What factors and conditions increase/decrease the chance of successful community-led initiatives (including those which seek to strengthen social infrastructure and social capital) in areas of high deprivation. What makes some areas with the same socio-economics and demographics achieve different outcomes?
Background
Including bringing together further evidence on what the social and economic impact of having a more integrated and cohesive place is.
Next steps
The lead contacts are: Lesley Smith, Senior Principal Research Officer, Analysis, Research and Co-ordination Unit, Analysis and Data Directorate: [email protected] and David Hughes, Head of the Chief Scientific Adviser’s office: [email protected].
Source
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Related UKRI funded projects
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The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness (C4)
There is a rich landscape of community action in the UK, but learning is uneven and partial, and we lack the evidence base and infrastructure for investment in, or scale-up of, successful approaches. The Centre for Colla...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: Sheffield Hallam University
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on community connectedness, social bonds, and cohesion, which are key factors in successful community-led initiatives in areas of high deprivation.
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A review of theories, concepts and interventions relating to community-level strengths and their impact on health and well being
This paper draws on two reviews of the relationship between strong communities and health and well being. The first is a theoretical and conceptual review of recent ideas that presuppose the existence of community relati...
Funded by: AHRC
Lead research organisation: CARDIFF UNIVERSITY
Why might this be relevant?
The project reviews theories, concepts, and interventions relating to community-level strengths and their impact on health and well-being, which aligns with the question's focus on factors and conditions that increase/decrease the chance of successful community-led initiatives.
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Exploring the role of public services in relation to 'connected communities'; Learning from different conceptualisations of community-school relations
Taking state-funded schools as an exemplar of public services, this study has explored the role of schools in relation to geographical communities which experience economic deprivation and associated disadvantages. Revie...
Funded by: AHRC
Lead research organisation: University of Manchester
Why might this be relevant?
The project explores the role of public services, including schools, in relation to disadvantaged communities, which partially addresses the question's focus on factors and conditions that increase/decrease the chance of successful community-led initiatives.