About:
Take Part is an approach to active citizenship learning which builds people’s skills, knowledge and confidence to help them get more involved in their local communities.
Kate Burls is the Take Part Learning Manager, follow her on Twitter and find out more about the Take Part programme. Follow @KateBLCF
Read our latest report: ‘Take Part in London’s Big Society’
Goal:
To develop a creative, sustainable programme to help Londoners build the skills, confidence, knowledge, motivation and inspiration to create positive change in their communities.
To help organisations across sectors better enable local people to get active in their communities and influence the decisions which affect their lives.
Funders:
The Take Part Learning Programme is funded by the Transition Fund 2011-12.
Timeline:
The programme was launched in June 2011. The strategic development phase (funded by the Transition Fund) will close in March 2012, when LCF will launch our new, self-funded Take Part Learning Programme.
Additional information:
We offer a wide range of tailored support for London organisations across sectors, including:
- Running active citizenship learning and community engagement sessions
- Training for staff and volunteers on facilitating active citizenship learning
- Support with planning, resourcing and evaluating active citizenship learning activities
- Tailor-made resources promoting active citizenship opportunities (e.g. leaflets, mini-films)
- Further support in response to local need
For more details, please download our Take Part Offer (pdf). To discuss how Take Part can support you, please contact Kate Burls at kateb@londoncivicforum.org.uk or call 020 8709 9773.
This programme follows our successful London Take Part Champion Programme 2009-11, funded by the Department for Communities and Local Government. For more information, see:
• Our Evaluation Report (pdf) and OPM’s national evaluation of the Champion Programme (pdf).
• Our Active Citizenship Event Report pdf, February 2011
• Our latest Case Studies:
London Civic Forum is a leading member of the Take Part Network, a national independent network of active citizenship learning practitioners. For more Take Part resources and further information about the Take Part Network, click here.
To view Take Part resources click here.
