This practical report draws on the experiences of New Commitment to Regeneration (NCR) pathfinders, which have been an influential model for LSPs, to identify lessons for good practice. Amply illustrated by case studies, the report demonstrates 'what works' in effective strategic partnerships and highlights implications for partner organisations and the role of government. It:locates current developments in the context of evolving urban policy;identifies critical success factors for strategic partnerships;discusses the dimensions of whole systems change necessary for partnership working;indicates key challenges and tasks for LSPs and their partners;points to the need to redefine central-local relationships.·[vbTab]·[vbTab]
Suffolk's riverside meadows of the Stour valley remain as beautiful today as when Constable painted them two centuries ago. Similarly, the county's lonely expanses of estuarine marsh, which are a feature of the coast, have a quality that appeal to writers as well as artists. A walk through Flatford and East Bergholt passes one of Constable's most famous viewpoints, and Flatford Mill itself. There is a choice of coastal walks, including routes through Southwold, Shingle Street, Dingle Marshes, Thorpeness and the Shotley peninsula. With 28 walks through the Suffolk countryside, if you’re a walker who really wants to make the most of the Suffolk countryside, make sure you don’t set off on your walk without a copy of Pathfinder Guide to Suffolk Walks in your rucksack! Pathfinder® Guides are Britain’s best loved walking guides. Made with durable covers, they are the perfect companion for countryside walks throughout Britain. Each title features circular walks with easy-to-follow route descriptions, tried and tested by seasoned walkers and accompanied by beautiful photography and clear, large-scale Ordnance Survey mapping. Contents 1. Carlton Marshes & the River Waveney 2. Southwold 3. Darmsden & the Gipping Valley 4. Nowton Park & High Suffolk 5. Stoke-by-Nayland to Polstead 6. Shingle Street & Alderton 7. Pakenham Mills from Ixworth 8. Covehithe & Benacre 9. Cretingham & Brandeston 10. Forest and riverside from West Stow 11. Eye & Braiseworth 12. Framlingham & its countryside 13. Constable Country - Flatford & East Bergholt 14. Long Melford 15. Somerleyton & Waddling Lane 16. West Row & Worlington from Mildenhall 17. Orford coast and country 18. Thorpeness from Leiston 19. Saxmundham, Kelsale and the Gull Stream 20. Lavenham & Brent Eleigh 21. Sudbury 22. Clare & Cavendish 23. Iken & Tunstall Forest 24. Barham, Baylham & Coddenham 25. Kersey & Hadleigh 26. Thorpe Morieux & Preston St Mary 27. Denham Castle and three churches 28. Sutton Hoo, Shottisham & the River Deben
The three long-distance walks described in this book - the Suffolk Coast Path, the Stour and Orwell Walk and the Sandlings Walk - link together to provide a comprehensive and varied circuit of the entire Suffolk Heritage Coast. The Suffolk Coast Path stretches along the coast between Lowestoft and Landguard Fort, close to Felixstowe in the south, a total distance of 60 miles (97km) depending on whether beach walking or inland options are followed. The Stour and Orwell Walk continues where the Suffolk Coast Path ends, starting at Landguard Point threading for 40 mile (64km) around the estuaries of the Stour and Orwell rivers to finish at Cattawade, close to the Essex border. The Sandlings Walk (59 miles/94.5km) explores the heathland region that lies immediately inland from the Suffolk coast. With the exception of the first stage, between Ipswich and Woodbridge, the route of the Sandlings Walk lies entirely within the confines of the Suffolk Coast & Heaths AONB. With a unique landscape of cliffs, marshes, dunes and shingle beaches, and rare plants and birdlife galore, there is much to attract anyone seeking interesting day walks or longer multi-day itineraries.
Veterans of the RAF’s legendary Pathfinder Force share their personal accounts of WWII in this authoritative history by the author of Master Bombers. During the Second World War, the Pathfinder Force was the corps d’élite of Bomber Command. Literally leading the charge in the Royal Air Force’s bombing raids over Nazi occupied territory, the aircrews of the PFF required top notch skills and nerves of steel. In Pathfinder Companion, aviation historian Sean Feast tells the remarkable stories of these brave men, drawing on extensive interviews with veterans as well as official records and archival documents. Pathfinder Companion highlights the raids and the losses, the successes and failures, the terror and the turmoil these men endured, as well as the inevitable humor in the face of tremendous adversity. Profusely illustrated throughout with photos and memorabilia, the book shows how a poorly equipped, disparate group was forged into one of the most effective fighting forces ever created.
Walking is one of Britain s favorite leisure activities, and this guide to Suffolk features a variety of mapped walks to suit all abilities. Featured areall ofthe practical details you need, accompanied by fascinating background reading on the history and wildlife of the area, and clear mapping for ease of use. Every route has been color coded according to difficulty, and annotated with local points of interest and places to stop for refreshments. Each has a summary of distance, time, gradient, level of difficulty, type of surface and access, landscape, dog friendliness, parking, and public toilets."
This report welcomes the overall direction of the Government's proposed legislation to reform provision for children with special educational needs (SEN), but warns that the NHS Constitution cannot be allowed to prevent the imposition of much stronger duties on commissioning boards to ensure that adequate, joined-up services are put in place. Draft legislation relies too heavily in its current form on the duty of joint commissioning between Health and local authorities to ensure co-operation throughout the system. It will be essential that the forthcoming regulations commit Health providers to specific timetables when conducting SEN assessments and that responsibilities for Health and local authorities in providing certain therapy services are substantially clarified. The Committee also calls for all current protections afforded by a Statement of SEN to be maintained and recommends that the Code of Practice should also remain a statutory document. The Committee notes how the 'pathfinder projects' set up to test the approaches described in the 2011 Green Paper on SEN have not had time to report back in order to advise on the development of the legislation. MPs welcome the Minister's decision to extend the Pathfinders for a further 18 months, but point to several aspects of the new legislation where learning from the Pathfinders will be particularly important, not least how to ensure the 'Local Offer' put in place is sufficient to ensure the needs of young people with SEN, as identified in an Education Health and Care Plan, can be met.
Suffolk has long been a place of retreat, somewhere to escape to, far removed from everyday life. It may have its busier town centres, but in the main Suffolk remains a rural area of enormous variety, from heather-covered heathland to softly rolling hills, long shingle spits to genteel coastal enclaves and kiss-me-quick seaside resorts. Whether you're looking for a morning hike or an afternoon stroll, Darren Flint and Donald Greig's hand-picked selection of 40 walks is guaranteed to fit the bill - or the boot. Suffolk boasts 5600km of public rights of way: take your pick, put your best foot forward and discover this most gentle of English counties.
