Community Development

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Elevate Impact Report 2024 25

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  • 17 December 2025
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FINAL Elevate Impact Report 2023 2024

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  • 13 February 2025
Skills and Health Inequalities in London

Skills and Health Inequalities in London

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  • 23 September 2024
Elevate Impact Report 2022-23

Elevate Impact Report 2022-23

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  • 29 February 2024
What can social workers learn in the wake of the Covid pandemic

What can social workers learn in the wake of the Covid pandemic

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  • 12 October 2023
Bridging the gap between social work and community development  implementing a post graduate training partnership

Bridging the gap between social work and community development implementing a post graduate training partnership

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  • 12 October 2023
doh social work reflections community develpment

doh social work reflections community develpment

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  • 12 October 2023
Community Development NOS Functional Map 2023 1 (1)

Community Development NOS Functional Map 2023 1 (1)

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  • 28 July 2023
NI Rural Health and Care Toolkit Final version 1

NI Rural Health and Care Toolkit Final version 1

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  • 7 February 2023
poverty in scotland 2022 0 (1)

poverty in scotland 2022 0 (1)

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  • 3 November 2022
Social justice matters

Social justice matters

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  • 24 April 2022
Community Development in Europe towards a common framework and understanding

Community Development in Europe towards a common framework and understanding

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  • 20 January 2022
Healthy Ireland   Men 2017 21

Healthy Ireland Men 2017 21

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  • 14 January 2022
rethinking northern ireland

rethinking northern ireland

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  • 9 January 2022
VCSE Panel   Health and Wellbeing Session 290921 v1

VCSE Panel Health and Wellbeing Session 290921 v1

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  • 18 October 2021
Toolkit for Community Development 2021 Ashton

Toolkit for Community Development 2021 Ashton

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  • 8 October 2021
CDNOS Standards 2015 Summary

CDNOS Standards 2015 Summary

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  • 5 August 2021
Mencap NI Treat Me Well Elevate Community Mentoring & Grants Report

Mencap NI Treat Me Well Elevate Community Mentoring & Grants Report

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  • 8 June 2021
THCA Report Community response to COVID 19 NHS learning FINAL  April 2021

THCA Report Community response to COVID 19 NHS learning FINAL April 2021

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  • 21 April 2021
IMPACTAgewell Sharing Our Learning Year 4 Evaluation Update

IMPACTAgewell Sharing Our Learning Year 4 Evaluation Update

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  • 14 March 2021
Learn Well Live Well Report

Learn Well Live Well Report

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  • 3 March 2021
Loneliness in Northern Ireland A Call to action

Loneliness in Northern Ireland A Call to action

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  • 31 December 2020
Peer Support working with the VCSE sector (1)

Peer Support working with the VCSE sector (1)

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  • 18 November 2020
Community Development Fact Sheet

Community Development Fact Sheet

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  • 28 August 2020
From Coronavirus to Community Wealth

From Coronavirus to Community Wealth

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  • 24 August 2020
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN ACTION IN A VOLUNTARY ORGANISATION

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN ACTION IN A VOLUNTARY ORGANISATION

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  • 17 June 2020
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN ACTION IN A GP PRACTICE MULTI DISCIPLINARY TEAM

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN ACTION IN A GP PRACTICE MULTI DISCIPLINARY TEAM

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  • 17 June 2020
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN ACTION IN A COMMUNITY YOUTH GROUP

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN ACTION IN A COMMUNITY YOUTH GROUP

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  • 17 June 2020
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN ACTION IN A RURAL COMMUNITY

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN ACTION IN A RURAL COMMUNITY

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  • 17 June 2020
Social Prescribing and Community Based Support   summary guide

Social Prescribing and Community Based Support summary guide

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  • 14 June 2020
Build Back Better

Build Back Better

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  • 7 April 2020
Recognising our rich tapestry

Recognising our rich tapestry

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  • 19 February 2020
The Four Essential Elements of an Asset-Based Community Development Process

The Four Essential Elements of an Asset-Based Community Development Process

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  • 6 January 2020
Prof Popay AGM for personal use only

Prof Popay AGM for personal use only

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  • 20 December 2019
Engaging with Evidence

Engaging with Evidence

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  • 1 October 2019
Theory of Change in 10 steps

Theory of Change in 10 steps

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  • 1 October 2019
Better Health for Europe

Better Health for Europe

Transformational Reflections 2010–2020

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  • 1 September 2019
jrf framing toolkit

jrf framing toolkit

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  • 14 March 2019
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Building Healthy Communities

Strategic Partnership from Concept to Delivery

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  • 11 February 2019
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Poverty, pathology and pills - Destress Project - Jenny Popay

