Transcript Big Society
Co-Producing Local Services A glass half full: using the skills and talents of local people REGISTERED CHARITY NO: 1092047 ▪ COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE NO: 4279401 Services don’t produce outcomes – people do REGISTERED CHARITY NO: 1092047 ▪ COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE NO: 4279401 Why do Asset Models matter? • Promote the self esteem of individuals & communities leading to less reliance on professional services • Build connections between communities • Provides a counterbalance to the power of the state & market • Focuses our attention on how we might build a better world REGISTERED CHARITY NO: 1092047 ▪ COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE NO: 4279401 What is an asset? • Practical skill, capacity & knowledge of local residents • Passions & interests • Networks/ Social capital – including friendships & neighbourliness • Resources of public, private & voluntary sector • Physical & economic resources REGISTERED CHARITY NO: 1092047 ▪ COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE NO: 4279401 Techniques • • • • • Appreciative enquiry Open Space technology Asset based community development* Participatory Appraisal Asset mapping REGISTERED CHARITY NO: 1092047 ▪ COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE NO: 4279401 The role of the VCS • Catalyst for collective action, bringing people together to make a difference to their lives and the lives of others, generating solidarity • Give voice & support to a diversity of opinions & interests, giving voice to the voiceless, reaching parts that other sectors do not REGISTERED CHARITY NO: 1092047 ▪ COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE NO: 4279401 But………. • Voluntary organisations are partial and specific • Public decision making involves reconciling and sometimes rejecting particular interests, in the interest of all REGISTERED CHARITY NO: 1092047 ▪ COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE NO: 4279401 Real life • Community Mobilisers – key to the delivery of the Children’s Fund in MK since 2004 • CM’s do not ‘deliver solutions’ – they work alongside communities to bring about sustainable change • Service is now established as an innovative way of supporting communities to engage directly with the issues that affect them most REGISTERED CHARITY NO: 1092047 ▪ COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE NO: 4279401 If – then diagram • Effective Outreach work: Community Mobilisation • Effective partnership structure: building an integrated workforce • Creative engagement approaches: able to reach the ‘hard-to-reach’ • Innovative methods of recording dialogue: enabling a joined-up response to issues • Tracking the journey: shared evaluation framework REGISTERED CHARITY NO: 1092047 ▪ COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE NO: 4279401 The steps to building a sustainable community REGISTERED CHARITY NO: 1092047 ▪ COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE NO: 4279401 What Whatnext? next? • This isn’t Rocket Science or even unknown territory • This is about agreeing a common approach that we can use to make the most of great assets that exist within communities • Its about ensuring that isolated examples are brought into the mainstream and become our main focus REGISTERED CHARITY NO: 1092047 ▪ COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE NO: 4279401