community engagement
Communities Conference Report - June 2009
Members of the Community Panel organised a very successful conference in June 2009 aimed at members of communities across the region. Entitled 'Communities - Recession, Resilience, Responses'
it focused on how communities were dealing with current economic pressures and their responses to local and central government and other agencies.
People, Power, Money
Exciting FREE conference
Key note speaker: Shazia Hussain
Director of the Tower Hamlets Partnership, where local residents decided how £4.8 million of council money was spent effectively.
Shazia's presentation is now available to download below
A conference report will be available shortly
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
Testing out the potential for Co-production
This small scale research looked at how ready local neighbourhoods are for closer joint working to deliver local services and activities.
The VOICES publication outlines the project and reports on 6 key findings. It also includes some information and learning drawn from the work of the New Economics Foundation (nef) and NESTA.
In addition Kirklees Council has provided a summary of progress on working in new co-productive ways
The Evidence - 6 Case Studies of Community Empowerment & Cohesion
These 6 case studies ( and Overview) are as a result of the "Show you are Making a Difference" programme from YHEP. The projects vary from a community led organisation, Respect Funhouse, Grimsby to statutory agencies such as Supporting People Partnership, Bradford.
Social Return On Investment in Community Empowerment - a worked hypothetical example
The SROI Network has produced this briefing paper which illustrates and contextualises how SROI could be used by councils in the evaluation of community empowerment initiatives and in informing business cases.
Produced by SROI Network for Local Government Improvement & Development
Oct 2010
Integrating community engagement & service delivery - pointers to good practice
Guidance document which shows how some councils are using information from community engagement to inform the ways services are planned and delivered. Includes examples of different approaches councils have used.
Published Oct 2010, Local Government Improvement Development
"Growing & Sustaining Self-Help"
A new report from CDF: "Growing & Sustaining Self-Help" - Taking the Big Society from Words to Action - outlines the role self-help will play in the Big Society, the challenges it faces and three practical recommendations for better supporting and growing self-help activity.
Building a Stronger Civil Society & Supporting a Stronger Civil Society
Two new documents published by the Office of Civil Society outlining Government plans for supporting Civil Society organisations.
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.
Hard copies are also available from the Yorkshire & Humber Forum. www.yorkshirehumberforum.org.uk