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  • 15 January 2019
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Social Value Principles and Accountability

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  • 27 September 2018
Case Study: SVDP

Case Study: SVDP

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  • 27 July 2018
Case Study: ROC Care Rathcoole

Case Study: ROC Care Rathcoole

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  • 27 July 2018
Anti Poverty Practice Framework for Social Work in NI

Anti Poverty Practice Framework for Social Work in NI

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  • 3 July 2018
Join the conversation

Join the conversation

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  • 1 June 2018
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HSC - Expansion of Community Development Approaches May 2018

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  • 1 May 2018
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Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council Community Plan

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  • 27 March 2018
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Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council Community Plan

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  • 31 January 2018
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Derry City and Strabane District Council Strategic Growth Plan

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  • 1 November 2017
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Institute of Health Equity Voluntary Sector Action On The Social Determinants Of Health

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  • 1 November 2017
Making sense of social prescribing 2017

Making sense of social prescribing 2017

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  • 14 July 2017
Mid Ulster Council Community Plan

Mid Ulster Council Community Plan

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  • 7 July 2017
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council Community Plan

Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council Community Plan

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  • 15 June 2017
Social Justice Fact Sheet

Social Justice Fact Sheet

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  • 11 June 2017
NOS Fact Sheet

NOS Fact Sheet

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  • 11 June 2017
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Living Well Together - Newry, Mourne & Down District Council Community Plan

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  • 1 April 2017
Mid & East Antrim Borough Council Community Plan

Mid & East Antrim Borough Council Community Plan

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  • 1 April 2017
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Asset based approaches in service settings

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  • 8 March 2017
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Fermanagh and Omagh District Council Community Plan

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  • 2 March 2017
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Ards & North Down Borough Council Community Plan

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  • 1 March 2017
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Duneane Community Collective - a co production pilot

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  • 27 February 2017
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Belfast City Council Community Plan

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  • 27 January 2017
Health & Wellbeing 2026 Delivering Together DoH

Health & Wellbeing 2026 Delivering Together DoH

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  • 1 October 2016
Systems not Structures Expert Panel Report

Systems not Structures Expert Panel Report

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  • 1 September 2016
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Tackling Rural Poverty & Social Isolation - DARD

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  • 1 March 2016
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Why telling communities to tackle obesity backfires

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  • 26 January 2016
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Power a health and social justice issue NHS Scotland

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  • 1 January 2016
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Health Inequalities Community Development and Community Pharmacy

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  • 1 September 2015
CDNOS 2015 Full Document

CDNOS 2015 Full Document

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  • 19 August 2015
Preliminary insights and lessons from the Northern Ireland VCSE support programme May 2015

Preliminary insights and lessons from the Northern Ireland VCSE support programme May 2015

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  • 21 May 2015
Head Hands & Heart Asset Based Approaches in Health Care

Head Hands & Heart Asset Based Approaches in Health Care

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  • 1 April 2015
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Altogether+Better+Working+Together+to+Create+Healthier+People+and+Communities

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  • 20 January 2015
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Making Life Better June 2014

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  • 1 June 2014
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A can do approach to community action

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  • 20 January 2014
Urban Regeneration & CD Policy Framework

Urban Regeneration & CD Policy Framework

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  • 1 July 2013
Join In Get Involved March 2012 DSD

Join In Get Involved March 2012 DSD

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  • 1 March 2012
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RISP Joint Policy Statement DSD DARD

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  • 25 October 2011
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Concordat Govt & Vol Comm Sector

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  • 6 September 2011
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Exploring Community Resilience

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  • 20 July 2011
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Appreciating Assets

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  • 12 February 2011
4 Building healthy communities A community empowerment approach

4 Building healthy communities A community empowerment approach

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  • 19 January 2010
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Social Capital Health and Wellbeing toolkit

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  • 1 January 2008
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People and Participation

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  • 20 January 2005
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Discovering community power

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  • 19 January 2005
Improving Health Model Tool Kit

Improving Health Model Tool Kit

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  • 20 March 0202
IMPACTAgewell Sharing Our Learning Year 3 Evaluation Update

IMPACTAgewell Sharing Our Learning Year 3 Evaluation Update

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  • 14 March 0202
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Effective Community Development Programmes

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  • 19 September 0201
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hse social prescribing framework

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  • 14 July 0002

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The Guide to Effective Participation

Measuring community development in Northern Ireland: a handbook for practitioners

Poverty

Covid-19

Health Inequalities

Social Determinants

Health Improvement

Impact

Community Engagement

Health Literacy

Co Production

Asset Mapping

Mental Health and Poverty

Health and Climate change