 A free one-day knowledge-sharing event focusing on award-winning partnership working between community organisations and public sector authorities.
Successful partnership working between the public and third sector has become crucial in actualising the benefits of community empowerment.
The East Midlands Empowerment Partnership (working with the East Midlands Neighbourhood Resource Centre and the East Midlands Improvement & Efficiency Partnership) has developed a unique awards programme, the Community Engagement and Cultural Change Awards.
The awards focus on recognising and rewarding outstanding community organisations who have inspired their Local Authority or other public sector body partner towards making a cultural change within their working practices, in order to create a successful and mutually beneficial partnership. As a result of these improved  relationships, the ten award winners are making positive changes to facilities and services within their communities.
This highly participative event is aimed at bringing those involved in empowerment and community engagement together from across the East Midlands to learn from these organisations, and create a pathway to replicating this good practice within their own authorities.
The day also seeks to recognise and reward the ten award-winners, and inspire other community organisations to achieve similar success across the region. |