The Community Involvement team is involved with community groups all across Wiltshire. We support groups undertaking community plans, action planning, Market Towns consultations, youth involvement issues and focus group consultations. There is now a greater focus on supporting partnerships to develop and the team is actively involved with North Wilts District Council, Wiltshire Youth Services; Salisbury District Council; West Wiltshire District Council; Wiltshire Alternative Youth Sports (WAYS); Tidworth Area Development Trust and others.

The work this year is focused on assisting group development through a learning & development program to be piloted in the North Wilts District. This work will involve engaging with partners to deliver a full and supportive program and also for it to enhance the Market Towns Forum objectives. Delivering focused training around community leadership in one district; consulting with themed groups in one area to assist with a ward plan;

The work program is determined through district and county council agreements as to the target area and focus of work.

Here are some of the projects undertaken recently:

• Funding in place for a coordinator‘s post to support ‘extreme sports’ within the county. A multi-agency group supports the post holder.
• Assisting community groups to develop
• Using IT consultation methods with young people, encouraging them to have a say in their own local plans.
• Helping a group to move forward from the printed community plan to identify the future needs for the area.
• Working in partnership with other agencies to best support communities
• Assisting one community group to establish a steering group and begin the local consultation process.
• A training and development program developed to support community work and agencies working on the ground.

Follow this link to download the End of Year Report - April 2008. (PDF File - 307kb)