Empowerment in Action Conference 2008

As part of the Beacon Project, West Berkshire Council organised a national conference on Wednesday 3 December 2008.

Aimed at local authorities, organisations subject to the Duty to Involve and community and voluntary sector organisations engaged in community development, the day was led by three of the Local Authorities awarded Beacon Status for their excellence in improving services through community engagement - West Berkshire, Shropshire and South Somerset.

During the day, amongst other things, the 'Empowerment in Action' resource pack was launched. The pack, designed to help service providers empower communities through community-led planning, is available from the tab below. Copies will also be available from Lee McQuade (Please see the contact details on the right).

Also during the day, Sylvia Brown, Chief Executive of ACRE (Action with Communities in Rural England) launched the Community Planning Network, intended to help those interested in Community Led Planning keep up to date with best practice and share research. For further information email newtwork@communityledplanning.com.

Copies of the presentations delivered during the day, both by the plenary speakers and during the workshops, are available to download in the column on the right.

Audio clips of interviews with attendees are available to download from the column on the right.   Photographs of the day are also available to view as a download on the right.

► The Empowerment in Action Resource Pack

Empowerment in Action is a resource pack which has been produced to help local authorities, and organisations subject to the Duty to Involve to empower their communities.