Resources: Voices
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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A series of publications produced by the National Empowerment Partnership Yorkshire and the Humber highlighting case studies of positive empowerment practice.
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Sharing best practice in youth engagement |
This voices was produced by the Brathay Trust based on 5 case studies of interviews with young people. The document highlights the young people's perspectives on youth participation, youth voice and youth empowerment, set in the context of current literature and practice. It demonstrates some of the complexities of adult-youth partnership working and draws out 10 key points for good practice |
02/08/2011 - 10:46 |
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Migration Workers in rural areas - 7 years on |
Report from a seminar bringing together people working with migrant workers -seven years after workers from the new EU countries were allowed to come and work in the UK. As the Workers Registration Scheme ends, how had things improved - or remained difficult - for them and for the communities in which they have settled |
20/04/2011 - 17:03 |
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Supporting rural empowerment through community enterprise |
In February 2011, the Plunkett Foundation hosted two workshops to share the realities and successes of rural community enterprise. In this briefing, we provide four case studies of Yorkshire rural enterprise |
20/04/2011 - 16:38 |
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The implications of the Localism Bill for rural community development workers |
This Voices is a record of an event organised by the Yorkshire & Humber Community Development Network in February 2011, in Goole. It highlights the inputs made on the day together with key points arising from the workshop and plenary discussions |
20/04/2011 - 17:14 |
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Re-imagining Community Involvement case studies |
This new set of case studies showcases the key facilitation role that voluntary and community organisations play to support people getting involved in decisions that affect their lives. The case studies were commissioned by the Yorkshire and Humber Empowerment Partnership and produced by the Yorkshire & Humber Forum.
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06/05/2011 - 12:08 |
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Voices from Experience - Davies Court Dinnington & Maltby Model Village Community Association |
Part of a series of stories about communities within South Yorkshire designed to show how communities can achieve visible change within their locality by working together and with local service providers.
The stories have been compiled by Ray Hearne, Chair of the No Masters Co-operative that celebrates writing of prose and songs that address issues from communities.
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15/10/2010 - 10:54 |
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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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Community Responses to Economic Development |
One of three studies in a series illustrating the contribution that community development can make to community empowerment. |
30/07/2010 - 11:25 |
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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 |

