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Key Resources to support community engagement and involvement

Policy context

Planning your engagement and involvement

Carrying out a consultation

The duty to involve

Working with volunteers

Involving and collaborating with people in decision-making

  • The Innovation Unit - The Engagement Ethnic - The paper argues that while public services belong to the public, too often their role in shaping their work is very limited.  It argues that co-operative and mutual structures can help to put the public back into public services.

Community management and ownership of assets

The following websites have a selection of resources on this subject:

Evidencing your contribution to community empowerment outcomes

Equality Impact Assessments

Other useful resources

  • Getting it right, and righting the wrongs - CLG Report - David Cook, Chief Executive of Kettering Borough Council, chaired this independent review and looked at the experience of service and redress provision from the customer's viewpoint. In particular the Review looked at how a customer-focused approach can be embedded in the culture of local service providers, to ensure services deliver first time as well as deal better with complaints.

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From 1st October 2011, this site will not be updated, so please treat it as the static archive it is. This is because <a target="_Blank" href="http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/">Arts Council England</a> has now taken over museums and libraries responsibilities. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/">The National Archives</a> has assumed responsibility for strategic leadership of the Archives sector. Arts Council responsibilities will also now include the Renaissance programme, Museum Accreditation, and Library Development, together with cultural property services such as Export Licensing and the Acceptance in Lieu scheme. The National Archives has assumed responsibility for providing strategic leadership to the archives sector and advising government on its development. The MLA is now winding down, with a skeleton staff remaining until May 2012 to complete the management of existing Renaissance contracts, complete outstanding financial and contractual arrangements and prepare for the appointment of a liquidator. This website will remain live until 31st March so that the public still has full access to the material on it – good practice case studies, toolkits, guidance and a range of other publications.  Continue reading

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