Outputs (38)
Food for life get togethers: Programme evaluation summary and synthesis final report (2023)
Report
This report provides a summary and synthesis of UWE’s evaluation of the Food for Life Get Togethers programme (2019–23). The phrase ‘Get Togethers’ highlights the connections that people from all ages and backgrounds can make through growing, cooking... Read More about Food for life get togethers: Programme evaluation summary and synthesis final report.
Local food partnerships in Wales (2023)
Report
In 2022 the government in Wales became the first of the four UK nations to fund the development of multi-sectoral food partnerships in all local authority areas. This report presents an analysis of the background, plans and early progress taking plac... Read More about Local food partnerships in Wales.
My Food Community: Full evaluation report on the first 2 years of the Community Food Leadership Programme (2023)
Report
My Food Community (MFC) is run as an online training programme for approximately six months, with opportunity for face-to-face meetings. After the training, participants can apply for a small grant to give them the opportunity to put their newly deve... Read More about My Food Community: Full evaluation report on the first 2 years of the Community Food Leadership Programme.
Developing community leadership for action on affordable, healthy, and sustainable food issues (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
In the context of the current cost of living crisis, many activists are working within their communities to promote access to affordable, healthy, and sustainable food. Yet there are very few opportunities share experiences, ideas and resources betwe... Read More about Developing community leadership for action on affordable, healthy, and sustainable food issues.
Plant and share: An evaluation of food for life get togethers' small grants (2023)
Report
This is a follow-up survey of the 2022 round of Plant and Share grant holders. It builds upon the UWE’s survey of the Cook and Share grant programme. It provides additional evidence on the small grants component of FFLGT with respect to growing. It a... Read More about Plant and share: An evaluation of food for life get togethers' small grants.
My Food Community: Summary evaluation findings from the first delivery of the programme in 2021–22 (2022)
Report
The Soil Association’s My Food Community is a community leadership programme intended to create ‘a network for good food champions to learn, connect and take action’. My Food Community forms part of Food for Life Get Togethers, a UK-wide National Lot... Read More about My Food Community: Summary evaluation findings from the first delivery of the programme in 2021–22.
My Food community: Full evaluation report on the first delivery of a community food leadership programme (2022)
Report
In the context of the current cost of living crisis, many activists are working within their communities to promote access to affordable, healthy, and sustainable food. Yet there are very few opportunities share experiences, ideas and resources betw... Read More about My Food community: Full evaluation report on the first delivery of a community food leadership programme.
Strengthening networks for community-based action on 'good food': Short report (2022)
Report
‘Food for Life Get Togethers’ are regular community activities that connect people from all ages and backgrounds through growing, cooking and eating good food. The programme seeks to support the aspirations of community food organisers of which an im... Read More about Strengthening networks for community-based action on 'good food': Short report.
Strengthening networks for community-based action on 'good food' (2022)
Report
‘Food for Life Get Togethers’ are regular community activities that connect people from all ages and backgrounds through growing, cooking and eating good food. The programme seeks to support the aspirations of community food organisers of which an im... Read More about Strengthening networks for community-based action on 'good food'.
Food for life get togethers evaluation: Good food and building community capacity through cook and share grants (2022)
Report
‘Food for Life Get Togethers’ are regular community activities that connect people from all ages and backgrounds through growing, cooking and eating good food. In mid-2021 Food for Life asked community groups across the UK to apply for a £150 Cook an... Read More about Food for life get togethers evaluation: Good food and building community capacity through cook and share grants.
The value of local food partnerships: Covid and beyond (2022)
Report
The Covid-19 pandemic, and – more recently – soaring food prices have focused attention on how local areas meet the challenges of a fractured food system. This report examines the impacts and achievements of Local Food Partnerships (LFPs) and how LFP... Read More about The value of local food partnerships: Covid and beyond.
Food for life get togethers and the community plate (2021)
Report
Food for life get togethers and community development (2021)
Report
Food for life get togethers and communities of practice (2021)
Report
Scaling up action on urban sustainable food systems in the United Kingdom: Agenda setting, networking, and influence (2021)
Journal Article
There has been an increasing focus on the potential of city-based initiatives to address the negative impacts of the global food system. Adopting a meso-level policy perspective, this study aimed to explore whether, how, and why the UK non-government... Read More about Scaling up action on urban sustainable food systems in the United Kingdom: Agenda setting, networking, and influence.
