The Community Cohesion team are working with partners in One Nottingham and across the Council to develop an Empowerment Strategy for the people of Nottingham City. A single strategy has now been agreed, and is available to download.

There are also local plans for each of the areas in Nottingham, and they can be downloaded below - click on the area name.

 Arboretum, Berridge, Radford and Park Empowerment Plan 2008-2011 [3Mb]

 Bestwood and Basford Empowerment Plan 2008-2011 [430kb]

 Bulwell and Bulwell Forest Empowerment Plan 2008-2011 [709kb]

 Clifton and Wilford Empowerment Plan 2008-2011 [3Mb]

 Dales & St Ann's Empowerment Plan [256kb]

 Dunkirk and Lenton and Bridge Empowerment Plan 2008-2011 [55kb]

 Mapperley & Sherwood Empowerment Plan [1Mb]

 Wollaton and Lenton Abbey Empowerment Plan 2008-2011 [141kb]

Why empowerment?

The aim is to build empowered communities so we can:

• Improve services to local people
• Increase opportunities for volunteering
• Give confidence and skills to individuals
• Help to build more cohesive communities

How will we empower communities? 

In putting this strategy into practice, the partners at One Nottingham (including Nottingham City Council) will agree to follow 'Empowerment standards'. We will:

• Work in partnership and co-ordinate our efforts
• Be inclusive and open up access to services
• Be clear what we are asking and why
• Act with respect and honesty
• Communicate what we are doing.

We have set a list of objectives and a detailed action plan, which outlines how we will set about achieving the objectives. The Action Plan includes the development of a detailed performance management framework for empowerment. The strategy also lists some of the key Local Area Agreement targets and other measures we will use to give an indication of the success of the strategy.

What are our priorities?

Our initial priorities to empower communities are:

• Developing expertise to ensure that everyone can be involved in community empowerment, including people and groups that are often missed out.
• Improving awareness of volunteering opportunities within the city, supporting volunteers to find appropriate roles, and building skills within organisations to help them support and develop their volunteers.
• Rolling out enhanced, more accessible and inclusive Ward and Neighbourhood Management structures.
• Developing protocols, toolkits and a performance management framework to improve the co-ordination and management of community empowerment activities. The toolkit and supporting documents can be downloaded by clicking on their names below.
  Why empowerment?

  The aim is to build empowered communities so we can:

  • Improve services to local people
  • Increase opportunities for volunteering
  • Give confidence and skills to individuals
  • Help to build more cohesive communities

  How will we empower communities? 

  In putting this strategy into practice, the partners at One Nottingham (including Nottingham City Council) will agree to follow 'Empowerment standards'. We will:

  • Work in partnership and co-ordinate our efforts
  • Be inclusive and open up access to services
  • Be clear what we are asking and why
  • Act with respect and honesty
  • Communicate what we are doing.

  We have set a list of objectives and a detailed action plan, which outlines how we will set about achieving the objectives. The Action Plan includes the development of a detailed performance management framework for empowerment. The strategy also lists some of the key Local Area Agreement targets and other measures we will use to give an indication of the success of the strategy.

  What are our priorities?

  Our initial priorities to empower communities are:

  • Developing expertise to ensure that everyone can be involved in community empowerment, including people and groups that are often missed out.
  • Improving awareness of volunteering opportunities within the city, supporting volunteers to find appropriate roles, and building skills within organisations to help them support and develop their volunteers.
  • Rolling out enhanced, more accessible and inclusive Ward and Neighbourhood Management structures.
  • Developing protocols, toolkits and a performance management framework to improve the co-ordination and management of community empowerment activities. The toolkit and supporting documents can be downloaded by clicking on their names below.
     Empowerment toolkit [248kb]
     Including People - a supporting document [80kb]
     Information Sharing - a supporting document [57kb]
     Consultation - a supporting document [60kb]