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Community Development

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What is Community

Development?

September 2023

Copyright images © Photosymbols. Prepared by Scottish Community Development Centre


Introduction
Community development is when people
work together to make things better for
their community.

Community is a group of people who live


in an area or who have something in
common.

Services sometimes talk about


geographical communities,
communities of interest and
communities of identity

A geographical community is a group of


people who live in an area. That could be
a town, a village, or a country.

A community of interest is a group of


people who share hobbies or who do
similar things like a fishing group or an
online gaming group.

A community of identity is a group of


people who have things about themselves
in common like disability, sex, gender,
race, or religion.

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Community development is a way of
working that happens all around the world.

It is based on the idea that unfairness,


discrimination, and inequality cannot be
fixed by the government or by people who
run services like the Council, NHS, or
police on their own.

Services should work with communities.

The important values of community


development are:

 communities having the power to


make things happen
 communities being involved in saying
how things should be done
 making sure everyone can get
involved
 communities being able to choose
and control what they do
 working together with others

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To make this happen we need to:

 build strong community groups and


organisations
 help people develop their skills or
learn new skills
 make sure communities know about
the opportunities there are to let
people in power know what they think

Community development happens when


someone gets people excited about an
idea and encourages other people in the
community to help them to do something
to make things better.

Sometimes when people who are not part


of a group have an idea, they start up a
new group with people who share their
idea.

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Making stronger communities
Great strengths and knowledge can be
found in communities.

Sometimes it can be difficult for people to


put these strengths to use when they are a
carer for someone, if they are worried
about things like money or their health, or
when things in their community change
quickly.

Community development workers or


organisations can help communities to
take their ideas forward and use some of
the laws that have been put in place to
give communities more power.

How does community development happen?

The need for change often comes from


communities or community groups.

People who are experienced and trained


in supporting community development can
help.

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This includes:

 helping people to come together to


decide what they want to change and
finding ways of doing it

 helping people learn new skills, find


out more and become more confident

 helping people to understand and do


something about social exclusion
and unfairness

 supporting community groups to work


well and to make sure they represent
the views of their community

 supporting community groups to


manage their money, follow the law
and run their group well

 supporting community groups to get


involved in talking to decision makers
like the Council and the NHS to help
decide how services should be run

Social exclusion is when some groups of


people find it harder to access services
because of things like their age, disability,
race or where they live.

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Where do community development workers work?

In Scotland, skilled community


development workers can be found in lots
of community groups and organisations
like:

 Housing Associations

 Councils – usually called Community


Learning and Development Teams

 Community Planning Partnerships

 The NHS

 Charities and organisations working


in communities.

Community Planning Partnerships bring


together public bodies like the Council,
NHS, police, and fire service to plan
services for local communities.

People in other jobs can learn from the


community development approach and
work in ways that help people get involved
in having a say.

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