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Sub-category: Empowerment Case Studies and Other Information
 Active Citizens |
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| Useful materials from Southwark Volunteer Centre | |
| COGS |
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| Some frameworks and standards for assessing and improving performance and guidelines for good practice. | |
| DiCE planning and evaluation framework |
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| Tool for work which focuses on community wellbeing and community empowerment from Changes. | |
| I&DeA case studies |
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| Case studies on PSA 21 | |
Sub-category: Empowerment National Organisations
| Communities and Local Government home page |
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| Directgov |
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| Portal to all public services and Government. | |
| Homes & Communities Agency |
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| The national housing and regeneration agency | |
| NHS Centre for Involvement |
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| The lead organisation for supplying advice and guidance about LINks | |
| Summary of CLG’s empowerment activities |
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| Tenant Services Authority |
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| The new regulator for affordable housing | |
Sub-category: Empowerment Regional Organisations
| Black South West Network |
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| The regional voice for black and minority ethnic organisations. | |
| Devon Towns Forum |
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The only dedicated network for Devon's MarketTown Partnerships working at the Market Town level. The network offers a range of free support services including: free access to events, seminars, conferences and training to help share experiences, promote good practice and joined-up working. | |
| Equality South West |
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| Promoting equality and diversity in the region. | |
| Government Office for the South West |
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| Somerset Towns Forum |
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STF supports and promotes community action to revitalise our towns. Provides learning, networking and training events, an information and signposting service, and consultancy for towns on a wide range of issues. | |
| South West Forum |
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| The regional voice for voluntary and community organisations. | |
| South West Neighbourhood and Resource Centre |
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| Training and support for people working in the community, including residents who want to become more involved in their communities. | |
| South West Regional Improvement & Efficiency Partnership |
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| Supporting local authorities to deliver change in the region. | |
Sub-category: Empowerment Support Organisations
| ATLAS - Planning for large scale development |
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| Engagement & Participation topic home page from the website of the Advisory Team for Large Applications (ATLAS). ATLAS guides stakeholders through the town planning process for large, complex or strategic development projects. | |
| CDX (the Community Development Exchange) |
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| CDX works to ensure that community development is supported as a way of tackling inequality and achieving social justice. | |
| Community Alliance |
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| Supporting community anchor organisations | |
| Community Development Foundation |
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| Intelligence, guidance and delivery on community development. | |
| Community Sector Coalition |
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| The Community Sector Coalition's mission is to be a credible and authoritative independent voice for the community sector. | |
| Federation for Community Development Learning |
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| Promoting community development learning at local, regional and national levels, and creating opportunities for good quality training and qualifications. | |
| Future Communities |
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| This website looks at how to include local people in the design, development and long-term stewardship of new communities, drawing upon stories and experiences from the field of regeneration. | |
| I&DeA Community Empowerment Resources |
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| A wide range of resources for practitioners. | |
| Involve |
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| Involve specialises in public participation. | |
| Local Works |
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| Campaign to implement the Sustainable Communities Act | |
| Participation Works |
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| Online gateway for youth participation. | |
| Participatory Budgeting Unit |
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| The PBU supports public sector and community groups in developing participatory budgeting processes in their local areas within the UK. | |
| People and participation.net |
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| Peopleandparticipation.net helps people who work the public, private and not-for-profit sectors and who need to involve wider group of people in their work. | |
| Take Part |
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| The national learning framework for active learning for active citizenship. | |
| Urban Forum Online |
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| URBAN FORUM is an umbrella body for community and voluntary groups with interests in urban and regional policy, especially regeneration. | |
| Volunteering England |
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| Volunteering England works to support and increase the quality, quantity, impact and accessibility of volunteering throughout England. | |
Category: Empowering Communities
| The South West Parliamentary Outreach service |
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The South West Parliamentary Outreach service aims to create awareness of the work of Parliament and show how the debates and decisions of the House of Commons and House of Lords are relevant to the region. In partnership with other organisations, the service organises and participates in parliamentary training sessions, events and exhibitions. | |
