Dott

Investing in community-led design projects such as Dott, means savings in the long-term because it ensures services meet their users 'needs, the Design Council says.

Cuts could put paid to fledgling 'big society' schemes Rachel Williams 2010

Yet, according to residents, the presence of people such as Richards, the creation of a neighbourhood office and, most recently, a Design Council-led project, Designs of the Time (Dott), to get people involved in shaping their local environment, has over the last four years led to a notable growth of community feeling, as well as lower levels of crime.

Cuts could put paid to fledgling 'big society' schemes Rachel Williams 2010

Dott stayed in the match after taking frame eight on the black and got in first with 60 in the next, but he missed a difficult long red and Robertson produced a tremendous clearance of 68 to progress to the last eight.

Ronnie O'Sullivan considers retirement after defeat to Judd Trump 2011

Dott missed a frame-ball red into the middle pocket after a break of 56 and though Robertson's first chance slipped away with poor positional shots to yellow and green, he eventually got over the line to take a 3-1 interval lead.

Ronnie O'Sullivan considers retirement after defeat to Judd Trump 2011

But what about the importance of people such as Arymar, cited so many times by residents and Dott staff alike as key to the process?

Cuts could put paid to fledgling 'big society' schemes Rachel Williams 2010

"The council is delighted with the progress of the Dott Cornwall project and will continue to work with the Design Council to ensure that the Dott ethos is embedded within the organisation," says the council's localism manager, Matthew Barton.

Cuts could put paid to fledgling 'big society' schemes Rachel Williams 2010

Dott was unimpressed that his run to the last eight deprives Ronnie O'Sullivan of ninth place in the rankings: "The way Ronnie's playing that's nothing to brag about," he said.

John Higgins carries his Welsh Open title defence into semi-final 2011

"Dott has listened to what we really want and worked a lot with us."

Cuts could put paid to fledgling 'big society' schemes Rachel Williams 2010

Selby, twice Masters champion but with the 2008 Welsh Open his sole ranking title, led Graeme Dott 4-1 and beat him 5-3.

John Higgins carries his Welsh Open title defence into semi-final 2011

When the team from Dott came to the estate charged with finding out from residents whether they needed the new community centre that they had been promised, and what form the centre should take, they realised that Arymar and Vanessa Luckwell, a community regeneration officer who works out of the neighbourhood office, held the keys to engaging with the area.

Cuts could put paid to fledgling 'big society' schemes Rachel Williams 2010