Community Development workshop delivered to students taking Public and User Involvement in Healthcare at the Health Services Management Centre at the University of Birmingham

1. PUBLIC AND USER INVOLVEMENT
IN HEALTH CARE
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP
Lorna Prescott
CDX (Community Development Exchange)

2. PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES
Purpose:
to provide and introduction to community development and
current links to involvement in healthcare
Objectives:
discuss and consider values in community development and
the NHS
develop awareness of the history of community development
consider asset based approaches
hear practical examples of activity in Dudleu

3. WORKING WITH VALUES
Through discussion sort your cards into two sets:
Community Development Values
NHS values
5-10 minutes - let me know when you’ve finished

4. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
VALUES
social justice
equality and anti-discrimination
collective action
community empowerment
working and learning together

5. NHS VALUES
respect and dignity
commitment to quality of care
compassion
improving lives
working together for patients
everyone counts

6. FREDA PRINCIPLES:
HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE NHS
Fairness
Respect
Equality
Dignity
Autonomy

7. A potted history of
community development
in the UK
Based on a handout developed by Jill Bedford which draws on a range of
sources including Margaret Ledwith’s
Community Development: A Critical Approach

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Development as policy
- the state agenda

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Development as policy
- the state agenda
Reformist
Charitable, philanthropic, notion of
self help, a type of ‘doing to’, a
model of deficiency and
pathologising groups and
communities

14. Community Development
as politics - the
‘community agenda’

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as politics - the
‘community agenda’
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Philosophy of liberation, placing
power relations and an analysis of
power n the centre, challenging
people and structures, a radical
and revolutionary approach

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60. ASSET APPROACHES

62. NEEDS OR ASSET BASED
APPROACHES?
Look at the table from Appreciating Assets which gives a
comparison of needs and asset based approaches
What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of
each approach?
Discuss for 15 minutes and note key points on flipchart

63. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN
POLICY AND PRACTICE
Developing community influence frameworks: Voice, Echo
Adult critical citizenship learning: Take Part Pathfinder
Empowering approaches to engaging communities:
engaging together training and support
Local response to Localism and Open Public Services: Our
Society in Dudley Borough and Community Rights Made
Real project
Asset based health improvement project

64. JOIN THE CONVERSATION!
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