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Empowering Communities is aimed at getting more people in the South West involved and influencing the decisions that affect their lives and local communities. The initiative is seeking to increase the number of people, particularly in disadvantaged areas, who participate in public issues, press for and contribute to the improvement of public services, and help to shape the future of the place where they live.
Empowering Communities is the South West consortium of a national programme, the National Empowerment Partnership, funded by the Department of Communities & Local Government (CLG) to improve the quality and functioning of relationships between citizens and government, and to enable people to influence decisions which affect them. Find out more about the National Empowerment Partnership.
Download a Word document list of current members of the Empowering Communities consortium.
See here for more downloadable background papers on engagement and empowerment.
Read South West case studies.
For more information contact John Skrine at Creating Excellence: E-mail, or phone 01823 250805 or 07814 387090.
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 Empowerment Development Project (October 2007 - March 2008).Published Apr 30, 2008 - 12:49 PM
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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), are discussed in two research reports that will be of interest to the community of engagement and empowerment professionals.
Published Apr 24, 2008 - 05:20 PM
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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, the South West consortium supporting this initiative led by Creating Excellence, was launched in Taunton on 5 October.
Published Oct 09, 2007 - 11:55 AM
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Empowerment Links
Downloads
- Empowering Communities - Shaping the Future
- Engagement and Empowerment Report 1 - An Overview of the Learning from the Project
- Engagement and Empowerment Report 2 - Black and Minority Ethnic and Other Equalities Communities
- Engagement and Empowerment Report 3 - Participation and Empowerment of Children and Young People
- Engagement and Empowerment Report 4 - Older People
- Engagement and Empowerment Report 5 - Rural Areas
- Engagement and Empowerment Report 6 - An Urban and Unitary Authority in the South West
- Engagement and Empowerment Report 7 - Networks and Empowerment
- Engagement and Empowerment Report 8 - Measurement and Indicators
- Growing Sustainable Communities 2007-8 Review
- Membership of the Empowering Communities Consortium
- Presentation by Di Robinson about Community Engagement
- Presentation by the Empowerment Development Project
- Presentation of Helen Marsh, Taunton, October 2007
- Request for Information on Current Empowerment Activity
- South West Empowerment Development Project
Empowerment - Most recent stories:
- Funding Secured for Empowering Communities Work in South West
(07-03-2008) - Empowering Communities
(10-10-2007) - LGWP Masterclass - Making Strong and Prosperous Communities
(26-04-2007) - POWER TO NEIGHBOURHOODS: THE NEW CHALLENGE FOR URBAN REGENERATION
(10-11-2005) - National Centre goes to Leeds!
(01-02-2005)
Events coming up in the next month
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Event Date: Jul 09, 2008
Local - ‘Building Healthy Relationships: Unlocking the potential of social purpose organisations for better health and care in the South West’.
