From Total Place to Total Neighbourhood: the Resident-led Renewal of Balsall Heath in Birmingham

Performance Indicators

A few months ago Be Birmingham, the city's strategic partnership, commissioned a survey of 8,000 residents in 31 neighbourhoods. It asked:

• Do you feel safe in your neighbourhood? 
• Do you feel proud of your neighbourhood?
• Do you feel able to influence events in your neighbourhood?

Not only did Balsall Heath come top in all 3 questions. It performed better than the average for the whole of the city.

Dick Atkinson provided Governance International with this case study on 15th May 2010.