Unheard voices: power and participation
What would help 'excluded' people to have greater influence on decisions that affect their lives?
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How different groups can be better represented in society.
This programme focuses on different groups of people who are excluded from society or have limited power, influence and opportunities to contribute their views.
It aims to enable people to influence choices that affect their lives, and have a proper say in decisions about their families and in their communities.
The programme seeks to find the most effective ways for them to:
- have their views listened to and taken seriously;
- talk about their experiences;
- develop their capacity to participate, both individually and collectively.
The first project of this programme is due to start in 2009. Known as 'Power Tools', this joint work between the Carnegie UK Trust and Joseph Rowntree Foundation is looking at a range of approaches that groups might use, and testing how useable and viable these are.
JRF will also be working with different groups of people to shape the wider programme, looking at the expertise within black and minority ethnic (BME) communities, disabled people's movements, older people, and grass-roots community development organisations, with a view to funding further work in autumn 2009.