Cesc Lesson 1 Quarter 1

Community Engagement Solidarity and Citizenship
Lesson 1
A community is a group of people who share something in common. You can
define a community by the shared attributes of the people in it and/or by the strength of the
connections among them. You need a bunch of people who are alike in some way, who feel
some sense of belonging or interpersonal connection.
A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such
as norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense
of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, village, town, or
neighbourhood) or in virtual space through communication platforms. Durable
relations that extend beyond immediate genealogical ties also define a sense of
community, important to their identity, practice, and roles in social institutions such
as family, home, work, government, society, or humanity at large. Although
communities are usually small relative to personal social ties, "community" may also refer to
large group affiliations such as national communities, international
communities, and virtual communities.
However, the meaning of community is complex. Insufficient understanding of
what a community is and its role in the lives of people in diverse societies has led to
the downfall of many well-intended “community” efforts.
Types of Community
A formal group is formed when people come together to accomplish specific goals
an objectives.
An informal group is formed when two or more people come together to accomplish
a specific task which is mainly socially geared.
An urban area is the region surrounding a city. An area with high density of
population.
A rural area is an open swath of land that has few homes or other buildings, and not
very many people. A rural area’s population density is very low.
A global community are the people or nations of the world, considered as being
closely connected by modern telecommunications and as being economically,
socially, and politically interdependent.
Sectoral means relating to the various economic sectors of a society or to
a particular economic sector.
A social space is physical or virtual space such as a social center,
online social media, or other gathering place where people gather and interact.
There are, broadly speaking, five common features of communities.

You can classify every type of community by the purpose that brings them together.
1. Interest. Communities of people who share the same interest or passion.
2. Action. Communities of people trying to bring about change.
3. Place. Communities of people brought together by geographic boundaries.
4. Practice. Communities of people in the same profession or undertake the
same activities.
5. Circumstance. Communities of people brought together by external
events/situations.
About 90% of community projects, especially branded communities, try to
develop a community of interest. But a community of interest competes with our
mental leisure time. Communities of interest are the hardest type of community to
develop.
Community Dynamics is the process of change and development

in communities of all living organisms—including plants, microorganisms, and small
and large creatures of every sort. Populations of an organism will appear in an
environment as its requirements for establishment are met.
Importance of Understanding Community Dynamics and Community Action

Community Dynamics is the change and development involved in a
community that includes all forms of living organisms.
Community Action is putting communities as the center of the services
development and services delivery. This initiative aims to cater the primary needs of
the communities before implementing it. In such way, community action will help the
community dynamics or the degree of improvement of the community.
It is important to understand these two because these will propel the success
and stability of the communities. They go hand in hand and are proportionally
related.
What is community action?

Community action is any activity that increases the understanding,
engagement and empowerment of communities in the design and delivery of local
services. It includes a broad range of activities and is sometimes described as ‘social
action' or ‘community engagement'. These activities can vary in their objective, the
role the community plays, the types of activities involved, their scale and their
integration within the council. What they have in common is that they all involve
greater engagement of local citizens in the planning, design and delivery of local
services.
Why is community action important?

Community action is about putting communities at the heart of their own local
services. Involving communities in the design and delivery of services can help to
achieve a number of objectives, including:
 Building community and social capacity – helping the community to share
knowledge, skills and ideas.
 Community resilience – helping the community to support itself.
 Prevention – a focus on early access to services or support, engagement in
design, cross-sector collaboration and partnerships.
 Maintaining and creating wealth – for example helping people into
employment or developing community enterprises.
Role of the Community
The role the community includes community consultation, joint planning, joint
design, joint delivery and community-led activities.

Cesc Lesson 1 Quarter 1

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

Cesc Lesson 1 Quarter 1

Uploaded by

Document Information

Original Title

Copyright

Available Formats

Share this document

Share or Embed Document

Sharing Options

Did you find this document useful?

Is this content inappropriate?

Copyright:

Available Formats

Cesc Lesson 1 Quarter 1

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

Community Engagement Solidarity and Citizenship

There are, broadly speaking, five common features of communities.

Community Dynamics is the process of change and development

Importance of Understanding Community Dynamics and Community Action

What is community action?

Why is community action important?

You might also like