Cardo supported the second of Canterbury City Council’s programmed summer engagement initiatives for the Green Hill Herne Bay community.
Face painter, Circus skills and free ice creams, Council and other contractors paid for.
Cardo arts and craft stand hosted by Kelly proved popular, with creative efforts rewarded with a small gift. Residents were able to engage with Cardo with the opportunity to report any/enquire repairs. Repair enquires taken, to be followed up tomorrow.
From the Local Government Association.
‘Councils are delivering more community engagement to improve public services, rebuild local trust, and manage tight financial resources. This shift helps local authorities connect with residents, share workloads, and design better policies’
Community drivers
- Devolving power to a local level
- Engaging other people in service design/delivery
- Meeting community priorities, needs or aspirations
- Improving community cohesion
- Providing communities with the skills, tools and support to undertake activities themselves, on a sustainable basis
- Improving services/assets
- Reflecting changes in service delivery, such as developing technical skills within the community as council services move online
- Enhancing the wellbeing of local residents.
Political/strategic drivers
- Fulfil corporate/service objectives or political priorities
- The partnership agenda with local bodies/integrating public service provision
- An opportunity to redefine what services the council should provide and what it should facilitate
- Assessing need and identifying gaps in provision
- Changing the dynamic between the council and community to move away from a ‘them and us’ ethos.
