{"id":606,"date":"2009-03-27T11:57:22","date_gmt":"2009-03-27T11:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localenterprise.wordpress.com\/?p=606"},"modified":"2009-03-27T11:57:22","modified_gmt":"2009-03-27T11:57:22","slug":"community-development-principles-and-practical-actions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2009\/03\/27\/community-development-principles-and-practical-actions\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Development Principles and Practical Actions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/juliandobson\">Julian Dobson<\/a> usefully reminded me this morning;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Cracking on with ideas is good. Rooting them in community development principles and practical action is even better.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But what are these principles?\u00a0 A quick bit of web research found this list from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdx.org.uk\">CDX<\/a> in Sheffield:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Values<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Community development workers support individuals, groups and organisations in this process on the basis of certain values and practice principles.<\/p>\n<p>The values at the core of community development are:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>social      justice<\/li>\n<li>self-determination<\/li>\n<li>working      and learning together<\/li>\n<li>sustainable      communities<\/li>\n<li>participation<\/li>\n<li>reflective      practice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The practice principles that underpin these values are:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Social justice<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>respecting      and valuing diversity and difference<\/li>\n<li>challenging      oppressive and discriminatory actions and attitudes<\/li>\n<li>addressing      power imbalances between individuals, within groups and society<\/li>\n<li>committing      to pursue civil and human rights for all<\/li>\n<li>seeking      and promoting policy and practices that are just and enhance equality      whilst challenging those that are not<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Self-determination<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>valuing      the concerns or issues that communities identify as their starting points<\/li>\n<li>raising      people&#8217;s awareness of the range of choices open to them, providing      opportunities for discussion of implications of options<\/li>\n<li>promoting      the view that communities do not have the right to oppress other      communities<\/li>\n<li>working      with conflict within communities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Working and learning together<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>demonstrating      that collective working is effective<\/li>\n<li>supporting      and developing individuals to contribute effectively to communities<\/li>\n<li>developing      a culture of informed and accountable decision making<\/li>\n<li>ensuring      all perspectives within the community are considered<\/li>\n<li>sharing      good practice in order to learn from each other<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sustainable communities<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>promoting      the empowerment of individuals and communities<\/li>\n<li>supporting      communities to develop their skills to take action<\/li>\n<li>promoting      the development of autonomous and accountable structures<\/li>\n<li>learning      from experiences as a basis for change<\/li>\n<li>promoting      effective collective and collaborative working<\/li>\n<li>using      resources with respect for the environment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Participation<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>promoting      the participation of individuals and communities, particularly those      traditionally marginalised \/ excluded<\/li>\n<li>recognising      and challenging barriers to full and effective participation<\/li>\n<li>supporting      communities to gain skills to engage in participation<\/li>\n<li>developing      structures that enable communities to participate effectively<\/li>\n<li>sharing      good practice in order to learn from each other<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Reflective practice<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>promoting      and supporting individual and collective learning through reflection on      practice<\/li>\n<li>changing      practice in response to outcomes of reflection<\/li>\n<li>recognising      the constraints and contexts within which community development takes      place<\/li>\n<li>recognising      the importance of keeping others informed and updated about the wider      context<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;\">This looks like a pretty good list of design criteria.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;\">Anything missing? <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;\">Anything better?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Reading through this list and reviewing some of the current enterprise and entrepreneurship programmes being delivered in the name of community development and regeneration I am finding it hard to find (m)any that don&#8217;t significantly fail several of these tests of principles and values.<\/p>\n<div class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Posts\"><ul class=\"entry-meta\"><li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"An imaginary open letter: To those who would &#8216;engage&#8217; us&#8230;\" href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2012\/08\/09\/an-imaginary-open-letter-to-those-who-would-engage-us\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">An imaginary open letter: To those who would &#8216;engage&#8217; us&#8230;<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Some thoughts on Best City outcomes\" href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2012\/07\/05\/some-thoughts-on-best-city-outcomes\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Some thoughts on Best City outcomes<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Some Barriers to Engagement\" href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2012\/06\/13\/some-barriers-to-engagement\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Some Barriers to Engagement<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Getting to Grips with Social Finance &#8211; FREE TRAINING\" href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2012\/06\/12\/getting-to-grips-with-social-finance-free-training\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Getting to Grips with Social Finance &#8211; FREE TRAINING<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Working In Community Development Today&#8230;\" href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2012\/05\/23\/working-in-community-development-today\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Working In Community Development Today&#8230;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Julian Dobson usefully reminded me this morning; Cracking on with ideas is good. Rooting them in community development principles and practical action is even better. But what are these principles?\u00a0 A quick bit of web research found this list from CDX in Sheffield: Values Community development workers support individuals, groups and organisations in this process [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[36,38,39,164,200],"class_list":["post-606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized","tag-community","tag-community-development","tag-community-engagement","tag-professional-development","tag-strategy","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}