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News Category: Empowering Communities

Take Part online resource directory launched

Take Part helps people gain the skills, knowledge and confidence to become empowered, enabling them to make an active contribution to their communities and influence public policies and services ...   Read more... on "Take Part online resource directory launched"
Published: Mon, 21 December 2009
Topic:
Empowerment

Participatory Budgeting – South West Newsletter

Participatory Budgeting is a means of supporting local communities to make their own decisions on how a percentage of their local budget is spent.  A number of Local Authorities in the South West are exploring this and pots ...   Read more... on "Participatory Budgeting – South West Newsletter"
Published: Wed, 16 December 2009
Topic:
Empowerment

HCA Academy Reports on Empowerment Skills

The HCA Academy's Report "Empowerment skills for all: Analysing gaps and constructing a learning framework" finds that there is a widespread need for a broader approach to empowerment skills in front-line ...   Read more... on "HCA Academy Reports on Empowerment Skills"
Published: Fri, 27 November 2009
Topic:
Empowerment

National Online Community for Engagement and Empowerment

This online community of practice supported by IDeA is a place to share experiences, seek advice from others and to keep up to date with current thinking, practice and policy in community engagement and empowerment ...   Read more... on "National Online Community for Engagement and Empowerment"
Published: Fri, 20 November 2009
Topic:
Empowerment

Empowerment Leadership Programme - recruiting now

RADAR is recruiting for its empowerment leadership programme: Equipping and inspiring leaders, aimed at those who like taking initiative and long to change the world around them.  RADAR is interested in equipping people ...   Read more... on "Empowerment Leadership Programme - recruiting now"
Published: Fri, 23 October 2009
Topic:
Empowerment

Community Engagement - 2 Local Authorities Sought to Exemplify Good Practice

The Stronger Community work stream within the overall Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnership is seeking 2 Local Authorities who can demonstrate effective partnership in community engagement to other Local Authorities and ...   Read more... on "Community Engagement - 2 Local Authorities Sought to Exemplify Good Practice"
Published: Wed, 26 August 2009
Topic:
Sustainable Communities

Valuing Empowerment

Bidding for resources to support people and communities to influence public services is not easy in difficult economic times.  Three publications funded by Empowering Communities and now available on our website help build ...   Read more... on "Valuing Empowerment"
Published: Wed, 01 July 2009
Topic:
Empowerment

Guides to the new duty to involve and engagement strategies

From 1 April 2009 a wide range of organisations are covered by the new duty to involve - the obligation to involve local people in decision-making.  But help is at hand with this ...   Read more... on "Guides to the new duty to involve and engagement strategies"
Published: Wed, 08 April 2009
Topic:
Empowerment

South West Foundation Reports on Older People's Empowerment

The South West Foundation with sponsorship from Help the Aged has just published its Research into the work of Older People's Forums.   Read more... on "South West Foundation Reports on Older People's Empowerment"
Published: Mon, 24 November 2008
Topic:
Empowerment

Report benchmarks efforts to enable people to influence local decisions

Increasing the number of people who feel they can influence decisions in their locality is a priority for many Local Authorities in the region, and the Empowering Communities Partnership, led by Creating Excellence ...   Read more... on "Report benchmarks efforts to enable people to influence local decisions"
Published: Wed, 01 October 2008
Topic:
Empowerment

Important Engagement and Empowerment Research Published

The South West Regional ‘Empowering Communities' Consortium of the National Empowerment Partnership has just published eight reports which reflect research and other activities undertaken through the South West ...   Read more... on "Important Engagement and Empowerment Research Published"
Published: Wed, 30 April 2008
Topic:
Empowerment

New Empowerment Research

The value of informal learning for engagement and empowerment,  and the likely effects of cuts in funding to Community Empowerment Networks across the country (there are three in the South West) ...   Read more... on "New Empowerment Research"
Published: Thu, 24 April 2008
Topic:
Empowerment

Empowering Communities Launched

Following the announcement of the National Empowerment Partnership on 17 September by Hazel Blears MP, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Empowering Communities ...   Read more... on "Empowering Communities Launched"
Published: Tue, 09 October 2007
Topic:
People, communities and living

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