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Case Studies - Community capacity building in action
- Case Study: Partnerships in Tower Hamlets
Tower Hamlets has developed strong cross-directorate partnerships to tackle the challenge of broadening the range of options available to people who need support. Tower Hamlets realised that Transformation... - Case Study: Population profiling in Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire County Council is using a population profiling system called Mosaic to help them understand the needs of people who use or might need adult social care services and enable them to target... - York - Community Facilitators
York has introduced Community Facilitators who are becoming instrumental in building community capacity across the city. Their role is to provide advice and information, undertake preventative work and... - Case Study: RISE - Social enterprise in Southampton
The RISE project in Southampton uses social enterprise as a way of maximising the social and economic benefits of personalisation. It stimulates locally-developed enterprise in response to the needs... - Case Study: Glyncoch time audit of community volunteering
A practical tool to help understand what activity is already in place and then design interventions to grow and sustain this activity has been developed by Timebanking Wales and SPICE. An 'active... - Case Study: Holy Cross in Camden
Holy Cross takes a flexible but ambitious approach to timebanking to promote mental health and well-being in Camden. It is used as a tool to help the organisation make its services sustainable and community-led.... - Case Study: University of the Third Age in Ormskirk
The Aughton and Ormskirk University of the Third Age is a self-help organisation for people no longer in full-time employment. It provides educational, creative and leisure opportunities in a friendly... - Case Study: Small Sparks, Darren's story
Darren is a man with learning disabilities in his mid 30s who lives in the North West of England. Last year, someone we support, known to Darren, died. Darren decided to organise an event of Karaoke... - Case Study: Small Sparks, Matthew's story
Matthew is a young man with Asperger's Syndrome in his early 20s. He lives in the South West of England with three other people with learning disabilities. Last year, with the support of a member of... - Case Studies: Homesharing
These four stories illustrate the value of Homesharing which is a scheme for people who need some support and companionship (but not care) and who have a home with a spare bedroom. The Householder offers...
IDEA website case studies
- Case Study: Buddy, can you spare the time?
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has developed an innovative 'buddy' scheme that encourages young people to work with youngsters with disabilities. - Case Study: 'Learning to Involve'
Empowering service users and carers to work with public sector bodies in Devon. - Case Study: Staffordshire County Council: working together to change lives
Two years ago Staffordshire County Council had a battle on its hands. The council's Social Care and Health Directorate's modernisation programme had local people up in arms. Now Staffordshire's Adult... - Case Study: Bury Strategic Community Needs Assessment
Bury has been carrying out a joint strategic needs assessment as a requirement within health, public health and adult social care domains. The framework is moulded around: people as a top priority...