Community Planning

-making an impact

Brian Cavanagh

Clifden Consultancy

A modern morality tale

local community concerned about young boys drinking and hanging around local park.

seen as being unsafe-community demand action-summon community leaders to public meeting

key agencies and public figures engage in buck passing as it is not there responsibility

meeting creates more heat than light community feels not listened to, patronised and still

living with problem civic leaders frustrated by lack of “joined upness,”

unloved and unappreciated

What good looks like!- an outcome led approach

cultural not organisational change it’s a process not an event effective on multi-layered problems community and voluntary sectors are equal partners not just consultation but involvement!

Reasonable expectations-realistic demands

shifting the balance of power public services that are “citizen facing” new approaches to policy challenges addresses issues of representation and capacity about service improvement and community

engagement improvements that are tangible

First principles-making a difference

to empower communities, representatives and public servants

to re-establish trust between decision takers and communities

to ensure more effective and transparent decisions ability to tackle complex challenges that don’t fit

organisational boundaries to harness community and voluntary expertise