patterns of community involvement: what are they and can they be changed? kirby swales, survey...
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Patterns of community involvement: what are they and can they be changed?Kirby Swales, Survey Research Centre
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Key questions
What is ‘community involvement’ and why should we be interested in it?
What are the overall patterns of involvement ?
Can change and policy impact be tracked ?
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What is community involvement
Volunteering in a local geographic contextDistinct from ‘neighbourhliness’
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Why encourage it?Better local decision-making
Higher levels of cohesion
Better social and economic outcomes
Greater well-being
‘Collective efficacy’
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What has or is being tried to support it?
Neighbourhood regeneration programmes (e.g. Single Regeneration Budget), Taking PartNeighbourhood PlanningCommunity RightsCommunity OrganisersCommunity FirstNational Citizens ServiceOther ‘Big Society’ and local initiatives
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Understanding Society survey
Complements Community Life surveyLarger sample size (e.g. ethnic minority boost)Multi-purpose – helps put in contextCan match on local area variablesKey topics: volunteering, membership of organisations, neighbourhood attitudes module, votingLongitudinal analysis **
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Some headline findings
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Membership of organisations
Sports Club
Religious Group or Church Organisation
Professional Organisation
Trade Unions
Other Group or Organisation
Social Club/ Working Men's Club
Voluntary Services Group
Tenants /Residents Group or Neighbourhood Watch
Other Community or Civic Group
Parents /School Association
Environmental Group
Pensioners Group
Political Party
Scouts/Guides Organisation
Women's Institute/ Townswomen's Guild
Women's Group/ Feminist Organisation
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
Active %Member %
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Neighbourhood attitudes
Plan to stay in neighbourhood
Talk regularly to neighbours
Belong to neighbourhood
Willing to improve neighbourhood
Local friends mean a lot
Am similar to others in neighbourhood
Advice obtainable locally
Can borrow things from neighbours
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Strongly agreeAgreeNeither agree nor disagreeDisagreeStrongly disagree
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Sub-group analysis
16 to 29 30 to 49 50 to 69 70+ All0.0%
2.0%
4.0%
6.0%
8.0%
10.0%
12.0%
14.0%
16.0%
18.0%
Agree strongly that willing to improve neighbourhoodMember of tenant or neighbourhood organisation
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Can change be tracked?
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Change over time (Community Life Survey)
2005 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2012-13 2013-14 2014-150
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70
80
Civic activism in last yearAny volunteering in last year
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Evaluation evidence
‘interventions have not had such an apparent impact on broader community social capital indicators’
Evaluation of New Deal for Communities programme – final report
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Summary
Active community involvement in UK society appears a relatively marginal activity but there is evidence to be more optimisticActual involvement varies more than attitudesChallenging to identify any change: measurement or reality?
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If you want further information or would like to contact the author,
Kirby Swales
Director, Survey Research Centre
T. 020 7549 7027
Visit us online, natcen.ac.uk
Thank you