In partnership with 10GM a piece of work has been carried out in order to try and help understand the barriers to communities getting more active together.
In partnership with 10GM a piece of work has been carried out in order to try and help:
We were seeking to understand (via a Landscape Review and Co-Design Process):
Through a thematic analysis of a Landscape Review, we were able to identify three key needs that are met in effective community activity:
At the heart of the recommendations is the idea of identifying individuals and groups in communities that have a spark of an idea (that hasn’t been acted on often). This in turn will ignite many small actions that together could make a big difference.
Mutual Aid Groups have shown the power and magic of sparks of ideas being brought to life and we think this could be replicated within communities with a focus of getting people moving.
Themes that we recommend underpin all of the practical recommendations that we will make:
To read about the approach used for this piece of work and the full findings and recommendations please download the full report below.
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