Forum for the Future’s South West Land Use Initiative worked with a broad range of organisations and local stakeholders in the South West to develop an asset-based sustainability appraisal tool in order to find out why some area-based projects and initiatives are more successful than others at increasing local sustainability and quality of life. This is one of five case studies produced following the trial use of the tool on five very different kinds of area, working directly with local project partnerships and organisations.

The appraisal report was endorsed at the 2005 AGM and both the Stakeholder and Management groups are considering changing the name of the initiative to the "Parrett Catchment Partnership" or possibly the "Somerset Rivers Partnership". The partnership is also considering how best to update the catchment's long term strategy by incorporating the appraisal's recommendations.

For more information please contact publicsector@forumforthefuture.org.uk

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