Regen-IT - Sefton The Need / Rationale

Regen-IT considers real issues involved in developing sustainable regeneration schemes and projects and was developed with assistance from Sefton Borough Partnership and Sefton Neighbourhood Renewal Fund.

Based upon national, regional and local data, the learning-simulation (computer-based resource management model) needed to get delegates to develop solutions for a ‘Borough’, considering competing agendas/trade-offs and seeking win-win-win solutions that acknowledge individual views and create best-case solutions, for example:

• Decreasing the gap between different communities in terms of affluence and health.
• Increasing community engagement, collaboration, team working and access.
• Encouraging experts in various fields of the regeneration process to work together    towards a common goal.
• Being aware of all the separate entities that go towards implementing a successful    regeneration strategy, and how each impacts on other areas.

The Solution

Regen-IT is a highly interactive learning-simulation, which encourages teamwork, decision-making, devising and implementing strategy, resource management and investigates the nature of cause and effect. It relies on collaboration, communication and compromise.

“Good fun. Encouraged planning to look
at evidence to target the actions.”

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Five teams each take responsibility for a sector in a virtual community: Each team has targets to reach in various aspects of implementing a regeneration strategy across an area, and a set budget from which to purchase items. Teams must stay within budget, make improvements and consider the issues in other sectors.

Who would benefit

• Planning engagement with local residents.
• Member and Officer (NRU / planners / HMR / environment).
• Local Strategic Partnerships / Public Sector.
• Private Sector training (architects / construction / developers).

“I will try to get where we live to be as marvellous
as the one we created today.”

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