DIY community action: neighbourhood problems and community self-help
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| adam_text | Contents
List of tables, figures and boxes v
one Introduction I
DIY community action I
The importance of neighbourhood conditions 2
Social capital and community engagement 2
The structure of the book 5
Findings 7
two Talking to communities 9
The study areas 9
The Gatsby Project 10
Types of community group 12
Types of community project 13
Methods 16
Summary 21
three Why neighbourhoods and communities matter to residents 25
Background to area problems 26
Poor management of neighbourhoods 30
Praise for management of neighbourhoods 42
What community means to residents 46
Summary 56
four Community action: so what? 61
The benefits of community activity 62
Understanding the Gatsby groups work 66
Summary 93
five The value of volunteering 97
Residents helping themselves 99
Consulting and involving residents 115
Motivating and sustaining community volunteers 121
Summary 128
six How the groups organise themselves 131
Teamwork and leadership 132
Recruitment and turnover of volunteers 140
The groups ethos and approach 142
Organisational systems and standards 144
Definition of a good community group 149
Summary 156
DIY community action
seven What gives residents the right to take charge 159
Controversy over the representativeness of volunteers 160
The groups relationships with other community organisations 162
The groups relationship with the wider community 166
The groups attitudes to external scrutiny and efforts to promote 173
diversity
Different forms of accountability 176
Different forms of democracy 181
Summary 190
eight Obstacles and limits, supports and potential 193
Obstacles and barriers 194
Downsides of the groups work 208
Support for the groups 210
Accelerating growth in the community sector: the Gatsby 216
Pioneers Programme
Results of the Gatsby Training and Small Grant Project 219
Summary 234
nine Conclusions: championing community self-help 239
The story so far 239
A definition of community and social exclusion 241
Seven lessons about community building 244
Conclusion and recommendations - a community-building 256
framework
Summary of recommendations 268
Appendix The Gatsby Project: further details 273
Training courses 273
Small grant fund 273
Types of community group 276
References 279
Index 293
IV
List of tables, figures and boxes
Tables
2.1 Regional spread of community projects in the study 14
3.1 Criticisms of service delivery 32
3.2 Praise for service delivery 44
3.3 Positive aspects of community 47
3.4 Negative aspects of community 47
4.1 The groups work against social exclusion 66
4.2 The groups work to improve public service delivery 67
4.3 The groups liaison and brokering role 75
4.4 The groups work to increase levels of citizenship and social inclusion 77
4.5 The groups work to increase opportunities for the creation of social 84
capital
4.6 The groups work to improve the physical environment 87
4.7 The groups beacon role 90
5.1 Attitudes to the principle of community self-help 100
5.2 Attitudes to community involvement 115
5.3 Motivating and sustaining volunteers 122
6.1 How the groups operate - positive comments 132
6.2 How the groups operate - negative comments 133
6.3 Criteria and questionnaire for assessing small community groups 151
6.4 The groups views on what does and does not make an effective 155
community group
7.1 Relationships between community organisations and the wider 163
community - positive comments
7.2 Relationships between community organisations and the wider 163
community - negative comments
7.3 Reconciling different forms of accountability and legitimacy 188
8.1 Obstacles to the groups work 195
8.2 Personal downsides of volunteering 208
A. I Training courses, March 1996 to end February 2001 274
A.2 Examples of grant awards, March 1996 to end February 2001, 275
by training theme
A.3 Types of grant-funded project in the study 276
DIY community action
Figures
2.1 Map showing the Gatsby Project study areas and grant projects 13
6.1 Leadership models 154
8.1 Structure of the Gatsby evaluation 221
8.2 Stages of project development 226
8.3 Criteria for Gatsby small grant fund 229
8.4 The Gatsby small grant application process 230
Boxes
7.1 Worse alternatives to democracy 162
7.2 Ways to judge the legitimacy of small informal groups 177
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Contents
List of tables, figures and boxes v
one Introduction I
DIY community action I
The importance of neighbourhood conditions 2
Social capital and community engagement 2
The structure of the book 5
Findings 7
two Talking to communities 9
The study areas 9
The Gatsby Project 10
Types of community group 12
Types of community project 13
Methods 16
Summary 21
three Why neighbourhoods and communities matter to residents 25
Background to area problems 26
Poor management of neighbourhoods 30
Praise for management of neighbourhoods 42
What community means to residents 46
Summary 56
four Community action: so what? 61
The benefits of community activity 62
Understanding the Gatsby groups' work 66
Summary 93
five The value of volunteering 97
Residents helping themselves 99
Consulting and involving residents 115
Motivating and sustaining community volunteers 121
Summary 128
six How the groups organise themselves 131
Teamwork and leadership 132
Recruitment and turnover of volunteers 140
The groups' ethos and approach 142
Organisational systems and standards 144
Definition of a 'good' community group 149
Summary 156
DIY community action
seven What gives residents the right to take charge 159
Controversy over the representativeness of volunteers 160
The groups' relationships with other community organisations 162
The groups' relationship with the wider community 166
The groups' attitudes to external scrutiny and efforts to promote 173
diversity
Different forms of accountability 176
Different forms of democracy 181
Summary 190
eight Obstacles and limits, supports and potential 193
Obstacles and barriers 194
Downsides of the groups' work 208
Support for the groups 210
Accelerating growth in the community sector: the Gatsby 216
Pioneers Programme
Results of the Gatsby Training and Small Grant Project 219
Summary 234
nine Conclusions: championing community self-help 239
The story so far 239
A definition of'community' and 'social exclusion' 241
Seven lessons about community building 244
Conclusion and recommendations - a community-building 256
framework
Summary of recommendations 268
Appendix The Gatsby Project: further details 273
Training courses 273
Small grant fund 273
Types of community group 276
References 279
Index 293
IV
List of tables, figures and boxes
Tables
2.1 Regional spread of community projects in the study 14
3.1 Criticisms of service delivery 32
3.2 Praise for service delivery 44
3.3 Positive aspects of community 47
3.4 Negative aspects of community 47
4.1 The groups' work against social exclusion 66
4.2 The groups' work to improve public service delivery 67
4.3 The groups' liaison and brokering role 75
4.4 The groups' work to increase levels of citizenship and social inclusion 77
4.5 The groups' work to increase opportunities for the creation of social 84
capital
4.6 The groups' work to improve the physical environment 87
4.7 The groups' beacon role 90
5.1 Attitudes to the principle of community self-help 100
5.2 Attitudes to community involvement 115
5.3 Motivating and sustaining volunteers 122
6.1 How the groups operate - positive comments 132
6.2 How the groups operate - negative comments 133
6.3 Criteria and questionnaire for assessing small community groups 151
6.4 The groups' views on what does and does not make an effective 155
community group
7.1 Relationships between community organisations and the wider 163
community - positive comments
7.2 Relationships between community organisations and the wider 163
community - negative comments
7.3 Reconciling different forms of accountability and legitimacy 188
8.1 Obstacles to the groups' work 195
8.2 Personal downsides of volunteering 208
A. I Training courses, March 1996 to end February 2001 274
A.2 Examples of grant awards, March 1996 to end February 2001, 275
by training theme
A.3 Types of grant-funded project in the study 276
DIY community action
Figures
2.1 Map showing the Gatsby Project study areas and grant projects 13
6.1 Leadership models 154
8.1 Structure of the Gatsby evaluation 221
8.2 Stages of project development 226
8.3 Criteria for Gatsby small grant fund 229
8.4 The Gatsby small grant application process 230
Boxes
7.1 Worse alternatives to democracy 162
7.2 Ways to judge the legitimacy of small informal groups 177 |
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