How does community development work?
Community Development Officers lead, facilitate and support a variety of work, from small scale social groups through to large, multi-agency strategic projects. Overall all projects:
- create opportunities for people to develop their skills and realise their potential
- reach out to those excluded or disadvantaged
- create community organisations who can represent the community and develop solutions to local issues
- promote dialogue between communities and agencies to improve the town and encourage more residents to do more for themselves.
Our Community Development Team will work with you to:
- encourage everyone to play an active role in their community
- secure external funding grants for localised community projects and initiatives, events and activities
- provide a point of contact for community and voluntary organisations and develop practical tools, training and support to build capacity in the community
- encourage increased and more intensive use of the council’s community centres
- develop local community ideas into practice
- advertise and promote all community activities in community centres and hubs across Slough.
You can email us at community.development@slough.gov.uk.