Sustainable food cities phase 2 evaluation final report (2019)
Report
Sustainable food cities: Phase 2 evaluation, scoping research (2017)
Report
This report summarises findings from the baseline evaluation Sustainable Food Cities (SFC) Phase 2 programme, which runs from 2016 to 2019. This is based on a small study consisting of semi-structured interviews with representatives from eight urban... Read More about Sustainable food cities: Phase 2 evaluation, scoping research.
Insights into responsible education for sustainable development: The case of UWE, Bristol (2017)
Journal Article
© 2017 Elsevier Ltd In this paper, we argue that it is opportune to revisit profound questions about the purpose, nature and value of higher education in society at a juncture where the context of higher education has been significantly influenced by... Read More about Insights into responsible education for sustainable development: The case of UWE, Bristol.
Partnerships for ESD: Exploring UWE, Bristol’s integrated approach to engaging audiences in ESD (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Workshop exploring the various engagement strategies used by UWE to encourage whole institution action in support of sustainability
This Activities Portfolio details projects, events and initiatives which represent the work of hundreds of UWE staff and students during Bristol's year as European Green Capital in 2015. It is the working file to accompany the UWE Green Capital 2015... Read More about UWE Celebrating Bristol Green Capital 2015 - Activities portfolio (supporting document for UWE Celebrating Bristol Green Capital 2015 activities catalogue).
Over the last 20 years the University of the West of England (UWE) has developed policy, strategy and plans to address its environmental and sustainability impacts. The University identifies its role in education for sustainable development (ESD) as... Read More about Developing a holistic approach to implementing education for sustainable development across a higher educational institute: A longitudinal study of the University of the West of England, Bristol.
Doing more for less? Developing sustainable systems of social care in the context of climate change and public spending cuts (2012)
Journal Article
This article opens a debate on how to make social care in England more sustainable in the context of environmental, social and economic changes. Based on an innovative research project commissioned by the Department of Health through the Social Care... Read More about Doing more for less? Developing sustainable systems of social care in the context of climate change and public spending cuts.
Health Education Research: Editorial (2010)
Journal Article
Buying a better world: Sustainable public procurement (2007)
Report
Private home, public cultural asset: The maintenance behaviour of listed building owner-occupiers (2006)
Journal Article
This article examines the maintenance behaviour of listed building owner-occupiers. In particular it evaluates the degree to which owners are aware of and undertake maintenance of their building from a conservation perspective, which emphasises maxim... Read More about Private home, public cultural asset: The maintenance behaviour of listed building owner-occupiers.
Assessing how organizations approach the maintenance management of listed buildings (2006)
Journal Article
Preventative maintenance has been identified as a key intervention in protecting built cultural heritage. How organizations approach the maintenance management of listed buildings in their care is explored using a framework which integrates best prac... Read More about Assessing how organizations approach the maintenance management of listed buildings.
Assessing how organisations approach the maintenance management of listed buildings (2006)
Journal Article
Falling through the cracks: Limits to an instrumental rational role for environmental information in planning (2005)
Journal Article
This paper explores the potential for environmental information to play an instrumental rational role in planning through an empirical investigation of regional planning processes in the German federal state of Brandenburg. The findings show that env... Read More about Falling through the cracks: Limits to an instrumental rational role for environmental information in planning.
Individual owners' approaches to the maintenance of their listed buildings (2003)
Report
Report for Maintain our Heritage, English Heritage, The Heritage Lottery Fund and The Department of Trade and Industry
The provision of commercial maintenance services for listed buildings (2003)
Report
Research report for Maintain our Heritage
Interreg 3 NETA platform: Scoping study (2003)
Report
Best practice for maintenance management of listed buildings (2003)
Report
Research report for Maintain our Heritage, English Heritage, The Heritage Lottery Fund and The Department of Trade and Industry
Where science meets planning: Conceptualising the role of environmental information in spatial planning (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
The collaborative culture of Bristol's civic organisation (2002)
Book Chapter