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YHEP’s Contributions to a Bigger Civil Society In this edition of Update, we provide a snapshot of just some of the activities that have taken place over the last year. The middle pages are a ‘pull-out’ summary of a briefing paper sent to the coalition government and their advisors to illustrate some of the marvellous social activism supported and delivered here in Yorkshire.
Yorkshire and the Humber - shifting power to communities
This briefing paper seeks to provide a record of 'what we know' works at community level, and 'how we know it' through a range of illustrated activities in Yorkshire & Humber.
It has been sent to government ministers and civil servants as a contribution to the Big Society discussions and includes an invitation to come and see some of this activity in action.
Four sub-regional workshops were held earlier this year exploring the results of the Comprehensive Area Assessments (CAA) on empowerment and engagement focusing on the involvement of the voluntary and community sectors. A brief summary of the key points that were raised is now available
Update 5 - taking stock. Our latest newsletter published on 22nd March 2010 includes a taking stock review of what works, feature on 'whose community is it anyway' from Marsh Farm, and a feature on what does and doesn't work in community development.
Where are we now? & Moving on.
The Oct 2009 newsletter looks back at activities and publications and reviews progress by the Empowerment Partnership in the region. Moving on... outlines plans for the next year and includes one YHEP partner's proposal for a new governance manifesto.
A report by 'Laying the Foundations' - residents of Kendray estate in Barnsley who carried out a study to investigate the quality of resident engagement in Kendray's Neighbourhood Management Pathfinder by addressing the question: 'What have we learned about empowerment practice and how it could be improved?'
This framework is based on the work of the Network of Empowering Authorities (NEA) initially at an event in October 2008.
The Framework provides a benchmark for an ideal authority, something to aspire to. It consists of 5 inter-linked pillars, and 5 high-level success factors, that between them describe a high performing empowering authority
You can find out more about Community Empowerment on the IDeA website
People Power
01/10/2010 - 10:00 - 15:30
How Yorkshire and the Humber Works
14/10/2010 - 13:00 - 16:00
Big Society Unplugged
11/11/2010 - 09:00 - 16:00
