§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (Fiona Mactaggart)A Home Office consultation document on the Review of support for community groups and community capacity building in England is being published online today. The consultation document outlines the results of the review on mapping existing Government activity in the field of community capacity building and makes proposals for change. The consultation document asks questions to inform how Government might take forward actions to implement change.
The Government aim is to unify and make more effective the planning, resourcing and evaluating of provision for building the capacity of individuals and groups in communities to participate in community activity and contribute to a wide range of social objectives.
The review focused on two main areas, and the proposals for change outlined in the consultation document relate to the:
provision of support to community groups and community capacity building activities at community level, whether that be a neighbourhood, locality, parish or across a community of interest;policies and practices that govern the way that central, regional and local government supports community engagement, and thus civil renewal, through community capacity building initiatives and programmes.Copies of the consultation document are available in the House Library and on the Home Office http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/docs2/ccbrconsult.pdf website. We would welcome views on the proposals and questions outlined in the consultation document.
A partial regulatory impact assessment is included with the consultation document.