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Scottish Community Development Network |
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Jargon Buster
SCDN Jargon Buster published. 'Clarity for a Change! Key Terms and Ideas in Community Development' is the final title for this publication.
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SCDN Jargon Buster+ Consultation draft pdf |
Community Development 'Community Development is about building active and sustainable communities
based on social justice and mutual respect. It is about changing power structures to remove the barriers that prevent people
from participating in the issues that affect their lives' Source: Strategic Framework for Community Development
Community
Engagement “Developing and sustaining
a working relationship between one or more public body and one or more community group, to help them both understand and act
on the needs or issues that the community experiences.” Source: National
Standards for Community Engagement
Community
Learning and Development? “Community learning
and development (CLD) is learning and social development work with individuals and groups in their communities using a range
of formal and informal methods. A common defining feature is that programmes and activities are developed in dialogue with
communities and participants…(CLD’s) main aim is to help individuals and communities tackle real issues in their
lives through community action and community-based learning” Source: Working and
Learning Together to Build Stronger Communities, Scottish Executive Guidance for Community Learning and Development,
2004 Community Governance 'The involvement of local people and organisations in the way that government and public services are run in their area.
It can range from standing for election to parish or district councils, to providing community managed services, or just having
a say in local decisions.' Source:
Society Guardian Glossary |
Active Citizenship Centre Glossary Extensive Glossary, which also offers the useful facility to ask questions about terms by email.
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