Apply a Community Development approach to strategically co-ordinate networks and partnerships

Overview:

This standard is for those Community Development practitioners who have responsibility for co-ordinating or taking strategic approaches to networking within and across communities with a remit for developing coherent and inclusive partnership working and appropriately targeted resources. It is relevant to all Community Development practitioners and managers who work across different communities and provide links and/or co-ordination between communities. It involves relationship building between diverse groups and community members, and statutory and other bodies. It includes creatively handling the tensions when working ‘strategically’ across a wider area or with larger initiatives which impact on many different communities, and working with local communities on their own agendas.

Keywords: Community development, community development practitioner, community development practice, community development value, community relationship, local community, communities, community strategy, community network, community partner