Community Development Practice

Work with communities to plan collective action. You will examine community entry, participation, needs and assets. Develop a participatory action plan using a realistic case.

Learning outcomes

• Explain community entry in a relevant case.
• Analyse the relationship between participation and needs and assets.
• Produce a reasoned response addressing local organisations, action planning and reflection.

Main topics

• Community entry
• Participation
• Needs and assets
• Local organisations
• Action planning
• Reflection

Practical task

Develop a participatory action plan using a realistic case.

Assessment

Submit the practical output with supporting evidence and an individual written or oral explanation. Assessment considers subject knowledge, accuracy, reasoning and the quality of the completed work.