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Empowering Community Identity and Engagement in Charnwood

This guide focuses on building strong communities in Charnwood through effective identity formation and engagement strategies. It emphasizes the importance of understanding the community's identity by looking at key aspects such as place, membership, area size, and shared interests. By fostering participation and cooperation, communities can engage more effectively with local authorities to enhance public services. The document outlines pathways for establishing new groups, campaigning for change, and ensuring accountability in community development efforts.

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Empowering Community Identity and Engagement in Charnwood

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  1. Community capacity building Neil Lambert Voluntary Action Charnwood

  2. Identity Where do I live? Identify your community by:- • Place name – village/estate • People who are members • Number of people <100, ’00s, > • Size of area – district, region • Interest – e.g. birdwatchers

  3. Stronger communities strategy within SCS seeks to empower communities to • Define themselves, so that members identify with each other • Recognise other communities • Engage effectively with the authorities who plan and provide public services In order to improve the lives of everyone in Leicestershire

  4. Community development • Social justice • Participation • Equality • Learning • Co-operation • Environmental justice – action to protect and improve

  5. Types of change • DOING something new or differently • Spending more money • Making more physical effort • STOPPING doing something, whether benefits apparent or not

  6. Campaigning – one-off or longer-term • May not require formal records • Could reach more people by direct personal contact, including in their own groups • E.g. signing up to pledge • Time intensive but more success

  7. Set up a new group • Function – purpose, why, what, aims, activities, duration, outcomes, impact • Form – charity (constitution), company (M+A), loose terms of reference (simple statement) • Publicity to join; and to achieve aims/outcomes/impact

  8. Leading & Organising • Charismatic leader • Motivator or Persuader • Direct contact at local level • Coordination in communities • Getting things done through meetings • Actions louder than words

  9. Disciplines • Record keeping • Registration and compliance • Cash and banking • Accountability for funding • Lack of support • Failure to achieve

  10. Checklist • Ask whether a group is needed • What purpose/aims? Short-term? • What activities and members? • How will you judge success? • How will others judge success? • Assess effort required, and risk, against benefits achievable

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