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Indicators of Community Strength: a Framework and Evidence
This report from the Department for Victorian Communities (June 2006) examines social participation and the evidence for the benefits it creates for individuals and communities.
The Department for Victorian Communities has developed a set of indicators of community strength that measure community participation, community attitudes and how people feel about opportunities to participate in their local communities.
This report provides a theoretical framework for the indicators and shows how the work of the Department for Victorian Communities fits with a broader international literature on community strengthening.
The Report chapters cover:
Introduction
- Networks and strong communities
- A framework to underpin the indicators of community strength
- Background to the indicators of community strength
Close personal networks
- Benefits of close personal networks
- Evidence about close personal networks in Victoria
- Associational and community networks
- Benefits of associational and community networks
- Evidence about associational and community networks in Victoria
Governance networks
- Benefits of Governance networks
- Evidence about governance networks in Victoria
Disadvantage and networks
Building networks
- Community engagement
- Community plans
- Partnerships for change
Conclusion and future work
References
Follow this link to the Department for Victorian Communities to download the Indicators of Community Strength Report (opens in a new browser window)
The website contains other reports on measures of community strength.
Follow this link to other resources on community strengthening from the Department of Victorian Communities (opens in a new browser window)
For further information
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Jeanette Pope, Manager Research, Strategic Policy and Research Division
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Department for Victorian Communities GPO Box 2392 Melbourne VIC 3001
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03 - 9208 3849
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03 - 9208 3101
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jeanette.pope@dvc.vic.gov.au
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