The
story so far...
The direction of travel for much of the government's
current policy is towards devolving decision making to local
people. This has culminated in the recent
Communities in control - Real people, real power, white
paper.
LIOs and the third sector have a vital role to play in giving a
voice to under-represented groups and in representing community
interest.
Policy Background
Find out more about the
policy and legislative landscape
What support for the third sector is available from NAVCA?
Links to information and tools
Principles of representation: A
framework for effective third sector representation in local
strategic partnerships was published in November
2007 by CLG, to establish draft principles by which the sector will
organise itself to be effectively represented on Local Strategic
Partnerships (LSPs) and local public life in
general.
The Local Wellbeing Project, a joint
initiative led by the Young Foundation, IDeA and Richard Layard
from the LSE have published a new report. Entitled
'Neighbourliness+Empowerment=Wellbeing'
the report shows how neighbourhood and
community empowerment can improve wellbeing.
Knowing your communities toolkit Audit
Commission
People
and participation: How to put citizens at the heart of
decision-making - a tool developed by Involve
The
Community Power Pack has been created by CLG and Involve, to
help local groups organise and facilitate discussion around the
Empowerment White Paper.
Further information is available
from IDeA about
participatory
budgeting.