Asset-Based Areas actively relocate power to their citizens. They see their role as working with, not for, people; and bring individuals and groups together.
Asset-based areas are committed to being asset-focused in everything they do. In particular they aim to ensure all their activities build and maintain family and community connections and people’s confidence, knowledge and resilience.
A series of guides that support asset-based commissioning and practice. Written by the academic & consultant Clive Miller, they complement Alex Fox's paper.
This briefing by Shared Lives CE Alex Fox describes ten features of an ‘asset-based area’ which are necessary for developing strong communities and sustainable public services.
A Social Return on Investment Analysis for Derby City Council (SROI) has found that for a three year forecast period with 10 Local Area Coordinators, £4.00 of social value would be earned for every £1.00...