These case studies are a small selection of the material available from our research. For more background, examples and information, go to our Empowering Communities Reports. And you can read more case studies from Creating Excellence here.
Community Researchers in Weston-super-Mare | |
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This course developed for a recently formed Parents' Group has been evaluated to show evidence of very real change in the confidence and skills of the participants, and an ongoing group ready to act as advocates for the ...
Read more... Published: Mon, 08 June 2009 |
Topic: Empowerment |
Dorset POPP – fulfilling the needs, desires and aspirations of older people | |
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Dorset's Partnership with Older People Project, or POPP, is a complex programme driven by and aiming to fulfil the needs, desires, and aspirations of the older people in the county ...
Read more... Published: Tue, 31 March 2009 |
Topic: People, communities and living |
Working together for empowerment in a rural town | |
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For more than a decade, the Lyme Regis Development Trust has been galvanising local people to get involved in campaigning for community projects and improvements. It has scored many notable successes - and has also demonstrated ...
Read more... Published: Tue, 31 March 2009 |
Topic: Rural communities |
Participatory Proofing – Getting policy makers to understand the needs of single parents | |
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Single parents in Bristol have helped mould and deliver a ground-breaking national project to identify the barriers hindering their efforts to get and keep good-quality jobs ...
Read more... Published: Mon, 30 March 2009 |
Topic: Empowerment |
Learning to Involve - Empowering service users and carers to work with public sector bodies | |
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A case study of user involvement in Health and Social Care services in Devon. This innovative project gives service users and carers the skills and confidence to speak up and the opportunity to speak out at forums and at ...
Read more... Published: Mon, 22 December 2008 |
Topic: Carers and health professionals |
Neighbourhood clean up 'quick wins', Bournemouth | |
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'Quick wins' were an early priority for what was last year voted the country's most successful neighbourhood management scheme. By tackling eyesores like litter, fly tipping and over-run gardens ...
Read more... Published: Sat, 02 October 2004 |
Topic: Empowerment |
In safe hands: neighbourhood management governance, Bournemouth | |
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The approach to governance adopted by Springbourne and Boscombe West neighbourhood management pathfinder has allowed it to tap into a deep-rooted sense of community pride, remarkable in an area with a highly transient population ...
Read more... Published: Sat, 02 October 2004 |
Topic: Empowerment |