'..you apply all the requisite attributes that Sir Gus O'Donnell Head of the Civil Service requires of a modern public servant - you operate with pride, passion, pace and professionalism!'...
Christine Munn, Employer and Partnership Manager, Job Centre Plus

'I found the time with you helpful, stimulating as well as challenging'...
Andrew Hassard, Director of Parks and Leisure

'..Anne has tremendous drive and a genuine commitment to help people to make a difference. Even though the last to start Anne made Frodsham Market Town a vibrant and successful initiative, the most successful in the North West, bringing in a wide range of partners and working with the community to deliver what people wanted'
Mark Joslyn, Sustainability Manager NWDA

"I collaborated with Anne in relation to the Frodsham Forward sustainability initiative. She is amiable and enthusiastic about getting the best results from the projects she's involved with. Anne has a high degree of strategic awareness and an eye for detail."
Gary Holland, CEO, ISYS International Limited

Community development

What is it?

Community development seeks to empower individuals and groups of people by providing them with the skills they need to affect change in their own communities. These skills are often created through the formation of social groups working for a common agenda.

Community development involves changing the relationships between ordinary people and people in positions of power, so that everyone can take part in the issues that affect their lives. It starts from the principle that within any community there is a wealth of knowledge and experience which, if used in creative ways, can be channeled into collective action to achieve the communities' desired goals.

What can we offer?

Our team works alongside people in communities to help build relationships with key people and organisations and to identify common concerns and aspirations.

We aim to create opportunities for the community to learn new skills and, by enabling people to act together, help to foster social inclusion and equality.

Key areas of support include:

Help to create, structure and develop community groups, partnerships and boards to engage and empower local people
Support to convert local community ideas into a viable enterprise proposition
Assistance to build capacity within communities to enable them to self-help and contribute more effectively to society

Our experience

Our team has a wealth of personal and professional experience of living and working within some of our most deprived communities. Operating at both a grass-roots and strategic level within urban and rural environments we offer more than 18 years experience and the privilege of a number of different perspectives.

We have current and historic knowledge of Government policy and the various approaches adopted by local strategic partners to engage and empower communities.

Our people are qualified, acclaimed professionals with experience across various disciplines including economic development and regeneration, community development, skills, enterprise, health and sport. They have secured local, regional and national awards and are well respected within public, private and voluntary sector.

Key experience includes: Big Society policy translation (working alongside Lord Wei), National award winner for Market Town regeneration, neighbourhood planning, Regional award winner x 3 for Community -inspired regeneration, Learning and Skills Council - widening participation, community development through sport (Regional Director, Sport England), ex-offender rehabilitation, Trustee of CVS, school governance