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Localism in Action – case studies, tips and tools from the South West | |
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A new downloadable booklet available from Creating Excellence: offers councillors, community groups and public service officers 52 pages of practical support on participatory budgeting, community assets, community led planning and more. See the full story on our empowerment pages
Read more... Published: Monday, October 31, 2011 |
Category: News From Creating Excellence 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 that. Written by a team of professionals from local authorities and public services across the region, this 52 page online guide and booklet is packed with practical guidance and contact details for people who can offer help. Localism in Action contains case studies, tips ...
Read more... Published: Monday, October 31, 2011 |
Category: Empowering Communities 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 toward employment. South West Foundation, in partnership with the Learning Curve, will be opening the Community Grant Programme, which is funded by the Skills Funding Agency and the European Social Fund, on Monday 17 October 2011. The main focus of the programme is to award ...
Read more... Published: Thursday, October 13, 2011 |
Category: Empowering Communities 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, and more joined them online at a live streaming of the event via Empowerment Works. See the full story on our Empowerment pages
Read more... Published: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 |
Category: News From Creating Excellence 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 , and more joined them online at Empowerment Works The morning looked back at the four years' work of Empowering Communities, the Regional Empowerment Partnership, and then forward at some empowerment techniques available for use. In the afternoon, keynote speakers and delegates considered how the future looks ...
Read more... Published: Monday, July 11, 2011 |
Category: Empowering Communities 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 partnership over the last four years. The report also reflects on the 17 Targeted Support for Empowerment and Participation Improvement projects, which drew in additional funding from more than 47 associated organisations, and the main programmes aimed at community groups and local ...
Read more... Published: Monday, June 06, 2011 |
Category: Empowering Communities 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, enabling them to work more productively with their local communities. This report covers the last year of the programme, in which Zebra worked with five local authorities, trained 120 people, produced four case studies, developed an evaluation process for member development, a skills framework for community ...
Read more... Published: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 |
Category: Empowering Communities 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. The workshop was facilitated by the World Health Organisation (WHO) Collaboration Centre, which is based at the University of the West of England (UWE). What is interesting is the way that the event brought together a wide cross-section of interests to grade the proposals against an agreed ...
Read more... Published: Friday, April 15, 2011 |
Category: Empowering Communities Topic: Empowerment |
Transition Fund announcement – good news for the South West | |
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South West voluntary sector organisations have been rewarded for their quick response to a new government funding initiative. The Transition Fund programme was launched last autumn with a deadline for applications early in 2011, and is aimed at helping "front-line service providers" from the region's community and voluntary sector organisations adapt to the massive changes in funding that have arisen from last year's government spending review. A total of £15m was available ...
Read more... Published: Friday, April 15, 2011 |
Category: News From Creating Excellence Topic: Empowerment |
Chief Executive - Community Council of Devon | |
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CHIEF EXECUTIVE Salary £38,042 - £43,288 Our vision is of active communities across Devon shaping their own futures, with improved opportunity and quality of life for all. Could you successfully lead our committed team to deliver this vision? Benefits include: Pension, flexi-time, 30 days leave For full details and an application pack please follow the link Closing date for applications: 9.00am Friday 25th March 2011 Interviews in Exeter: Monday 18th April 2011 Charity No: 1074047; ...
Read more... Published: Friday, March 04, 2011 |
Category: Jobs Topic: Empowerment |
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