This news feed contains all the latest information from Sensory Trust including news of our conferences. Subscribe to this feed to keep up to date with A Sense of Place as well as all our other activities. http://www.sensorytrust.org.uk/news/index.html The aim of the project is to build the social capital of the villages within the Clay Country Local Action Area. Building this social capital involves building relationships and developing an increased mutual understanding between community members. http://www.sensorytrust.org.uk/projects/community_capacity_building/index.html Sensory Trust is working on the extension to a substantial area to the north of Harlow New Town in Essex, UK. The development of the 970ha site will form part of the government’s East of England Plan, which proposes creating 10,000 new homes in the area around Harlow. http://www.sensorytrust.org.uk/projects/reports/harlow.html Two new projects, a sack full of free guidance material and a report on the Sense of Place event last summer. Get it on your browser. http://www.sensorytrust.org.uk/news/latest_newsletter.html Sensory Trust held a one-day conference at the Eden Project to discuss and share possible solutions to the issues that prevent older people with dementia from having a better quality of life through greater access to outdoor environments. Professionals from the UK and USA presented talks that highlighted examples of projects that involved people in having greater access to their local environment leading to an increase in social interaction with others in their community. http://www.sensorytrust.org.uk/projects/creative_spaces/news.html Response to the report on the administration of anti-psychotics as "chemical restraints" for older people in care homes http://www.sensorytrust.org.uk/projects/creative_spaces/antipsychotic_drugs.html Creating play spaces is about much more than picking play equipment from a catalogue. This guide outlines some of the things you can consider to provide play opportunities for everyone. http://www.sensorytrust.org.uk/information/factsheets/index.html Watch videos that capture the essence of A Sense of Place: sustainable placemaking held earlier this year in Cornwall, UK. http://vimeo.com/channels/thesensorytrust#7159152 Read a brief report from A Sense of Place: sustainable placemaking. There's much more to come in the form of audio podcasts, photos, movies and even the written word. http://www.sensorytrust.org.uk/SoP2009/index.htm The Creative Spaces project creates opportunities for older people with dementia to improve their environments, strengthen their communities and play a more active part in society. http://www.sensorytrust.org.uk/news/articles/creative_spaces.html As part of Natural England's Access to Nature programme, Sensory Trust and LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) are launching a flagship project funded by the Big Lottery Fund’s Changing Spaces programme. http://www.sensorytrust.org.uk/projects/let_nature_feed_your_senses/index.html