Impact Case Studies
Community Development – The Proven Approach to Stronger and Empowered Communities
This pack has been created with case studies from the North East , South East and Yorkshire and Humber Regional Networks, which demonstrate how Community Development is strengthening communities. The case studies show how Community Development supports people and communities to improve their relationship with service providers, consider taking a role in service delivery and enable services to be more responsive in meeting community defined needs.
The pack is in 5 sections:
1. Provides the political and social background to this pack
2. Sets out key components of stronger and empowered communities
3. Explains Community Development practice
i. Talking our language – mental health awareness for Pakistani and Chinese communities
ii. Creating a model for commissioning of health services to Black and Ethnic Minority communities
iii. Empowering parents to influence the design and delivery of services for children with additional needs
iv. Promoting cohesion within fragmented communities through ‘Flying Angels’
v. Tackling poverty and deprivation through a community run Drop in Centre
vi. Regenerating communities using Community Led Planning
vii. Developing a sustainable community centre offering services to local people, run by a strong local management committee
viii. Supporting people into employment, education or training through the Tyne Gateway Community Entrepreneurs
ix. Employing local people as Community Development practitioners to support regeneration of a city, the Newcastle New Deal for Communities: Community Regeneration Team
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