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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.
CCDN
aims to create a safe and supportive environment for Black and multiple
heritage communities through self-help strategies and community
development tools and services. We regularly explore models of
culturally appropriate strategies to further achieve our working aims.
We meet on a bi-monthly basis and our website is aiming to reflect
resources used and developed within the themed discussions.
CCDN supports community
development (CD) on the basis of certain
values and
commitments.
Our
CD Values:
Social Justice
- enabling people to claim their human rights, meet their needs and have
greater control over the decision-making processes which affect their
lives.
Participation - facilitating democratic involvement by people in
the issues which affect their lives based on full citizenship, autonomy,
and shared power, skills, knowledge and experience.
Equality - challenging the attitudes of individuals, and the
practices of institutions and society, which discriminate against and
marginalise people.
Learning - recognising the skills, knowledge and expertise that
people contribute and develop by taking action to tackle social,
economic, political and environmental problems.
Co-operation - working together to identify and implement action,
based on mutual respect of diverse cultures and contributions.
Our CD Commitment:
Challenging discrimination and
oppressive practices within organisations, institutions and communities.
Developing practice and policy that protects the environment.
Encouraging networking and connections between communities and
organisations.
Ensuring access and choice for all groups and individuals within
society.
Influencing policy and programmes from the perspective of
communities.
Prioritising the issues of concern to people experiencing poverty
and social exclusion.
Promoting social change that is long-term and sustainable.
Reversing inequality and the imbalance of power relationships in
society.
Supporting community led
collective action.
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