Getting Alongside Communities
People in Place is currently working alongside eight communities in Scotland, supporting local people to connect, collaborate on ideas, and take action to create positive change.
The community is at the heart of everything we do. Each community we work with has a dedicated Community Co-ordinator, who will get alongside the community by listening, bringing people together for conversations, and to identify shared priorities. We focus on inclusive engagement.
We help facilitate and enable capacity building within the community; widening community participation, seeking out voices that are seldom heard; and ultimately resulting in locally-led actions being taken.
How did we decide which communities to work alongside?
We used data, desk-based research, and conversations with a range of people to identify communities to work with. This process is outlined in Our Journey to Finding a Community.
The communities we are working alongside
Blacklands
Buckhaven
Carbrain
Castlehill
Cumnock
Dunterlie
Langlees
Methil
Legacy communities
As Corra’s work directly alongside a community draws to a close, our relationships and community-led change are sustained through a legacy phase.
Blairbeth and Fernhill
The communities across Scotland
The interactive map below shows where each of the Getting Alongside Communities is. The purple areas are those communities we are working within.
What next?
Communities are facing a critical moment of transition as they begin to emerge from the pandemic and grapple with the rising cost of living. We are seeing and hearing, in addition to deep and difficult issues, new priorities emerging and an urgency to act from community members.
The time is now! We know from communities, local authorities, and other partners that this a ‘moment in time’ for communities to create changes that address immediate issues and to truly imagine a better future.
To support that process, we will focus our work around three key elements.
Priorities
We know that communities’ priorities are changing. We can play an important role in supporting priorities to be shaped and shared.
Plans
Supporting communities to set out their priorities and actions to achieve them in a ‘community-owned’ plan.
Partnerships
We have a key role to play in connecting with partners who can help to produce the plan and/or help deliver on community priorities.
These ‘three P’s’ help build upon the strong foundations – of skills, knowledge, trust, and relationships – that have been established to date and will continue to be instrumental in the work.