What can I submit?

Products suitable include:

• Established learning programmes or training courses
• Events, conferences or workshops with a proven history
• Examples of best practice, toolkits and guides
  Products not suitable for submission
• Learning programmes, events or seminars that have not yet been delivered
• Research reports
  Meeting our values
  Products must demonstrate that they match the HCA’s values aimed at creating better places. This includes a core requirement that they enhance professional and/or community understanding of place-making and encourage different groups to work together. They must also help promote and develop up to two of the place-making generic skills required to create and maintain sustainable communities.
  Are you an academic institution, professional body or training provider whose work contributes to the creation of better places? Do you provide courses, programmes or resources which help sustainable communities professionals work better, improve their skills and knowledge and share best practice? If so, the Government’s skills body for the regeneration sector, the HCA, is now offering you the chance to gain recognition for the work you do.
  We’re launching the recognition scheme by asking our partners to tell us about their work. We’re looking for partners who share the HCA’s values about creating better places; by enhancing community or professional understanding of place-making and encouraging different groups to work together. Examples of products which can be submitted for recognition include:
• Learning programmes
• Training courses
• Events, conferences or workshops
• Best practice or toolkits
  An independent panel of experts from the sustainable communities sector will assess and approve products using the criteria for the scheme.
  This non-refundable fee is paid per product submitted to be recognised and must be paid in advance of the product being assessed by our panel of independent experts.
  Get recognised, get noticed
  Our aim is to create a high-profile list of recognised learning programmes, resources and best practice to ensure practitioners working across the sector can make a clear choice to further their own skills and knowledge. Recognition from the HCA will demonstrate to your stakeholders the quality and best practice of your products and the contribution you make to place-making. And practitioners working in housing, regeneration and the communities sector will be able to see the benefits of using your product.
  Read the FAQ’s for more detailed information on the submission form and process before making a submission.