Resource Library

The Government has published the Pride in Place Strategy about empowering communities and neighbourhoods, providing tools and levers to drive meaningful change that reflects their priorities.

This report from the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence highlights the crucial role of housing support in Scotland, showing that these services deliver exceptional value for money and life-changing benefits for individuals receiving housing support in different settings.

A free online research article of University of Bristol research project provides a useful analysis of a set of European and North American students-seniors intergenerational housing projects and offers a novel framework on the dynamics of neighbouring in these housing circumstances.

This ISPA blog is a Community Peer Researchers’ audit of everyone's fave topic - public toilets! Looking at Perth, the blog reveals the hidden but crucial role of accessible facilities in enabling dignity, safety, and community participation.

ISPA’s Early Career Network members share how international networking and retreat spaces nurture inclusive, values-driven research cultures.

This "A Volunteer’s Perspective" blog was inspired by a call from a CPR initiative, highlighting the importance of volunteering based on lived experiences, so that the ‘voice of the people’ can help reduce pressure on health and social care services.

This report jointly written by the Universities of Sheffield, Liverpool and Sheffield Hallam University reveals that Scotland must deliver over 15,000 affordable homes a year in the next Scottish Parliament.

The independent New Towns Taskforce and the Initial Government response is now out. It covers a wide range of policy drivers with a focus on placemaking for the creation of 12 New Towns in England also refers to the growing housing needs of older people, including homes built to accessible and adaptable standards, and a call for genuinely mixed communities.

September 2025 marks three years of the Intersectional Stigma of Place-Based Ageing (ISPA) Project. This report offers a roundup of the activities in Year 3.