Connecting The Community

Connecting to the Wider Communities.

From 2010 - 2015 the RSA and its partners at the University of Central Lancashire and the London School Of Economic (LSE) was working with communities in several locations across England (including Tipton) to research and strengthen relationships within communities. The connected communities programme explored the vision by surveying residents in ward-sized localities, analysing this data for insights into local social networks and well-being, and then working with local people to build programmes that support social connections such as the Come Dine With Neighbours programme.

The activities and research presented in the report demonstrate that through working with communities, this value can be grown by connecting people to one another in their local areas. The report argues that investing in interventions which build and strength networks of social relationships will generate social value or 'dividend' related to well-being, citizenship, economic and capacity shared by people in the community. BWA Limited is working on the implementation of the findings in the report.