Blears gives £1.3m to asset transfer advisory unit

By David Ainsworth, Third Sector Online, 17 September 2008

The Development Trusts Association has been given £1.3m to administer a new asset transfer unit, which will advise community organisations on how to take over assets from local authorities.

Steve Wyler, director of the association , said he hoped the unit would be running by January. "It will provide practical advice and raise awareness across the whole of England, helping local communities take over underused or derelict land and buildings and achieve lasting public benefit," he said. Hazel Blears,...