Learning programmes for local communities
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| Project Title | Project Aims |
| Partnership skills programme | Programme of skills development for town teams. Ongoing til 2008. |
| Making networks work | Pilot participatory appraisal training course in west Leeds and Sheffield, with the aims of: re-engaging residents in the regeneration of the area. Enabling a group of residents and workers to act more effectively as catalysts. Building relationships and links within communities, organisations and groups to make regeneration process successful. West Leeds completed 29 June, Sheffield ongoing. |
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| Project Title | Project Aims |
| Involvement of communities in regeneration/governance agenda | Series of six, one-day 'Introduction to...' sessions covering community development in 06/07. Future topics to include social enterprise, partnership/collaborative working, the planning process, social return on investment, regeneration practice/sustainable communities, local area agreements, rural development/renewal and link to the Modernising Rural Delivery agenda. |
| Community engagement in the planning process | Two-day event in July with a market place of techniques, hands-on practical sessions, discussions space, presentations on case studies and networking time - 06/07. |
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| Project Title | Project Aims |
| Network Learning | Recommendation made to champion innovative approaches to learning within regeneration. Recommendation to encourage and promote learning that enhances community participation and capacity building. Report March 2006. |
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| Project Title | Project Aims |
| Community Development Training. Fresh Perspectives on Sustainable Communities | Accredited FCDL training. A seminar looking at why we do regeneration the way we do it and asking is there another way of thinking about this? 2006. |
| Meaningful meetings, Effective Events Essential Evaluation | Making meetings more effective for everyone. First steps in understanding evaluation. 2006. |
| Collaborative Working | Understanding how partnerships work and how to create a vision for the partnership. 2005. |
| Partnership Works | To look at what gets in the way of partnership working and to practice using an interactive CD for partnerships when they need help. 2005. |
| Speaking with Impact | To understand and practice the skills of public speaking and making presentations interesting. 2005. |
| Introducing Regeneration | Looking at which government departments are involved in regeneration and the programmes they promote and whether it all links together. 2005. |
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| Project Title | Project Aims |
| Skills Programme – core activity | Through work with LSP and local area regeneration programmes – best practice identifier and training programmes. Recent growth into sport and regeneration – at community level. Ongoing at regional, county and local level. Commenced May ’06. |
| Community Capacity Building – East Midlands Funders Forum | Through delivery of training programmes; engagement in major programmes (Change up) and support to the Funding Advice Workers Network. Ongoing – core organisational purpose to improve VCS access to funds. |
