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Capacity Building
Capacity building is about
ensuring that organisations have the skills, knowledge, structures and
resources to realise their full potential.
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Community Chest (CC)
Now in
its second year the Community Chest provides grants of
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Community Empowerment Fund (CEF)
The Community
Empowerment Fund is used to commission activities which facilitate
participation in neighbourhood renewal and the Hackney Strategic
Partnership.
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Community Empowerment Network (CEN)
The CEN
is a network of over 330 voluntary, community, and residents' organisations
in Hackney, committed to improving the borough through participation in
neighbourhood renewal.
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Community Empowerment Network Planning Groupmunity (CENPG)
The CENPG was set up by the CEN to devise a
development strategy for the CEN and to represent the sector at the Hackney
Strategic Partnership. These representatives have been elected at community
elections and hold office for the duration of the NRF
programme.
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Community group
A Community Group is a group
of people who come together to pursue a common cause or interest for the
good of their community. This community can be a geographic area eg Dalston
or a group of people, eg Somalis. They are often run by volunteers, manage
themselves and, although they don't necessarily have to have a management
committee or set of rules, many do.
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Community Learning
Chest
Grants for individuals (up to
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Community sector
The Community Sector describes all community groups and
associations in the borough.
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Disabled group
A Disabled
Group is a group that provides services to disabled people on a
not-for-profit basis. It can be a community or voluntary
group.
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Environmental group
An Environmental Group is a
group that addresses environmental problems on a not-for-profit basis. It
can be a community or voluntary group.
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Hackney Strategic Partnership (HSP)
The Government requires the development of a Local
Strategic Partnership (LSP) in each area to bring together representatives
of the public, private, voluntary and community sectors to deliver
improvements in social, economic and environmental well-being.
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HSP Partnership Forum
This is the upper tier of the HSP which includes 45-50 members and
meets quarterly. The forum is the decision making body of HSP and is the
"custodian" of the Vision and the Neighbourhood Renewal (NR)
strategy.
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HSP Steering Group
This group is in effect the Management Committee of the
HSP, dealing with the management of programmes and channeling issues,
reporting progress and being accountable for agreed actions to the
Partnership Forum.
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Lifelong Learning group
A Lifelong Learning Group is a group that encourages access to
education and learning relevant to individuals' personal goals and the
needs of the community. It can be a community or voluntary group that
operates on a not-for-profit basis.
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Local Network Fund
Grants of
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Neighbourhood Renewal (NR)
"A New
Commitment to Neighbourhood Renewal - National Strategy Action Plan" sets
out the Government's policies to tackle deprivation wherever it occurs in
England. A key element of the strategy is the improvement of mainstream
services to produce better outcomes in the most deprived areas of which
Hackney is one.
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Older People's group
An Older People's group is a group that provides services in the
community on a not-for-profit basis for people aged 65 or over. It can be a
community or voluntary group.
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Race group
A Race Group is
a group that alleviates problems associated with race on a not-for-profit
basis. It can be a community or voluntary group.
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Refugees & Asylum Seekers group
A Refugee & Asylum Seekers group is a group that
alleviates problems associated with immigration and asylum on a
not-for-profit basis. It can be a community or voluntary
group.
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Tenants & Residents Association (TRA)
A Tenants &
Residents Association (TRA) is an organisation run by and for tenants and
leaseholders of council and social landlord-owned property. It usually is a
community sector organisation that operates on a not-for-profit
basis.
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Vision themes of HSP
The Seven themes which
comprise the Hackney neighbourhood renewal strategy are:
 A
thriving, healthy and inclusive community
A place where you
would want your children to be educated
A place to enjoy
yourself
A good place to work and do business
A good
place to get around
A good place to live
A confident
and safe community
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Voluntary sector
Although both self help and community organisations are voluntary
organisations the Voluntary Sector term usually describes the network of
larger organisations many of whom will have a policy remit. Such
organisations often have a strategic or advocacy role. NCVO describes
voluntary organisations that are: formal (have a constitution); independent
of government and self-governing; not-for-profit and operate with a
meaningful degree of volunteer involvement.
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Voluntary Sector umbrella group
A Voluntary Sector Umbrella Group is a voluntary
sector organisation providing support services for a network of voluntary
and/or community organisations who provide direct services to the
community.
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Women's group
A Women's Group is a group
that provides services in the community on a not-for-profit basis for women
of all ages. It can be a community or voluntary
group.
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