2. SKILL BUILDING WORKSHOP Engaging Communities Gavin Russell, East Renfrewshire Council Rory McLeod, Head of the Community Learning and Development Standards Council for Scotland Early Years Collaborative: Learning Session 4

3. ‘Early years collaboration’ WISDOM, JUSTICE, COMPASSION, INTEGRITY. ‘

4. A clever man once said… “We cannot solve our problems from the same level of thinking that created them ” Mr A. Einstein

5. Commission on the Future Delivery of Public Services. Christie Fragmentation, complexity. Producer dominance. Outdated attitudes, approaches. Poor transparency, accountability, outcomes Short termism. Substantial reform required.

6. What is it……? Community engagement…… ‘Developing and sustaining a working relationship between one or more public bodies and one or more community groups, to help them both to understand and act on the needs or issues that the community experiences.’

7. “ There’s no power greater than a community discovering what it cares about”

8. “We drink 3 cups of tea to do business; the first you are a stranger, the second you become a friend, and the third you join our family.” “Greg Mortenson;3 Cups of Tea.”

9. BUILDING CAPACITY About people being involved in the building of the organisation It can be about solving problems Not always about what’s missing…. …….but what can be built on…….

10. Community Development “ Activities, resources and support that strengthen the skills, abilities and confidence of people and community groups to take effective action and leading roles in development of communities.” Strengthening Communities ; S Skinner 2006

11. Reflective practitioner...!! “ True education is something that people do for themselves with the help of others, not something that is done to them by experts.”

12. Ones principles, qualities or standards… OED Values… Self determination. Inclusion. Empowerment Work collaboratively. Promotion of lifelong learning as..lifelong.

13. 3 Questions ? What Services must do for Communities? What Communities and Services can Co-Deliver? What Communities want to do for themselves?

14. Population Segmentation Communities in Auchenback Families/Service Users Active Community Groups Local LeadersPotential Leaders Third Sector Groups Auchenback Anybody from Auchenback who has any interest in anything to do with Early Years Population: 3,800 Barrhead Anybody from Barrhead who has any interest in anything to with Early Years Population: 19,000 East Renfrewshire Anybody who has any interest in anything to do with Early Years Population: 89,000

15. Get to Know your Community Mapping Assets

18. Services for You Services for Children Community Activity Shopping Economy and Jobs Play and Outdoors Talking and Listening

19. To be treated with respect by those who work with me or my family To feel safe in our streets and parks To have a voice about the services I receive To easily get information about what’s going on in my area Support to get access to training and jobs To be able to start a group or volunteer in my community A Community Suggestion Box Start getting to know our community street by street and see who can help and who needs help Can we create somewhere to go to meet other people We are worried that there are hard to reach families and children in our community who need our help We would like to get all generations involved, including grand-parents

20. Community Engagement Survival Tips

21. Community Engagement Survival Tips

22. Community Engagement Survival Tips

23. Community Engagement Survival Tips

24. Community Engagement Survival Tips “There’s bear in a plain wrapper doing flip-flops around 78 handing out green stamps.”

25. Community Engagement Survival Tips

26. To the power of three..... Values Comp’sEthics

28. Effective partnership requires...... leadership... courtship... commitment... sharing... learning... refreshing... ending?

29. LEADERSHIP ATTENTION MEANING TRUST SELF BENNIS DIRECTION MOTIVATION REPRESENTATION DEVELOPMENT KOTTER

30. Feedforward…. coaching Letting go of the past Listen to suggestions without judging Learn as much as you can… Help as much as you can… ( no, but, however…)

31. WARRIOR “The Dalai Lama told a group of my colleagues not to be anxious. The work we are doing now, he said, will bear fruit in seven hundred years ”.

32. Points to reflect on...... What are my values and what do I believe in? How well do I know my “community”? How can I develop my links and relationships with others? How can I get to those I’m not getting to...? Skills, capabilities, experience...do I have them? How do I develop them? Capture them somewhere else? How do I know how effective my contribution is?

33. Your community is out there …..