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Charity name Local Urban Development European Network SCIO
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Registered charity number $C0515054 |
Charity’s principal address 136 McDonald Road |
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Postcode: EH7 4NL
Names of the the charity trustees on date of approval approval of Trustees’ Trustees’ Annual Report
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Reference and administration details
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Structure, governance and management
Trustees’ Annual Report Period From 17/06/2021 to Period End 30/06/2022
Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO) Registered Charity No. SC050479 Type of governing document The Charity is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (a SCIO). It was registered in its current legal form on 18 September 2020.
The structure of the organisation consists of the Members and the Board. Membership is open to any individual aged 16 or over with an interest in local urban development. The people serving on the board are referred to as Charity Trustees.
Trustee recruitment and appointment
Our board of directors are all members of LUDEN, elected on to the board by other members. Each member is elected for a three-year period, with one-third of the board stepping down each year, allowing us to keep a yearly board election.
We currently have 3 dedicated board members, actively involved in the many aspects of the organisation. Our board control the overall policy of the organisation makes sure it is financially sound and steers the activities of the organisation.
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Objectives and activities
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| Charitable purposes | "the advancement of education", |
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| "the advancement of citizenship or community development" | |
| Summary ofthe main activities | For the LUDEN, given the above context forourwork, then the key |
| in relation to these objects | challenge that cities face is how to ensure that no one is left behind in |
| the ecological and interrelated transitions that cities have to make. So | |
| how to try and create an inclusive soft landing in these very turbulent | |
| times is the key challenge. To do so will require addressing some social | |
| and political challenges. | |
| We have identified the following social and political challenges that form | |
| the basis of our work. | |
| 1) Citizen participation |
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| It is crucial that citizens take over ownership ofthe urban policies and | |
| actions that are carried out by understanding the Why and How and by | |
| sharinga vision ofthe city's future with policy makers. Under this | |
| challenge our focus will be to see how cities are seeking to strike a new |
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| balance between participative democracy and elective representative | |
| democracy | |
| 2) Improve governance in partnerships |
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| A city's challenges and corresponding solutions are not limited to the city | |
| boundaries and cannot be properly tackled by mono-sectoral | |
| interventions. These issues are interwoven and dynamic and require an | |
| integratedand holistic sustainable urban approach and corresponding governance that integrate different levels with their respective roles, |
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| skills and scales of intervention. | |
| Failure to develop a consistent governance strategy inducesa great risk | |
| of relocating the problem elsewhere or ofhaving a negative effect on | |
| another city dimension or part ofthe population. | |
| Broadening governance means cooperating with other local authority | |
| levels, including experts, civil society and the private sector, while being | |
| aware that the final political decision will belong to the official elected | |
| representatives. | |
| Under this challenge our focus will be to see how cities are trying to | |
| improve governance in local partnerships relating to ecological , |
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| technologicalandeconomictransitionsthatthecitiesface |
3) Ensure social inclusion
Social inclusion is about unlocking the potential of cities to integrate diverse populations to form a cohesive community while respecting diversity and using it as a force for the city. Social exclusion can arise out of poverty, unemployment, immigration or being on either end of the age spectrum; it can also arise from a combination of any of the above or from spatial segregation. Cities have a key role to play, by integrating their social policies with education, city planning, housing, public services, citizen participation and culture. Under this challenge our will be to see how cities using internal and external expertise locally available to develop capacity building in order to enable inclusive citizen participation, and more specifically how are they undertaking citizen empowerment targeting weaker and marginalised groups.( e.g. women, migrants, ) 4) Facilitate capacity building and networking The interdependence of urban challenges makes it impossible for a sectoral and short-term approach to succeed. The integrated approach, with a longer time span, become then necessary but implies greater complexity that demands broader expertise and know-how in many different fields such as governance, the environment, social and economic issues. Under this challenge our focus will be to see how cities are creating coworking between experts from outside the local authority and elected __
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structures in addressing and developing local strategies /actions related to ecological , technological and economic transitions that cities face
5) Ensure connectivity In a globalised world, cities are part of a broader network of cities and territories, from locally to globally. Access to markets and to technological and financial resources depends on the quality and intensity of the city's participation in these communication and exchange networks.
As with other crises, the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the importance of creative activity amongst grassroots networks in providing mutual care and solidarity between people. But it is not only in periods of acute crisis that grassroots innovation proves crucial. Historically, developments for sustainability have often been initiated bottom-up by creative social movements. Whether in community-led water and sanitation, community-supported agriculture and food, citizen energy projects, peer-produced repair and re-manufacturing networks, or DIY urbanism and many more diverse examples; in their innovativeness, grassroots initiatives nurture sustainability aspirations whose full realisation often anticipates and demands deeper social change. Today, grassroots innovation continues to produce a wellspring of sustainability quite different to state-led policy missions addressing global goals or green business models mobilising large-scale investment. Where the latter imbue innovation with win-win solutionism, grassroots initiatives perceive in innovation a more contested and prefigurativeUnder this challengepolitics. our focus will be to see how cities are fostering, supporting and making informal connections to emerging cultural trends and to sources of innovation. How can the transformative potential of grassroots innovation for sustainability be strengthened in the coming years.
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6) Ensure intergenerational equity Cities are expected to take into consideration all parts of their pagent in their policy and urban projects, whatever their age, social origin, family status, gender and abilities. It means taking this diversity of profile into consideration in economic and housing strategies, social services, a space and transport, so as to ensure better living conditions for all, and long-term appeal and prosperity for the city. In particular one of the key challenges face in relation to social and intergenerational equity relates to housing provision. Cities encounter many challenges to supply decent and quality housing for all, made more complex by changes in society: multiplication of single-parent families or families with unemployed parents, an ageing population, increased job | mobility as well as a standardised offer from the private market that doesn't meet the diversity of the demand. Under this challenge our focus will be to see how cities are addressing social and integrational equity with respect to housing provision
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Achievements and performance
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|Summary|of the|main|achievements|Our|activities|have|focused|on:|
|of the|charity|during|the|financial|.|staying|abreast|with|EU|programmes|and|policies|and,|
|period|°|developing|links|with|other|organisations|
|The|past|year|has|not|seen|the|launch|of any new|EU|programmes|as|
|the|current|financial|framework|that|governs|EU|programmes|will|be|
|renewed|and|revised|in|2027.|As|such|we|have|followed|some|of|the|
|consultations|that|have|already|started|with|respect|to|the|priorities|of|
|the|new|programming|period.|In|particular we|have|followed|the|
|discussions|relating|to|how|and|if EU|funds|will|be|delegated|to|city|or|
|regional|levels|in|the|new|programming|period.|The|European|
|Commission|has|initially|proposed|to|simplify|funding|by|creating|a|
|combined|fund|that|would|be|delegated|to|Members|States who|would|
|then|be|free|to|determine|how|the|combined|fund|is|used.|Naturally|
|European|city|and|Regional|networks|such|as|Committee|of|Regions,|
|Eurocities|,|Council|of|Municipalities|and|Regions|have|expressed|
|opposition|to|this|proposal|as|it|will|result|in|less|certainty|of funds|being|
|delegated|to|local|levels.|
|We|have|taken|part|in|meetings|and|workshops|where|the|future|funding|
|proposals|from|the|EC|have|been|discussed.|
|In|addition|we|have|continued|to|develop|links|with|partner|associations|
|in|Eastern|Europe|and|in|particularly|in|Ukraine|and|have|worked|with|
|these|partner|associations|in|writing|and|submitting|proposals|for|the|BU|
|Horizon|programme.|This|has|been|carried|out|on|a|pro|bono|basis.|
|Brief statement|of the|charity’s|policy|Financial|review|
|on|reserves|Income|— We|have|had|no|income|this|year|
|Expenditure|— We|have|had|no|expenditure|this|year|
|Reserve|policy|-|Our|reserves|have|been|set|at|3|months.|With|no|
|income|or|expenditure|this|year,|we|achieve|that.|
|Details|of any|deficit|N/A|
|Donated|facilities|and|services|(if any)|N/A|
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Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s) ;
Full name(s) Roger Horam
Position (e.g. Chair) Secretary
Date 10 March 2026
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Local Urban Development European Network $C051054
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Section B Statement of balances
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Fund to which liability retates Amount due Last year
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December 2007
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$C051054
Section C Notes to the Accounts
C1 Nature and purpose of funds (may be stated on analysis of funds worksheets) - oe . - Individual / Number of grants £ 7 —= Total C3a Trustee remuneration If no remuneration was paid during the period to any charity trustee or person connected to a trustee cross this box (otherwise complete section 3b) C3b Trustee remuneration - details
C4a Trustee expenses If no expenses were paid to any charity trustee during the period then cross this box (otherwise complete section 4b) Number of trustees £ oeor== Transaction Balance amount (£) outstanding at Nature of relat , Nat ft t periodend (£) C5 Transactions with trustees and connected persons _ Be
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Analysis of receipts and payments
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Additional analysis (3)
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