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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. There are over 400 older people's forums in the Country involving many thousands of older people. The main aim of these forums is to to give older people a voice and to enable them to influence local decisions. This report looks at the activities of those forums, their value and the way in which they are able to have an influence. See here for the report.
Read more... Published: Monday, November 24, 2008 |
Category: Empowering Communities Topic: Empowerment |
Exeter CVS Take Part Pathfinder project - 3 posts | |
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As part of its preparation for this exciting new partnership project, Exeter CVS is seeking to employ the following staff from January 2009 until March 2011:Development Worker and Tutor - 28 hrs a week Information and Publicity Officer - 21 hrs a week Project Administrator - 21 hrs a week All posts are subject to confirmation of funding. Closing date: 9am Wednesday 26 November 08 Interview date: 2/3/4 December 08 For further information on each post For an application form
Read more... Published: Monday, November 10, 2008 |
Category: Jobs 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, has just published a report benchmarking the activities of twelve Authorities on this work. The report also explores Authorities' potential help and support needs in improving their performance. Carried out by SERIO, (Socio-economic Research and Intelligence Observatory) at the ...
Read more... Published: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 |
Category: Empowering Communities 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 Empowerment Development Project (October 2007 - March 2008). The reports, while not comprehensive, provide an overview of the state of, and work to improve, empowerment and engagement across the South West. See the links to each report below. Empowering Communities will be publishing ...
Read more... Published: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 |
Category: Empowering Communities 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), are discussed in two research reports that will be of interest to the community of engagement and empowerment professionals. The first, published at the end of March, evaluates the Bristol Neighbourhood Renewal Learning Programme which ran from March 2007 to March 2008, when NR funding ended ...
Read more... Published: Thursday, April 24, 2008 |
Category: Empowering Communities Topic: Empowerment |
Funding Secured for Empowering Communities Work in South West | |
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The Communities Secretary, Hazel Blears, announced on Tuesday (5 March 2008) £2.3 million for the National Empowerment Partnership Initiative. Empowering Communities, the consortium led by Creating Excellence, is the South West arm of this work and will complete the pilot phase of its research work at the end of March. The announcement of this funding means that the work of Empowering Communities can continue for at least another year to 2009, with the expectation of continuing for the two ...
Read more... Published: Friday, March 07, 2008 |
Category: News From Creating Excellence Topic: Empowerment |
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