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THE COMMUNITY CAPACITY BUILDING RESOURCE GUIDE

Using the resource guide

The directory that follows contains over forty resources that we recommend as particularly helpful in informing practice in this area. The directory has been organised according to the main areas of community capacity building, based upon the arguments we have stated above. Apart from the general resources, the guide has been organised to correspond to the outcome framework for capacity building in CLD, as set out in 'Delivering Change'. The sections are as follows:

• General resources: including both general introductions to and overviews of capacity building and collections of resources that cover a wide field
• Skills, confidence and activity: describing the resources that support people to be confident, skilled and active members of the community
• Active and influential communities: resources that support communities to be active and to have more influence
• Effective, resourced community organisations: resources that support community organisations to get access to resources and deliver services effectively
• Planning, management and assessment: resources that help community organisations plan, manage and assess their work effectively
• Inclusion and involvement: resources that support community organisations to include a wide range of people in their work
• Networking and sustainability: resources that support productive networks and relationships

We allocate the recommended resources to each of these headings and subheadings, and identify one or two 'key resources' within each. This is followed by a summary listing of all the recommended resources. In the directory, we describe briefly at the end of each subsection a number of other resources that we have considered for recommendation. Although not included in the final list, many of these will be appropriate for use in particular situations. At the end of the document we provide a list of further papers and resources that may be of use in particular situations, but which we have not reviewed.

There is a colour coding in the guide: each section is coded according to the colours introduced in the summary that follows.

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