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Community Empowerment –
NWTWC will be aiding the development of collaborative learning, practice and research concerning community empowerment and engagement across the region. NWTWC is supported by CLG as a regional Empowerment Partnership for improving community engagement and empowerment in the North West. NWTWC will co-ordinate partner activities, share learning, develop knowledge, and explore the best ways to fill gaps.
NWTWC will be working with the Neighbourhoods Gateway NW to support access to information, training and resources for all those active in neighbourhood improvement in the North West.
The funding from the RIEP will be used towards the following
1. Network Management Costs: Funding towards the costs of managing and employing a Programme Manager and Administrative Worker to co-ordinate, develop and support NWTWC activities for 1 year in order to have a strategic impact across the region on around community empowerment.
The NWTWC Network requires a significant degree of co-ordination and support in order to facilitate partner meetings, support Network membership, commission and monitor new work and disseminate learning. This is also true for the NWTWC Local Authorities Network. This will be undertaken by the above staff. This will ensure that the NWTWC programme is developed, implemented, monitored and evaluated effectively.
2. Building the NWTWC Local Authority Network in order to embed learning and enthusiasm around the community engagement and empowerment agenda in Local Authorities across the region.
This will be achieved through:
- An extensive programme of Learning Exchange Seminars held in each sub-region in consultation with Local Authority officers in each sub-region as to priority topics.
- Assisting with the development of exemplary pilot projects in Local Authorities on community engagement in order to disseminate good practice. These will be undertaken in both rural and urban areas.
- Supporting activities that will help ward councillors to increase their understanding of their role in supporting community engagement activities.
- Carrying out research and disseminating the results on effective community empowerment activity in Local Authorities across the region that successfully impact on National Improvement Indicators including NI4.
- Improving understanding of the role of different types of local leadership and the support they require to be effective.
- Regional Learning events between Officers from the sub-regions including Learning Sets, conferences, seminars and training opportunities.
- Dissemination of good practice and resources through publications and website
Contact Information:
Lead contact:
Eve Davidson
Lead contact:
Eve Davidson
Programme Manager
North West Together We Can
email: eve.davidson@nwtwc.org.uk