Community development services

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Background

Community development is a foundation stone of active citizenship.

• Auckland city - a vibrant and dynamic community with lots to do
• Auckland city - a rich tapestry of local community life, where people can be involved
• Auckland city - a sustainable community looking to long term needs
• Auckland city - the community you want to belong to

To be vibrant, dynamic and active, a city requires not just economic capital, but social capital. Social capital is the capacity of people in society to come together voluntarily to create community and prosperity and to address concerns in their community.

Auckland City Council works with community groups, organisations and citizens to build community capacity and to develop and sustain this vision of our community.

The main building blocks we use for this are:

	Knowing the strengths and concerns of our community: Proactive liaison in the community. Observing, talking to and listening to the groups we work with and the citizens we meet out in the community. See Community advisors for more information.
	Providing venues for people to gather, meet, participate, share information and celebrate: Community centres, halls, leases, noticeboards and open spaces. See Community centres, Community halls and Community notice boards for more information.
	Supporting community networking: Support for local community networks, providing contacts and links so community groups and organisations can meet, network, share information and resources, and work collaboratively. See Community networks, Community advisors, CITY database and Communities living injury free for more information.
	Providing human and other resources: Funding, information about what's happening in the community, linking people and groups, sharing appropriate contacts, facilitating collaboration among groups, advocacy. See Community advisors, CITY database, Community projects and Training partnerships for more information.
	Creating opportunities for participation: Community projects, community initiatives, democratic processes engagement. See Youth Council and Grants and funding for more information.
	Enabling opportunities for action: Working with community groups to build their skills, knowledge and capacity so they can act to address their community needs and issues. See Community advisors for more information.

Contact us if you want to know more.