Community Support and Capacity Building: Creating Strong and self-reliant Communities Assembly Steering Group 18 th June 2013
Dec 15, 2015
Community Support and Capacity Building:
Creating Strong and self-reliant Communities
Assembly Steering Group
18th June 2013
Context
1. Reduced public sector funding• Council• Other public sector including DWP
2. Recession
3. Welfare to Work – Reform
4. Localities Act and Devolution
Developing the operating model
Changing Our Council
1. Early focus on work streams, internal processes and one Council approach
2. Less developed: Relationship between the Council and citizens, communities and partners
“build capacity of citizens and others, significantly reducing dependencies”
Involving citizens
Professional service
Professional service with volunteers
Professional service with volunteers and service users as active agents
Supported self help type activities
Independent & self help type activities with no or minimal external support
Increasing involvement
Decreasing cost
Grid 1
Budgets
• Existing community support (Fence services – Inner two rings)
• Can getting community support right mean we could disinvest in some ambulance services?
• How do we bring in ‘social investment’
From Deficit to an Asset approachDeficit approach Asset approach
Starts with deficiencies and needs Starts with assets in the community
Responds to problems Identifies opportunities and strengths
Provides services to users Invests in people as citizens
Emphasises role of agencies Emphasises the role of civil society
Focuses on individuals Focuses on communities and neighbourhoods
Sees people as clients and service users Sees people as citizens and co-producers as something to offer
Treats people as passive and ‘done to’ Helps people to take control of their lives
‘Fixes people’ Supports people to develop their potential
Sees programme implementation as answer Sees people as the answer
Eg: Adult and Community Services• The Changing Lives Programme: outcomes included new
framework of LD providers & personalised services
• ‘Warm Homes- Healthy People’
• Commissioning in the Voluntary & Community sectors: Community wellbeing café networks, wellbeing activities, community transport etc
• Creative Support and NOTHY
• ‘Positive Minds’
• People led partnerships making a difference eg OPP, SDP
Enablers of leadership
- Council Management
- Health Management
- Police
- Chamber of commerce
- VCS Infrastructure
- Partnerships
- CD workers
- Wardens/ PCSO
Political Leaders – Council Leader, Executive, Area Cttees, Ward Members
Civic Leaders – includes Hospital Trust Boards, School governors
Business Leaders – Networks & groups of business people
Good neighbours – Neighbourhood Watch coordinators
VCS – Management committees
1. Critical to getting support right: Community leadership
Responsible citizenship and pro-social behaviour
Good Neighbours – watching, helping, welcoming
Citizens working in groups – Community groups and network support
Street & immediate local area
Neighbourhoods & communities of interest
Fundraisers – Raising funds to support active citizens initiatives
Regular volunteers –
Supporting the delivery of public services
Engaged customers & citizens – contributing to delivering better outcomes
District Governance – Representing communities
Communities & business together
Supporting public service delivery district wide
Exploring ‘co-production’ options district wide
District wide, Areas, Neighbourhoods & communities of interest
2. Critical to getting community support right: Involving Active Citizens