People are central to the identification and prioritisation of their own local agenda. It is they that prioritise and decide on their own local development. It is particularly interested in investigating the linkages between culture, behaviour, economic regeneration and environmental sensitivity.
All research stems from and is fed back to local communities.
Each has developed independently from each other whilst following similar principles. It is intended that each of these projects will, in time, have their own information sheet on this web site. Training programmes remain to be developed but will be targeted at community activists, local authority workers and workers within non-government organisations. This increases the project base of the programme from ten to fifty across Scotland's peripheral areas. This programme is supported by the National Lottery Charities Board and other Foundations.