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Working through ... Working through ...
community planningcommunity planning
Alison SeabrookeChief Executive
The Community Development Foundation (CDF) is a charity and a social enterprise passionate about helping communities.
We are about people and place. We promote creative joined up thinking to influence change that can make a big difference for people and where they live.
We strengthen local voices, help shape communities and change lives.
40+ years’ experience
About CDF
Continuing endorsement of community involvement but ...
New context 5 years on ... engagement ... empowerment ... Big Society ..
Tensionsstate funded vs state independencemaking decisions on resourcesuse of volunteersbig business vs community roots (particularly housing)
Context
Practice work – getting realhttp://www.cdf.org.uk/web/guest/search?q=sELF%20HELPhttp://www.cdf.org.uk/web/guest/publication?id=343287
Grassroots groups active in communities, several policy areassome proxy measures for social capitalservice provision
History of engagement
For 39% the Grassroots grant was their first grant from any source
Three quarters (74%) of groups had originally formed to meet a need in the local community, and 55% had been set up to target a specific group within the community
89% of funded groups defined themselves as local not-for-profit organisations and/or community groups. Only 25% were registered charities
24 percent of groups had been established for over 35 years, while 23% had formed since 2005 (30,000 recipients over programme)
73% of funded groups had annual turnovers of less than £10,000
Grassroots Grants
Localism bill: rights to bid, buy, challenge …
Reform of planning: new spaces and opportunities
Targeted funding: Community Organisers stimulating actionCommunity First
matching local action in £philanthropy
Shift in funding mechanisms and expectations to collaborate; charge; measure
Policy framework
A raft of recent research and briefing papers undertaken andproduced by the Third Sector Research Centre.
http://www.tsrc.ac.uk/Research/ServiceDeliverySD/Housing/tabid/614/Default.aspx
‘Together for Communities’ a CLG funded project to develop partnerships between housing associations and community anchor organisations.http://hact.org.uk/opportunity-agenda-together-for-communities
A recent ResPublica report ‘Housing at the Crossroads’http://www.respublica.org.uk/articles/respublica-launches-new-report-%E2%80%9C-crossroads-progressive-future-housing-associations%E2%80%9D-0
Housing’s a hot policy topic
Making the case for investment
Grassroots Grants 2008 – 2009: 3384 volunteers, 1057 as a direct result of the Programme; hours contributed (2009 minimum wage) £3,679,792 (all volunteers) and £780,626 (GG volunteers)
Local decision-making Big LocalCommunity First
Harnessing action
Need for support ... even more somore with lessdifferent / difficult funding environment
New forms of investment funding opportunities – social investment
Competition – internal and external
Survival of the fittest ... but what about equalities?
Key challenges
For communities
Paid for delivery – look at your assets
Co-operation vs protectionism
Consider social investment loans as well as grantsCDF looking to broker and build confidencehelps scrutinise delivery model; recycles
funders’ money
Build in light-touch impact / outcome measurement CDF preparing suite of appropriate tools,
training, seminars
Solutions
SolutionsFor funders local authorities, trusts, foundations, housing
bodies
Consider social investment loans as well as grantsCDF’s experience to broker and build confidence; helps scrutinise delivery model; recycles funders’ money; encourages entrepreneurship; tackles unfair lending
CDF cost-effective management and/or administration of grants and loans (and endowment raising)
Gather strategic information identify priorities, existing action, gaps CDF preparing suite of appropriate tools
Community planning, local decision-making, new investment forms
Big Local Trust; Community First
Community planning has to be about a range of thingsStrategic and operationalVirtual and hands-onIdentifies broad or single issuesUnderstanding different perspectivesMoney, time, support – cost effective and
long-term
Increased involvement
national organisation, delivering locally – community outcome-focused, not sector specific
managing accessible grants;experience of working with local funders including development of endowments
training for frontline staff on community engagement and empowerment, including implications of Big Society, Localism Bill, social impact, social investment, new forms of local support and funding
strategic advice on addressing challenges of developing their roles as enabler, investors, funders, service providers and capacity builders.
How can CDF help?