Creating the Future 2007 winners & finalists

From more than 200 entries, we shortlisted 29 projects to compete for the six category awards.

Leadership in creating sustainable communities
BTCV, London	Uses conservation volunteering to encourage social inclusion, healthy living, active citizenship and lifelong learning.
Heeley City Farm, Sheffield	Been creating economic opportunities through environmental enterprise for more than a quarter of a century.
Langthwaite Grange Industrial Estate, Wakefield	Scheme to help prevent existing businesses from moving away from a troubled industrial estate and encourage new businesses to take units.
CATEGORY WINNER: Paddington Development Trust, London	Independent community-based regeneration company that encourages social and economic development.
Sybil Phoenix MBE, London Borough of Lewisham	African Caribbean community leader who has worked for more than 30 years on community cohesion, having chaired or been a committee member of more than 200 organisations.
Breckland Economic Development Team, Norfolk	Project that helps to provide a dynamic local economy, encourage quality job opportunities and invests in a sustainable and socially inclusive environment.
Well designed and well built
Brayford Pool Campus, University of Lincoln	The development of the campus has helped to draw many full-time undergraduates to the city, providing a safe, accessible environment for students.
Coopers Road Estate, London Borough of Southwark	Project to provide quality and affordable social housing by developing failed 1960s housing stock.
Gun Wharf, Devonport	Project to transform a rundown 1950s social estate into a mix of privately-occupied, affordable, rented and shared ownership housing.
Haycombe Drive, Bath	Redevelopment project that has transformed two blocks of flats and a former Salvation Army meeting hall to create two- and three-storey crescents of terraced housing.
CATEGORY WINNER: Hollybush Primary School, Leeds	A new school that has adopted energy efficient construction methods to provide state-of-the-art equipment in a safe and secure environment for children from a socially deprived area.
Partnership working across public, private and third sectors
East London Business Alliance, London	Partnership between the community in West Ham and Plaistow and the private sector to attract business resources, skills and expertise into the neighbourhood.
The Holborn Partnership, London	Made up of 350 organisations, including businesses, charities and not-for-profit organisations, who work together to improve community safety and foster community spirit.
CATEGORY WINNER: Mixenden Community Link, Calderdale	Promotes the integration of asylum seekers, refugees and accession state members into a predominantly white community.
Tyneside Cyrenians, Newcastle	Homelessness charity that has given work experience and full-time employment to homeless individuals in the local community.
Cultural contribution
Idea Store, Tower Hamlets, London	New public library that has completely changed the way libraries look and who they serve.
John Pounds Redevelopment, Portsea, Portsmouth	Series of arts projects to engage and maintain community interest, focus views and contribute distinctive elements to the design of the building.
Neighbourhood Watching, Tower Hamlets, London	Project that uses creative methods to engage residents to be more involved with the changes that are planned to take place on the council estate.
CATEGORY WINNER: Art For All; All For Art, Oldham	Programme of cultural activities to improve relations between various communities and ethnic and generational groups.
Skills, training, learning and workforce development
JOINT CATEGORY WINNER: Accent Community Partnerships, Bradford	Trains young, disadvantaged men and women in construction skills and sets up apprenticeships with local companies working on regeneration projects.
JOINT CATEGORY WINNER: Compass Regeneration Academy, Liverpool	Learning programme that covers local democracy and governance, neighbourhood masterplanning, rural and inner city regeneration, neighbourhood management, crime and community safety, community cohesion and social enterprise.
English Partnerships Development Programme	Designed to increase the skills capacity within English Partnerships and the wider regeneration sector across all regions of England.
Five Links Estate, Basildon	Project that has adopted innovative social regeneration initiatives to improve housing, reduce crime and increase skills among young people.
The Glasshouse Project	Delivers training and support to those living and working in low-income communities.
Engaging young people
Accent Community Partnerships, Bradford	Trains young, disadvantaged men and women in construction skills and sets up apprenticeships with local companies working on regeneration projects.
CATEGORY WINNER: The Children’s Forum, Nottingham	Works with 8-11 year-old primary school children in the most deprived inner city words of Nottingham to enable them to raise issues face-to-face with local public service providers, which are then followed through to implementation.
Community Campus ’87, Stockton-on-Tees	Tackles youth homelessness and unemployment by providing housing, support, construction skills and other training opportunities.
Slough Young People’s Centre, Slough	Run by young people and offers advice, information, accredited training, enterprise support and opportunities for creative and cultural development.
South Bristol URBAN II, Bristol City Council	Only European Regional Development Fund initiative in the history of the European Structural Funds to place young people at the heart of the decision-making process.
Urban Academy Project, Middlesex	Lifestyle development programme for young people, driven by young people. Runs a series of free social activities including street dancing, basketball, sports tournaments and football coaching.

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