To increase use of green More people use green space and provide the means space in the ward to do it in a sustainable, way. Evaluating Big Local Community research will Programme Overall operationalise these Big will be Local outcomes to measure better able to identify local these overarching aims. needs and take action in response to them. It will be necessary to People will have conduct research with the increased skills and Big Local forum and confidence, so that they partnership to understand continue to identify and their perceptions of Big respond to needs in the ability to identify and Local’s future. respond to local needs and The community will on whether capacity-building make a difference to the (of skills and confidence) needs it prioritises. has happened. To do this it People will feel might be necessary to that their area is an even conduct baseline research better place to live. at the start of the period. To understand whether WM Big Local has made a difference and whether people feel the area is a better place to live research with the community will be necessary, as well as evaluation of hard measures (on local wealth, community spaces use/ involvement, relationships between generations and participation on green spaces projects). Section eight: Making William Morris Big Local a success As we set out our plan for the next 18 months there are a number of risks and challenges which we need to anticipate or address. Some of these have become evident in the Getting People Involved phase of WM Big Local and some of these are new. This section sets out how we will address our greatest risks and challenges. Improving the Local Economy We need to take this issue forward, not ignore it. Everyone recognises that vital to it’s develop the local economy, but on how that should be done there’s little agreement –
To increase use of green space and provide the means to do it in a sustainable, way. More people use green space in the ward Evaluating Big Local Programme Overall will be better able to identify local needs and take action in response to them. People will have increased skills and confidence, so that they continue to identify and respond to needs in the future. The community will make a difference to the needs it prioritises. People will feel that their area is an even better place to live. Community research will operationalise these Big Local outcomes to measure these overarching aims. It will be necessary to conduct research with the Big Local forum and partnership to understand their perceptions of Big Local’s ability to identify and respond to local needs and on whether capacity-building (of skills and confidence) has happened. To do this it might be necessary to conduct baseline research at the start of the period. To understand whether WM Big Local has made a difference and whether people feel the area is a better place to live research with the community will be necessary, as well as evaluation of hard measures (on local wealth, community spaces use/ involvement, relationships between generations and participation on green spaces projects). Section eight: Making William Morris Big Local a success As we set out our plan for the next 18 months there are a number of risks and challenges which we need to anticipate or address. Some of these have become evident in the Getting People Involved phase of WM Big Local and some of these are new. This section sets out how we will address our greatest risks and challenges. Improving the Local Economy We need to take this issue forward, not ignore it. Everyone recognises that it’s vital to develop the local economy, but there’s little agreement on how that should be done –
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