Co-Producing Local Services A glass half full: using the skills and talents of local people REGISTERED CHARITY NO: ▪ COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE NO:

Services don’t produce outcomes – people do REGISTERED CHARITY NO: ▪ COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE NO:

Why do Asset Models matter? Promote the self esteem of individuals & communities leading to less reliance on professional services Build connections between communities Provides a counterbalance to the power of the state & market Focuses our attention on how we might build a better world REGISTERED CHARITY NO: ▪ COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE NO:

What is an asset? Practical skill, capacity & knowledge of local residents Passions & interests Networks/ Social capital – including friendships & neighbourliness Resources of public, private & voluntary sector Physical & economic resources REGISTERED CHARITY NO: ▪ COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE NO:

Techniques Appreciative enquiry Open Space technology Asset based community development* Participatory Appraisal Asset mapping REGISTERED CHARITY NO: ▪ COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE NO:

The role of the VCS Catalyst for collective action, bringing people together to make a difference to their lives and the lives of others, generating solidarity Give voice & support to a diversity of opinions & interests, giving voice to the voiceless, reaching parts that other sectors do not REGISTERED CHARITY NO: ▪ COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE NO:

But………. Voluntary organisations are partial and specific Public decision making involves reconciling and sometimes rejecting particular interests, in the interest of all REGISTERED CHARITY NO: ▪ COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE NO:

Real life Community Mobilisers – key to the delivery of the Children’s Fund in MK since 2004 CM’s do not ‘deliver solutions’ – they work alongside communities to bring about sustainable change Service is now established as an innovative way of supporting communities to engage directly with the issues that affect them most REGISTERED CHARITY NO: ▪ COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE NO:

If – then diagram REGISTERED CHARITY NO: ▪ COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE NO:

Effective Outreach work: Community Mobilisation Effective partnership structure: building an integrated workforce Creative engagement approaches: able to reach the ‘hard-to-reach’ Innovative methods of recording dialogue: enabling a joined-up response to issues Tracking the journey: shared evaluation framework REGISTERED CHARITY NO: ▪ COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE NO:

The steps to building a sustainable community REGISTERED CHARITY NO: ▪ COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE NO:

What next? This isn’t Rocket Science or even unknown territory This is about agreeing a common approach that we can use to make the most of great assets that exist within communities Its about ensuring that isolated examples are brought into the mainstream and become our main focus What next? REGISTERED CHARITY NO: ▪ COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE NO: