• Communicating in a way that is understandable, jargon-free and accessible.
• Being clear and open about community empowerment approaches. This includes providing information about how communities can get involved, key contacts within the public body and clearly setting out processes.
• Providing accessible information about the organisation’s strategic direction and priorities, local outcomes and improvement plans and how these aim to improve outcomes for communities.
• Engaging regularly with communities about what matters to them and being honest and realistic about what support can be provided and timescales to achieve shared goals.
• Being open about budgets for different services, including proposed budget reductions. Setting out options and opportunities for communities to get involved in having their say about what happens to them or taking more responsibility in delivering them.
• Putting in place appropriate governance arrangements for effective scrutiny and decision-making about community empowerment, without being overly bureaucratic or risk averse.
• Clearly demonstrating how decisions have been made, how community views were considered and providing regular feedback.
• Providing regular feedback on community empowerment developments and the outcome of processes such as participation requests, community asset transfer, participatory budget
francis1897 answered the question on August 24, 2022 at 12:14