Community Development

The Selby Trust has led on partnership projects and engaged community organisations into networks.

(CD) is an umbrella organization with 20plus membership of Training Providers from Voluntary & Community Sector. Haringey Training Network works with these Organizations to provide training and employment opportunities for communities in London.

Services Include:

• Matrix Quality Standard
• Grant-finder
• Staff Development
• H & S Training
• Advice & Guidance
• Partnership Development
• Community Development Training, seminars & Workshops
• Associate Membership
• Small Grants Scheme & Publications

Examples of what we have done:

• Promote good environmental practice in the community by conducting door-to-door outreach amongst local residents and community organisations and installed power down devices and energy saving light-bulbs
• Providing training courses, funding information, and partnership development programmes that have reached 250 member groups in 11 London boroughs
• Led on a sports and leisure partnership project engaging 11 community organisations into delivering pathways to employment for local people in the sub-region
• Training, secondments and work placements in a range of areas including:
  • Youth and community development
  • sustainable planning
  • managing funding cocktails
  • developing policies and procedures
  • managing projects
• Running Community Hubs, that provide outreach and neighbourhood based support in community venues – especially in those in deprived Super Output areas
• Conducted research projects in neighbourhoods that increased resident participation and governance in major regeneration schemes - including neighbourhood renewal and regeneration programmes
• Conducted research and a study of Learning Communities for a test-bed project – a Department of Education and Skills pilot project