The Ground Work Trust The first Groundwork Trust was established 21 years ago on Merseyside. Seventeen years later, there are 44 independent Groundwork companies all over England, Wales and Northern Ireland, each with charitable objectives to bring social and economic regeneration into areas of need. The Groundwork approach has also been adopted in Japan and the USA where the National Park Service is supporting a growing number of Trusts. Groundwork's purpose is "to build sustainable communities through joint environmental action". They do this by getting residents, businesses and other local organisations involved in practical projects that improve the quality of life, bring about regeneration and lay the foundations for sustainable development . The Projects of the Ground Work Trust aim to improve things in three ways: - creating opportunities for people to learn new skills and take local action - creating better, safer and healthier neighbourhoods - helping businesses and individuals fulfill their potential The Groundwork Trust recognises that people, places Photo - Communitiesand (www.Groundwork.org.uk ) prosperity are inextricably linked and so aims to design projects that bring benefits for all three at once. They believe this integrated approach is vital if we are to bring about sustainable development - 'meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs' In 2000-2001 Groundwork spent £76 million on practical regeneration projects. We received money from the following sources: * UKGovernment and national assemblies* - £14.2 million (18%) * Private sector - £16.5 million (22%) * Local authorities - £13.3 million (17%) * European Union - £10.7 million (14%) * National Lottery - £6.2 million (8%) * Other regeneration funding (RDAs, SRB etc) - £16.3 million (21%) Last year Groundwork received a central grant of £7.7 million from the Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions (DTLR). The money was spent as follows: * Physical environmental improvements - £44 million (58%)
In this part, the task is to explain the role of the Fair Work Commission and the powers it is able to exercise in relation to this process. The Fair Work Commission is the self-governing national workplace relations tribunal and its main concern is to sustain a safety standard of salaries and working conditions, as well as other related areas such as workplace regulation and function (Australian Government, 2015).
Leased land: CLTs provide for the exclusive use of their land by the owners of any buildings on the land. Parcels of land are conveyed to individual homeowners (or the owners of othe...
Coatham, V., & Martinali L. (2010) The role of community-based organisations in sustaining community regeneration: An evaluation of the development and contribution of Castle Vale Community Regeneration Services (CVCRS), International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 30(1/2), 84 – 101.
There are a few reasons why people select a certain profession. One possibility in choosing a particular career based on a personal experience, personal values, or significant relationships with people. These factors play an influential role when guiding one to decide what profession will best fit him or her. For instance, one who has dealt with a rare disorder such as Guillain-Barré Syndrome, a rare condition that weakens the and affects the nervous system, may desire to be a doctor or a physical therapist and provide assistance for those with rare disorders. Regarding social work, there have been factors which guided me into choosing this field as my future profession.
In this vast contemporary society, many voices go unheard. Our society struggles to break free from the problems it presents to us. Problems such as the environment, human rights, animal rights, and peace among nations continue to exist. Organizations such as Greenpeace, Sierra Club, and Amnesty are 3 of the biggest associations to help fight and put a cease to the world’s troubles.
As a society it is our duty to protect others from harm, especially children and young people, and as aduls who work with children we need to be doubly aware of this responsibility. No-one, whether child, young person or adult deserves to suffer from abuse; whether physical, sexual or emotional; or be subject to neglect. If we safeguard our children and young people they are more likely to grow into confident members of society. As practitioners we have a duty to ensure that the children and young people who are in our care are protected, and that as practitioners we recognise the signs and symptoms of harm and abuse. “School policies and procedures need to be such that parents and governors are aware of them and that staff are fully trained with regard to safeguarding.” School policies will need to cover:
Engaging the community was an important aspect of the schemes development process. In 2001, English Partnerships (EP) collaborated with Northampton Borough Council, the Prince’s Foundation and EDAW, an urban design consultancy, to establish the Upton Working Group to apply the Upton project. Several revised additions of the Upton Urban Framework Plan followed through ‘Enquiry...
We know where we have been, where we are now and where we need to go - but how do we get there? A map. Theory is a map. It notes any number of known landmarks (previously achieved or applied solutions) and obstacles (issues or problems) and gives us direction so that we are able to navigate intelligently and arrive safely (minimal discomfort to all) at our destination (desired outcome/s).
...lps the organisation is it gives them free work as they don't have to pay for the volunteer. Also the organisation can employ more people as they have someone working and doing jobs for free and with the money they save from the volunteer they could use that on either raising wages or hiring another worker. It also promotes the organisation so other volunteers will come and the organisation will gain more workers and save a lot more money as they will have people working for free so the work will get done faster.
I think we need to start with discussing what social work is and where it started. Social work, social problems, and the organizations that were developed is an attempt to cope with problems have had almost a parallel history. There are many people who have helped develop more progressive attitudes and programs toward the poor, the mentally ill, the unemployed, and children at risk. Many of the social welfare policies and programs we take for granted occurred quite recently in our history. Social work is an exciting career area that is highly related to psychology. Many individuals earn an undergraduate degree in social work and then go on to their masters. You can do so much with a social work degree. Social worker has a broad range
culture of the Indigenous community, in order to integrate these values and beliefs into a comprehensive and progressive model of intervention (Hart, Sinclair & Bruyere, 2009, 135). Acting as an ally to this client, includes acknowledging the holistic and spiritual nature of his background, and comprehensively including this into the social work intervention, in order to restore the client’s positive relationship with the Indigenous community.
“Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind” a famous quote about our goal by Seneca. It is a metaphor about the achievement goal and objectives by good planning skills. One has to plan for what one wants to achieve and where one wants to go. One of the most important things is to have good planning, before taking any project the first think you should do is to create project plan. Planning can be defined as preparing a sequence of action to achieve specific goals and objectives. According to Kerzner (2009), “project planning is desirable that the project manager is involved from project conception through execution. It must be systematic, flexible to handle, closely disciplined through reviews and control and capable of accepting multi functional inputs (pg. 412)”. The importance of planning a project is to describe the work so that it will be easily identifiable to the project team member.
Impact Investing can be defined as: investments made into companies, organizations, and funds with the intention to generate a measurable, beneficial social or environmental impact alongside a financial return (Merriam Webster). In her book, The Power of Impact Investing, Judith Rodin is trying to show readers about opportunities that are opening up for investors and show how impact investing. In the book, Rodin and Brandenburg compare how impact investing compares to more traditional investments. Impact investing is usually tied to social or environmental issues, where investors are looking to invest in businesses, nonprofits and funds that can gain the positive power of companies. Whereas traditional investing is concerned with making as much money as possible and solely concerned with the amount made. Although impact investing can be good for society in the future, this book shows some issues on the industry of impact investing including: the field does not show a clear innovation progress causing confusion for investors, impact investments are more complex to accomplish than traditional investments, and lastly, keeping the younger investors interested in
It is vital to start by defining a myth in the context of our studies for better comprehension. A myth refers to ‘a widely held but false belief or idea’ (English Oxford Dictionaries).
A good formal theory ought to be at least the equivalent ought of a ton of ethnographies and perhaps half a gross of substantive theories (Strauss 1987, p.248). A substantive grounded theory is a tailor-made theory while a formal grounded theory is a ready-made theory (Kearney 1998). Substantive theory may limit its application to other contexts if a constant comparative method of modifying a theory is neglected. Nevertheless, it may have important general implications and relevance to other areas. It is for this imperative that, the emergent substantive grounded theory generated from data, is moved to a formal theory. Formal theory allows more generalization, and transferability of research results, which may be adapted to other different scenarios.