a time of national crisis.

The 2020 SURF Awards will have a particular focus, where relevant, on the ability of projects to adapt or deliver new services to support their communities through the Covid-19 crisis. Projects can be judged on up to two years of previous activities, and will not be negatively scored for failing to deliver on outcomes set for 2020 which were impacted by Covid-19.

Categories

  • Creative Regeneration
  • Housing and Regeneration
  • Community-Led Regeneration
  • Supporting Youth Employability
  • Scotland’s Most Improved Place

Award Entry Categories

  • Creative Regeneration
    • Criteria – Entries will be expected to demonstrate the following aspects (where relevant, giving examples of how services were adapted or established to respond to the impacts of Covid­19):
      • NEED: The need for the project and how the local community benefits in terms of wellbeing and creativity;
      • ENGAGEMENT: Involvement from the community, working with artists in the concept, design, and delivery of a project to benefit participants and/or the wider community;
      • CREATIVITY: Creative approaches designed to celebrate cultural and artistic ambitions that are rooted in the local community, or encourage ongoing creative activities in the local community. Under this criterion the judges will also consider how creative organizations have adapted to support and safeguard local communities during this crisis;
      • COOPERATION: Evidence of appropriate and effective partnership engagement;
      • OUTCOMES: Practical benefits from the work of the project, for example, increased community cohesion or creative ambition within the community and/or targeted area;
      • SUSTAINABILITY: How the project can continue to support communities in the longer-term or may change in the work of the organization/project in the future.
  • Housing and Regeneration
    • Criteria – Entries will be expected to demonstrate the following aspects (and where relevant, give examples of how services were adapted or established to respond to the impacts of Covid­19):
      • NEED The demand for the project and the appropriateness of the response;
      • COOPERATION: Effective partnership collaboration in producing an appropriate strategy and practical outcomes;
      • ENGAGEMENT: Evidence of meaningful community engagement in the development process;
      • OUTCOMES: Evidence of wider regeneration benefits, beyond housing itself, for the area(s) and/or target community(ies);
      • SUSTAINABILITY: A realistic plan for building on the initial benefits of the development, towards its wider and longer-term legacy.
  • Community-Led Regeneration
    • Criteria – Entries will be expected to demonstrate the following aspects (and where relevant, give examples of how services were adapted or established to respond to the impacts of Covid­19):
      • NEED The demand for the project;
      • LOCAL LEADERSHIP: High-level involvement of the local community in the conception, design, and operation of the project;
      • ACTIVITY: Enhanced levels of participation and cohesion within the community concerned;
      • OUTCOMES: Benefits for the wider community, including positive impacts in preventing or offsetting deprivation or exclusion;
      • COOPERATION: Evidence of committed partnership activity;
      • SUSTAINABILITY: A practical vision for the viability of the project in the longer term.
  • Supporting Youth Employability
    • Criteria – Entries will be expected to demonstrate the following aspects (and where relevant, give examples of how services were adapted or established to respond to the impacts of Covid­19):
      • EFFECTIVENESS: Evidence an ability to progress participants into sustained positive destinations.
      • FLEXIBILITY and CREATIVITY: Detail flexibility, creativity, and tailored support to individuals.
      • BARRIER REMOVAL: Showcase examples of the support offered which assists barrier removal and the successful progression into employment, education, or training.
      • COLLABORATION and PARTNERSHIP: Evidence effective engagement with stakeholders to support participant’s progression.
      • SHARED LEARNING: Be able to evidence successful learning outcomes, models of good practice, and how you share this with others.
  • Scotland’s Most Improved Place
    • Criteria – Entries will be expected to demonstrate the following aspects (and where relevant, give examples of how services were adapted or established to respond to the impacts of Covid­19):
      • PARTICIPATION: Effective participation with community, public, third sector, and other bodies;
      • ENHANCED ECONOMY: Improved economic opportunities and engagement with the private and social enterprise sector;
      • OUTCOMES FOR THE COMMUNITY: Benefits for local residents, workers and service users;
      • PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENTS: Such as better public spaces, access to public services, and transport & digital infrastructure;
      • PRIDE OF PLACE: Improvement in image, identity, and ‘pride of place’.

For more information, visit https://www.surf.scot/surf-awards/

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