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The conference came about by trying to draw together key themes that were around from at least 2008, if not longer; and which seem to have become increasingly important to the future of community development and health:
- The synergy between the New Horizon outcomes in the field of Mental Health and the Community Development National Occupational Standards;
- The new impetus at getting people involved to express their needs in service design and delivery, co-production and the values of community development
- The economic growth model; the power of financial capital and the belief in balancing budgets which may provide a threat or opportunity for community development work and many community health initiatives as we begin to prepare for cuts in publicly funded services;
These 3 themes were key factors in deciding what this practice sharing event should be about.
At the same time this was the third and final conference in a series of three that Yorkshire and Humber Community Development Network had put on with support from Wakefield District PCT. This trilogy was aimed at fostering closer links between those practising community development in the health and wellbeing agenda whilst getting those practising community development outside this agenda to be aware of health outcomes in their more generalist work.
The conference was also a way of sharing ideas about making the business case for community development i.e. proving it makes a positive difference to people’s lives through the provision of evidence especially around prevention of ill-health etc.
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