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News Category: Empowering Communities
Autumn Empowerment Events | |
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Community Empowerment is one of the three strands of the Big Society, alongside public sector reform and philanthropic action, so keep up to speed at these upcoming events from Empowering Communities and others.
Read more... Published: Fri, 27 August 2010 |
Topic: Empowerment |
New South West Empowerment Case Studies | |
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Effective community engagement at neighbourhood level is the subject of five case studies commissioned by South West Councils.
Read more... Published: Mon, 13 September 2010 |
Topic: Empowerment |
The Big Society Conference in Taunton | |
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Do you want to know how best to encourage citizen led participation? The BIG SOCIETY free conference will take place in Taunton on 4 November, organised by Take Part Champions Exeter CVS and the Regional Empowerment ...
Read more... Published: Mon, 23 August 2010 |
Topic: Empowerment |
The Big Society Conference 4th November 2010 | |
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Nearly 200 people from voluntary and statutory organisations from across the South West met at Somerset County Cricket Club for the region's first large gathering to discuss what the Big Society agenda may mean in ...
Read more... Published: Fri, 05 November 2010 |
Topic: Empowerment |
Money Where it Matters: Participatory Budgeting Conference 15 October 2010 | |
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Seventy people from across the South West met at the HQ of Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service near Exeter for a day which, through showcase sessions from local authorities in the region, national speakers ...
Read more... Published: Mon, 25 October 2010 |
Topic: Empowerment |
National Online Community for Engagement and Empowerment | |
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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... Published: Fri, 20 November 2009 |
Topic: Empowerment |
New Empowerment Research | |
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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... Published: Thu, 24 April 2008 |
Topic: Empowerment |
Empowering Communities Newsletter - Spring edition | |
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The Spring edition of our newsletter is now available.It features news of participatory budgeting initiatives in the region, community researcher training, the training support we offer to local authorities ...
Read more... Published: Wed, 31 March 2010 |
Topic: Empowerment |
Taking Stock | |
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Taking StockSince the project started in 2007, Empowering Communities has commissioned research on a wide range of topics, both to inform its own activities and to explore empowerment in the South West more widely. We are ...
Read more... Published: Fri, 09 April 2010 |
Topic: Empowerment |
Take Part online resource directory launched | |
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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... Published: Mon, 21 December 2009 |
Topic: Empowerment |
HCA Academy Reports on Empowerment Skills | |
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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... Published: Fri, 27 November 2009 |
Topic: Empowerment |
Important Engagement and Empowerment Research Published | |
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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... Published: Wed, 30 April 2008 |
Topic: Empowerment |
Valuing Empowerment | |
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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... Published: Wed, 01 July 2009 |
Topic: Empowerment |
Report benchmarks efforts to enable people to influence local decisions | |
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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... Published: Wed, 01 October 2008 |
Topic: Empowerment |
Participatory Budgeting – South West Newsletter | |
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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... Published: Wed, 16 December 2009 |
Topic: Empowerment |
Empowerment Leadership Programme - recruiting now | |
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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... Published: Fri, 23 October 2009 |
Topic: Empowerment |
South West Foundation Reports on Older People's Empowerment | |
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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... Published: Mon, 24 November 2008 |
Topic: Empowerment |
Empowerment in Wiltshire – new case studies | |
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Using community radio to deepen local participation in Warminster's Area Board is the subject of the first of a new series of case studies available through Empowering Communities.
Read more... Published: Fri, 21 January 2011 |
Topic: Empowerment |
Guides to the new duty to involve and engagement strategies | |
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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... Published: Wed, 08 April 2009 |
Topic: Empowerment |
Community Led Planning – The Heart of Localism. Tiverton, 17 February | |
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The Localism Bill and the proposals within it for Neighbourhood Plans were the main talking points among the 100 planners, community representatives and people from the private sector at this over-subscribed gathering to discuss ...
Read more... Published: Wed, 23 February 2011 |
Topic: Empowerment |
Can the sort of participatory approaches championed by Empowering Communities help improve our health? | |
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This report, from the Bristol Partnership, takes a look at an innovative workshop held last summer which assessed the likely health impacts of the emerging regeneration strategy for the Knowle West area of the city.
Read more... Published: Fri, 15 April 2011 |
Topic: Empowerment |
Empowerment Good Practice Programme - Annual Report | |
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For three years the The Zebra Collective has been working with local authorities across the South West, as part of Empowering Communities, to provide skills training for local authority officers ...
Read more... Published: Tue, 26 April 2011 |
Topic: Empowerment |
Empowering Communities – Final Evaluation | |
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The last of three annual evaluations of the Empowering Communities partnership is now available. Carried out by members of the React consortium, it contains nine messages highlighting key lessons drawn from the work of the ...
Read more... Published: Mon, 06 June 2011 |
Topic: Empowerment |
Community Empowerment in the South West - What we know and what's next | |
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Over 70 people gathered to discuss the past and future of empowerment in the region at this sell-out event on 29th June at the Albemarle Centre, Taunton see attendance list ...
Read more... Published: Mon, 11 July 2011 |
Topic: Empowerment |
Community Grant Programme Opens | |
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Voluntary and Community Sector Organisations in the South West Region (excluding Cornwall) are set to benefit from a grant programme of over £600,000 aimed at moving people who are furthest removed from the labour market ...
Read more... Published: Thu, 13 October 2011 |
Topic: Empowerment |
Localism in Action – case studies, tips and tools from the South West | |
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Localism means more people having a say in how their communities are run, and a new guide available from Creating Excellence is designed to help Councillors, community groups and public service officers see that they get just ...
Read more... Published: Mon, 31 October 2011 |
Topic: Empowerment |
New Community Grants Programme for the South West | |
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The South West Foundation, in partnership with the Learning Curve and the Skills Funding Agency, is about to open a new funding programme for the South West Region.In connection with this a number of information seminars are ...
Read more... Published: Tue, 23 August 2011 |
Topic: Funding |
Take part in the Big Lunch 2010 and get to know your neighbours | |
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The Big Lunch is calling on all neighbourhoods and communities across the UK to come together on Sunday 18th July. Events around the nation are taking shape from simple tea parties in back gardens to large street parties for the ...
Read more... Published: Wed, 23 June 2010 |
Topic: People, communities and living |
Empowering Communities Launched | |
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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... Published: Tue, 09 October 2007 |
Topic: People, communities and living |
Community Engagement - 2 Local Authorities Sought to Exemplify Good Practice | |
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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... Published: Wed, 26 August 2009 |
Topic: Sustainable Communities |
Open Learning Post Graduate Certificate in management, leadership and governance | |
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Managers in the Voluntary sector are to benefit from an Open Learning PG Certificate. The University of Southampton, in partnership with The Learning Curve based in Melksham, Wiltshire ...
Read more... Published: Fri, 15 July 2011 |
Topic: Third Sector |
