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On these pages you will find a series of publications and other material such as audio and video that relate to empowerment. These are organised by date of publication, but they are also organised by topic.
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Title Description Edited or published
The Big Picture - Extracts from Area Assessments

The Empowerment Partnership and the Regional Forum are holding 4 sub-regional events for voluntary and community groups to explore the Comprehensive ARea Assessment (CAA) results.

Extracts from the Area Assessment about Empowerment and Engagement in your locality can be found in the attached files.

08/03/2010 - 16:10
Making the case for Participation

In September 2009 a group of practitioners, policy officers and academics met with two international participation activists, to reflect on 'the case for participation'. The purpose of the workshop was to encourage people to move beyond what we already know about the challenges and opportunities of participation, and to think creatively and constructively about how to embed and develop this agenda.

17/12/2009 - 09:27
Voice your Choice - Participatory Budgeting comes to Eastfield

Residents of Eastfield near Scarborough, voted for £32,500 worth of projects addressing crime and community safety issues. As well as local people voting for projects on 'Decision Day' in June 09, residents played a key role in the design and delivery of the process.

08/12/2009 - 12:25
Neighbourhood Arrangements - Two different approaches in Rotherham

The case studies presented in this publication illustrate two very different approaches to meeting neighbourhood aspirations.

08/12/2009 - 11:29
The latest YHEP newsletter now available to download

Where are we now? & Moving on.

The latest 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. 

12/03/2010 - 17:30
Findings from three 'Duty to Involve' events held July 2009

Findings from three Duty to Involve events held in Wakefield, Rotherham and Scunthorpe in July 2009.

12/03/2010 - 17:30
downloadable resource image What have we learned about empowerment practice and how it could be improved?

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?'

15/11/2009 - 22:49
downloadable resource image NEA Framework for an ideal empowering authority

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

www.idea.gov.uk/engagement

15/11/2009 - 20:40
Participatory Budgeting Case Studies

In February and March of 2009, 24 separate participatory budgeting pilots were held on the theme of community safety, all partly or fully funded by a Home Office scheme. The pilots were scattered across England and Wales from Thanet in Kent to Newcastle and Northumberland, and even one in Cardiff.

15/11/2009 - 20:28
South Yorkshire Community Engagement Improvement Partnership

South Yorkshire has adopted a unique partnership approach to developing community engagement ‘improvement programmes’ which explore the menu of
options identified by in the CLG Empowerment White Paper and ‘Communities in Control’ – the empowerment White Paper.

05/10/2009 - 00:09
 
 
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