Seminar Content
Just about all regeneration initiatives require the involvement of local communities.While this notion is now an accepted there is considerable debate over what constitutes effective community involvement.This seminar explores the assumptions, models, policies and practices through which agencies ‘work’ with communities, and enables participants to consider how communities can be engaged in an effective manner.Looking critically at best practice examples, the seminar considers the practical skills required for effective community involvement and for the outcomes of any regeneration initiative to be successful.Overall the seminar highlights the importance of community involvement and to engender an enthusiasm for ‘working with communities’.
Tutors
Professor Richard Farnell
Gordon Douglas (Northern Ireland Only)
Seminar Learning Objectives
- To develop an understanding of the variety of ways in which agencies 'work' with communities.
- To develop a critical appreciation of why agencies work with communities.
- To explore models of working with communities and apply them to specific situations.
- To learn from practical examples of community working.
- To understand the aptitudes and skills needed with successful work in communities.
- To engender an enthusiasm for 'working with communities' and the desire to explore the issues further.
Seminar Learning Outcomes
- Recognise a number of different ways in which agencies work with communities.
- Explain why agencies work with communities.
- Apply a number of models of working with communities to their own situation.
- Look at examples of community working and draw out lessons.
- Explain and analyse the aptitudes and skills needed to work successfully with communities.
