Use a Community Development approach to support collaborative and partnership work

Overview:

This standard relates to the role of Community Development practitioners in encouraging and supporting collaborative work. Community Development practitioners enable groups and organisations (within the voluntary and community sectors and communities of interest or geographical areas) to work together in various partnership and collaborative arrangements, in order to achieve common aims, access resources or increase their influence. Many Community Development practitioners have responsibility for encouraging and supporting community members to work collaboratively within partnerships and consortia/forums.

Other relevant aspects include setting up projects and partnerships. Practitioners involved in this area of work may find Standard Twenty Two within Key Area Six relevant.

Keywords: Community development, community development practitioner, community development practice, community development value, community collaboration, community development partnerships, voluntary and community, community project, community group, community org