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What is the guide for?
This guide brings together frameworks, tools and other materials that may be helpful for community learning and development practitioners in taking forward their role in building community capacity. It was commissioned by Learning Connections as part of their development plan for 'Building Community Capacity through Community Learning and Development ( CLD)'.
Community Capacity Building can be described as: 'Activities, resources and support that strengthen the skills, abilities and confidence of people and community groups to take effective action and leading roles in the development of communities.' (Skinner 2006)
We have compiled a directory which assesses over 40 readily accessible resources relevant to community capacity building in Scotland. The resources have been organised to correspond to the Delivering Change 1 outcome framework for community capacity building in CLD. The directory gives a summary and assessment of each resource and highlights publishers and web links.
In compiling this guide we were led primarily by our view of what would be relevant to practitioners and managers of CLD in the field, in particular:
- Why community capacity building is important;
- What the outcomes of community capacity building are;
- How community capacity building relates to other aspects of practice; and
- How to take forward a community capacity building programme
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