When it comes to building strong, successful communities, there are plenty of ingredients that go into the mix. But for Fareham BC, they believe they have the perfect recipe: Good jobs, with the training needed to secure them, housing, and a lifestyle and leisure offer to attract people to want to live there.

Fareham is nestled between Portsmouth and Southampton in Hampshire. The borough council's chief executive, Andrew Wannell, proudly points out it came second in a Halifax Quality of Life Survey as one of the best places to live in the country.