Resource library

When it comes to developing an Asset-Based Area no one is ever starting from scratch. Read How-to create an asset-based area part three.

A review of economic evaluations and studies that have been conducted on seven approaches to building community capacity

Asset-based areas require all of their activities and services to contribute to building people’s resilience and social connections.

Commissioners play a vital role in helping to shift mind-sets and relationships, and must themselves adapt to be more asset-based in their approach

Outlines the organisations and resources available for commissioners to help make the case for engaging and empowering communities.

Building an Asset-Based Area starts with the development and maintenance of a living map of its assets.

The report will be of interest to all those who are interested and committed to creating a new and better form of social care - based on the principle that people want a life and not a service.

Co-commissioners in Asset-Based Areas explicitly seek to promote social value. What this means is that they (commissioners and people with lived experience) look at people’s lives as a whole and don’t focus on individual outcomes.

Social action, also known as community development, is people coming together to help improve their lives and solve shared problems. People volunteer, befriend, advocate, join social movements and organise and develop community assets and services.

Asset-Based Areas see social care as a process of supporting people to support themselves and those around them, not a service system.