Resources: NI4
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.
You can sort the table columns by title or date.
NI4 stands for National Indicator 4, which is a goverment determined measure of the percentage of people who feel they can influence local decisions.
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From Engagement to Empowerment |
The purpose of the ‘Champions’ workshop was to enable people to ‘think outside the box’ - to Participants spent 2 days listening to each others’ perspectives, analysing their different |
30/07/2010 - 11:27 |
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Causing an Effect? |
What the national indicator scores tell us about the Third Sector and empowerment in Yorkshire and the Humber. The Yorkshire and Humber Regional Forum has collated and compared various data sets relating to citizen involvement and the third sector, to examine whether there are any significant connections between empowerment and the shape, ‘health’ and size of the sector. |
22/07/2010 - 13:05 |
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From Small Scale Actions to Wider Decision Making |
One of three studies in a series illustrating the contribution that community development can make to community empowerment. |
06/05/2011 - 15:31 |
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Engaging local activists progress report - Voluntary Action Wakefield District |
A short report on work carried out in Wakefield to: |
27/05/2010 - 16:14 |
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Briefings and questionnaires on a Priority Neighbourhoods approach |
Briefings and questionnaires for community activists and local councillors used in an intelligence gathering exercise in Wakefield. Process aimed to inform and shape the development of neighbourhood profiles to support the development of Area Based Delivery and Priority Neighbourhood arrangements. |
27/05/2010 - 16:15 |
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Adding Value - Community Development Contributions to NI4 |
A report of an event held in Doncaster organised by the YHCDN which aimed to do two things:
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06/05/2011 - 12:50 |
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CAA and the VCS: Summary of key points from 4 sub-regional workshops |
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 |
06/05/2011 - 16:00 |
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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 |
06/05/2011 - 16:14 |
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Expert Elders - more than a tick box |
Stories and information about the Expert Elders network in Sheffield who are concerned with the empowerment of older people to ensure they have a strong voice in how services are shaped to meet their needs. |
30/07/2010 - 11:26 |
