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This book is designed as a 'beginners guide' to community engagement. It aims to provide a starting point rather than a detailed step-by-step guide. It has been written for those of you who are working in the areas of crime reduction and drug prevention; Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRPs); and Drug Action Teams (DATs). Some of the ideas will also be useful if you work with communities on alcohol-related issues.
Title: Passport to Community Engagement
Author: Home Office
Series: Crime Reduction Centre Passports
Number of pages: 90
Date published: November 2005
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Your approach to community engagement needs to respond to the needs of local communities. There is no 'one size fits all' solution to community engagement. Rather than giving you a detailed step-by-step guide this book looks at a range of ideas and techniques under three broad headings: planning, design and evaluation. You will need to tailor the activities described in this book to meet your needs. Don't worry if you are not sure what 'consultation', 'capacity building' and 'empowerment' mean, they're all explained in the book. |
The book is divided into 6 parts.
What is community engagement?
There are a few key terms that are used throughout the book. This section defines them.
Planning
This section is all about deciding in broad terms what it is you are going to do. To plan effectively you need a good understanding of your local communities, why you want to work with the community and the resources you have to build on.
Consultation
This section looks at the things you need to consider when designing consultation.
Capacity building and empowering the community
This section provides a broad overview of the things you will need to think about in relation to capacity building and empowerment.
Evaluation
Evaluation is often forgotten, but it is an important way of learning about what worked, what didn't and why.
Resources
This section explains some common terms used in community engagement and signposts some sources of information.
By the end of the book you will be able to work out what you need to do to engage your local communities; and decide which initiatives have been successful and which might need further work.
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