Building Resilient Communities, Tai Pawb annual conference, 16th October 2014
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Presentation by Nicola Bacon to Tai Pawb's annual conference in October 2014 on community resilience.
Transcript of Building Resilient Communities, Tai Pawb annual conference, 16th October 2014
Building Resilient Communities Tai Pawb Annual Conference
16th October 2014
Social Life’s aim is to put people at the heart of placemaking, we work in the UK and internationally.
Where are the people?
What makes a community?
The first question: what is a community?
Source: Egan Review 2004
An alternative view. What about … Physical boundaries to promote geographical identity
Local myths & stories
Strong social relationships, networks & bonds
Rituals and rhythms
Shared belief systems, garden cities, new towns, eco-cities
Visible leadership.
A framework for social sustainability
Understanding resilience
Resilience is the ability of a person, group or community to adapt and ‘bounce back’ in the face of adversity
More often used in discussions about the environment or emergency preparation
Increasing interest in social resilience, for individuals and communities
A central part of a social justice agenda, focusing on strengths of individuals and communities as well as vulnerabilities.
What is resilience?
Survival resilience vs adaptive resilience
Chicago heatwave July 1995
A story of the protective powers of social relationships
Wellbeing & resilience in Poplar
Wellbeing Resilience
From Young Foundation “The Wellbeing and Resilience Paradox”
• Employed • Have children • Higher
education • English not
first language.
• Unemployed • Lower levels of
education • Less likely to
have children • More women
than men.
• Unemployed • Lower levels of
education • Likely to be
single, divorced or separated
• More men than women.
• Employed • Have
children • Higher
education • Married or in
stable relationship.
From Young Foundation “The Wellbeing and Resilience Paradox”
Self
Social
Structural
* Enjoy day-to-day activities * Ability to face problems * Regular savings * Felt you could not overcome difficulties * Felt downhearted & depressed * Subjective financial situation
* Friends/family around for drink or meal * Regularly stop and talk with people in my neighborhood
* Level of education * Unemployed or long term sick or disabled * Employed
What influences our resilience?
What does it look like in practice?
The Latin American community in Elephant & Castle
Cressingham Gardens estate, Tulse Hill
Our data showed that this well loved estate is supporting vulnerable people to get by, and is home to a relatively strong community in an area where crime and isolation are common.
What can housing providers do?
Increasing poverty, and the impact of austerity have undermined individuals’ and communities’ resilience
Housing providers need to be sensitive to the social ties that exist in communities
They need to work with other agencies to recognise the value of what exists within local areas, as well as tackling the problems
And to be open to different people’s views about what they want to keep, as well as what they want to change.
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