September 2013 - Bron Afon

3 Community Team Progress and Outcomes
3.1 At June 2012 pre board meeting, Board received a presentation of
progress made with the staged approach to developing community
teams and the early outcomes we were achieving in communities. The
Community Teams have continued to work towards improving their
communities by developing and delivering initiatives that fall in line with
our core business and specific community needs and priorities. ‘A new
way of working: Community Team’ document has been provided to
board to highlight an overview of examples of Community work since
May 2012.
3.2 Community Housing Officers have received further training in
community development. In order to support the community teams
working to be more co-ordinated 2 community involvement officers
have been dedicated to support community team work, in particular to
develop action plans based on community survey results, local data
and feedback.
3.3 Every community team has carried out a door knocking exercise to
complete community surveys to identify local needs and priorities.
From this we recognise that all communities have distinct
characteristics, varying strengths and challenges and a unique set of
needs and priorities. Therefore different approaches to community
development are required to suit the needs of individual communities.
There have been different approaches to feeding back the results of
surveys, and involving tenants and residents in developing areas for
improvement or getting involved in community Initiatives. These include
events, newsletters and community action planning sessions and
working with partners.
3.4 Appendix 1 demonstrates some outcomes achieved from a sample of
community team projects.
3.5 The early focus of community teams has been to get to know and build
links with their communities, and achieve quick wins through the
delivery of projects and initiatives to improve appearance and amenity
of the local environment, and the community facilities. Early progress is
considerable and widespread. Over the last year overall Community
Team work achievements include:
• Held 70 community events
• Engaged 1000 local people at events
• Signed up 106 new Bron Afon Members
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