In more detail
Real Time Community Change is a way of getting people and community groups to focus on a significant local question and then take collaborative action to answer it through real change in the neighbourhood. It does require a small grant or the equivalent, but as well as leading to action to improve the neighbourhood, the technique gives groups the confidence and capacity to take part in community planning.
The technique was first developed in the United States as a way of enabling community planning to produce results in ‘real time’. That is: quickly; not waiting for governments or councils and others to process information, but getting on with making things happen in a neighbourhood. The approach was piloted in Birmingham 2003-06 which involved 30 neighbourhoods in the city. The pilot found RTCC produced relevant and tangible results on the ground and strengthened the trust and capacity of community groups and individuals to take collective action. Real Time Community Change has subsequently been used in a number of Big Local areas – neighbourhoods selected by the Big Lottery Fund to receive £1m of funding each.
| Key Facts:
Real Time Community Change is a technique that gets community groups in a neighbourhood to work together to come up with real answers to deep-seated local issues, both positive and negative. |
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